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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.294.4800" ID-GBIF-Dataset="4cecba31-25a8-4a32-8866-d41f1c6fd71e" ID-PMC="PMC3677322" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-294-57" ID-PubMed="23794872" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2013" ModsDocID="1313-2970-294-57" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 294" ModsDocTitle="Afroprinus cavicola gen. et sp. n. from the Afrotropical region with notes on cave-dwelling Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)" checkinTime="1451247358633" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Lackner, Tomas" docDate="2013" docId="91F8A5C793114575B2BF4191E2299F54" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 294: 57-73" docOrigin="ZooKeys 294" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.294.4800" docTitle="Afroprinus Lackner, 2013, gen. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="59" masterDocId="D004FFD88B5DA64AFA70A101FFD0FFCB" masterDocTitle="Afroprinus cavicola gen. et sp. n. from the Afrotropical region with notes on cave-dwelling Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)" masterLastPageNumber="73" masterPageNumber="57" pageNumber="58" updateTime="1668155742546" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Afroprinus cavicola gen. et sp. n. from the Afrotropical region with notes on cave-dwelling Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Lackner, Tomas</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:number>294</mods:number>
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<mods:start>57</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.294.4800</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.294.4800</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-294-57</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152043499" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BD1A264E-6EDB-4F69-A2D7-5EB0FBB57583" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/91F8A5C793114575B2BF4191E2299F54" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="59" pageId="1" pageNumber="58">
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BD1A264E-6EDB-4F69-A2D7-5EB0FBB57583" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afroprinus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="1" pageNumber="58">gen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="58" type="type species">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Type species:</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus cavicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cavicola">Afroprinus cavicola</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="1" pageNumber="58" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Body length 2.125-2.375 mm, dorsal surface entirely punctate; cuticle dark brown to black, without metallic luster, frontal and supraorbital striae present, well developed; sensory structures of antennal club in form of small sensory area and corresponding vesicle situated on internal distal margin; pronotal hypomeron asetose; elytral disc with four long carinate dorsal elytral striae, fifth stria occasionally present on fourth elytral interval; apex of prosternal process convex, prosternal pre-apical foveae large and deep, connected apically by marginal prosternal stria; carinal prosternal striae shortened apically, not united anteriorly; lateral prosternal striae terminating in large deep prosternal pre-apical foveae; meso-metaventral sutural stria present, undulate. Venter asetose.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="59" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" type="differential diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="58">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="59" pageId="1" pageNumber="58">
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The general appearance of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afroprinus</taxonomicName>
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somewhat resembles that of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Hypocacculus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypocacculus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hypocacculus</taxonomicName>
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, differing chiefly in the large prosternal pre-apical foveae connected by the deep marginal prosternal stria and in the marginal pronotal stria that in
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<pageBreakToken pageId="2" pageNumber="59" start="start">dorsal</pageBreakToken>
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view is visible along its entire length. By the convex apical third of the prosternal process and by the prosternal pre-apical foveae connected by the marginal prosternal stria
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afroprinus</taxonomicName>
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can also be confused with several Afrotropical species of the genera
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Chalcionellus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcionellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chalcionellus</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Pholioxenus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pholioxenus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pholioxenus</taxonomicName>
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. It differs from those species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Chalcionellus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcionellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chalcionellus</taxonomicName>
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that have the prosternal pre-apical foveae connected by the marginal prosternal stria by the sculpture of dorsal surface, which is metallic and much coarser in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afroprinus</taxonomicName>
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and by lacking the pronotal depressions of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Chalcionellus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcionellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chalcionellus</taxonomicName>
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. From those species of Afrotropical
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Pholioxenus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pholioxenus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pholioxenus</taxonomicName>
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(mainly from South Africa and Namibia) that likewise have their prosternal pre-apical foveae connected by marginal prosternal stria,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afroprinus</taxonomicName>
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differs by the asetose pronotal hypomeron and much coarser and denser elytral punctuation.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="59" type="biology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="59">
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The type series of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Afroprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afroprinus cavicola" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cavicola">Afroprinus cavicola</taxonomicName>
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has been found on bat droppings in a Kenyan cave.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="59" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Kenya.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="59" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="59">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The generic name is a combination of the genus name '
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Saprinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Saprinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="59" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Saprinus</taxonomicName>
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' with a prefix derived from the continent of Africa. Gender masculine.
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