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<mods:title>Phylogenetic analysis of the Belostoma plebejum group sensu Nieser (Insecta, Hemiptera, Belostomatidae): the effect of adding continuous characters on its accuracy</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Ribeiro, Jose R. I.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ferrari, Augusto</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Laboratorio de Entomologia, Sistematica e Biogeografia (LESB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil &amp; Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biologia Animal - PPG-BAN, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Sul, UFRGS, Av. Bento Goncalves 9500, Porto Alegre, 91540 - 000, Brazil</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Belostoma lanemeloi Ribeiro &amp; Ferrari, sp. nov. and B. nieseri Ribeiro &amp; Ferrari, sp. nov. A - E Male holotype of B. lanemeloi sp. nov. from Minas Gerais State, Brazil; F - J Male holotype of B. nieseri sp. nov. from Mato Grosso State. A Sclerite 1 of distal median plate of hindwing; B prosternal carina (lateral view); C - E male genitalia: phallosoma (phallotheca, dorsal arms, and diverticulum); C dorsal view; D ventral view; E lateral view; F sclerite 1 of the distal median plate of the hind wing; G prosternal carina (lateral view); H - J male genitalia: phallosoma (phallotheca, dorsal arms, and diverticulum); H dorsal view; I ventral view; J lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e87378.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796175" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Fig. 4F-J</figureCitation>
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Knobshaped 
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on mesepimeron piriform, longer than wide. Arms of phallotheca divergent apically and broader, in dorsal view, covering entirely the sides of diverticulum; lateral margin of diverticulum of phallossoma weakly curved mesally, in dorsal view; diverticulum of phallosoma narrower than long, with its width less than one time its median length, in ventral view.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male.</emphasis>
Body length: 13.5 mm; greatest width of body: 6.2 mm. 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female.</emphasis>
Body length: 13.5 mm; greatest width of body: 6.4 mm. Body whitish brown. - 
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. Anterior frontogenal suture shorter than posterior frontogenal suture; anteoculus slightly shorter than interoculus (from 0.93 to 0.96 times); length of visible segment I of rostrum from 0.80 to 0.84 times the length of visible segment II. - 
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. Sclerite 1 of distal median plate moderately narrow, becoming somewhat broader medially, narrower than long; notch or indentation not developed along its basilateral margin, which is straight (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Belostoma lanemeloi Ribeiro &amp; Ferrari, sp. nov. and B. nieseri Ribeiro &amp; Ferrari, sp. nov. A - E Male holotype of B. lanemeloi sp. nov. from Minas Gerais State, Brazil; F - J Male holotype of B. nieseri sp. nov. from Mato Grosso State. A Sclerite 1 of distal median plate of hindwing; B prosternal carina (lateral view); C - E male genitalia: phallosoma (phallotheca, dorsal arms, and diverticulum); C dorsal view; D ventral view; E lateral view; F sclerite 1 of the distal median plate of the hind wing; G prosternal carina (lateral view); H - J male genitalia: phallosoma (phallotheca, dorsal arms, and diverticulum); H dorsal view; I ventral view; J lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.81.e87378.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/796175" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">4F</figureCitation>
); apical portion with distinct lobed process, broadly rounded; posterior portion articulated with veins 1A and 2A bearing a process directed posteriorly as long as half of longitudinal length of sclerite 1; process not indented apically and approximately straight; knobshaped 
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on mesepimeron piriform, longer than wide (Fig. 
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); prosternal carina somewhat elevated, not rectangular, pointed anteriorly, with its anterior margin smoothly curved, not projected anterad in lateral view (Fig. 
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); apex without tubercles. - 
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. Pilosity covering about one third of connexivum, poorly developed on penultimate visible segment. - 
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(Fig. 
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). Arms of phallotheca diverging apically, shorter than its anterior region, covering sides of ventral diverticulum in dorsal view. Ventral diverticulum curved, becoming gradually narrowly rounded apically in lateral view; apical margin approximately straight, with small prominence in dorsal view; lateral margins slender, not thickened, curved at mid-length, slightly directly laterally in dorsal and ventral views. Width of diverticulum about 0.70 times its median length in ventral view. Ventroapical protuberance distinctly produced in lateral view, swollen, and approximately quadrangular in ventral view.
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may be mistakenly keyed to 
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when using 
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Nieser and 
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: 60) key to 
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species because both species can measure between 13.5 and 15.0 mm. In fact, the body dimensions of members of 
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resembles that of 
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, but the former possesses a slightly narrower shape. 
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also shares with 
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a ventral diverticulum with an apical margin that is approximately straight, with prominence in dorsal view, the ventroapical protuberance approximately quadrangular, somewhat swollen (especially in 
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), and the presence of mesal sulcus on ventral diverticulum in dorsal aspect. However, the arms of the phallotheca in 
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are obviously parallel and slender, whereas they diverge apically and are broader in 
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The specific epithet is dedicated in honour of Dr Nico Nieser (the Netherlands) for his contributions to the study of giant water bug taxonomy.</paragraph>
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<collectingDate value="1974-10">Oct. 1974</collectingDate>
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leg.; 
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det.; AMNH
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.- 
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State
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, 
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<collectingDate value="1968-12">Dec. 1968</collectingDate>
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leg.; 
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det.; AMNH
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.
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