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,
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:
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:
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, ex.
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; THA 930; coll.
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male
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, same data.
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male
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:
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,
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22.899,
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,
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,
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(
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).
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and the
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are in my collection (
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) but will be donated to
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.
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.
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. Identifiable as a male
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by the transverse pair of large spines on ventrite 3 of males and elongate body with a short vertical declivity. Small species (
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.
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is slightly larger,
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.
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about the same size, but for both the declivity is completely different from that of
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.
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62BF9FB640182FB33" box="[189,441,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Myoplatypus prenexus</emphasis>
(Wood)
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is larger, and the posterolateral projections are more pronounced and are angled downwards (compare
<figureCitation id="135020E0DF27FFA62AD4FB0001D3FB1E" box="[400,488,1231,1257]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1433,1457]" captionTargetBox="[288,1300,189,1401]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[280,1308,181,1409]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Myoplatypus nicaraguensis Kirkendall, male holotype. (A) dorsal view. (B) Lateral view; one of the medium-sized spines on ventrite 3 can be seen. (C) Frontal view. (D) Posterior view. Photos by T.H. Atkinson." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8391666" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8391666/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Figs 4B</figureCitation>
and
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).
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62B83FB3D01BAFAFB" bold="true" box="[199,385,1266,1292]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Similar species.</emphasis>
Most similar in overall appearance to
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA6287DFB3C036BFAFB" box="[825,848,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62824FB3C03FFFAFB" box="[864,964,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">prenexus</emphasis>
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but is smaller and has a slightly different declivity.
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62B83FAF50185FAA2" bold="true" box="[199,446,1338,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Description of male:</emphasis>
Length of body from vertex (front of the top of head) to elytra apex at suture 3.0
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, net body length
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, 3.23.3 × as long as wide. Pronotum length 1.0 mm, 1.2 × as long as wide. Elytra length
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, 2.02.3 × as long as wide.
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<paragraph id="8BD43C65DF27FFA62B83FA680578F94A" blockId="3.[151,1437,942,1869]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Pronotum without mycangial pores. Anterior margin of the metanepisternal-metaventrite impression with 3 spines above, the upper two tiny, quite close to each other and close to the upper margin, the lowest spine larger and on the lower border of the metanepisternum; 1 larger spine below on the metaventrite, equal in size and shape to the lowest spine of the metanepisternum. Spines on ventrite 3 large, mostly black, separated by about 4 × the basal width of a spine. Declivity short, flattened, nearly vertical, finely reticulate (dull), with about 2 or 3 tiny nodules on what are probably interstriae 1 and interstriae 5. Interstriae 3 extending slightly down the declivity, the extension a sharp, low black carina. Posterolateral margin anterior to angle with three teeth, margin ending in a flat, nearly triangular, black-tipped posterolateral process not extending beyond the sutural apex (viewed from above).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62B83F9090162F917" bold="true" box="[199,345,1734,1760]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Distribution</emphasis>
. Collected from mid-elevation cloud forest in northwest
<collectingCountry id="F37C7CF5DF27FFA6289CF9080470F916" box="[984,1099,1735,1761]" name="Nicaragua" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Nicaragua</collectingCountry>
and from a national park atop a volcano in western
<collectingCountry id="F37C7CF5DF27FFA62AC1F9240230F8F2" box="[389,523,1771,1797]" name="El Salvador" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">El Salvador</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62B83F8C1011AF8DF" bold="true" box="[199,289,1806,1832]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Biology</emphasis>
. Collected from
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62A9BF8C00206F8DE" box="[479,573,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Quercus</emphasis>
sp.
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B91FE077DF27FFA62B83F8FC0173F8BA" bold="true" box="[199,328,1843,1869]" pageId="3" pageNumber="304">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species epithet refers to the country where the
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was collected. Adjective.
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