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<mods:title>Three additional new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from the Guiana and Brazilian Shield regions of South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Giron, Jennifer C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Short, Andrew Edward Z.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2019</mods:date>
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<taxonomicName LSID="4C6FB3F1-7B6B-75BD-8D8C-C481D1B23B38" authority="Girón & Short, 2019" authorityName="Girón & Short" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Ephydrolithus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ephydrolithus spiculatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiculatus" status="sp. nov.">
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spiculatus
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="20" pageNumber="129">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Thorax, abdomen and genitalia of Ephydrolithus spp.: A-D Ephydrolithus hamadae: A ventral view of mesoventrite (white arrow pointing transverse ridge) B posterior view of metafurca C fifth abdominal ventrite D aedeagus E aedeagus of Ephydrolithus teli. F, G Ephydrolithus spiculatus: F aedeagus G oblique view of mesoventrite (black arrow pointing well-developed tooth) H aedeagus of Ephydrolithus ogmos I aedeagus of Ephydrolithus minor. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310064" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Figs 7F, G</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Distribution of Ephydrolithus spp." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310065" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">, 8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Habitat of Ephydrolithus spp. A, B habitat and type locality for E. minor and E. ogmos, Brazil, Pico do Barbado, collecting event BR 18 - 0226 - 01 C C habitat and type locality for E. hamadae and E. spiculatus, Brazil, Cachoeira da Palmeira, collecting event BR 18 - 0302 - 04 A D habitat and type locality for E. teli, Brazil, Pico do Barbado, collecting event BR 18 - 0226 - 01 B." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310066" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">, 9C</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="129" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Holotype</emphasis>
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(♂): "BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Lassance;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="17.83384" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-17.83384">17.83384S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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; 568 m; Cachoeira da Palmeira; flotation of root mats and moss from side of waterfall & seepage; 2.iii.2018; leg. Benetti & team; BR18-0302-04A" (INPA).
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<subSubSection pageId="20" pageNumber="129" type="differential diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Girón & Short" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Ephydrolithus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ephydrolithus spiculatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spiculatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Ephydrolithus spiculatus</emphasis>
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is very similar to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. hamadae" pageId="20" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="hamadae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">E. hamadae</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="E. teli" pageId="20" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="teli">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">E. teli</emphasis>
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. It can be easily distinguished from both by the presence of a pointed spine on the posterior elevation of the mesoventrite (see Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Thorax, abdomen and genitalia of Ephydrolithus spp.: A-D Ephydrolithus hamadae: A ventral view of mesoventrite (white arrow pointing transverse ridge) B posterior view of metafurca C fifth abdominal ventrite D aedeagus E aedeagus of Ephydrolithus teli. F, G Ephydrolithus spiculatus: F aedeagus G oblique view of mesoventrite (black arrow pointing well-developed tooth) H aedeagus of Ephydrolithus ogmos I aedeagus of Ephydrolithus minor. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310064" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">7G</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Description.</paragraph>
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Body length 3.2 mm, width 1.7 mm. Body elongate oval, moderately convex. General coloration brown, slightly paler on pronotum and along margins of elytra, with dark brown head. Posterior elevation of mesoventrite with a pointed spine (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Thorax, abdomen and genitalia of Ephydrolithus spp.: A-D Ephydrolithus hamadae: A ventral view of mesoventrite (white arrow pointing transverse ridge) B posterior view of metafurca C fifth abdominal ventrite D aedeagus E aedeagus of Ephydrolithus teli. F, G Ephydrolithus spiculatus: F aedeagus G oblique view of mesoventrite (black arrow pointing well-developed tooth) H aedeagus of Ephydrolithus ogmos I aedeagus of Ephydrolithus minor. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310064" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">7G</figureCitation>
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). Elytra without striae or serial punctures. Pro- and mesofemora covered with hydrofuge pubescence along basal 2/3; metafemora with hydrofuge pubescence along basal 2/3 of anterior margin, and on tibial grooves. Apex of fifth abdominal ventrite truncate. Aedeagus (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Thorax, abdomen and genitalia of Ephydrolithus spp.: A-D Ephydrolithus hamadae: A ventral view of mesoventrite (white arrow pointing transverse ridge) B posterior view of metafurca C fifth abdominal ventrite D aedeagus E aedeagus of Ephydrolithus teli. F, G Ephydrolithus spiculatus: F aedeagus G oblique view of mesoventrite (black arrow pointing well-developed tooth) H aedeagus of Ephydrolithus ogmos I aedeagus of Ephydrolithus minor. Scale bars: 0.25 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310064" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">7F</figureCitation>
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) with basal piece 0.9
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the length of parameres; parameres nearly 0.3
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greatest width of median lobe, with outer margins nearly straight for most of their length; apex of parameres truncate, with outer corners broadly rounded; apex of median lobe widely acute.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">
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Named with the Latin word
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<taxonomicName lsidName="spiculatus" pageId="20" pageNumber="129" rank="species" species="spiculatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">spiculatus</emphasis>
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meaning sharpen to a point, in reference to the pointed spine on the posterior elevation of the mesoventrite.
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known only from the type locality (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Distribution of Ephydrolithus spp." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310065" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">8</figureCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="129">Remarks.</paragraph>
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This species was collected by gathering moss and roots from bottom and margin of a seepage that was next to a large waterfall (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Habitat of Ephydrolithus spp. A, B habitat and type locality for E. minor and E. ogmos, Brazil, Pico do Barbado, collecting event BR 18 - 0226 - 01 C C habitat and type locality for E. hamadae and E. spiculatus, Brazil, Cachoeira da Palmeira, collecting event BR 18 - 0302 - 04 A D habitat and type locality for E. teli, Brazil, Pico do Barbado, collecting event BR 18 - 0226 - 01 B." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.855.33013.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/310066" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">9C</figureCitation>
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). The only known specimen was collected by placing the moss and roots in a pan of water, where it floated to the surface along with several specimens of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="129">E. hamadae</emphasis>
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.
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