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<mods:title>Flea beetles of the West Indies: the genus Hemilactica Blake, 1937 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/4122BF64-1C7D-430D-8568-7386E2D9E59F" authority="Konstantinov, 2021" authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia" status="sp. nov.">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 12. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov., illustration by Madison Dorr (Systematic Entomology Laboratory internship program 2020)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555096" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Figures 12</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 13–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 13 - 16. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 13 dorsal habitus 14 pronotum 15 head, frontal view 16 lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures13-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555097" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">, 13-16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">, 17-24</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="589" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Holotype</emphasis>
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, male. Labels: 1) Dominican Republic, Barahona Pr., Sierra Martin Garcia 9.XII.2014, 925 m, WP-511,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="21.224" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="18.353733">18°21.224'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="71" direction="west" minutes="00.870" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-71.0145">71°00.870'W</geoCoordinate>
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Leg. A. S. Konstantinov; 2)
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Holotype</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
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des. A. Konstantinov 2020 (USNM).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Paratypes</emphasis>
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with the same labels as holotype (5 USNM, 2 MHND).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Pronotum, thorax, antennae, and legs uniformly orange, with tips of legs a bit darker. Elytra uniformly blue. Supracallinal sulcus poorly developed, straight, or convex, perpendicular to midline. Midfrontal sulcus visible, long, but weakly impressed. Frontal ridge relatively long, dorsally wider than ventrally. Median lobe of aedeagus bends gradually about middle, with tip curving dorsally in lateral view. Spermathecal pump more or less straight, wider than receptacle, with small round structure at the tip.</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555096" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" start="Figure 12" startId="F4">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
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sp. nov., illustration by Madison Dorr (Systematic Entomology Laboratory internship program 2020).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Body</emphasis>
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length 2.16-2.70 mm. Body width (widest point of elytra) 1.13-1.51 mm. Body height 0.81-0.86 mm. Pronotum, thorax, antennae, and legs uniformly orange, with tips of legs a bit darker. Elytra uniformly blue. Abdomen dark brown with tip a bit lighter.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Head</emphasis>
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.
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Surface of vertex densely and evenly covered with large punctations (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 13–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 13 - 16. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 13 dorsal habitus 14 pronotum 15 head, frontal view 16 lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures13-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555097" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">15</figureCitation>
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). Orbit narrow. Supraorbital pore well developed, noticeable among other punctations. Inner margins of eyes slightly concave to straight, diverging towards mouth parts. Distance between eyes above antennal sockets in frontal view three times greater than transverse diameter of eye. Sides of head below eyes converging ventrally. Anterior margin of labrum entire. Labrum with two pairs of setae placed symmetrically on sides of labrum. Midcranial suture absent. Supraorbital sulcus represented by fold between antennal callus and orbit. Orbital sulcus poorly developed. Supracallinal sulcus poorly developed, straight, or convex, perpendicular to midline. Supracallinal and supraorbital sulci form wide angle. Midfrontal sulcus visible, long, but weakly impressed. Suprafrontal sulcus long, antennal calli and top of frontal ridge meet, separated by groove. Antennal calli nearly trapezoidal or nearly quadrate, directed longitudinally, not entering interantennal space. Frontal ridge relatively long, dorsally wider than ventrally. Its sides between antennal sockets slightly convex. Dorsal side of frontal ridge acute. Frontal ridge extends slightly between antennal calli. Anterofrontal ridge very low, merges with clypeus.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures13-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555097" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" start="Figures 13–16" startId="F5">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Figures 13-16.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">13</emphasis>
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dorsal habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">14</emphasis>
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pronotum
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">15</emphasis>
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head, frontal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">16</emphasis>
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lateral habitus.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Antenna</emphasis>
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filiform (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">17</figureCitation>
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), reaching beyond half elytron. Antennomere 1 shorter next two antennomeres combined. Antennomere 2 elongate, as long as 3, narrower than antennomere 1, wider than antennomere 3. Antennomere 3 shorter than 4. Antennomere 5 as long as 4 and longer than 6. Antennomeres 6 and 7 nearly as wide as antennomeres 4 and 5 separately. Antennomere 7 approximately as narrow as 8.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Prothorax</emphasis>
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surface glabrous (Fig.
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), covered with relatively shallow, sparsely placed punctations. Anterolateral callosity elongate, not expanded beyond lateral margin, facing anterolaterally. Anterior setiferous pore along anterolateral callosity situated close to posterior end. Anterolateral corners of pronotum projected slightly forward. Sides of pronotum slightly and evenly convex. Base of pronotum with two short impressions visible only near basal margin. Pronotal base evenly convex. Antebasal transverse impression on pronotum shallow and poorly defined, better visible near longitudinal impressions, limited by them. Posterolateral callosity situated on corner of posterior and lateral margins. Procoxal cavities open. Intercoxal prosternal process convex at apex, extends beyond procoxae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Elytra</emphasis>
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at base wider than base of pronotum, with convex sides. Humeral and basal calli present. Elytral punctation confused. Punctations deeper and slightly larger than those of pronotum. Ridges on elytra absent (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 13–16" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 13 - 16. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 13 dorsal habitus 14 pronotum 15 head, frontal view 16 lateral habitus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures13-16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555097" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">13</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Legs</emphasis>
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.
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Pro- and mesotibiae without apical spur and with longitudinal ridge (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">21</figureCitation>
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). Protarsomere 1 in males wider and longer than in females. Metatibia straight in dorsal view, slightly curved in lateral view, more or less cylindrical around middle. Metatibia on lateral side without small denticles (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">20</figureCitation>
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). Metatibial apex flattened dorsally before tarsal insertion. Metatibial spur simple, narrow, ending in one tooth, situated laterally, nearly as long as greatest width of metatibial apex. Incision of metatarsomere 3 present. Claw appendiculate with a short lobe.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Genitalia</emphasis>
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: Spermatheca with receptacle and pump with distinct border in between (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">24</figureCitation>
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). Receptacle longer than wide, in a single plane, inner side straight, outer side convex, longer and narrower than pump. Pump more or less straight, wider than receptacle, with small oval structure at the tip. Duct of spermatheca without coils, roundish, narrowing abruptly towards gland. Vaginal palpi absent. Tignum widens anteriorly into a wide lobe (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">23</figureCitation>
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). Median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view bends gradually at about middle, with tip curving dorsally. In ventral view slightly constricted basally and above middle basally, lacking denticle (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">22</figureCitation>
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).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" start="Figures 17–24" startId="F6">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Figures 17-24.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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antenna
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last abdominal tergite and vagina
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abdominal ventrites
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">20</emphasis>
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hind leg
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">21</emphasis>
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front leg
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median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views)
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tignum
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">
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Seasonally dry tropical forest (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12707" author="Franklin, J" journalOrPublisher="Biotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" pagination="802 - 816" refId="B8" refString="Franklin, J, Majure, LC, Encarnacion, Y, Clase, T, Almonte-Espinosa, H, Landestoy, M, Kratter, AW, Oswald, JA, Soltis, DE, Terrill, RS, Steadman, DW, 2019. Changing ecological communities along an elevation gradient in seasonally dry tropical forest on Hispaniola (Sierra Martin Garcia, Dominican Republic). Biotropica 51: 802 - 816, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12707" title="Changing ecological communities along an elevation gradient in seasonally dry tropical forest on Hispaniola (Sierra Martin Garcia, Dominican Republic)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12707" volume="51" year="2019">Franklin et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Specific epithet is a noun in apposition based on the type locality, Sierra Martin Garcia.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Comments.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is quite unusual among
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Blake" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species because its uniformly blue elytra. Among them it is similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. stomachosa" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stomachosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. stomachosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Suffrian), which elytra are also bluish. The concept of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. stomachosa" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stomachosa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. stomachosa</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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is based on the specimen from Cuba that Blake identified as such with
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“?”">"?"</normalizedToken>
|
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. Both species may be separated by weakly developed pronotal grooves in
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. Pronotal grooves are well developed in
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. stomachosa" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stomachosa">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. stomachosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is similar to the type species of the genus,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. pulchella" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. pulchella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. erwini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erwini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. erwini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. rugosa" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. rugosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Blake in having deeply and coarsely punctate and lacking elytral ridges. Interestingly, median lobe of aedeagus in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. erwini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erwini">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. erwini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have an elongate apex strongly bent dorsally (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 6–11" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 6 - 11. Hemilactica erwini sp. nov. 6 pronotum 7 abdominal ventrites 8 hind leg 9 spermatheca 10 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 11 tignum." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures6-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555095" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">10</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 17–24" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figures 17 - 24. Hemilactica sierramartingarcia sp. nov. 17 antenna 18 last abdominal tergite and vagina 19 abdominal ventrites 20 hind leg 21 front leg 22 median lobe of aedeagus (ventral, lateral, and dorsal views) 23 tignum 24 spermatheca." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62632.figures17-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/555098" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">22</figureCitation>
|
||
), which may be a character that identifies the genus.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Konstantinov" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Hemilactica" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hemilactica sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">Hemilactica sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be separated from them by the smaller size and the body color. In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. sierramartingarcia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="589" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sierramartingarcia">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="589">H. sierramartingarcia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be identified with the help of the key below.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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</document> |