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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.8153" ID-GBIF-Dataset="cefca615-aea7-4dd8-8afd-80921e906e89" ID-PMC="PMC4829950" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-580-45" ID-PubMed="27110208" ID-ZBK="745750AD4D4241E599B9FDEFDE0C5BED" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2016" ModsDocID="1313-2970-580-45" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 580" ModsDocTitle="Revision of the Neotropical diving beetle genus Hydrodessus J. Balfour-Browne, 1953 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini)" checkinTime="1460542594575" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Miller, Kelly B." docDate="2016" docId="A7E29B31BD87088E05C2B58B571AA452" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 580: 45-124" docOrigin="ZooKeys 580" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.8153" docTitle="Hydrodessus brevis Miller, 2016, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="6FB0D768-395B-4B76-B580-E6CF8A9813CF" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="67" masterDocId="FFECFFCDFFE0BD0DFF80D76BAC7FFF89" masterDocTitle="Revision of the Neotropical diving beetle genus Hydrodessus J. Balfour-Browne, 1953 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini)" masterLastPageNumber="124" masterPageNumber="45" pageNumber="67" updateTime="1668162962782" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the Neotropical diving beetle genus Hydrodessus J. Balfour-Browne, 1953 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Miller, Kelly B.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2016</mods:date>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.8153</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.580.8153</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="127889806" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6FB0D768-395B-4B76-B580-E6CF8A9813CF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A7E29B31BD87088E05C2B58B571AA452" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="22" pageNumber="67" start="start">Taxon</pageBreakToken>
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classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/6FB0D768-395B-4B76-B580-E6CF8A9813CF" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="22" pageNumber="67">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 12, 44
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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Venezuela, Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina, basecamp,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="0.833">0.833°N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-66.167">66.167°W</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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This species has the lateral elytral carina relatively short, present just at the humeral angle, and the body overall approximately concolorous dark red (Fig. 12A).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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is similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus palus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palus">Hydrodessus palus</taxonomicName>
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in shape, and other structures, but that species is pale yellow, a bit smaller (TL = 2.0 mm) with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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larger (TL = 2.5 mm). The male genitalia differ, as well, with the median lobe of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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broader and apically not sinuate.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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is extremely similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus pereirai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">Hydrodessus pereirai</taxonomicName>
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, but that species is considerably larger (TL = 3.9 mm). The male genitalia of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus pereirai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pereirai">Hydrodessus pereirai</taxonomicName>
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are unknown so were not compared.
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Measurements. TL = 2.6 mm, GW = 1.2 mm, PW = 1.0 mm, HW = 0.7 mm, EW = 0.5 mm, TL/GW = 2.2, HW/EW = 1.5. Body shape elongate, apically pointed, lateral margin distinctly discontinous between pronotum and elytron (Fig. 12A).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Coloration (Fig. 12A). Head and pronotum red. Elytra red, distinctly darker than head and pronotum, lighter apically, elytra immaculate (Fig. 12A). Antennae, palps and legs yellow to red-yellow. Venter red, lighter laterally on prothorax, elytral epipleuron and apex of abdomen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Sculpture and structure. Head broad, anterior clypeal margin broadly rounded; surface shiny with fine, indistinct punctures; eyes small. Pronotum slightly cordate, broadest slightly anterior of middle (Fig. 12A); lateral bead fine; surface shiny and covered with very fine punctures. Elytra elongate, apically pointed, lateral margins slightly and broadly curved (Fig. 12A); lateral carina distinct but short, about 1/5 length of elytra (Fig. 12B); surface covered with fine punctures. Prosternum medially carinate and setose; prosternal process very broad, broadest at anterior lateral lobes, lateral carinae evenly convergent to broadly truncate apex, deeply excavated medially (Fig. 12C). Metaventrite with anterior process moderately broad, apically truncate, medially somewhat excavated; metasternal carinae distinct, curved medially and diverging posteriorly, terminating near anterior ends of metacoxal lines (Fig. 12C); surfaces covered with fine punctures. Legs with most surfaces covered with fine punctation throughout; pro- and mesotibiae slender; metatibia with posteroapical brush of setae distinctive; metatrochanter distinctly offset, apically rounded; metacoxa covered with fine punctures; metacoxal lines subparallel, moderately closely approximated, slightly convergent anteriorly (Fig. 12C). Abdomen covered with fine punctation; ventrite VI apically narrowly rounded.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Male genitalia. Median lobe bilaterally symmetrical, in lateral aspect broadly curved, curvature more pronounced basally, basal region broad, rounded, apical portion slender, slightly expanded submedially along ventral margin, apex slender and narrowly rounded (Fig. 12D); in ventral aspect basally narrow, lateral margins evenly curved and apically evenly convergent to angulate apex (Fig. 12E). Lateral lobe slender, moderately broad basally, elongate triangular apically with lateral margins evenly convergent to rounded apex (Fig. 12F).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Female genitalia. Not examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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Sexual dimorphism. Male pro- and mesotarsi
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<normalizedToken originalValue="I–III">I-III</normalizedToken>
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slightly more broadly expanded than female and ventrally with several large adhesive setae.
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Variation. No significant variation was observed in the few specimens examined.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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This species is named brevis, Latin for
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“short,”">"short,"</normalizedToken>
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for the relatively short lateral elytral carina in specimens.
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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is known only from Cerro de la Neblina, Amazonas, Venezuela (Fig. 44).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="habitat">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">The two specimens in the type series were collected from leaf pack from among rocks in a small rainforest stream.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="67" type="specimens">
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">Specimens.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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The holotype male is in MIZA labeled, "VENEZUELA,T.F.Amaz. Cerro de la Neblina Basecamp. 140 m.
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="0.8333333">0°50'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-66.166664">66°10'W</geoCoordinate>
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18 February 1985/ From leaf pack among rocks in small stream in rainforest P.J. & P.M.Spangler, R.Faitoute, W.Steiner/ HOLOTYPE
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Hydrodessus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrodessus brevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="67" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">Hydrodessus brevis</taxonomicName>
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Miller, 2016 [red line with black line border]."
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<paragraph pageId="22" pageNumber="67">
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Paratypes, 4 total. Venezuela, Amazonas, Cerro de la Neblina, basecamp,
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,
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, 7 Feb 1985, leaf pack among rocks in small stream in rainforest P.J. Spangler, P.M. Spangler, R. Faitoute, W. Steiner (4, MIZA, USNM).
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