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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Habitus of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., male, dorsal view B Same, ventral view C P. boreri, female, dorsal view D P. clypealis, male, dorsal view E Same, ventral view F P. clypealis, female, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380663" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figs 8D-F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. clypealis, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380664" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">; 9C, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea clypealis. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380666" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">; 11</figureCitation>
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Medvedev, 2015: 72 (South Vietnam)
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Holotype ♂ (LMCM, based on photographs): &quot;Vietnam Dongnai Pr. / Cat Tien V.99 / leg. A. Polilov [p, w] // HOLOTYPUS / Theopea / clypealis / L. Medvedev [p, r]&quot;.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Other specimens examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">VIETNAM. Kien Giang: 2♂♂, 3♀♀ (TARI), Phu Quoc island, 12-14.IV.2013, leg. Y.-T. Wang; 2♂♂, 1♀ (NMNS), same island, Ding Ba Rd. + Banh Dan Rd., 14.IV.2013, leg. M.-L. Jeng.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Redescription.</paragraph>
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Length 5.9-6.8 mm, width 2.3-2.6 mm. Body color (Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea clypealis. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380666" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">11</figureCitation>
) golden green, but antennae, mouth parts, and legs yellowish brown, two or three apical antennomeres darker. Frontoclypeus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Heads of males of Pseudotheopea boreri sp. nov. and P. clypealis. A P. boreri sp. nov., dorsofrontal view B Same, front view C P. clypealis, dorsofrontal view D Same, front view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380664" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">9C, D</figureCitation>
) transverse and deeply excavated between eyes in males, concavity 0.5
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as wide as interspace between eyes, anteriorly narrowed, margined with long hair-like setae and with one erect process at center, margined with hair-like setae; baso-lateral angles covered by rounded membranous sclerites. Antennae filiform in males, (Fig.
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), antennomeres III-IX slightly curved, length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.7: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.7: 0.6: 0.7, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 3.6: 2.0: 3.2: 3.8: 3.8: 3.8: 4.2: 4.3: 3.9: 4.4: 5.3; filiform in females (Fig.
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), similar to males, length ratios of antennomeres I-XI 1.0: 0.3: 0.6: 0.8: 0.8: 0.7: 0.7: 0.7: 0.6: 0.6: 0.7, length to width ratios of antennomeres I-XI 4.0: 2.0: 3.3: 4.8: 4.9: 4.4: 4.8: 4.7: 4.3: 3.9: 4.5. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided, 1.8
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longer than wide; disc with dense, coarse punctures, arranged into longitudinal rows, with one longitudinal ridge between two longitudinal rows of punctures with convex, with distinct and indistinct ridges intertwined. Tarsomeres I of front legs swollen in males; subparallel in females. Aedeagus (Fig.
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) extremely slender, 10.0
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longer than wide; apex with shallow notch, both apices equal in length; tectum elongate, from apical 1/10 to basal 2/5; almost straight but moderately curved at basal 1/5 in lateral view, apically curved, angular at apical 1/3; triangular sclerites small; internal sac with elongate, endophallic sclerite complex, 0.6
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as long as aedeagus, composed of two sclerites, apical piece (4.0
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) much longer than basal piece, one dorsal sclerite slender, 0.3
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as long as endophallic sclerite; ventral sclerites absent but one additional pair of hook-like sclerites present. Gonocoxae (Fig.
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) elongate, both gonocoxae fused from basal 1/3 to apical 1/4; apices convergent and narrowly rounded, each gonocoxa with seven setae along lateral margin from apex to apical 1/6; with one pair of short lateral processes at basal 2/5. Ventrite VIII (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Diagnostic characters of Pseudotheopea clypealis. A Antenna, male B Antenna, female C Aedeagus, dorsal view D Aedeagus, lateral view E Aedeagus, ventral view F Abdominal ventrite VIII G Gonocoxae H Spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.912.47719.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/380666" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">11F</figureCitation>
) elongate and well sclerotized; disc with several long setae at sides and near apical margin, and with dense, short setae along apical margin; spiculum extremely slender. Receptacle of spermatheca (Fig.
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) tightly joined with pump, pump slender and strongly curved; proximal spermathecal duct deeply inserted into receptacle, narrow and short.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Figure 11.</emphasis>
Diagnostic characters of
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.
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Antenna, male
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Antenna, female
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Aedeagus, dorsal view
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Aedeagus, lateral view
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Aedeagus, ventral view
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Abdominal ventrite VIII
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Gonocoxae
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Spermatheca.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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(Medvedev) (Fig.
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),
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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),
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sp. nov. (Fig.
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), and
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(Gressitt and Kimoto) (Fig.
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), are characterized by their golden green coloration. They can be identified based on their distribution:
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sp. nov. from India,
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from Vietnam,
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sp. nov. from Laos, and
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from China.
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can be separated from the others by the convex and distinct longitudinal ridges on the elytra (Fig.
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) (indistinct longitudinal ridges on the elytra in others (Figs
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;
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), and the narrower anterior concavity between eyes (Fig.
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) (broadly rounded anterior margin of concavity between eyes in others (Figs
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;
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). Males of
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are similar to those of
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in possessing one additional elongate dorsal sclerite and one pair of small lateral hook-like sclerites inside the internal sac (Figs
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;
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). They differ in possessing symmetrical aedeagal apices and a relatively longer apical piece (4.0
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longer than basal piece, Fig.
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) (asymmetrical apices and relatively shorter apical piece, as long as basal piece in
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(Fig.
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)).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65">Vietnam.</paragraph>
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