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/
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: “ Madagasc. / Pipitz // Madagasc / 193 / Pipitz ” [
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leg.] [handwritten on light blue cards] “
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/
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/ m ” [handwritten on white card] ”, “
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/
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<heading id="E2010B4C60EC6E1F179A93DC07326B0E" reason="title">Additional material examined.</heading>
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Nord,
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,
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, forêt de Fito, ex Coll. Dr. Breuning, [
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, Ivo Jeniš leg. (
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<paragraph id="9E42894A2455887339F9FF911F9B54DE">
<heading id="AA17B0D9B3288BBFEDE3C28DC66019CC" reason="title">Redescription.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7DB6D4A4E4D45DDF4105F4E4ADFC5855">
Body subrounded in dorsal view, with slightly parallel sides (Fig.
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), strongly convex in lateral view; total length of body (
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</abbrev>
) = 3.82 ±
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(3.68 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFNAE" xlink_title="total body length">
<collectionCode id="F65ABA6129693301DE24ACB3983D5E7A">LB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="3E86B29A37F1F55CC59D61A4EF587C9E" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.98" unit="mm" value="3.98">3.98 mm</quantity>
) in male, and 3.79 ±
<quantity id="C543108AAFC0F1DC4D4A269B686831CC" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="mm" value="0.06">0.06 mm</quantity>
(3.72 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJNAE" xlink_title="total body length">
<collectionCode id="E98CB8D6F0258D05EA1DBD9C99FB6B82">LB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="6A9F99DD083B6E4D69FCC58A821474F2" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.84" unit="mm" value="3.84">3.84 mm</quantity>
) in female; maximum pronotal width at the base:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENNAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">WP</abbrev>
= 2.33 ±
<quantity id="384DFAFAD78077CB174308B08B49707B" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" unit="mm" value="0.05">0.05 mm</quantity>
(2.28 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERNAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="5072EF8C80549021AFB7B6D704C72F4B">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="346E16C0812DDE5EA2EAE102DFDE388D" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4" unit="mm" value="2.4">2.40 mm</quantity>
) in male, and 2.27 ±
<quantity id="99470E37DCC17028C284CCDF0191D487" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7" unit="mm" value="0.07">0.07 mm</quantity>
(2.20 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVNAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="AB5CE2EEA79512CA5DFEA9454B699AE6">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="DE3749FBBE9076CF7FB877CD467CB2BF" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.36" unit="mm" value="2.36">2.36 mm</quantity>
) in female; maximum width of elytra in the middle:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZNAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">WE</abbrev>
= 3.15 ±
<quantity id="085D07E597E433289973F7F97FEAFAA5" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7" unit="mm" value="0.07">0.07 mm</quantity>
(3.08 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4NAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="EB8B6F6902643E19861A2678B3CE4A2B">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="234902DF9D726D75E0AB44816FAE27EC" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.24" unit="mm" value="3.24">3.24 mm</quantity>
) in male, and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">WE</abbrev>
= 3.19 ±
<quantity id="02E4BC4212E0400CA3AC6E4A81BD823D" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.10 mm</quantity>
(3.04 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="00CD05FD8A26EE8415271B2A4DA1617E">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="A94FB5725D477991563D3281163AD827" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.24" unit="mm" value="3.24">3.24 mm</quantity>
) in female;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">WE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">WP</abbrev>
= 1.35 ± 0.03 (1.32 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EROAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="CAEC4E7440ADC53132448B9F393122B8">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="5153A65330002C6B299699F392914C2A">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 1.40) in male, and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZOAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">WE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4OAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">WP</abbrev>
= 1.41 ± 0.04 (1.36 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBPAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="C8932A4B82F2CAD65AE6A012AAEED923">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFPAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="1417B3F9A637156DCFD5D3339626242E">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 1.45) in female.
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<label id="33BC512ABE2636AA29AC32CE4CC3D14A">Figure 1.</label>
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<paragraph id="7D73A60F664D25733728C6F1584F404C">
<taxonomicName id="C200DB4E489F9D55D689CD165F64C9E3" authority="Weise. A" authorityName="Weise. A" authorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Argopistes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="A9CCF19C227CB7E6E0377DDD31FBE7F6" italics="true">Argopistes brunneus</emphasis>
Weise.
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holotype of
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, habitus in dorsal view
<emphasis id="4435A5DD6DA99BFA2F2E9B2AF5ECA970" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ibid, ventral view
<emphasis id="063FAFFD67BF1C59DDEE5DFAA062EB9E" bold="true">C</emphasis>
holotype of
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<emphasis id="1BE0C6515D98EA9E9C1B37494029D334" italics="true">A. sexguttatus</emphasis>
Weise
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, habitus in dorsal view
<emphasis id="27DF61CAFC19FB334DABAF1895F4EA90" bold="true">D</emphasis>
median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave
<emphasis id="6F736EC618705D3CBAB3B74B9DF18634" bold="true">E</emphasis>
spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (
<emphasis id="8DEF46F990F8ACC6B846FAD12710CDE2" bold="true">A, B, C</emphasis>
); 500 μm (
<emphasis id="99E7152B22E9E9D31A1E355C417DD17B" bold="true">D</emphasis>
); 300 μm (
<emphasis id="B40A0551DA7F077AB1CB1906D48BD4FC" bold="true">E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="DA70A0ECA192AA22830141DD769311CC">
Color of the dorsal integument variable (Fig.
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): entirely black; entirely brown; with black elytral disc blending in reddish brown towards the pronotum and the elytral margins; with brown head and pronotum, and black elytra with brown patches; antennae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="824473B2AAB181DAB760842B69BF4312" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
) yellowish; hind legs brown or paler; fore- and middle legs generally yellowish (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0B4F3258806AF9D92EEA934818B1F259" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
); ventral parts mostly brownish (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1D0573DA2EA52A8659D017A621CB439E" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C72336D3EFF1ED63AB1EE723F466FB17">
Head entirely hidden by the pronotum; vertex with very small, irregular punctation and a pair of large setiferous pores; frontal calli barely delimited, not raised; frons moderately elongate, its surface irregular, roughly wrinkled; frontal ridge elongate, thin and sharp; frontogenal sutures distinctly raised; eyes large, elongate, slightly kidney-shaped; interantennal space clearly narrower than antennal sockets. Antennae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1AFE6A45D07D020E7C07C9D820567C08" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
) filiform, as long as ~ 1 / 2 the body length:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6RAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">LAN</abbrev>
= 1.98 ±
<quantity id="11378CC1060C0DC6932C354831A896A7" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" unit="mm" value="0.08">0.08 mm</quantity>
(1.88 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDSAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">
<collectionCode id="60361F7A86D20BEDE005927A82FF32A4" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13468" name="Lancing College" type="Herbarium">LAN</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="683A852CD206B377433DA6F100ED010B" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.08" unit="mm" value="2.08">2.08 mm</quantity>
) in male, and 1.71 ±
<quantity id="11D719D794C7E36F436C1812262A8C7E" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" unit="mm" value="0.08">0.08 mm</quantity>
(1.64 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHSAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">
<collectionCode id="F944DFD9A59C0912AE225731FAA817B4" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13468" name="Lancing College" type="Herbarium">LAN</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="9FB8EF5509F4AE06F3315CBEA11EBC28" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" unit="mm" value="1.8">1.80 mm</quantity>
) in female, and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELSAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">LAN</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPSAE" xlink_title="total body length">LB</abbrev>
= 0.52 ± 0.01 (0.51 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETSAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">
<collectionCode id="9766B8EC565C706A93EB3C2528B8ECB3" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13468" name="Lancing College" type="Herbarium">LAN</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXSAE" xlink_title="total body length">
<collectionCode id="4C69F8A9525C87067774622CD3AA9F12">LB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 0.53) in male, and 0.45 ± 0.02 (0.43 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2SAE" xlink_title="length of antennae">
<collectionCode id="5DA54DEF1766B54DF8365572E8213F38" country="United Kingdom" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13468" name="Lancing College" type="Herbarium">LAN</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6SAE" xlink_title="total body length">
<collectionCode id="A83CF1A1295477CE41D8FF821530D647">LB</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 0.47) in female; segments 12 thicker; segments 311 slightly and gradually flattened.
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<paragraph id="1CAC9AFD7BAAECFE9317FA634233001D">
Pronotum (Fig.
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) distinctly transverse:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJTAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="176C4872A72ACD0FD0B7550DD6258408" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 1.06 ±
<quantity id="4DB3EF980462D59785C7A4507FE92773" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" unit="mm" value="0.06">0.06 mm</quantity>
(1.00 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENTAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="3CE034B63F856D9B6622AA26B9AC3A97" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="0E47725D119BB90BDD9416EE0428ECF4" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.12" unit="mm" value="1.12">1.12 mm</quantity>
) in male, and 1.05 ±
<quantity id="AF19B9E17B16BDD5F4C3534FE7F26D24" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="mm" value="0.04">0.04 mm</quantity>
(1.00 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERTAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="E0FBDA11D79CBACB107F0BE12F20C378" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="5059E26B05792127E5F0067D82ED9E87" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.08" unit="mm" value="1.08">1.08 mm</quantity>
) in female, and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVTAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">WP</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZTAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="EE19AF140C691CFF373CD5BC839C19B9" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 2.20 ± 0.07 (2.14 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4TAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="2AFD457270A536759A4DB4B60DA41EA4">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBUAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="86BF733506BEFE6EE04118BDD8969CC0" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 2.28) in male, and 2.16 ± 0.05 (2.09 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFUAE" xlink_title="maximum width of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="0E515B74D39885E8880927539331DCF6">WP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJUAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="9D43FE53038CC0C47F6A65CA12D1360D" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 2.20) in female; lateral margins strongly convergent anteriorly, weakly curved to straight, very weakly expanded, not visible in dorsal view; basal margin arcuate and moderately sinuate; surface smooth, sparsely micropunctate, with very dense, small punctation; surface barely raised parallel to the lateral margins, near the posterior angles; a large setiferous pore at the anterior angles. Scutellum small, subtriangular.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="80F666C8FB8C795E804654EBD857CDC6">
Elytra (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FF82ADEDCD51E15ECD3272CD832C8305" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 A, C</figureCitation>
) distinctly curved but slightly parallel in the middle third, moderately longer than wide, jointly rounded apically; lateral margins finely bordered, visible in dorsal view; surface smooth to sparsely micropunctate; main punctation mostly confused, very dense, small, slightly shallower than on pronotum but more impressed laterally; 9 (+ 1 sutural) regular lines are visible in paler specimens due to the blackened punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FDD362FBDB4E2E0A813801ECA4C7076C" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 A</figureCitation>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXUAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="50FAC086A876A11FF9EF4800063283BA" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 3.38 ±
<quantity id="CD4E5DC5CEB1F39C28D4BE8F1F5591F3" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="mm" value="0.1">0.10 mm</quantity>
(3.24 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2UAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="36482396EAD6F4791A2F2D8A31C25419" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="00D242F97D138CDD8DA63792057F3861" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.50 mm</quantity>
) in male, and 3.43 ±
<quantity id="D79BA1F8A96CFBFC08140E3B520C1003" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" unit="mm" value="0.09">0.09 mm</quantity>
(3.32 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6UAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="257DE713B4281D51235DA05AAA00457C" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="FE95953B28113597E2DCB955A8557E14" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.52" unit="mm" value="3.52">3.52 mm</quantity>
) in female;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDVAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">WE</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHVAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="C9E8F54CDC14B2CACCA58063F2C2430E" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 0.93 ± 0.2 (0.91 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELVAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="860B62B8031BE6AEA5E857A375E3D7AB">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPVAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="617C27D6F4BAFC50C283FA7775C8F6E0" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 0.95) in male, and 0.93 ± 0.03 (0.89 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETVAE" xlink_title="maximum width of elytra combined">
<collectionCode id="FC6D366CF0035287B294B8360F28CD98">WE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXVAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="93E4D195B0FF40CE8E25988F25A4895A" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 0.98) in female;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2VAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="FF7A9694F8099444AB718920BCE0915D" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6VAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="BCE3AD6C65B75345A228BF80DA94B542" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 3.19 ± 0.09 (3.09 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDWAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="3F43358AFAC36F67B40064C7F65105D4" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHWAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="91F75EEE6BC876446EAB0A9F242418DD" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 3.32) in male, and 3.27 ± 0.16 (3.07 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELWAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="5004F1DE5A938BA046E13C81F9A91792" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPWAE" xlink_title="medial length of pronotum">
<collectionCode id="603622FE452BC0C3609BF0715A86F9C5" country="Russia" name="Laboratory of Palaeontology">LP</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 3.40) in female. Humeral calli moderately raised. Macropterous.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EB82BA5D6252D5E6DD58D1F71D38C3D9">
Prosternum with posteriorly open procoxal cavities and large intercoxal prosternal process. Mesosternum very short. First abdominal sternite approx. as long as fifth (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7A7697BCF6208DB846FB2690CDCC764E" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
); its central area bordered by ridges is quite narrow and subrhomboidal. Anterior and middle legs without modifications. Posterior femora greatly swollen (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZWAE" xlink_title="maximum width of hind femora">WF</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4WAE" xlink_title="maximum length of hind femora">LF</abbrev>
= 0.68 ± 0.01), elongate-subtriangular; posterior tibiae thick, distinctly shorter than femora, apically widened and prolonged into a spur-like process on inner side; outer side of hind tibia apically toothed; apical spur of hind tibiae simple, lanceolate; first metatarsomere moderately enlarged in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0F4C6A9A60F7C56DCEC8E8344B1785DB">
Median lobe of the aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1DD2D94B827040FC03F32519386FF73D" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 D</figureCitation>
) with smooth surface; in ventral view is tapered towards the apex, slightly sinuate laterally; in lateral view moderately curved, with sinuate ventral outline and straight apex; dorsal ligula formed by a medially incised central lobe, and two thinner lateral lobes; its base at apical ~ 1 / 3;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHXAE" xlink_title="length of median lobe of the aedeagus">
<collectionCode id="0A377954B235FEA051662D45FDE8B36D">LAED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 1.41 ±
<quantity id="3A07AAF4D04B73A7DAD781DFE3F8AC30" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" unit="mm" value="0.04">0.04 mm</quantity>
(1.36 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELXAE" xlink_title="length of median lobe of the aedeagus">
<collectionCode id="04E6CBB1818D7550452F32A6FEB30D33">LAED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="C759C9E31A2CC2E2E4ED3CBC2B9AFFE6" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.48" unit="mm" value="1.48">1.48 mm</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPXAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="CB48A92EC082EE4A197A2A99AF561AE2" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETXAE" xlink_title="length of median lobe of the aedeagus">
<collectionCode id="809E93DE6D7E438D061B3BDDCC980793">LAED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 2.40 ± 0.08 (2.30 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXXAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="C1E8F7069C024CA23501C3B53A398AD4" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2XAE" xlink_title="length of median lobe of the aedeagus">
<collectionCode id="3EFFCDB4AACE891B1FC5DE3D473FA37B">LAED</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 2.50).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15F163F31C28C0828AF48D638BE4F751">
Basal part of the spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation id="69C648B442ACDC93EA0DBB0C7F237388" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 E</figureCitation>
) subcylindrical, dorsally enlarged; distal part curved, elongate, uniform in thickness, with collum generally not distinguishable from the apical part; ductus subapically inserted and oriented, thin, quite short, uncoiled;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of spermathecal capsule">
<collectionCode id="57DC2CA0FBA020E52BD3415616F63BAF">LSPC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 0.38 ±
<quantity id="F168C1CC49BB3405307EEF111F4536EE" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="mm" value="0.01">0.01 mm</quantity>
(0.36 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of spermathecal capsule">
<collectionCode id="95DE37A2BD742C1FB8775EBF93980FD4">LSPC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
<quantity id="D006DC5EB30E565B4BB954A42B2CE153" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" unit="mm" value="0.38">0.38 mm</quantity>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="B95492CDC8E233BDDB11C0633E282811" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of spermathecal capsule">
<collectionCode id="196F22F851F491DD84C6B956A854AFA7">LSPC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
= 9.14 ± 0.39 (8.74 ≤
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of elytra">
<collectionCode id="6D57952C4B9F6415CED12EB28C5B5995" country="Brazil" name="Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia">LE</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZYAE" xlink_title="maximum length of spermathecal capsule">
<collectionCode id="5F0DB0365AF909B7BBC2D94903C6C4AB">LSPC</collectionCode>
</abbrev>
≤ 9.61).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4YAE" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="71360E79C1B5971BB06E86A3E15E522F">
<heading id="0EF78B4874D27E78F53C72629AB09DFA" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E56069D25A5DA01BA8A08705C87C5C57">
<taxonomicName id="85E4F48D8E4006B607DE426C6ADBC2E8" authorityName="Weise. A" authorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Argopistes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="0649711E15A5108E962EB77A9C4E3444" italics="true">Argopistes brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguishable from the other Malagasy
<taxonomicName id="73DB0870A1CD83EB61237AA7D7471E05">
<emphasis id="842059A3AF1184A22F470FCAA0D3F9C2" italics="true">Argopistes</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
by the slightly parallel sides in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CCB40A9D909275848E00010362C72ED8" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 A, C</figureCitation>
), and the first abdominal sternite, whose central surface bordered by ridges is narrow and convergent posteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation id="D13427598B7824549221010EF690433A" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 B</figureCitation>
). The median lobe of the aedeagus and spermatheca (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4588BD4AD28F96DE8E15668BFCABEAE1" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Argopistes brunneus Weise. A holotype of A. brunneus, habitus in dorsal view B ibid, ventral view C holotype of A. sexguttatus Weise, habitus in dorsal view D median lobe of the aedeagus, from left to right in dorsal, ventral, and lateral view, from Tamatave E spermatheca, from Tamatave. Abbreviations: as: apical spur of hind tibia; ca: central area of the first abdominal sternite bordered by ridges. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, B, C); 500 μm (D); 300 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055971">1 D, E</figureCitation>
) are also diagnostic.
<taxonomicName id="AF4D6A7CE43A34B562150264B9C26126" authority="Weise" authorityName="Weise" authorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Argopistes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sexguttatus">
<emphasis id="F8DEE17025A57DE31E92490838129106" italics="true">Argopistes sexguttatus</emphasis>
Weise
</taxonomicName>
is here synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="5FF55D2CD3AA97BC2968CC417CA07D71" authorityName="Weise. A" authorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Argopistes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneus">
<emphasis id="B6B6A7D19B3CE4C8A9DD7F3A4419DE70" italics="true">A. brunneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, simply representing one of its chromatic forms.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EX1AE" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="6B4236A50141E93C44C7CBFA47EECBA7">
<heading id="A5510D8300CFC2E59A3598ACDCBD3EBF" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E884245EB5D0BA4A0EB21651D2E1D34A">
Northern, eastern, and central
<collectingCountry id="12DCC55023C239FE4322ADB15530ED94" name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingRegion id="BCD1205BAF66E51AE0D8F7A2BAC0124B" country="Madagascar" name="Antsiranana">Antsiranana</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="F29FDD0F5573AA72C6366C9650E34F9D" country="Madagascar" name="Toamasina">Toamasina</collectingRegion>
, and
<collectingRegion id="AA531509D5097DF139854ABA8691CE6C" country="Madagascar" name="Fianarantsoa">Fianarantsoa</collectingRegion>
provinces; Fig.
<figureCitation id="3F1C7A2CB5FA0367A57418182D7C10DE" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Distribution and habitat suitability of the Argopistes species in Madagascar. A occurrence locality for each species B probability of presence of the occurrence localities, and potential suitability areas for the genus in Madagascar from ENMs." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.122977.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1055978">8 A</figureCitation>
). Malagasy chorotype.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EB2AE" type="Ecological notes">
<paragraph id="F8AB558078BF76606B87B255AC72AA4F">
<heading id="F7B1DF7A7AE2C7B8AE58F088CEE40275" reason="title">Ecological notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E2FE2EA760C4EF5A2E37071FD68FD15D">Host plant unknown. Collection localities fall within areas characterized by the vegetation divisions of Malagasy Evergreen &amp; Semi-Evergreen Forest and Malagasy Dry Deciduous &amp; Evergreen Forest &amp; Woodland.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>