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<taxonomicName id="436470EA5D0BD98F1852913DA3D73479" LSID="5BDD9BCE-E76C-5083-8A53-01EFA158544B" authority="Sharp, 1882" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">N. brevicornis Sharp, 1882</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation id="695397A841A05D4DD3A77F74EA23D3AA" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Notomicrus species groups. Dorsal habitus of representative Notomicrus species a N. nanulus b N. sharpi c N. sp. d N. cf. traili e N. cf. gracilipes f N. petrareptans g N. sp. h N. sp nr. malkini i N. sp. nr. meizon j N. tenellus k N. brevicornis male syntype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523043" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figs 1k</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="5B0D7FA1DEBA861EAD8FF5D70D1A5FEE" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 12. Card mount, aedeagus and labels of male syntype of N. brevicornis a Notomicrus brevicornis card mount, dorsal b median lobe lateral aspect c left lateral lobe, medial aspect d right lateral lobe e syntype labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523052" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">, 12</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="E9B602F90807A3466F2FE1C8AB94A774" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Material examined.</paragraph>
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: Male specimen on small rectangular card,
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is drawn around genitalia and other parts, prosternal process flanks the specimen. "Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850" [small rectangular label, handwritten], "Sharp Coll/ 1905-313" [small rectangular label, typed], "
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<taxonomicName id="A7F67FC11C5828FF09847AA4F8CDBB73" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">Notomicrus brevicornis</taxonomicName>
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Ind. typ./ D.S." [small rectangular label, handwritten] "SYN/ TYPE" [small circular label with blue border, printed] (ex. NHM); female specimen on rectangular card, "
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." [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], "Sharp Coll/ 1905-313." Small rectangular label, typed], "Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850" [small rectangular label, handwritten], "Type 470/
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[small circular label with red border, printed], (ex. NHM); female specimen disarticulated on large card, "
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." [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], "Boa Sorta Nov./ Sahlberg 1850" [small rectangular label, handwritten], "
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, Sharp./ Co-type." [rectangular label, handwritten], "SYN/ TYPE" [small circular label with blue border, printed], (ex. NHM); female specimen on small rectangular card, "Co-/ type" [small circular label with yellow border, printed], "
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/
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." [small rectangular label with blue line across, typed], "Sharp Coll/ 1905-313." Small rectangular label, typed], "
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, Sharp./ Co-type." [rectangular label, handwritten] "SYN/ TYPE" [small circular label with blue border, printed] (ex. NHM). Note: this latter specimen also with small label "Not
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/ maybe
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?/
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det. 2016". See notes below
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.
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<paragraph id="181C6B001F9B315EBC6CBC4F204AC1BD" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="7F0E9D0CCA847359B9E1A6FCF839C4F2" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
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<emphasis id="C0F784017702259EB4ECFB658408399C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus brevicornis</emphasis>
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would otherwise appear to be a member of the
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<emphasis id="60F90B07539FF82D8266F7C8931ABB71" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus nanulus</emphasis>
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group by the aforementioned characters. However, it differs by the more acute posterior angles of the noterid platform, a character shared with members of the
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<taxonomicName id="D66710EDD0DADDD8F23FE7E741D68BDD" authorityName="Clark" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus tenellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenellus">
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<emphasis id="CD0215886C03BD8718367E9780978FF1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus tenellus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="B7B1C608F12CA0AC09F08BAA18A85FC9" authorityName="Miller" authorityYear="2013" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus josiahi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="josiahi">
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<emphasis id="CAF959423F4854354F8A36C9131DB504" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="730E6B69616B7514115A299C0BF2C264" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
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groups. The male syntype presents a bifurcate anterior protarsal claw (as in fig. 8A), a character shared by the
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<emphasis id="324C04D53D354C94B01DDF5FE5029C7E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus josiahi</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="431F68415F565875AA23380BEE10D2DB" authorityName="Clark" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus tenellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenellus">
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<emphasis id="7E28A32B6F1538E9027CA93EB7E09C49" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus tenellus</emphasis>
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species groups. With the Old World and New World taxa being reciprocally monophyletic (
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<bibRefCitation id="B919070339082D50BF03980ACDCBAC20" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" author="Baca, SM" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="1 - 4" refId="B2" refString="Baca, SM, Short, AEZ, 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (6): 1 - 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" title="Molecular phylogeny of the notomicrine water beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance and ecological plasticity." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015" volume="4" year="2020">Baca and Short 2020</bibRefCitation>
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) and the plesiomorphic appearance of these characters, we would speculate that this species is likely to be sister to one of the New World species groups.
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Based on observation of the single male of the syntype series, it is suspected that
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<bibRefCitation id="20293DB80025B0BE25232BC3BB7111FD" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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based his description, key and illustration of the aedeagus of
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<taxonomicName id="C8240F1A8F7B3A3E98D0A00158ACD99D" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
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<emphasis id="D0DF240C5E8D034F8ADCD7253FE9F0A6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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on the male of a different species. First, the illustration in
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<bibRefCitation id="C15007420369DF4EB277EF4FCBCD9A41" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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of the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="D97170733F27BAA49D4B699FD51FDC74" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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does not match that observed in the syntype. Second,
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<bibRefCitation id="DBDECB86ABFCA62252D34F5F956A1249" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978</bibRefCitation>
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: 288-289) describes
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<taxonomicName id="8B013DBE5C3529A9FC76CE6B0A2CA7E7" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
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<emphasis id="74A9168EA723E947A54878A391128566" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as being sexually dimorphic in elytral punctation, with males being more punctate than females. However, as noted by
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<bibRefCitation id="888E63209FA40817576734CDD51D0366" author="Sharp, D" journalOrPublisher="Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="179 - 1003" publicationUrl="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10137421" refId="B16" refString="Sharp, D, 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2: 179 - 1003, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10137421" title="On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae." url="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10137421" volume="2" year="1882">Sharp (1882</bibRefCitation>
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: 261), there is very little dimorphism observed between males and females of the syntype series beyond characters of the tarsi. The punctation and sculpture are very weakly dimorphic, both sexes being almost entirely impunctate, except for the weak discal rows and a few scattered punctures near the elytral apex. The punctation is slightly less impressed in females, with discal rows slightly less prominent. The relative difference of punctation between the male and female syntypes of this species is so slight that splitting them up in the key as did
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="244BF7118A2D363E0A831CB1756EC735" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978</bibRefCitation>
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: 288, couplet 7) seems largely unnecessary, wherein the couplet describing females of
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<taxonomicName id="D77B9402E9199CB846908108B832E55D" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
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<emphasis id="128FE5478AD701FF52B55F2E434BE62F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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also closely describes the male syntype (
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<bibRefCitation id="2F8C4958929FA2827B22D7BE7B9E9A36" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young 1978</bibRefCitation>
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: 288). The specimens of the UMMZ, observed by Young, were not observed for this study, but the stated differences by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="540DB01B8929909190A25E160CC5BC4D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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and the grouping of males of
|
||
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<emphasis id="F75AC510AFC748EB210E07ABD16BD431" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7B02B3CB0FE80FACE01278F6CE066317" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. malkini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malkini">
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<emphasis id="B07777F14FA1479E19C3BD27CF941938" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. malkini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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in
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<normalizedToken id="4C7CA4494C189DB8BED0B390D6E7AFF6" originalValue="Young’s">Young's</normalizedToken>
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(1978
|
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</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: 288) key call the identity of the depicted male in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C10827E452CBEBA1D8A0D5FE67BE06D6" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" author="Young, FN" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" pagination="285 - 293" refId="B18" refString="Young, FN, 1978. The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae). Systematic Entomology 3 (3): 285 - 293, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" title="The New World species of the water-beetle genus Notomicrus (Noteridae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00121.x" volume="3" year="1978">Young (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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into question. Further adding to this suspicion is the fact that some male specimens attributable to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ECD913420854F5738E9E7298A8E3BE4B" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. malkini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malkini">
|
||
<emphasis id="4059C3A02C010108E2BFBC4C5E9600FE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. malkini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or other undescribed species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6648443BDF1187E1FB95D1CB67AEC995" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus meizon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="meizon">
|
||
<emphasis id="394C791D55E187146B60C33AE22B3223" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus meizon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group in the FSCA were identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="978E5CBB895E88897D0022350C5D2B55" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0B996E0B4C0EBA6AC81161A77C64A4EA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by Young (date of determination not recorded). For aiding in identification, we have included images of the male syntype, labels and aedeagus (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="921E74066C3DB125ED16E7A394F8B721" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Notomicrus species groups. Dorsal habitus of representative Notomicrus species a N. nanulus b N. sharpi c N. sp. d N. cf. traili e N. cf. gracilipes f N. petrareptans g N. sp. h N. sp nr. malkini i N. sp. nr. meizon j N. tenellus k N. brevicornis male syntype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523043" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">1k</figureCitation>
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,
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||
<figureCitation id="CF8D6DB466A73E7824481DF4C8C54509" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 12. Card mount, aedeagus and labels of male syntype of N. brevicornis a Notomicrus brevicornis card mount, dorsal b median lobe lateral aspect c left lateral lobe, medial aspect d right lateral lobe e syntype labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523052" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">12</figureCitation>
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||
). One specimen of the syntype series appears to be of a different species than the others; likely it is a member of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4F2998D16D7E0B512D39376581A9B919" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus traili" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="traili">
|
||
<emphasis id="E2D0B3D581D0DBE01310CA08ABFA47DE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus traili</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group. See last listed specimen and note in the examined syntype material above.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="2DB0A9AF655AD49253D4AC19EA3E294F" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/523052" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" start="Figure 12" startId="F10">
|
||
<paragraph id="EEA256620001CE4E31B547E995C8E43B" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
|
||
<emphasis id="CAB8E563766CDD5F84E0DEB7592F28D3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Figure 12.</emphasis>
|
||
Card mount, aedeagus and labels of male syntype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5D8A91BC61E9AC1CCCC59981535C62AA" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="E2CD737520D7AD6D425F4F36FBF64670" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="981FDA3E343B9C40F2663BA3954B8EDA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">a</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5BFB576950A2A0A98043E802254166F8" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="9DB771F9D96E9D410551219F0A689D06" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus brevicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
card mount, dorsal
|
||
<emphasis id="274211DA5803E3EC8B84C711F9D210AD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">b</emphasis>
|
||
median lobe lateral aspect
|
||
<emphasis id="02FE21AA1EE4140C35D26F1951D97BCB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">c</emphasis>
|
||
left lateral lobe, medial aspect
|
||
<emphasis id="4BDF31F9A4DFF88E4D28B89DA6D0E8A5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">d</emphasis>
|
||
right lateral lobe
|
||
<emphasis id="0F601A51AA885413C985A0365937E73B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">e</emphasis>
|
||
syntype labels.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8203C13025CCC201EF91D7B020F4619A" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">
|
||
Personal observations show that many members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="69FD08B2711EEA8F7F980A1FA4473328" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanulus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D172F0033C7C70F7BCAD4CB800BB6814" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. nanulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group are misidentified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A026FD4509AC4B88B588706A5960EE47" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="7D210A0119753D30F45EDE0AF66E9CDD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in collections. This is no doubt due to the superficial similarities of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3D931792F5A42C65D0F52C8BF4684CE7" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevicornis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
|
||
<emphasis id="EBD19AB93BFC2DCBB04076A0AA2B3090" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">N. brevicornis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9B73BB602CA6C84D9313C79DE46D10C7" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanulus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3457517564C3B0E577B121BE0E5D0A50" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus nanulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group and scarcity of males in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7F4931459E7DD0A491C20050F8F65C15" class="Insecta" family="Noteridae" genus="Notomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notomicrus nanulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanulus">
|
||
<emphasis id="90AA9F5B8C66DC5B4745D0A4C227C253" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="177">Notomicrus nanulus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group. With that, there are likely inaccuracies in literature with respect to records and distributions.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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