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<taxonomicName id="3AAC8BDAFF927373FF29FC35FD9F4716" ID-CoL="BYZG" authority="Franz" authorityName="Franz" box="[151,558,1015,1042]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="566" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmecophilus">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FF29FC35FE6D4715" bold="true" box="[151,476,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Alloraphes myrmecophilus</emphasis>
Franz
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stat. rest.
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(
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FF21FBD8FF4A4737" box="[159,251,1050,1075]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 12" captionStartId="3.[151,264,1879,1902]" captionTargetBox="[217,1363,203,1830]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[209,1368,195,1845]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURES 1 12. Dorsal (1 9, 11 12) and laterodorsal (10) habitus of Alloraphes Franz. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype male (1); A. chiapasensis Franz, holotype male (2); A. yucatani Franz, holotype male (3); A. lenkoi Franz, paratype male (4) and paratype female (5); A. peruanus Franz, holotype male (6) and paratype female (7; but see the Remarks section in the redescription); A. dentatus sp. n., holotype male (8); A. peckorum sp. n., holotype male (9 10); A. myrmecophilus Franz, stat. rest., paratype male (11);? Alloraphes magnus Franz, holotype female (12)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217853/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Figs. 11</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FEB9FBD8FE944737" box="[263,293,1050,1075]" captionStart="FIGURES 22 26" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1642,1665]" captionTargetBox="[222,1331,193,1600]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[200,1342,193,1608]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 22 26. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype male (22 24); A. myrmecophilus Franz stat. rest., paratype male (25);? Alloraphes magnus Franz, holotype female (26). Head in ventral view (22); prothorax in ventral view (23); pterothorax in ventral view (24); body venter (25); and mesothorax in ventral view (26). Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; aest 3, metanepisternum; ai, asetose impression; amc, anterior marginal carina of mesocoxal cavity; ar, anterior ridge; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cx, coxa; el, elytron; epm 3, metepimeron; fo, foramen occipitale; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lac, lacinia; lp, labial palp; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mc, median carina of mesoventrite; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; mst, mesostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtap, metaventral anterior process; mtfa, metafurcal arm; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nss, pronotosternal suture; occ, occipital constriction; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pff, profurcal fovea; pl, posterior lobe of mesocoxal projection; pre, prepectus; ppf, palpifer; psp, prosternal process; submentum; tm, temple; v 3, metaventrite" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217857/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">25</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FE8FFBD9FECB4737" box="[305,378,1051,1075]" captionStart="FIGURES 27 43" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1654,1677]" captionTargetBox="[156,1426,184,1626]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,167,1633]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 27 43. Aedeagus (27 34, 36 43) and female genitalia (35) of Alloraphes Franz in ventral (27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 42) and lateral (28, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 43) views. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype (27 28); A. chiapasensis Franz, holotype, parameres missing (29 30); A. yucatani Franz, holotype (31 32); A. lenkoi Franz, paratypes (33 35); A. peruanus Franz, holotype (36 37); A. dentatus sp. n., holotype (38 39); A. peckorum sp. n., holotype (40 41); A. myrmecophilus Franz, stat. rest., paratype (42 43). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus; ov, egg; sp, spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217858/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">4243</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FE3BFBD8FE7F4737" box="[389,462,1050,1075]" captionStart="FIGURES 44 60" captionStartId="10.[151,264,1803,1826]" captionTargetBox="[162,1411,295,1754]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,283,1765]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURES 44 60. Aedeagus (44 51, 53 60) and female genitalia (52) of Alloraphes Franz in ventral (44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 59) and lateral (45, 47, 49, 51, 54, 56, 58, 60) views. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype (44 45); A. chiapasensis Franz, holotype, paramere detached (46 47); A. yucatani Franz, holotype (48 49); A. lenkoi Franz, paratypes (50 52); A. peruanus Franz, holotype (53 54); A. dentatus sp. n., holotype (55 56); A. peckorum sp. n., holotype (57 58); A. myrmecophilus Franz, stat. rest., paratype (59 60). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus; ov, egg; sp, spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217859/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">5960</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FE67FBD8FE464737" box="[473,503,1050,1075]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 67" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1809,1832]" captionTargetBox="[161,1423,953,1744]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,939,1757]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 61 67. Original sets of labels pinned under historical type specimens. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype (61); A. chiapasensis Franz, holotype (62); A. yucatani Franz, holotype (63); A. lenkoi Franz, paratype (64); A. peruanus Franz, holotype (65); A. myrmecophilus Franz, stat. rest., paratype (66);? Alloraphes magnus Franz, holotype (67)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217860/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">66</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF927373FDBDFBD8FD914737" box="[515,544,1050,1075]" captionStart="FIGURE 68" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1290,1312]" captionTargetBox="[151,1418,167,1268]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,167,1268]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 68. Distribution of Alloraphes: a, A. jamaicae Franz; b, A. chiapasensis Franz; c, A. yucatani Franz; d, A. lenkoi Franz; e, A. peruanus Franz; f, A. dentatus sp. n.; g, A. peckorum sp. n.; h, A. myrmecophilus Franz stat. rest.; i, A. bolivarensis Franz; j,? Alloraphes magnus Franz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217861/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">68</figureCitation>
)
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<taxonomicName id="3AAC8BDAFF927373FF29FBA0FDD6477C" authority="Franz, 1980a: 214" authorityName="Franz" authorityPageNumber="214" authorityYear="1980" box="[151,615,1122,1144]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="566" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmecophilus">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FF29FBA0FE16477C" box="[151,423,1122,1144]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Alloraphes myrmecophilus</emphasis>
Franz, 1980a: 214
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, Fig. 201.
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<taxonomicName id="3AAC8BDAFF927373FF29FB43FDFC4793" authority="Franz" authorityName="Franz" box="[151,589,1153,1175]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Parastenichnaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="566" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmecophilus">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FF29FB43FE4B4793" box="[151,506,1153,1175]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Parastenichnaphes myrmecophilus</emphasis>
(Franz)
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; Franz, 1989: 278.
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material.
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(15 exx:
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♂,
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FD15FB06FC1D47D9" bold="true" box="[683,940,1220,1245]" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">
):
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(São Paulo):
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all with two labels (
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): &quot;Barueri, Sao Paulo /
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, lg. Lenko&quot; with numbers 22, 23 or 27 on reverse sides [white, printed; reverse handwritten in blue ink]; &quot;
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/
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m. /
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&quot; [yellow, handwritten and printed] (NHMW).
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FF79FAEDFE13464C" bold="true" box="[199,418,1327,1352]" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Revised diagnosis.</emphasis>
Male and female: frons shallowly impressed between supraantennal tubercles and sharply demarcated from convex vertex by broadly V-shaped and narrow transverse groove between eyes; pronotum with nearly evenly arcuate ante-basal transverse groove indistinctly deepened in middle; elytra unmodified. Male: aedeagus in ventral view strikingly stout, with distinctly asymmetrical apex of median lobe, without apical projections; each slender paramere bearing single long and thin seta.
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF927373FF79FA26FEC546F9" bold="true" box="[199,372,1508,1533]" pageId="17" pageNumber="566">Redescription.</emphasis>
Body of male (
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) moderately strongly convex, brown, covered with light brown vestiture; BL
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Head broadest at large, moderately strongly convex and moderately coarsely faceted eyes, HL
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); antennomere I about 1.5x as long as broad; II about twice as long as broad; IIIV about as long as broad; VIVII each slightly transverse; VIIIX each distinctly transverse; XI only about 1.3x as long as broad and about 1.8x as long as X.
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Pronotum about as long as broad, broadest in anterior third; PL
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), PW
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). Anterior margin and lateral margins in anterior half strongly rounded; sides distinctly narrowing caudad, pronotum distinctly constricted near posterior fourth; posterior margin slightly arcuate; antebasal transverse groove distinct and weakly, evenly arcuate, indistinctly deepened in middle; lateral impressions small and shallow, indistinct. Punctures on pronotal disc inconspicuous, fine and sparse; setae sparse, short and nearly recumbent, sides of pronotum covered sparsely with short and relatively thin bristles directed latero-caudad (indiscernible in dry-mounted specimens but visible in transparent mounts under a compound microscope).
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Elytra more convex than pronotum, oval and unmodified, broadest between middle and anterior third; EL
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), EW
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(mean
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), EI 1.361.45 (mean 1.42); sub-humeral lines barely discernible at elytral bases, short and indistinct. Punctures on elytra only slightly more distinct than those on pronotum, small and shallow; setae short, sparse and nearly recumbent.
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wings well developed.
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<paragraph id="FD13F059FF917370FF79FEB2FD21428C" blockId="18.[151,1436,151,1040]" box="[199,656,367,392]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Legs long and slender; all tibiae straight.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus (
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,
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) stout and lightly sclerotized; AeL
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; in ventral view apical part of median lobe distinctly asymmetrical and with deeply and irregularly emarginated apical margin; apical projections missing; parameres slender and each with only one thin and long apical seta.
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Female. Externally indiscernible from male. BL
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; HL
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, HW
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, AnL
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; PL
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, PW
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; EL
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, EW
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, EI 1.421.48.
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF79FD85FED14164" bold="true" box="[199,352,583,608]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern
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(
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h).
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<subSubSection id="B5B6A3D2FF917370FF79FDAEFE344779" pageId="18" pageNumber="567" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF79FDAEFE8A4181" bold="true" box="[199,315,620,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Remarks.</emphasis>
This remarkably small and slender species has strikingly stout aedeagus that differs from typically elongate and slender genitalia of all remaining congeners. However, details of morphology studied in a transparent mount (
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) do not differ from those of the
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species of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FCCAFD76FC5E41C8" box="[884,1007,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes</emphasis>
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, and the aedeagus differs only in the general shape, and not in important characters, as the free parameres, basal foramen distant from base of median lobe, basally located lentiform sclerotization and the asymmetrical apex of median lobe. Franz (1980a) originally placed this species in
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FE2EFCE2FDBA403C" box="[400,523,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes</emphasis>
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, but later (Franz 1989) transferred it to
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FC6AFCE2FB1A403C" box="[980,1195,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Parastenichnaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It is unclear why he did so, as his
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FEFCFC86FDA94058" box="[322,536,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Parastenichnaphes</emphasis>
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was defined on the basis of the aedeagus without parameres, in contrast to
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF29FCAAFEA34084" box="[151,274,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes</emphasis>
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having the parameres (the identification key in Franz (1989)). In the original description Franz (1980a) illustrated the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FE77FC4EFD2440A0" box="[457,661,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. myrmecophilus</emphasis>
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with distinct parameres, and this observation was confirmed during the present study. Therefore, the original status of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FD77FC72FC2240CC" box="[713,915,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. myrmecophilus</emphasis>
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is restituted.
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<paragraph id="FD13F059FF917370FF79FC17FF5A470B" blockId="18.[151,1436,151,1040]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">
Franz (1980a) gives additional collecting data for the
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series of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FC02FC16FB3740E8" box="[956,1158,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. myrmecophilus</emphasis>
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: in nests of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FAB0FC16FF544714" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Camponotus rufipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF29FBA6FE344779" bold="true" box="[151,389,1124,1149]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Species inquirendae</emphasis>
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<subSubSection id="B5B6A3D2FF917370FF29FB69FBE04426" pageId="18" pageNumber="567" type="description">
<paragraph id="FD13F059FF917370FF29FB69FE4447C1" blockId="18.[151,501,1195,1221]" box="[151,501,1195,1221]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">
<taxonomicName id="3AAC8BDAFF917370FF29FB69FE4447C1" authority="Franz" authorityName="Franz" box="[151,501,1195,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivarensis">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF29FB69FE4447C1" bold="true" box="[151,501,1195,1221]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF29FB69FE1747C0" bold="true" box="[151,422,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes bolivarensis</emphasis>
Franz
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="3AAC8BDAFF917370FF29FB36FD9F460E" authority="Franz, 1988: 80" authorityName="Franz" authorityPageNumber="80" authorityYear="1988" box="[151,558,1268,1290]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="567" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolivarensis">
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FF29FB36FE36460E" box="[151,391,1268,1290]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes bolivarensis</emphasis>
Franz, 1988: 80
</taxonomicName>
,
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.
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<paragraph id="FD13F059FF917370FF29FAF4FCA9454E" blockId="18.[151,1437,1334,1827]" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">
This species is known from a single male collected in Ciudad Bolívar,
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(
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF917370FBF5FAF4FB11464B" box="[1099,1184,1334,1359]" captionStart="FIGURE 68" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1290,1312]" captionTargetBox="[151,1418,167,1268]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,167,1268]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 68. Distribution of Alloraphes: a, A. jamaicae Franz; b, A. chiapasensis Franz; c, A. yucatani Franz; d, A. lenkoi Franz; e, A. peruanus Franz; f, A. dentatus sp. n.; g, A. peckorum sp. n.; h, A. myrmecophilus Franz stat. rest.; i, A. bolivarensis Franz; j,? Alloraphes magnus Franz." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217861/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">
Fig.
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i). According to Franz (1988), the
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was deposited in his collection (currently housed at NHMW). The entire Franz Collection was surveyed by the author in 2004, and
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FD8AFABDFD6D4692" box="[564,732,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. bolivarensis</emphasis>
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was not found; repeated search by the NHMW curator Harald Schillhammer in 2013 was also unsuccessful (email from H. Schillhammer dated
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). However, cases of labeling
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specimens with a different name than the subsequently published one are not infrequent in the Franz Collection (Jałoszyński, pers. obs.) and it is still possible that the
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of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FC4DFA29FB2B4507" box="[1011,1178,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. bolivarensis</emphasis>
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can be found in future. Since the description and illustrations presented by Franz (1988) are insufficiently detailed to unambiguously identify this species, it must remain a
<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FD81F9F1FCA0454F" box="[575,785,1587,1611]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">species inquirenda</emphasis>
.
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Franz (1988) mentioned that the elytral apices of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FC9CF995FC7E456A" box="[802,975,1622,1646]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. bolivarensis</emphasis>
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are protruding posteriorly, which may resemble modifications seen in
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FE40F9B9FD344596" box="[510,645,1659,1682]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. jamaicae</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FD12F9B9FC9C4596" box="[684,813,1659,1682]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. yucatani</emphasis>
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. The aedeagus illustrated in latero-ventral view (Franz 1988:
<figureCitation id="6597ECDCFF917370FF61F95CFE8145B3" box="[223,304,1694,1719]" captionStart="FIGURES 22 26" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1642,1665]" captionTargetBox="[222,1331,193,1600]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[200,1342,193,1608]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 22 26. Alloraphes jamaicae Franz, holotype male (22 24); A. myrmecophilus Franz stat. rest., paratype male (25);? Alloraphes magnus Franz, holotype female (26). Head in ventral view (22); prothorax in ventral view (23); pterothorax in ventral view (24); body venter (25); and mesothorax in ventral view (26). Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; aest 3, metanepisternum; ai, asetose impression; amc, anterior marginal carina of mesocoxal cavity; ar, anterior ridge; bst, basisternal part of prosternum; bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cx, coxa; el, elytron; epm 3, metepimeron; fo, foramen occipitale; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lac, lacinia; lp, labial palp; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mc, median carina of mesoventrite; mcp, mesocoxal projection; md, mandible; mn, mentum; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; mst, mesostipes; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtap, metaventral anterior process; mtfa, metafurcal arm; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; mxp, maxillary palp; nss, pronotosternal suture; occ, occipital constriction; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pff, profurcal fovea; pl, posterior lobe of mesocoxal projection; pre, prepectus; ppf, palpifer; psp, prosternal process; submentum; tm, temple; v 3, metaventrite" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217857/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) and without any internal details has unusually elongate and slender apical part of the median lobe, dissimilar to those of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FE2AF901FDAD45DE" box="[404,540,1731,1754]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. jamaicae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FDE6F901FD6B45DE" box="[600,730,1731,1754]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. yucatani</emphasis>
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, but somehow resembling the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FB6EF901FAEE45DF" box="[1232,1375,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. peckorum</emphasis>
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. The parameres of
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FE87F925FE5445FA" box="[313,485,1766,1790]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">A. bolivarensis</emphasis>
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were illustrated as slender, barely broadened distally and much shorter than the median lobe; if this character is correct than no other
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<emphasis id="CFD82C4BFF917370FD53F8C9FCD94427" box="[749,872,1803,1827]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="567">Alloraphes</emphasis>
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has such parameres.
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