treatments-xml/data/DA/71/87/DA7187BEFFC63C4887F8BD7CF890F9BD.xml
2024-06-21 12:53:59 +02:00

175 lines
27 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="16DD14574FCFAC58CC15057B89D3329B" ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.191863" ID-GBIF-Dataset="e9d3affc-0041-4b43-bba7-e3de99c63842" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="191863" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1461136935180" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Tishechkin, Alexey K. &amp; Caterino, Michael S." docDate="2009" docId="DA7187BEFFC63C4887F8BD7CF890F9BD" docLanguage="en" docName="zt02311p018.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 2311" docStyle="DocumentStyle:890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleId="890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Renclasea Tishechkin &amp; Caterino" docType="treatment" docVersion="9" lastPageNumber="3" masterDocId="2648FFC6FFC73C4A876FBE0EFB5BFFF5" masterDocTitle="A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from the U. S. A. and Mexico" masterLastPageNumber="18" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="2" updateTime="1698598610084" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="B6DE326151D31D36D0BFB54A8C97AE7F" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="EEDFF4764CBFFCE42461427601EFB40C">
<mods:title id="33A6B038DB836025F62D9D61CACC432E">A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from the U. S. A. and Mexico</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="4ADF1420053D192F4C5D7A0135CA12B1" type="personal">
<mods:role id="261CE3FD7241F04EE9E99194D7CF035A">
<mods:roleTerm id="33EB638766B63A8697B19CCDE199A646">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="D15E92467DFAA3F8915BB52092C04069">Tishechkin, Alexey K.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="AA6757F1F45C46E42102CC6CB528C149" type="personal">
<mods:role id="6C5882A5A57F4983B2027E795D20E40F">
<mods:roleTerm id="4316E14D87F6A2A3A85BDF460FD883E2">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="A1FA8BC645724D7027A4E6BEA79DC304">Caterino, Michael S.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="F7AFAB6409091940DCF4B2A3FD9CC462">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="0CC1F0A3DD0644228C0377013796952D" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="C0A26780FAEE5A0578693AB66E9DF92F">
<mods:title id="3DCD2660B29D0116BAFE256D241D43E6">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="D0C82AD97532BA927F8E4682E38E46BC">
<mods:date id="98DC020CADCD936DA68B6AA7206A54F2">2009</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="7CC52C6B974DFC906D67CC37F9341E09" type="volume">
<mods:number id="28A5870F2B9586928FB9288509C5A7C2">2311</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="5E0266FF9E050930CA680AA2E01400FA" unit="page">
<mods:start id="89A97D09902CD2DFC969EA66F83C5F09">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="669B0B1654E5D93D4FE514B15D753762">18</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="70816E0D235F874BD9BA30312F338F90">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="0B3E81B810C6B2A20CBD982752B82DE0" type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.191863</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="9095EE40048675170F2BB4F68ABF8D4C" type="GBIF-Dataset">e9d3affc-0041-4b43-bba7-e3de99c63842</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="E8030128A06C2480402EF07108047775" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="E8494DE3430C6686DE6BE23746E1EFBE" type="Zenodo-Dep">191863</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="8534F478E03A6AC2DFEAD699B740AAE4" type="ZooBank">DBD13266-65D1-4EE4-837A-D9D4D261C313</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="DA7187BEFFC63C4887F8BD7CF890F9BD" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6226728" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119627462" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6226728" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:DA7187BEFFC63C4887F8BD7CF890F9BD" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DA7187BEFFC63C4887F8BD7CF890F9BD" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<subSubSection id="1AC26523FFC63C4B87F8BD7CF9C2FC79" box="[151,665,882,908]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC63C4B87F8BD7CF9C2FC79" blockId="1.[151,665,882,908]" box="[151,665,882,908]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<heading id="092F81C4FFC63C4B87F8BD7CF9C2FC79" bold="true" box="[151,665,882,908]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" reason="1">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC63C4B87F8BD7CF9C2FC79" bold="true" box="[151,665,882,908]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC63C4B87F8BD7CF961FC79" ID-CoL="77Q7" authority="Tishechkin &amp; Caterino" authorityName="Tishechkin &amp; Caterino" box="[151,570,882,908]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Renclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC63C4B87F8BD7CFA48FC79" bold="true" box="[151,275,882,908]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Renclasea</emphasis>
Tishechkin &amp; Caterino
</taxonomicName>
, n. gen.
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1AC26523FFC63C4B87F8BDB2F96FFC26" box="[151,564,955,979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC63C4B87F8BDB2F96FFC26" blockId="1.[151,564,955,979]" box="[151,564,955,979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<typeStatus id="8D63880AFFC63C4B87F8BDB2FB97FC26" box="[151,204,956,979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Type</typeStatus>
species:
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC63C4B8642BDB2FAA9FC26" box="[301,498,956,979]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Renclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skelleyi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC63C4B8642BDB2FAA9FC26" box="[301,498,956,979]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Renclasea skelleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC63C4B8697BDB5F96FFC26" bold="true" box="[504,564,955,979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7B9F57C1FFC63C4B8697BDB5F96FFC26" box="[504,564,955,979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1AC26523FFC63C4887F8BA0CFF73FC42" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="description">
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC63C4887F8BA0CF927FE6F" blockId="1.[151,1437,1026,2019]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,152,1608]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC63C4B87F8BA0CFA72FBE9" bold="true" box="[151,297,1026,1052]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Description</emphasis>
. Body elongate oval, convex dorsally (L:
<quantity id="95209B4DFFC63C4B844DBA0CF8EDFBE9" box="[802,950,1026,1052]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.95" metricValueMax="2.3" metricValueMin="1.6" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" unit="mm" value="1.95" valueMax="2.3" valueMin="1.6">1.62.3 mm</quantity>
). Body surface smooth and mostly shiny (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B87F0BA27FBA9FBB6" box="[159,242,1065,1091]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,255,1552,1576]" captionTargetBox="[195,1391,197,1528]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[195,1392,197,1529]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Generic appearance and characters. A. Renclasea cazieri, dorsal habitus; B. R. cazieri, ventral habitus; C. R. cazieri, lateral habitus; D. R. cazieri, antennal scape and club; E. R. cazieri, frons." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191865/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A, 5A), sometimes with areas of alutaceous microsculpture dorsally (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8343BA27FF2BFBB6" box="[1068,1136,1065,1091]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
B), mostly asetose, some species with sparse inconspicuous setae, especially on legs, antennal scape, labrum and clypeus. Head with latero-marginal frontal carina descending along inner edge of eyes (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B84D9BA78F8A6FB65" box="[950,1021,1142,1168]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,255,1552,1576]" captionTargetBox="[195,1391,197,1528]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[195,1392,197,1529]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Generic appearance and characters. A. Renclasea cazieri, dorsal habitus; B. R. cazieri, ventral habitus; C. R. cazieri, lateral habitus; D. R. cazieri, antennal scape and club; E. R. cazieri, frons." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191865/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A), then running obliquely forward to posterior margin of clypeus, interrupted along clypeolabral border. Frons concave between carinae, frontal stria runs on top of the carina and is interrupted in medial concavity; occipital stria thin, complete, continuous with branches of supraorbital stria. Labrum in the same plane as clypeus, small, rectangular, sometimes with small blunt knob in the middle of apical margin. Mandibles robust, short, with faces of bases unmodified. Antennal scape strongly expanded (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8555BB36F9DAFAA7" box="[570,641,1336,1362]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,255,1552,1576]" captionTargetBox="[195,1391,197,1528]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[195,1392,197,1529]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Generic appearance and characters. A. Renclasea cazieri, dorsal habitus; B. R. cazieri, ventral habitus; C. R. cazieri, lateral habitus; D. R. cazieri, antennal scape and club; E. R. cazieri, frons." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191865/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
D), irregularly pyramidal, with all edges sharp. Antennal clubs with dense pubescence except for large sclerotized areas on dorsal, inner lateral and ventral surfaces. Pronotum convex, lateral sides weakly convergent anteriorly, moderately but conspicuously explanate. Pronotal basal margin obtusely angulate. Pronotal marginal stria complete (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8403BBA2F8F4FA33" box="[876,943,1452,1478]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A, 2A), anterior stria broadly interrupted medially, present only around anterior angles. Anterior margin of pronotum with a pair of small glandular openings behind and slightly mediad eyes; lateral margin also with two elongated gland openings (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B824BBBF7FE29F9E6" box="[1316,1394,1529,1555]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
A). Scutellum triangular, minute and inconspicuous. Elytron with reduced set of thin, impunctate dorsal striae. Both subhumeral striae complete, carinate; sutural stria abbreviated anteriorly or completely absent, traces of dorsal striae 14 variably present, apical stria thin, complete, united with sutural (if present) and inner subhumeral striae. Elytro-epipleural border sharp (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8444B89AF821F95B" box="[811,890,1684,1710]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,255,1552,1576]" captionTargetBox="[195,1391,197,1528]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[195,1392,197,1529]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Generic appearance and characters. A. Renclasea cazieri, dorsal habitus; B. R. cazieri, ventral habitus; C. R. cazieri, lateral habitus; D. R. cazieri, antennal scape and club; E. R. cazieri, frons." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191865/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C), angulate along outer subhumeral stria. Propygidium transversely hexagonal, with marginal stria complete, sometimes weakened along apical margin. Pygidium in females with ornament of thin striae represented by apical and/or basal transverse, and medial circular striations (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8614B906FA9DF8D7" box="[379,454,1800,1826]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,255,1318,1342]" captionTargetBox="[344,1256,401,1292]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[330,1257,390,1292]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Female pygidia, posterior view. A. Renclasea skelleyi; B. R. falli; C. R. helavai; D. R. occidentalis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191869/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
). Prosternal lobe wide and short (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B8430B906F8F4F8D7" box="[863,943,1800,1826]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
D, 2B), with straight or slightly concave anterior margin. Anterior marginal stria of prosternal lobe complete, diverging from margin laterally; lateral foveae absent, lateral notches present. Prosternal keel relatively narrow, flat or weakly convex, with or without carinal striae, those if present narrowly separated, parallel (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B84C8B972F8B7F863" box="[935,1004,1916,1942]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,255,1563,1587]" captionText="FIGURE 6. Female mesosternum, ventral view. A. Renclasea falli; B. R. helavai." pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
A). Lateral marginal prosternal striae distinct and long. Mesoventrite narrow, its anterior margin produced medially as a weak triangular process (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC63C4B87F0B9C7FBB6F816" box="[159,237,1993,2019]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
D, 2B, 6). Marginal lateral stria of mesoventrite present, discal marginal stria absent. Metaventral disc in males with weak median depression. Outer lateral stria of metaventrite present, complete. Inner lateral stria of metaventrite present only as long, double striated recurrent arm. First abdominal ventrite with lateral and postmetacoxal striae united near posterior edge of metacoxa, running thence as long, curved striae towards elytral margin. Legs relatively short; tibia wide, paddle-like. Protibia (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC53C4884A5BF02FF50FED3" box="[970,1035,268,294]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
E) strongly expanded, with 1417 short spines along outer margin and with 810 bristles along apical part of inner margin. Meso- and metatibia (
<figureCitation id="CAE32A2DFFC53C4887F0BF57FBB7FE86" box="[159,236,345,371]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1587,1611]" captionTargetBox="[223,1364,197,1561]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[223,1365,197,1561]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Generic appearance and characters, Renclasea skelleyi. A. pronotum; B. left elytron; C. ventral habitus; D. prosternum; E. protibia and tarsus; F. mesotibia; G. metatibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/191864/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
FG) without teeth and spines on outer margins, on ventral side with complete marginal stria and two longitudinal striae closer to inner margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC53C4887AABFA8FECEFCE9" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Aedeagus with parameres long, with long basal fusion ventrally and dorsally. Penis aligned along the longitudinal paramere axis. Basal piece long, with shallow and wide dorsal and ventral apical emarginations, its posterior opening circular, in caudal position. Male sternite 8 with fused full-sized halves (although suture between halves distinct), pair of small velae and fringes of long setae along postero-lateral parts of apical margin. Dorsal apical parts of male sternite 8 with inward long narrow rectangular processes. Male tergite 8 with transverse anterior stria (TAS) and complete intra-TAS plate present and no transverse posterior suture. Intra-TAS plate not separated from the tergite body along TAS. Male sternite 9 with slightly expanded stickshaped “handle”. Male tergite 9 with medium ventral apodemes, long basal projections, short pointed apical projections and medium sclerotized ventral processs. Halves of male tergite 9 separate; tergite 10 present, large, fitting into apical emargination of tergite 9, with apical margin widely and deeply acutely emarginated.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC53C4887AABD27FF73FC42" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Female sternite 8 with deeply emarginate apical margin, distinct basal bridge with angulate lateral parts and obtusely angulate basal angles. Female tergite 8 present as single plate or three narrowly separated plates. Coxites not connected. Female tergite 9 present as single transverse plate, its lateral margins close, but not connected to coxites. Female genital sclerites separate, elongate, strip-shaped.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1AC26523FFC53C4887AABDCDF94AFBDE" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC53C4887AABDCDF94AFBDE" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4887AABDCDFA0EFC28" bold="true" box="[197,341,963,989]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Etymology.</emphasis>
The generic epithet represents the combination of hetaeriine generic names
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488395BDCAFE33FC28" box="[1274,1384,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Euclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488395BDCAFE33FC28" box="[1274,1384,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Euclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C4887F8BDE4FACAFBF1" authority="Lewis 1889" authorityName="Lewis" authorityYear="1889" box="[151,401,1002,1028]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Reninus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4887F8BDE4FBA3FBF6" box="[151,248,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Reninus</emphasis>
Lewis 1889
</taxonomicName>
, relatively closely related genera, some representatives of which resemble
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C48824FBDE4FEC0FBF6" box="[1312,1435,1002,1027]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Renclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C48824FBDE4FEC0FBF6" box="[1312,1435,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Renclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. The gender is feminine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1AC26523FFC53C4887A9BA39F890F9BD" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="526736A8FFC53C4887A9BA39F890F9BD" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1608]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4887A9BA39FA1DFBA4" bold="true" box="[198,326,1079,1105]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Despite the generalized appearance of
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C48842ABA36F8E5FBA4" box="[837,958,1080,1105]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Renclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C48842ABA36F8E5FBA4" box="[837,958,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Renclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and history of taxonomic confusions surrounding the genus, it is relatively easily recognizable among
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C4884AFBA50FF0AFB8D" box="[960,1105,1118,1144]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hetaeriinae">Hetaeriinae</taxonomicName>
, especially given its North American distribution. It runs to
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488547BA8BF9CDFB6B" box="[552,662,1157,1182]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Euclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488547BA8BF9CDFB6B" box="[552,662,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Euclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the key to North American
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488363BA8BFFCCFB6A" box="[1036,1175,1157,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hetaeriinae">Hetaeriinae</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="36494B59FFC53C4883C7BA8BFB8FFB33" author="Kovarik" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refString="Kovarik, P. W. &amp; Caterino, M. S. (2001) Histeridae Gyllenhall, 1808. Pp. 212 - 227 in: Arnett, R. H. &amp; M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles. Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton - London - New York - Washington, DC." type="book chapter" year="2001">Kovarik &amp; Caterino 2001</bibRefCitation>
) as well as in the most comprehensive key available for the entire subfamily (
<bibRefCitation id="36494B59FFC53C488317BAA2FE02FB33" author="Helava" box="[1144,1369,1196,1222]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refString="Helava, J. V. T., Howden, H. F. &amp; Ritchie, A. J. (1985) A review of the New World genera of the myrmecophilous and termitophilous subfamily Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Sociobiology, 10, 127 - 386." type="journal article" year="1985">
Helava
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4883BABAA2FE4AFB30" box="[1237,1297,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.</emphasis>
1985
</bibRefCitation>
). The latter key is not complete, but even given this fact and taking into consideration available undescribed hetaeriine material (Caterino &amp; Tishechkin, unpublished), it would work well to identify
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C4883C5BAF7FE79FAE7" box="[1194,1314,1273,1298]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Renclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4883C5BAF7FE79FAE7" box="[1194,1314,1273,1298]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Renclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in global hetaeriine context (keying them to
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488512BB2EF9B3FACC" box="[637,744,1312,1337]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Euclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488512BB2EF9B3FACC" box="[637,744,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Euclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The combination of convex elongate body shape, smooth shiny surfaces almost completely devoid of setae, explanate pronotal sides, strongly expanded pro-, but not meso- and metatibia and reduction of striae and punctures on elytra and metaventrite readily diagnose the genus. Some representatives of
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488566BB9AF92FFA58" box="[521,628,1428,1453]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Euclasea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488566BB9AF92FFA58" box="[521,628,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Euclasea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C4885EABB9AF8CAFA5B" authority="Tishechkin 2007" authorityName="Tishechkin" authorityYear="2007" box="[645,913,1428,1454]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species" species="sensu">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C4885EABB9AF99DFA58" box="[645,710,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="36494B59FFC53C4885A2BB9AF8CAFA5B" author="Tishechkin" box="[717,913,1428,1454]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" refString="Tishechkin, A. K. (2007) Phylogenetic revision of the genus Mesynodites Reichardt, 1924 (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Hetaeriinae) with description of new tribes, genera and species. Sociobiology, 47, 1 - 167." type="journal article" year="2007">Tishechkin 2007</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) may be quite similar externally, but none of them have explanate sides of pronotum and strongly expanded protibia. Some species of
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488389BBB5FE12FA21" box="[1254,1353,1467,1492]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Reninus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488389BBB5FE12FA21" box="[1254,1353,1467,1492]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Reninus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(those included earlier in the presently synonimized subgenus
<taxonomicName id="95D84D2BFFC53C488458BBEFFFCCFA0E" authority="Bickhardt, 1917" authorityName="Bickhardt" authorityYear="1917" box="[823,1175,1505,1531]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Brachylister" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="60ACEABAFFC53C488458BBEFF890FA0F" box="[823,971,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Brachylister</emphasis>
Bickhardt, 1917
</taxonomicName>
) have similar general appearance and similar structure of male genitalia, but all of them have extremely expanded meso- and metatibia and complete set of discal and lateral striae on metaventrite.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>