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species:
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(
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)
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Olexa, 1984
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, original designation.
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FEA0CF26FEA1" bold="true" box="[151,268,327,351]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Antennal scape strongly dilated and thickened, resembling a trapezoid, furnished with long strongly sclerotized setae; both mandibles with large sub-apical tooth; penultimate labial palpomere with single long seta; frontal stria interrupted medially; frontal disc ruguloselacunose; head rather small; eyes flattened but visible from above; pronotal foveae absent; pronotal hypomeron and elytral epipleuron setose; pre-apical foveae large, deep, situated antero-laterally from lateral prosternal striae; lateral parts of pleura and sterna setose; protibial spur large, stout.
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FDC0CFB9FDC1" bold="true" box="[151,403,551,575]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D60CDFDCFCC17FDC1" box="[410,573,552,575]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Alienocacculus</emphasis>
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resembles most closely the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6280FDCFCA0BFDC1" box="[983,1057,552,575]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Nessus</emphasis>
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of the genus
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D618DFDAFCF5BFDA1" box="[218,369,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Hypocacculus</emphasis>
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(the
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species of
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6312FDAFCCC2FDA1" box="[581,744,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Alienocacculus</emphasis>
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has originally been described as
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6517FDAFCEE9FD81" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Nessus</emphasis>
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), but differs chiefly by the setose elytral epipleuron, the size and unusual position of the pre-apical foveae and the interrupted frontal stria. A setose elytral epipleuron is found in several other Palaearctic genera of the subfamily:
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6308FD4FCCD9FD41" box="[607,755,680,703]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenophilothis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6256FD4FCD80FD41" box="[769,938,680,703]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Turanostyphrus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D62EFFD4FCA13FD41" box="[952,1081,680,703]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenonychus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FD2FCF18FD21" box="[151,306,712,735]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Ctenophilothis</emphasis>
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. From these genera,
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D635FFD2FCC83FD21" box="[520,681,712,735]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Alienocacculus</emphasis>
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chiefly differs by the following characters: from
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6198FD0FCF4AFD01" box="[207,352,744,767]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenophilothis</emphasis>
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by the differently shaped protibia, differently shaped and asetose prosternal process and the presence of pre-apical foveae (absent in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6389FCEFCD5BFCE1" box="[734,881,776,799]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenophilothis</emphasis>
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); from
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D62E9FCEFCA4CFCE1" box="[958,1126,776,799]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Turanostyphrus</emphasis>
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by the differently shaped tibiae and prosternal process and the presence of pre-apical foveae (absent in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6055FCAFCF83FCA1" box="[258,425,840,863]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Turanostyphrus</emphasis>
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); from
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D60A0FCAFCC5DFCA1" box="[503,631,840,863]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenonychus</emphasis>
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by the different elytral striation, structure of the frontal disc (almost completely smooth in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6318FC8FCCE5FC81" box="[591,719,872,895]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenonychus</emphasis>
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, rugulose-lacunose in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D62ECFC8FCA77FC81" box="[955,1117,872,895]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Alienocacculus</emphasis>
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) and the medially interrupted frontal stria (complete in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6399FC6FCD65FC61" box="[718,847,904,927]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Xenonychus</emphasis>
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); and from
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D629EFC6FCA4CFC61" box="[969,1126,904,927]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Ctenophilothis</emphasis>
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by the differently shaped protibia, less convex ventral surface of the body, the presence of the antennal groove (absent in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6088FC2FCC56FC21" box="[479,636,968,991]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Ctenophilothis</emphasis>
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), different elytral striation, rugulose-lacunose frontal disc (smooth in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D60DCFC0FCC02FC01" box="[395,552,1000,1023]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Ctenophilothis</emphasis>
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) and the large and globular sub-apical tooth on the left mandible (minute in
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6021FBEFCC39FBE1" box="[374,531,1032,1055]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Ctenophilothis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<subSubSection id="C33673C3FFD3096D61C0FBC0CDE3FB21" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8B932048FFD3096D61C0FBC0CDE3FB21" blockId="68.[151,1128,327,1631]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FBC0CEDEFBC1" bold="true" box="[151,244,1063,1087]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Biology.</emphasis>
Although the biology of this taxon is poorly documented, one species,
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D62BBFBCFCA4CFBC1" box="[1004,1126,1064,1087]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">A. neftensis</emphasis>
(Olexa, 1984)
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was collected in sand dunes near the Tunisian city of Nefta and
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6281FBAFCA4DFBA1" box="[982,1127,1096,1119]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">A. vanharteni</emphasis>
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was collected at light in a desert area (
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; Pavlíček, pers. comm. 2007). The morphological characteristics of this genus (underside of body with dense vestiture, small head and flattened eyes) and the collecting sites suggest that it belongs to the group of specialized psammophilous
<taxonomicName id="4C2C5BCBFFD3096D6010FB20CF93FB21" authorityName="Blanchard" authorityYear="1845" box="[327,441,1223,1247]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Saprininae">Saprininae</taxonomicName>
mentioned by OLEXA (1984) and
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.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C33673C3FFD3096D61C0FB00CEFEFA81" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B932048FFD3096D61C0FB00CFE1FAC1" blockId="68.[151,1128,327,1631]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FB00CF00FB01" bold="true" box="[151,298,1255,1279]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</emphasis>
This recently erected genus occurs in desert regions and is known from the Nefta oasis in
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and from the Negev Desert in southern
<collectingCountry id="F33B60D8FFD3096D624EFAE0CD7EFAE1" box="[793,852,1287,1311]" name="Israel" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Israel</collectingCountry>
and the environs of
<collectingRegion id="49E8EEAAFFD3096D6572FAE0CA4CFAE1" box="[1061,1126,1287,1311]" country="United Arab Emirates" name="Dubayy" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Dubai</collectingRegion>
in the
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.
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<paragraph id="8B932048FFD3096D61C0FAA0CEFEFA81" blockId="68.[151,1128,327,1631]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FAA0CF44FAA1" bold="true" box="[151,366,1351,1375]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Species examined.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C2C5BCBFFD3096D602EFAAFCD1BFAA1" authority="(Olexa, 1984)" baseAuthorityName="Olexa" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[377,817,1351,1375]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Alienocacculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neftensis">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D602EFAAFCCA1FAA1" box="[377,651,1352,1375]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Alienocacculus neftensis</emphasis>
(Olexa, 1984)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D623AFAAFCA2CFAA1" box="[877,1030,1352,1375]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">A. vanharteni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C33673C3FFD3096D61C0FA60CC7BF9A1" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B932048FFD3096D61C0FA60CC7BF9A1" blockId="68.[151,1128,327,1631]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0FA60CF3CFA61" bold="true" box="[151,278,1415,1439]" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Discussion.</emphasis>
This genus is characerized by several putative synapomorphies: strongly dilated antennal scape resembling a trapezoid, large sub-apical tooth of mandibles and penultimate labial palpomere with single long seta. Other characters including rugulose frons, setose elytral epipleuron and small flattened eyes are most likely homoplasies and do not constitute characters useful for a phylogenetic delineation of this taxon. The monophyly of this taxon should be tested in the future, especially with respect to the presumably related taxa like
<taxonomicName id="4C2C5BCBFFD3096D61C0F9AFCFBBF9A1" authority="" authorityName="Reichardt" authorityYear="1932" box="[151,401,1607,1631]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Hypocacculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Nessus">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D61C0F9AFCF04F9A1" box="[151,302,1608,1631]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Hypocacculus</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6069F9AFCFA2F9A1" box="[318,392,1608,1631]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Nessus</emphasis>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2C5BCBFFD3096D6092F9AFCC60F9A1" authorityName="Penati &amp; Vienna" authorityYear="1996" box="[453,586,1608,1631]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Dahlgrenius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="68" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B958FC5AFFD3096D6092F9AFCC60F9A1" box="[453,586,1608,1631]" italics="true" pageId="68" pageNumber="65">Dahlgrenius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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