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<mods:title>A taxonomic revision of the Cymindis (Pinacodera) limbata species group (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), including description of a new species from Florida, U. S. A.</mods:title>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152039703" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:9A7A9764B0EE4F9FCDF6F6301ADED0D8" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9A7A9764B0EE4F9FCDF6F6301ADED0D8" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="19" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Cymindis_complanata" authority="Dejean" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis (Pinacodera) complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata" subGenus="Pinacodera">Cymindis (Pinacodera) complanata Dejean</taxonomicName>
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Figs 4-7
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dejean 1826</bibRefCitation>
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: 448. Type material (probably holotype, but without a Dejean label) in Chaudoir/
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Oberthür">Oberthuer</normalizedToken>
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Collection, [MNHP]. TYPE LOCALITY - St.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="John’s">John's</normalizedToken>
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Bluff, Duval County Florida, U.S.A.; restricted by
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="945 - 1192" title="The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Part 6." volume="35" year="1969">Lindroth (1969</bibRefCitation>
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: 1070) from the original type area,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“L’">"L'</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Amérique">Amerique</normalizedToken>
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septentrionale". -
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<bibRefCitation author="LeConte, JL" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="173 - 474" title="A descriptive catalogue of the geodephagous Coleoptera inhabiting the United States east of the Rocky Mountains." url="10.1111/j.1749-6632.1848.tb00277.x" volume="4" year="1848">LeConte 1848</bibRefCitation>
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:189.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Lebia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lebia russata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="russata">Lebia russata</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Newman 1840</bibRefCitation>
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: 31. TYPE female [BMNH]. TYPE LOCALITY. - St.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="John’s">John's</normalizedToken>
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Bluff, Duval County, Florida, U.S.A (Lindroth, 1969: 1070).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Pinacodera complanata</taxonomicName>
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(Dejean, 1826);
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<bibRefCitation author="Schaum, HR" journalOrPublisher="Naturgesichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera Erste Band. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" title="(1857)." year="1856 - 1860">Schaum 1857</bibRefCitation>
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: 294 [as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera platycollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platycollis">Pinacodera platycollis</taxonomicName>
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Say].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera russata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="russata">Pinacodera russata</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Chaudoir 1875</bibRefCitation>
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: 2 [as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera platicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platicollis">Pinacodera platicollis</taxonomicName>
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Say]. -
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="945 - 1192" title="The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Part 6." volume="35" year="1969">Lindroth 1969</bibRefCitation>
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: 1070.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Pinacodera complanata</taxonomicName>
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(
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Dejean 1826</bibRefCitation>
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)
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Chaudoir 1875</bibRefCitation>
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: 2 [as a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera platicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platicollis">Pinacodera platicollis</taxonomicName>
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Say]. -
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Casey 1920</bibRefCitation>
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: 283.-
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="1 - 160" title="The carabid beetles of Newfoundland including the French islands St. Pierre and Miquelon." volume="11" year="1955">Lindroth 1955</bibRefCitation>
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: 24. -
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="945 - 1192" title="The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Part 6." volume="35" year="1969">1969</bibRefCitation>
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: 1069-1070. -
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Ciegler 2000</bibRefCitation>
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: 119.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera platicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platicollis">Pinacodera platicollis</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Casey 1920</bibRefCitation>
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: 283 (not Say). -
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="945 - 1192" title="The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Part 6." volume="35" year="1969">Lindroth 1969</bibRefCitation>
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: 1069.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="notes about synonymy">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Notes about synonymy.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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The above synonymy was established by
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<bibRefCitation author="Lindroth, CH" journalOrPublisher="Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="945 - 1192" title="The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Part 6." volume="35" year="1969">Lindroth (1969)</bibRefCitation>
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, though previously (1955) he treated the names
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Pinacodera complanata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera russata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="russata">Pinacodera russata</taxonomicName>
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Newman as junior synonyms of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera limbata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limbata">Pinacodera limbata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean.
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<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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Adults of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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are distinguished from those of other species by ferruginous coloration throughout (Fig. 4) (some slightly lighter in basal third of elytra), by the almost flat elytral intervals, setae extended almost to the constriction of the elytral epipleuron; a noticeable contrast in punctation extending the length of the intervals; scattered arrangements of one to two rows on intervals 3, 5 and 7 and scattered arrangements of two to four rows in intervals 2, 4, 6 and 8 (most specimens have one row of punctures on intervals 3, 5 and 7 and 3 three rows on 2, 4, 6 and 8). In males, the endophallic plate (ep) differs as it is almost flat, and apical endophallic lobe (ael) is enlarged (Fig. 6A). In females, the form of gonocoxite 2 (gc2) differs from all other species apices of ensiform setae extend to and often past gonocoxite 2 apex (Fig. 6B).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
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With character states of subgenus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Pinacodera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pinacodera" order="Coleoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pinacodera</taxonomicName>
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restricted as follows: OBL. 9.5 - 12.5 mm. Length (n= 24 males, 17 females): head 0.88-1.08, pronotum
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<pageBreakToken pageId="15" pageNumber="16" start="start">1.72</pageBreakToken>
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- 2.28, elytra 5.33 - 7.17, metepisternum 1.26 - 1.64 mm; width: head 1.62 - 2.16, pronotum 2.16 - 2.92, elytra 3.58 - 5.08, metepisternum 0.62 - 0.80 mm.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Body proportions. HW/HL 1.74 - 2.08; PWM/PL 1.18 - 1.33; EL/ EW1.35 - 1.59; ML/MW 1.89 - 2.05.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Color (Fig. 4). Dorsum of head entirely ferruginous to rufo-piceous; pronotum ferruginous with lateral margins ranging from translucent to lighter and creamy in appearance; elytra ranging from ferruginous to rufo-piceous, few specimens with basal third of elytra lighter in color, lateral margins translucent to somewhat translucent; antennae and other appendages ferruginous to brown.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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Figure 4. Dorsal habitus and color pattern of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean (OBL 12.50 mm).
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Microsculpture. Microlines absent from head capsule and pronotum; elytra with mesh pattern isodiametric, microlines distinct.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Macrosculpture and pilosity. Dorsal punctures with short setae present, few to many visible on head, pronotum (Fig. 5), and at base of elytra (occasionally few setae extended toward apex of elytra). Elytral epipleuron with setae visible, extended to constriction. Elytral intervals with one to two rows of scattered punctures in intervals 1, 3 and 5 and two to three (rarely four) in intervals 2, 4, 6 and 8.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
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Figure 5. Pronotum, dorsal aspect, of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean.
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fixed setae. Pronotum with two setae along each margin; 15-16 lateral (umbilical) setae. Two setae on each of abdominal sterna III to VI, four setae along apical margin of sternum VII (Fig. 3).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Luster. Elytra dull.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Head. Fine scattered setigerous punctures from hind portion of eye to constriction of neck; also additional fine punctulae from base of neck extended laterally toward clypeus, otherwise glabrous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Pronotum. Disc with setigerous punctures scattered throughout, more densely and evenly so along margins, longest setae along anterior angles (Fig. 5); posterior angles obtuse; posterior margin slightly lobate; basolateral impressions shallow.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="18" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="16" pageNumber="17" start="start">Elytra</pageBreakToken>
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. Elytral apices truncate, striae shallowly impressed and punctulate throughout length; intervals flat; a noticeable contrast of punctures extended interval lengths; scattered arrangements of one to two rows on intervals 3, 5 and 7 and scattered arrange
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<pageBreakToken pageId="17" pageNumber="18" start="start">ments</pageBreakToken>
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of two to four rows in intervals 2, 4, 6 and 8. Most specimens with a single row of punctures on 3, 5 and 7 and three rows on 2, 4, 6 and 8; epipleuron with setigerous punctures from base to constriction, in a few specimens beyond to apex.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Hind wings. Macropterous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Legs. Male tarsi with adhesive vestiture ventrally, two rows of squamo- setae on tarsomeres 1-4 of foreleg and 1-3 of middle leg.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Male genitalia. (Fig. 6A) Length 1.88 - 2.00 mm. Endophallus with endophallic plate (ep) almost flat and apical endophallic lobe (ael) enlarged.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Female genitalia. Gonocoxite 2 (gc2) (Fig. 6B) distinctly, obliquely truncate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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Figure 6. Structural features of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean: A, phallus, right lateral aspect, with endophallus everted; B, female reproductive tract and ovipositor, ventral aspect. Legend: aa, apical area; ael, apical endophallic lobe; bc, bursacopulatrix; bl, basal lobe; co, common oviduct; ep, endophallic plate; gc1, gonocoxite 1; gc2, gonocoxite 2; lt, lateral tergite; s, shaft; sd, spermathecal diverticulum; sg, spermathecal gland; sgd, spermathecal gland duct; sp, spermatheca.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="19" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="habitat, habits and seasonal occurrence">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Habitat, habits and seasonal occurrence.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="19" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
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The known elevational range of
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extends from sea level to 135 m on the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. All specimens that I have collected (13 in total) were taken from slash pine (
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<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pinus elliotii" order="Pinales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elliotii">Pinus elliotii</taxonomicName>
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Engelm.) though it has also been recorded from under bark of live loblolly pine (
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<taxonomicName class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pinus taeda" order="Pinales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="taeda">Pinus taeda</taxonomicName>
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L.). These species of pine are very similar to each other, sharing both reddish-brown bark coloration and an abundance of flaky bark to rest under. As well, they are common within the known range of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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. Adults are crepuscular or nocturnal with most activity being observed on tree trunks. Most specimens have been collected in
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="19" start="start">March</pageBreakToken>
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and April. Methods of collecting include u.v. light, sugaring baits painted on tree trunks, and hand collecting at night.
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Geographical distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">The range of this species (Fig. 7) extends in the eastern United States east of the Appalachian Mountains from Maryland south to southern Florida, and westward on the Gulf Coast to western Alabama.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="chorological affinities">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Chorological affinities.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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is sympatric in its entire range with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis limbata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limbata">Cymindis limbata</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 7), sympatric in the northern portion of its range with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis platicollis subsp. platicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="platicollis" subSpecies="platicollis">Cymindis platicollis platicollis</taxonomicName>
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and in the southern portion of its range with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis platicollis subsp. atripennis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="platicollis" subSpecies="atripennis">Cymindis platicollis atripennis</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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Figure 7. Map of southeastern Canada, U.S.A. and northeastern Mexico, showing position of localities for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis limbata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limbata">Cymindis limbata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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Dejean.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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I have examined 42 specimens of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Cymindis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymindis complanata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="complanata">Cymindis complanata</taxonomicName>
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: 23 males and 19 females. For details see University of Alberta Strickland Virtual Entomology Museum Database (
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<bibRefCitation pageId="18" pageNumber="19">University of Alberta 2009</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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