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leg.
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D396FF2D8E23DD93" bold="true" box="[199,314,151,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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. Based on the presence of 10 dorsal (but see remarks below) and a submarginal elytral stria,
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D3C6FF068E44DDF7" box="[151,349,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Copelatus vitraci</emphasis>
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-group. In addition, the species is characterised by the combination of the following characters: body rather broadly oval-oblong, with dorsal surface evenly convex; head rufo-testaceous, pronotum dark brown with sides broadly paler, elytron dark brown with rather broad basal testaceous band, often shortly prolonged posteriad near suture, with testaceous sides and with conspicuous apical testaceous spot; pronotum surface without strioles; male with anterior margin of protibia deeply emarginated and bisinuate towards base; shape of median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view very characteristic, strongly emarginate medially on ventral side (
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<figureCitation id="4B93F5F1493AFF93D2E5FE2E8D1EDC8F" box="[436,519,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 14–18" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[187,1386,229,1891]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[164,1428,191,1922]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 14–18. Details of Copelatus. 14. C. caelatipennis habitus (4.4 mm); 15. C. posticatus habitus (6.6 mm); 16. C. vitraci habitus (5.0 mm); 17. median lobe in lateral view of C. vitraci; 18. paramere of C. vitraci. Scale bar (Figs 17–18) = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1206730/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
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); parameres as depicted in
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<figureCitation id="4B93F5F1493AFF93D069FE2E8C93DC8F" box="[824,906,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURES 14–18" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1940,1962]" captionTargetBox="[187,1386,229,1891]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[164,1428,191,1922]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 14–18. Details of Copelatus. 14. C. caelatipennis habitus (4.4 mm); 15. C. posticatus habitus (6.6 mm); 16. C. vitraci habitus (5.0 mm); 17. median lobe in lateral view of C. vitraci; 18. paramere of C. vitraci. Scale bar (Figs 17–18) = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1206730/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D396FE0D8E90DCF3" box="[199,393,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Copelatus vitraci</emphasis>
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is closely allied to the Cuban endemic
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D017FE028CD0DCF3" box="[838,969,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">C. cordovai</emphasis>
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, as testified by the strongly similar shape of their median lobes. Having studied material of both species, we can state that they are, nevertheless, clearly distinct.
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D2BBFE458DD1DF3B" box="[490,712,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Copelatus cordovai</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D033FDBA8CD7DF3B" box="[866,974,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">C. vitraci</emphasis>
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notably by its smaller size, paler dorsal colour, much more strongly impressed dorsal striae (with slightly convex inter-striae spaces), absence of an additional stria in female (see below), and slightly different shape of the ventral outline of median lobe in lateral view.
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D396FD358E2DDF8B" bold="true" box="[199,308,655,680]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Remarks</emphasis>
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. Specimens of
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D2BBFD2A8D4FDF8B" box="[490,598,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">C. vitraci</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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Republic differ from those from
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</collectingRegion>
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(
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locality) by strong reduction/fragmentation of the elytral dorsal stria 2, and to a lesser extent of stria 1. In one specimen, stria 2 is totally missing and striae 4, 6 and 8 are furthermore reduced to a few short superficial scratches, so that at first sight, this specimen seems to have only 6 dorsal striae. In all examined specimens from
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<collectingCountry id="ABBFA9E4493AFF93D3C6FCA58E38DE1B" box="[151,289,799,824]" name="Guadeloupe" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Guadeloupe</collectingCountry>
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</collectingRegion>
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, the 10 dorsal striae are present and complete, even if striae 1 and 2 are generally very superficial.
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</paragraph>
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In addition, this species presents an interesting case of sexual dimorphism in the number of elytral dorsal striae, that has not been previously reported in the literature (notably, in the description of the species by
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). Females of that species have 11 (sometimes 12) dorsal striae, instead of
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males. In females with 11 striae, the additional stria is intercalated between the striae that are counted 9 and
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males (and more generally, in
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D674FC158A8BDEEB" box="[1317,1426,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">erichsonii</emphasis>
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- group species). In other words, the stria
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females corresponds to the stria
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males and the stria
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females has no equivalent in males. This additional stria is short and superficial, and restricted to the anterior part of the elytron, but nevertheless distinct in all females we have seen from
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and from
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</collectingRegion>
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. In addition, some females (from both localities) have an even shorter and more superficial stria 12 more laterally.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D317E974493AFF93D396FBDE8FC4D983" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D396FBDE8EE8D95E" bold="true" box="[199,497,1124,1149]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Collection circumstances.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="14A892F7493AFF93D2ADFBDE8DA3D95F" authorityName="Legros" authorityYear="1948" box="[508,698,1124,1149]" class="Insecta" family="Dytiscidae" genus="Copelatus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="381" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vitraci">
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D2ADFBDE8DA3D95F" box="[508,698,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Copelatus vitraci</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was collected at light in coastal wetland (R. Fencl, pers. comm. 2006).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D396FB168E40D9E6" bold="true" box="[199,345,1196,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Distribution</emphasis>
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.
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<collectingCountry id="ABBFA9E4493AFF93D236FB168EF7D9E6" box="[359,494,1196,1221]" name="Guadeloupe" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">Guadeloupe</collectingCountry>
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</collectingRegion>
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and
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(
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<emphasis id="E1DC3566493AFF93D04CFB168CBAD9E6" bold="true" box="[797,931,1196,1221]" pageId="10" pageNumber="381">new record</emphasis>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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