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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272725C43E48FE850E12" bold="true" box="[151,314,1110,1136]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
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species:
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272724753E83FD990ED1" box="[294,550,1181,1203]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Obesoconnus guyanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272727783E80FDDB0ED1" bold="true" box="[555,612,1182,1203]" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(here designated).
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272725C43EC1FEAE0E9A" bold="true" box="[151,273,1247,1272]" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Male and female: body stout, with weakly marked constrictions between head and prothorax, and between prothorax and elytra; head capsule without occipital constriction; antennae gradually thickening distally; submentum demarcated laterally by sutures; hypomeral ridges long but posteriorly not reaching gular plate; maxillary palpomere IV stout, about as long as broad; prothorax with lateral marginal edges; pronotum with transverse antebasal groove connecting two to three small pits (lateral pair present in both known species, and median pit absent in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E13272724D33F8AFDA60FCE" box="[384,537,1428,1452]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="482" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mexicanus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272724D33F8AFDA60FCE" box="[384,537,1428,1452]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">O. mexicanus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272727733F8AFDE00FCF" bold="true" box="[544,607,1428,1453]" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">sp. n.</emphasis>
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) and with separate lateral antebasal impressions; basal part of prosternum much shorter than coxal part; procoxal sockets narrowly open; prosternal intercoxal process barely marked, with rounded apex; mesoventrite with asetose impressions, without setose impressions; mesoventral intercoxal process keel-shaped; metaventral intercoxal process with deep median notch; each elytron with asetose rudiment of basal fovea.
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<paragraph id="5733D71B0E13272725943C59FD330CCA" blockId="1.[151,1437,1247,2029]" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Male: aedeagus with basal pumping apparatus composed of lentiform sclerotization located in middle of membranous diaphragm and internally connected to longitudinal apophysa providing attachment site for muscles; parameres present, not fused to median lobe.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272725943CAAFEE60CAF" bold="true" box="[199,345,1716,1741]" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Description.</emphasis>
Body of male (
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) stout and compact, strongly convex, with moderately long and slender appendages, BL
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; cuticle glossy, dark brown and setose.
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Head capsule (
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) with anterior part (in front of occiput) transverse, with large and strongly projecting eyes; occipital constriction and tempora absent; vertex (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E132727265A3D01FCF20D5A" box="[777,845,1823,1848]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272726093D3FFCD10D5A" box="[858,878,1825,1848]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">vt</emphasis>
) broader than long, convex, not projecting dorsocaudad; frons (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E132727246E3D5AFE3D0D3E" box="[317,386,1860,1885]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272724DD3D5AFE1E0D3E" box="[398,417,1860,1884]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">fr</emphasis>
) posteriorly confluent with vertex, with subtrapezoidal anterior part; fronto-clypeal groove absent; antennal insertions broadly separated. Vestiture of head composed only of thin setae, without thick bristles.
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Gular plate (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E13272724093D92FE1C0DC6" box="[346,419,1932,1957]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272724E13D93FE710DC6" box="[434,462,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">gp</emphasis>
) large and distinctly narrowing anterad; gular sutures (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E13272721033D92FB270DC6" box="[1104,1176,1932,1957]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E13272721F43D93FB7F0DC6" box="[1191,1216,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="482">gs</emphasis>
) distinct; posterior tentorial pits hidden in transverse groove demarcating gular plate and base of submentum, not visible in ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272425C43F7EFE850F17" bold="true" box="[151,314,1376,1399]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">FIGURES 12.</emphasis>
Dorsal habitus of holotype males.
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272427CF3F7FFC250F14" box="[668,922,1377,1398]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Obesoconnus guyanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272426F23F7FFC650F14" bold="true" box="[929,986,1377,1398]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(1) and
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E102724217C3F7FFB060F14" box="[1071,1209,1377,1398]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">O. mexicanus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272421EC3F7FFB470F14" bold="true" box="[1215,1272,1377,1398]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(2).
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<paragraph id="5733D71B0E10272425943FBDFAA30CF1" blockId="2.[151,1436,1443,2008]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">
Labrum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424623FBDFEC90FDE" box="[305,374,1443,1468]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
) transverse with slightly concave anterior margin, with two transverse rows of long setae in pre-apical and apical region. Mandibles (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272427203FD9FD050F82" box="[627,698,1479,1504]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
) symmetrical, subtriangular, each with broad base and strongly curved, sharply pointed apex, with broad and short mesal protuberance, without setose prostheca. Each maxilla (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272425CC3C11FF580C45" box="[159,231,1551,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
) with subtriangular basistipes (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E102724270D3C11FD170C45" box="[606,680,1551,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272427E93C11FD650C45" box="[698,730,1551,1575]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">bst</emphasis>
), elongate galea (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272426E73C11FC410C45" box="[948,1022,1551,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272421433C11FB8C0C45" box="[1040,1075,1551,1575]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">gal</emphasis>
) and lacinia (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E102724218C3C11FA960C45" box="[1247,1321,1551,1576]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272420683C11FAE20C45" box="[1339,1373,1551,1575]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">lac</emphasis>
) and moderately long maxillary palp composed of slightly elongate palpomere I (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272421483C2DFBDB0C29" box="[1051,1124,1587,1612]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272421253C2DFB0D0C29" box="[1142,1202,1587,1611]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">mxp1</emphasis>
), strongly elongate, pedunculate palpomere II (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424953C49FDB40C0D" box="[454,523,1623,1648]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E102724274B3C49FDEA0C0D" box="[536,597,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">mxp2</emphasis>
), broad and stout palpomere III (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E102724269F3C49FBAF0C0D" box="[972,1040,1623,1648]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E102724214D3C49FBE50C0D" box="[1054,1114,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">mxp3</emphasis>
) broadest in basal third, and short, subconical and pointed palpomere IV (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272427C33C65FD6B0CF1" box="[656,724,1659,1684]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272427B23C65FCA10CF1" box="[737,798,1659,1683]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">mxp4</emphasis>
) with distinctly delimited asetose apical part.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E10272425943C81FD1A0D46" blockId="2.[151,1436,1443,2008]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">
Labium (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424633C81FE200CD5" box="[304,415,1695,1720]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Figs. 4, 8</figureCitation>
) with elongate submentum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272427B83C81FC8C0CD5" box="[747,819,1695,1720]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272426123CBEFCD10CD5" box="[833,878,1696,1719]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">smn</emphasis>
) demarcated laterally from postcardinal parts of hypostomae by lateral sutures (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424A13CDDFD880CBE" box="[498,567,1731,1756]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272427103CDDFDDF0CB9" box="[579,608,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">lss</emphasis>
), subtrapezoidal mentum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272426DF3CDDFC6F0CBE" box="[908,976,1731,1756]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E102724268F3CDAFC410CB9" box="[988,1022,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">mn</emphasis>
); and short prementum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272420413CDDFAE90CBE" box="[1298,1366,1731,1756]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E10272420313CDAFA2D0CB9" box="[1378,1426,1732,1755]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">pmn</emphasis>
) bearing small three-segmented labial palps (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272427D13CF9FD7A0C9D" box="[642,709,1767,1792]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
). Hypostomal ridges (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272426EE3CF9FBBE0C9D" box="[957,1025,1767,1792]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E102724215F3CF9FB9A0C9D" box="[1036,1061,1767,1791]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">hr</emphasis>
) long, extending postero-mesally but not reaching anterior margin of gular plate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E10272425943D2EFA8F0D2A" blockId="2.[151,1436,1443,2008]" box="[199,1328,1839,1864]" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">
Antennae (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424123D31FE120D25" box="[321,429,1839,1864]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1376,1399]" captionTargetBox="[167,1422,210,1329]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,193,1345]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Dorsal habitus of holotype males. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (1) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (2)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Figs. 12</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424EA3D31FE770D25" box="[441,456,1839,1863]" captionStart="FIGURES 3 8" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1584,1607]" captionTargetBox="[151,1426,185,1564]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,185,1578]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 3 8. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Head in dorsal (3) and ventral (4) views; labrum in dorsal view (5); left mandible in dorsal view (6); left maxilla in ventral view (7); and labium in ventral view (8). Abbreviations: bst, basistipes; cd, cardo; cl, clypeus; fo, foramen occipitale; fr, frons; gal, galea; gp, gular plate; gs, gular suture; hr, hypostomal ridge; lac, lacinia; lhph, lateral lobe of hypopharynx; lp 1 3, labial palpomere I III; lss, lateral suture of submentum; mn, mentum; mst, mediostipes; mxp 1 4, maxillary palpomere I IV; oc, occiput; pmn, prementum; ppf, palpifer; smn, submentum; vt, vertex." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224712/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">4</figureCitation>
) relatively short but slender, loosely assembled, gradually thickening distally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E10272525943D4AFBFE0AB7" blockId="2.[151,1436,1443,2008]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="484" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">
Pronotum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E10272424193D4DFE060D0E" box="[330,441,1875,1900]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1376,1399]" captionTargetBox="[167,1422,210,1329]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,193,1345]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Dorsal habitus of holotype males. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (1) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (2)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224711/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="483">Figs. 12</figureCitation>
) in dorsal view semi-oval or subtrapezoidal with strongly rounded anterior margin, weakly rounded lateral margins and arcuate posterior margin, without anterior corners, with posterior corners weakly marked, obtuse and blunt. Sides of pronotum with distinct lateral marginal edges visible in posterior half or 3/4; base with transverse groove connecting pair of small and shallow lateral pits and with large but shallow lateral subtriangular impressions near lateral margins and slightly anteriorly to groove, in one species additionally small median pit within antebasal groove can be seen. Sides of pronotum without bristles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943AFEFA9D0BEA" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Prosternum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524043AC1FE250A9A" box="[343,410,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
) with short basisternal part (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725278B3AC1FCA30A9A" box="[728,796,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725267B3AFEFCF60A9A" box="[808,841,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">bst</emphasis>
) indistinctly demarcated from procoxal cavities (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725203C3AC1FF180B7E" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272525E93B1BFF5E0B7E" box="[186,225,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">pcc</emphasis>
) by diffused bisinuate carina; median part of sternum with rudimentary prosternal intercoxal process developed as indistinct protuberance with rounded apex; procoxal sockets (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526AB3B39FB800B22" box="[1016,1087,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725211D3B37FBCC0B22" box="[1102,1139,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">pcs</emphasis>
) nearly closed by narrow postero-lateral lobes of prosternum; hypomera (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272527F83B52FD500B06" box="[683,751,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527AF3B52FCA90B06" box="[764,790,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">hy</emphasis>
) elongate, each divided into broad lateral part and narrow internal (adcoxal) part; pronotosternal sutures (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272527F53B71FD550BEA" box="[678,746,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527A43B6FFCA40BEA" box="[759,795,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">nss</emphasis>
) and hypomeral ridges (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725217E3B71FBCE0BEA" box="[1069,1137,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725212D3B6EFB1C0BEA" box="[1150,1187,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">hyr</emphasis>
) complete.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943B8BFC610B97" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Mesonotum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524363B8AFE7F0BCE" box="[357,448,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
) subtriangular, with subrectangular mesoscutum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725214C3B8AFBC40BCE" box="[1055,1147,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272521C33B8AFB090BCE" box="[1168,1206,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">sc2</emphasis>
) and subtriangular mesoscutellum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725241C3BA9FE1D0BB2" box="[335,418,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272524FD3BA6FE630BB2" box="[430,476,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">scl2</emphasis>
) separated by mesoscutoscutellar suture (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526E13BA9FBBA0BB2" box="[946,1029,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272521413BA7FB8C0BB2" box="[1042,1075,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">sss</emphasis>
). Mesoscutellum largely visible between bases of elytra in intact specimens, with distinct basal impression.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943BE1FBBB08AF" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Mesoventrite (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524393BE1FE06087A" box="[362,441,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
) with narrow anterior ridge (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526523BE1FCED087A" box="[769,850,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725260C381FFCC8087A" box="[863,887,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">ar</emphasis>
); mesoventral intercoxal process (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272521A83BE1FAF2087A" box="[1275,1357,511,536]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725200A381FFA2C087A" box="[1369,1427,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">msvp</emphasis>
) narrow and strongly projecting ventrally, anteriorly connected with anterior ridge; asetose lateral impressions of mesoventrite (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524643859FE350802" box="[311,394,583,608]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272524C53856FE14083D" box="[406,427,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">ai</emphasis>
) present and subtriangular; setose impressions absent; mesanepisternum with moderately long prepectus (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725241F3872FE2008E6" box="[332,415,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272524FF3873FE6F08E6" box="[428,464,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">pre</emphasis>
) and posterior part largely visible in ventral view; mesepimeron not visible in ventral view; sides of mesothorax without foveae; mesocoxal projections (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526DA3891FC6308CA" box="[905,988,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526BA388FFBA808CA" box="[1001,1047,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">mcp</emphasis>
) with mesocoxal sockets (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272520173891FA2908CA" box="[1348,1430,655,680]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272525C438ABFF7208AE" box="[151,205,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">mscs</emphasis>
) located on their mesoventral surface, without projecting posterior lobes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E112725259438C6FB2E088D" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1169,727,752]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Metanotum (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725240438C9FE160892" box="[343,425,727,752]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
) with alacristae (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725273938C9FD020892" box="[618,701,727,752]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725279A38C6FD540892" box="[713,747,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">alc</emphasis>
) reaching posterior margin of notum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E112725259438E2FD09093E" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Metaventrite (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725243E38E2FE780976" box="[365,455,764,789]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<date id="2332F1DB0E112725248838E2FE4A0976" box="[475,501,764,788]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725248838E2FE4A0976" box="[475,501,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">v3</emphasis>
</date>
) slightly transverse, anteriorly fused with mesoventrite, posteriorly shallowly bisinuate and with narrow median subtriangular metaventral intercoxal process (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725217A3901FBC3095A" box="[1065,1148,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272521D9393FFB7F095A" box="[1162,1216,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">mtvp</emphasis>
) deeply notched in middle. Metanepisterna and metepimera narrow.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943979FA9909E2" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1318,871,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Metafurca (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725241A3979FE2709E2" box="[329,408,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
) with very short and broad stalk and divergent lateral furcal arms (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272521D53979FB6709E2" box="[1158,1240,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272521B73976FAA909E2" box="[1252,1302,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">lmfa</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943992FDCD098F" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Elytra (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524483992FE3A09C6" box="[283,389,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1376,1399]" captionTargetBox="[167,1422,210,1329]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,193,1345]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Dorsal habitus of holotype males. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (1) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (2)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224711/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Figs. 12</figureCitation>
) oval, each with single rudimentary and asetose basal fovea barely discernible in transparent mounts; humeral calli well-marked and developed as longitudinal protuberances; elytral apices separately rounded, in one species with subapical impressions.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E112725259439E9FCEF0E72" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,848,1015,1040]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
<collectingCountry id="2F9B978B0E112725259439E9FF400E72" box="[199,255,1015,1040]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Hind</collectingCountry>
wings well-developed, about twice as long as elytra.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943E03FF510E1F" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Legs (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E112725245F3E02FEE60E56" box="[268,345,1052,1077]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 2" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1376,1399]" captionTargetBox="[167,1422,210,1329]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,193,1345]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 1 2. Dorsal habitus of holotype males. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (1) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (2)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224711/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524353E02FE3E0E56" box="[358,385,1052,1076]" captionStart="FIGURES 9 11" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1776,1799]" captionTargetBox="[154,1425,608,1733]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,586,1755]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 9 11. Morphology of Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. Prothorax in ventral view (9); pterothorax in dorsal (10) and ventral (11) views. Abbreviations: aest 2, mesanepisternum; ai, asetose impression of mesoventrite; alc, alacrista; ap, apodeme; ar, anterior ridge of mesoventrite; bs, basisternal part of prosternum; hy, hypomeron; hyr, hypomeral ridge; lmfa, lateral metafurcal arm; mcp, mesocoxal projection; mma, median membranous area; mscc, mesocoxal cavity; mscs, mesocoxal socket; msff, mesofurcal fovea; msvp, mesoventral intercoxal process; mtvp, metaventral intercoxal process; nss, pronotosternal suture; pcc, procoxal cavity; pcs, procoxal socket; pf, profurca; pff, profurcal fovea; pre, prepectus; prsc 3, metaprescutum; psn 3, metapostnotum; psp, prosternal intercoxal process; sc 2, mesocutum; sc 3, metascutum; scl 2, mesoscutellum; sss, mesoscutoscutellar suture; v 3, metaventrite." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224713/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">11</figureCitation>
) moderately long and slender; procoxae subglobose, mesocoxae elongate, metacoxae strongly transverse; all trochanters short; all femora weakly clavate; tibiae short and slightly thickening distally; tarsi slender.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943E99FB930EC2" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1068,1159,1184]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Abdominal sternites unmodified, suture between VII and VIII barely marked.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943EB2FA940F36" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272524173EB2FE750EA6" box="[324,458,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 15" captionStartId="7.[151,264,819,842]" captionTargetBox="[170,1421,210,787]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 12 15. Aedeagus in ventral (12, 14) and lateral (13, 15) views. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (12 13) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (14 15). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224714/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Figs. 1213</figureCitation>
) sac-shaped, narrowing toward base and apex, with slightly asymmetrical apical part of median lobe, and with variously developed apical projections (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526063ED1FC0D0E8A" box="[853,946,1231,1256]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 15" captionStartId="7.[151,264,819,842]" captionTargetBox="[170,1421,210,787]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 12 15. Aedeagus in ventral (12, 14) and lateral (13, 15) views. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (12 13) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (14 15). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224714/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272526ED3ED1FC620E8A" box="[958,989,1231,1256]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 19" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1569,1592]" captionTargetBox="[159,1426,961,1544]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,952,1548]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 16 19. Aedeagus in ventral (16, 18) and lateral (17, 19) views. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (16 17) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (18 19). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224715/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">16</figureCitation>
;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526BB3ECFFBBB0E8A" box="[1000,1028,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">ap</emphasis>
) protruding distally; base of median lobe with pumping apparatus (
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272527423EEAFDC70F6E" box="[529,632,1268,1293]" captionStart="FIGURES 12 15" captionStartId="7.[151,264,819,842]" captionTargetBox="[170,1421,210,787]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,798]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 12 15. Aedeagus in ventral (12, 14) and lateral (13, 15) views. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (12 13) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (14 15). Abbreviations: ap, apical projection; bpa, basal pumping apparatus." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224714/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
,
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;
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527913EEAFD530F6E" box="[706,748,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">bpa</emphasis>
) composed of membranous area with median lentiform sclerotization protruding inside aedeagus as axial apophysis to which oblique longitudinal muscles are attached and extend to aedeagal walls; parameres long and not fused with median lobe, with apical or subapical setae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1F9684900E11272525943F41FEE10FFE" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943F41FEE10FFE" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272525943F41FD900F1A" bold="true" box="[199,559,1375,1400]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Distribution and composition.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272527643F7EFD710F1A" box="[567,718,1376,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527643F7EFD710F1A" box="[567,718,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is represented by two species known from
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and French
<collectingCountry id="2F9B978B0E11272525C43F9AFF510FFE" box="[151,238,1412,1436]" name="Guyana" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Guyana</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="CFB7CB9E0E11272525AE3F9AFEED0FFE" box="[253,338,1412,1437]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1932,1954]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1348,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,1348,1906]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 20. Distribution of Obesoconnus gen. n. Obesoconnus guyanensis sp. n. (a) and O. mexicanus sp. n. (b)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/224716/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1F9684900E11272525943FB9FAA80F87" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943FB9FAA80F87" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272525943FB9FEF10FA2" bold="true" box="[199,334,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E112725249C3FB6FDD90FA2" box="[463,614,1448,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725249C3FB6FDD90FA2" box="[463,614,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is derived from the Latin
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526C73FB6FC5F0FA2" box="[916,992,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">obesus</emphasis>
(fat, plump, stout) and a stem -
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725201F3FB7FA240FA2" box="[1356,1435,1449,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">connus</emphasis>
common among genera of
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. The name refers to the stout body shape. Gender masculine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1F9684900E11272225943FF1FB660F52" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="485" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272525943FF1FB0A0CDE" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272525943FF1FE840C6A" bold="true" box="[199,315,1519,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Remarks.</emphasis>
The strikingly stout and compact body of
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526733FEEFC080C6A" box="[800,951,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526733FEEFC080C6A" box="[800,951,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the head capsule without the occipital constriction resemble
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272524C13C0AFD8A0C4E" box="[402,565,1556,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Paraneseuthia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272524C13C0AFD8A0C4E" box="[402,565,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Paraneseuthia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a genus that belongs to
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526053C0AFB210C4E" authority="(Jaloszynski 2014)" baseAuthorityName="Jaloszynski" baseAuthorityYear="2014" box="[854,1182,1556,1581]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Eutheiini">
Eutheiini (
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E112725269E3C0AFB290C4E" author="Jaloszynski, P." box="[973,1174,1556,1581]" firstAuthor="Jaloszynski" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" pagination="159 - 189" part="39" refId="ref5431" refString="Jaloszynski, P. (2014) Phylogeny of a new supertribe Cephenniitae with generic review of Eutheiini and description of a new tribe Marcepaniini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Systematic Entomology, 39, 159 - 189. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / syen. 12044" title="Phylogeny of a new supertribe Cephenniitae with generic review of Eutheiini and description of a new tribe Marcepaniini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)" type="journal article" year="2014">Jałoszyński 2014</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. However, the conical maxillary palpomere IV with an asetose apical part is characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526813C29FBC40C32" box="[978,1147,1591,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Cyrtoscydmini">Cyrtoscydmini</taxonomicName>
, where the new genus is included. Despite the unusual body shape,
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E112725272D3C42FCAA0C16" box="[638,789,1628,1652]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725272D3C42FCAA0C16" box="[638,789,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not differ much from other
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, and the head not constricted behind the eyes may be a result of a general tendency of broadening and shortening the body, noticeable also in the short antennae and maxillary palps, and the extremely short prosternum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E11272225943CD6FE9D08AE" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,1329]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="485" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">
Among Neotropical
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272524E33CD9FDE90C82" box="[432,598,1735,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Cyrtoscydmini">Cyrtoscydmini</taxonomicName>
only
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272527CA3CD6FCE30CBD" authority="Franz" authorityName="Franz" box="[665,860,1736,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527CA3CD6FCAB0C82" box="[665,788,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Alloraphes</emphasis>
Franz
</taxonomicName>
has the aedeagus with a basal pumping apparatus, i.e., with the basally located membranous diaphragm bearing median lentiform sclerotization projecting internally as a long apophysis, to which internal muscles are attached. The function of this structure was discussed in a recent revision of
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272524703D2AFD2C0D2E" authority="(Jaloszynski 2013a)" baseAuthorityName="Jaloszynski" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[291,659,1844,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272524703D2AFE210D2E" box="[291,414,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Alloraphes</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E11272524E13D2AFD340D2E" author="Jaloszynski, P." box="[434,651,1844,1869]" firstAuthor="Jaloszynski" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" pagination="549 - 568" part="3750" refId="ref5269" refString="Jaloszynski, P. (2013 a) Revision of the Neotropical genus Alloraphes Franz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 3750 (5), 549 - 568." title="Revision of the Neotropical genus Alloraphes Franz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)" type="journal article" year="2013" yearSuffix="a">Jałoszyński 2013a</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The aedeagi of
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526303D2AFC450D2E" box="[867,1018,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526303D2AFC450D2E" box="[867,1018,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E112725216E3D2AFB070D2E" box="[1085,1208,1844,1868]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E112725216E3D2AFB070D2E" box="[1085,1208,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are highly similar. Outside Central and South
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, only
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272527243D46FC260D0D" authority="Franz" authorityName="Franz" box="[631,921,1880,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Parastenichnaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527243D46FCF10D12" box="[631,846,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Parastenichnaphes</emphasis>
Franz
</taxonomicName>
, represented by two Oriental species, has the aedeagus with a similar apparatus (
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E112725277E3D62FD480DF7" author="Jaloszynski, P." box="[557,759,1916,1941]" firstAuthor="Jaloszynski" journalOrPublisher="Genus" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" pagination="573 - 581" part="16" refId="ref5193" refString="Jaloszynski, P. (2005) Review of the Oriental species of Parastenichnaphes Franz (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae). Genus, 16, 573 - 581." title="Review of the Oriental species of Parastenichnaphes Franz (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae)" type="journal article" year="2005">Jałoszyński 2005</bibRefCitation>
). However,
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526D03D62FBE60DF6" box="[899,1113,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Parastenichnaphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526D03D62FBE60DF6" box="[899,1113,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Parastenichnaphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the aedeagus devoid of parameres (illustrated in
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E11272524EE3DBEFD390DDB" author="Jaloszynski, P." box="[445,646,1952,1977]" firstAuthor="Jaloszynski" journalOrPublisher="Genus" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" pagination="573 - 581" part="16" refId="ref5193" refString="Jaloszynski, P. (2005) Review of the Oriental species of Parastenichnaphes Franz (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae). Genus, 16, 573 - 581." title="Review of the Oriental species of Parastenichnaphes Franz (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae)" type="journal article" year="2005">Jałoszyński 2005</bibRefCitation>
), which are present in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272526C83DBEFBA90DDA" box="[923,1046,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272526C83DBEFBA90DDA" box="[923,1046,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272521063DBEFB530DDA" box="[1109,1260,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272521063DBEFB530DDA" box="[1109,1260,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Besides close similarities in genital structures,
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272527503DDAFDC10DBE" box="[515,638,1988,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="484" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527503DDAFDC10DBE" box="[515,638,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E11272527E03DDAFCF50DBE" box="[691,842,1988,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E11272527E03DDAFCF50DBE" box="[691,842,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="484">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(whose ranges overlap in Central and northern South
<collectingCountry id="2F9B978B0E16272225C43A89FF450AD2" box="[151,250,151,176]" name="United States of America" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">America</collectingCountry>
) share also the elongate prementum demarcated laterally by sutures; long postcardinal parts of hypostomae demarcated by hypostomal ridges; posterior tentorial pits hidden in the groove demarcating the submentum from gular plate; the pronotum with transverse antebasal groove and lateral edges; the short basisternal part of prosternum indistinctly demarcated from procoxal cavities, which are indistinctly separated by a rudimentary and rounded prosternal intercoxal process; complete hypomeral ridges and pronotosternal sutures; the mesoventrite with asetose impressions behind the anterior ridge but without posterior setose impressions; the narrow mesoventral intercoxal process; and the short metaventral intercoxal process deeply notched in the middle. Differences between these genera are numerous: the body shape (stout and compact in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272221D13B8AFAA60BCE" box="[1154,1305,404,428]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221D13B8AFAA60BCE" box="[1154,1305,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. slender and ant-like in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E162722240F3BA6FE680BB2" box="[348,471,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722240F3BA6FE680BB2" box="[348,471,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); posterior parts of hypomeral ridges (not reaching gular plate in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272221883BA6FACD0BB2" box="[1243,1394,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221883BA6FACD0BB2" box="[1243,1394,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. extending to gular plate in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272224A13BC2FDD20B96" box="[498,621,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272224A13BC2FDD20B96" box="[498,621,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the occipital constriction (absent in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E162722211F3BC2FB5C0B96" box="[1100,1251,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722211F3BC2FB5C0B96" box="[1100,1251,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. distinct in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272225C4381EFEAD087A" box="[151,274,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272225C4381EFEAD087A" box="[151,274,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); mandibles (without prostheca in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272227FC381EFCF9087A" box="[687,838,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272227FC381EFCF9087A" box="[687,838,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. with prostheca in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E1627222100381EFB71087A" box="[1107,1230,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E1627222100381EFB71087A" box="[1107,1230,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); maxillary palps (short in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272225AD383AFE2A085E" box="[254,405,548,572]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272225AD383AFE2A085E" box="[254,405,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, especially two terminal palpomeres, vs. strongly elongate in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E1627222100383AFB71085E" box="[1107,1230,548,572]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Alloraphes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E1627222100383AFB71085E" box="[1107,1230,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); bristles on sides of prothorax (absent in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272224F33856FD880802" box="[416,567,584,608]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272224F33856FD880802" box="[416,567,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. present in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722278F3856FCE80802" box="[732,855,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); procoxal sockets (narrowly open in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272220563856FA230802" box="[1285,1436,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. closed in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722247C3872FE1508E6" box="[303,426,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); mesanepisterna (largely exposed in ventral view in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221413872FB1608E6" box="[1042,1193,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. largely hidden in ventral view in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E1627222404388EFE6D08CA" box="[343,466,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and basal elytral foveae (single rudiment in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E1627222150388EFB2508CA" box="[1027,1178,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E1627222150388EFB2508CA" box="[1027,1178,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. two rudiments in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272225C438AAFEAD08AE" box="[151,274,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Alloraphes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5733D71B0E162722259438C6FB660F52" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">
A relatively short and broad body, and a short maxillary palpomere IV can be found in the genus
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272221AE38C6FED20977" authority="Costa Lima, 1962" authorityName="Costa Lima" authorityYear="1962" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221AE38C6FA230892" box="[1277,1436,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E16272225C438E2FED20977" author="Costa Lima, A." box="[151,365,764,789]" firstAuthor="Costa Lima" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Biologia" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" pagination="413 - 418" part="22" refId="ref4936" refString="Costa Lima, A. (1962) Micro-Coleoptero representante da nova subfamia Plaumanniolinae (Col., Ptinidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 22, 413 - 418." title="Micro-Coleoptero representante da nova subfamia Plaumanniolinae (Col., Ptinidae)" type="journal article" year="1962">Costa Lima, 1962</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
currently included in the monogeneric and exclusively Neotropical tribe Plaumanniolini. Plaumanniolini and
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may be synonyms (
<bibRefCitation id="331DAAEA0E16272226733901FC48095A" author="Jaloszynski, P." box="[800,1015,799,824]" firstAuthor="Jaloszynski" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" pagination="317 - 328" part="3670" refId="ref5370" refString="Jaloszynski, P. (2013 c) A new species of the putatively myrmecophilous genus Plaumanniola Costa Lima, with notes on the systematic position of Plaumanniolini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 3670 (3), 317 - 328. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3670.3.2" title="A new species of the putatively myrmecophilous genus Plaumanniola Costa Lima, with notes on the systematic position of Plaumanniolini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)" type="journal article" year="2013" yearSuffix="c">Jałoszyński 2013c</bibRefCitation>
), and therefore possible similarities between
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272225A8395AFE26093E" box="[251,409,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722249D395AFDDA093E" box="[462,613,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be important to clarify the status of Plaumanniolini. At the first sight the body shape of
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272224353976FE4209E2" box="[358,509,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may appear intermediate between the typically slender and ant-like silhouette of nearly all
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, and the stout and broad
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272227B13992FC3E09C6" box="[738,897,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272227B13992FC3E09C6" box="[738,897,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(illustrated in
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). However, a closer examination reveals a number of important differences, suggesting that
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722215539AEFB2209AA" box="[1030,1181,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E162722218739AEFACC09AA" box="[1236,1395,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722218739AEFACC09AA" box="[1236,1395,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are not closely related. The most striking differences are: the broad and stout body of
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E162722217639CAFB7B098E" box="[1061,1220,980,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722217639CAFB7B098E" box="[1061,1220,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not compact, the constrictions between the head and prothorax and the prothorax and elytra are deep (in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E162722212D39E6FAAA0E72" box="[1150,1301,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E162722212D39E6FAAA0E72" box="[1150,1301,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the body is more compact, with only weakly marked constrictions); the head capsule in
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272226AB3E02FB280E56" box="[1016,1175,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a distinct occipital constriction (absent in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272224CA3E5EFD8F0E3A" box="[409,560,1088,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272224CA3E5EFD8F0E3A" box="[409,560,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and more importantly, the sides of submentum are not demarcated from the postcardinal parts of hypostomae (distinct lateral sutures of submentum are present in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272221323E7AFB470E1E" box="[1121,1272,1124,1148]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221323E7AFB470E1E" box="[1121,1272,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the procoxal sockets in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272224463E96FE0B0EC2" box="[277,436,1160,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272224463E96FE0B0EC2" box="[277,436,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are completely closed by broad posterolateral lobes of prosternum (short and narrow lobes in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272225AA3EB2FE2F0EA6" box="[249,400,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272225AA3EB2FE2F0EA6" box="[249,400,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
extend laterally toward hypomera, but do not close the sockets), and the hypomeral ridges are obliterated in the anterior half of prothorax (complete in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272226133ECEFC680E8A" box="[832,983,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272226133ECEFC680E8A" box="[832,983,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); each elytron in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272221CC3ECEFA810E8A" box="[1183,1342,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Plaumanniola" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272221CC3ECEFA810E8A" box="[1183,1342,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two rudiments of basal foveae (one in
<taxonomicName id="908CAC980E16272227433EEAFD180F6E" box="[528,679,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Obesoconnus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="489" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272227433EEAFD180F6E" box="[528,679,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Obesoconnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="65F80B090E16272226F23EEAFBFF0F6E" box="[929,1088,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="485">Plaumanniola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is devoid of the basal pumping apparatus, instead it has a complex system of internal sclerites and ventroapically located ostium.
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</subSubSection>
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