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<mods:title>Systematic revision of the trans-Bassian moriomorphine genus Theprisa Moore (Coleoptera, Carabidae)</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/5B055C0A-CC24-44E3-B32B-2D04785D52A7" authority="Liebherr, Porch & Maddison" authorityName="Liebherr, Porch & Maddison" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Theprisa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theprisa otway" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="otway" status="sp. nov.">Theprisa otway Liebherr, Porch & Maddison</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Dorsal habitus illustrations of Theprisa spp.; range of standardized body lengths indicated A T. otway female B T. convexa female C T. montana female." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553850" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Figures 1A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male aedeagus including parameres of Theprisa spp., right, or anatomically ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: ad, apical divot; af, apical face; fl, flagellum; lp, left paramere; mf, microtrichial field; rp, right paramere." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553852" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 3A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male aedeagus internal sac in everted condition for Theprisa spp. A T. otway, right view B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: fl, flagellum; mf, microtrichial field; rp, right paramere. Scale bars: 0.5 mm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553853" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 4A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Parameres of male aedeagus for Theprisa spp., outside lateral view. Right paramere shown above left paramere A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: lp, left paramere; rp, right paramere." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553854" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 5A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Structures associated with abdominal segments VIII and IX for Theprisa spp., dorsal view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: VIII, antecostal apodeme of abdominal segment VIII; IX, antecostal apodeme of abdominal segment IX; sp, spiracle of segment VIII; t, tergite of segment IX. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553855" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 6A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Female reproductive tract of Theprisa spp., ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis. Abbreviations: bc, bursa copulatrix; co, common oviduct; dgd, defensive gland efferent duct; gc, gonocoxa; hg, hindgut; hs, helminthoid sclerite; sd, spermathecal duct; sg, spermathecal gland; sgd, spermathecal gland duct; sgs, spermathecal gland stem; sp, spermatheca; v, vagina. Scale bars: 0.50 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553856" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 7A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Left gonocoxa, ventral view of Theprisa spp., ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: afs, apical fringe seta (e) of gonocoxite 1; ans, apical nematiform setae; des, dorsal ensiform seta; gc 1, basal gonocoxite 1; gc 2, apical gonocoxite 2; les, lateral ensiform setae; r, ramus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553857" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 8A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Distributional records for Theprisa spp.: T. otway (black circle); T. convexa (black square); T. montana (white circle)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553858" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">, 9</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Holotype</paragraph>
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♂ (ANIC).
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VIC / Haines Junct. 525 m 1.9 km / W. on Turton's, Track / 809 26Jan.-8Feb. 1987 / A. Newton & M. Thayer // wet scler. forest / pyrethrin fogging / fungus logs / Euc. regnans // Theprisa otway sp. n. / measured specimen #1 / det. J.K.
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19012" author="Liebherr, JK" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" pagination="1 - 33" refId="B29" refString="Liebherr, JK, 2020. Phylogenetic placement of the Australian Pharetis, gen. nov., and Spherita, gen. nov., in a revised classification of the circum-Antarctic Moriomorphini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Invertebrate Systematics 34: 1 - 33, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19012" title="Phylogenetic placement of the Australian Pharetis, gen. nov., and Spherita, gen. nov., in a revised classification of the circum-Antarctic Moriomorphini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19012" volume="34" year="2020">Liebherr 2020</bibRefCitation>
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// HOLOTYPE ♂ / Theprisa otway / J.K. Liebherr, N. Porch / D.R. Maddison 2020 (black-margined red label).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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Victoria: Otway Ranges [sclerophyll forest approaching rain forest in ravines, some
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<taxonomicName class="Rosopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Nothofagus</emphasis>
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; logs, stones, drowning; ~ 600 m (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" author="Darlington, Jr PJ" journalOrPublisher="Psyche" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" pagination="111 - 126" refId="B16" refString="Darlington, Jr PJ, 1960. Australian carabid beetles IV. List of localities, 1956-1958. Psyche 67: 111 - 126, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" title="Australian carabid beetles IV. List of localities, 1956 - 1958." url="https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" volume="67" year="1960">Darlington 1960</bibRefCitation>
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)], Darlingtons [12-13]-iv-1957 (MCZ, 11); Otway N. P., Elliot R. 5.5 km W Marengo, wet sclero. forest, FMHD #87-262, Berl. leaf and log litter,
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,
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, 80 m, Newton & Thayer, 8-ii-1987 (FMNH, 3), roadside, C119 1 km S Tanybryn, road to Sabine Falls, pyr. fogging mossy logs,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="south" minutes="37.07" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="-38.617832">38°37.07'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="143" direction="east" minutes="43.80" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="143.73">143°43.80'E</geoCoordinate>
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, Seago & Brandley, 28-xi-2006 (EMEC, 1; OSAC, 1), Triplet Falls track,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Eucalyptus</emphasis>
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forest, raking litter,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="south" minutes="40.235" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-38.67058">38°40.235'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="143" direction="east" minutes="29.690" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="143.49483">143°29.690'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 300 m, Liebherr, 14-ii-2011 lot 03 (CUIC, 1), Turton's, track, 1 km ENE, Seaview Ridge Road junction, Mountain Ash forest, berlesate of deep litter against tree and under treeferns,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="38" direction="south" minutes="38.34" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="-38.639">38°38.34'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="143" direction="east" minutes="37.30" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="143.62167">143°37.30'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 505 m, Porch, 15-iii-2019 (MVM, 1; NPC, 1).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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(n = 5). This species is diagnosable among
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Theprisa</emphasis>
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spp. by the broad body and the presence of a dorsal elytral seta immediately mesad the third stria near elytral midlength (Fig.
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). The pronotum is broad, MPW/PL = 1.38-1.46. The pronotal median base is sparsely punctate medially, with the marginal bead greatly reduced, evidenced only as a broad, slightly depressed area along the medially expanded base, in contrast to the narrowly upraised, distinct marginal bead posterad the laterobasal depressions. Whereas elytral striae 1-4 are crenulate on the disc (i.e., lined by punctures that expand the strial breadth) striae 5-7 are progressively broader and smoother, 6-7 slightly wavering along length but impunctate. In contrast
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. australis" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="australis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. australis</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. darlingtoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="darlingtoni">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. darlingtoni</emphasis>
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, and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. montana" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="montana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. montana</emphasis>
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have striae 1-7 smooth, and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. convexa" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="convexa">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. convexa</emphasis>
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has striae 1-7 punctate near midlength. Apical abdominal ventrite of male with a single seta each side along margin, female apical ventrite with two setae each side plus a median pair of subapical setae. Standardized body length is 5.9-6.3 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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Dorsal habitus illustrations of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Theprisa</emphasis>
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spp.; range of standardized body lengths indicated
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">A</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. otway" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="otway">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. otway</emphasis>
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female
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. convexa</emphasis>
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female
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">C</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. montana</emphasis>
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female.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Description.</paragraph>
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narrow, ocular lobe little projected, juncture with gena very obtuse; eyes small, EyL/OLL = 0.65-0.70, not projected beyond curvature of ocular lobe, 17-20 ommatidia bisected by a horizontal line across eye; antennomeres 2 and 3 glabrous except for one dorsal seta on 2 and an apical ring of setae on 3; antennae moderately elongate, antennomere 9 maximal breadth 2
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length; frontal groove deeply, medially arcuate from anterior supraorbital seta to frontoclypeal suture and continued onto lateral reaches of clypeus, area laterad groove distinctly convex; slightly concave apical labral margin 6-setose, with three smaller setae lining the lateroapical margin; mentum tooth narrowly rounded apically, sides subparallel; maxillary stipes trisetose, the three setae on the base in either a triangle with apex upward, or in an irregular horizontal line; ligula slightly convex apically, narrowed basally, trumpet shaped, its two apical setae separated by three setal diameters; paraglossae elongate, total length 2.5
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distance from paraglossal base to ligular apical margin.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Pronotum</emphasis>
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transverse, lateral margins straight anterad projection defined by articulatory socket of basal seta; basal margin nearly straight, the obsoletely margined median base projected posterad only slightly beyond the lateral beaded margins posterad the laterobasal depressions; median base smooth at middle, ~ 10 small punctures each side mesad deepest point of laterobasal depression; pronotal disc extended to basal marginal bead defining a tubercle that divides laterobasal depression into a median longitudinal groove and a broad lateral marginal depression inside the basal seta; median longitudinal depression deepest just anterad median base, deeply incised to very shallow, broad anterior transverse impression; anterior callosity nearly flat, front margin smooth medially, margined in outer half each side; front angles broadly, slightly protruded, subangulate; lateral marginal depression very narrow from front angle to basal 1/4 of length where it expands to meet laterobasal depression; lateral pronotal seta positioned one setal diameter inside lateral marginal depression.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Prosternum</emphasis>
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medially depressed mesad anterior margins of procoxal cavities, up to 16 punctures present in a transverse band across apical 1/4 of prosternum, ~ 10 punctures each side of prosternum in depressed area anterad coxal cavity; proepisternum smooth, sutural groove with proepimeron smooth and deep.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Elytra</emphasis>
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broadly hemi-ovoid, MEW/EL = 0.81-0.86, convex, sides vertically meeting lateral marginal depression; basal groove arcuate, juncture with lateral marginal depression tightly rounded, a broad, blunt tooth on margin at juncture; lateral marginal depression narrow; stria 8 deep, continuous between anterior and posterior series of lateral setae; apical carina of interval 8 narrowly upraised along stria 7, interval 8 a vertical lateral carina there; subapical sinuation evident, the internal plica visible ventrad deepest part of sinuation.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Mesepisternum</emphasis>
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with ~ 8 shallow punctures in two vertical rows.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Metepisternum</emphasis>
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wider than long, maximum width 1.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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lateral length; metepimeron fused to metepisternum laterally.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Legs</emphasis>
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gracile, femora narrow, meso- and metatibiae little expanded apically, of consistent diameter throughout apical half of length; metatarsomere 1 elongate, length 0.22
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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tibial length, lateral sulci present on mesal and lateral faces just dorsad the ventrolateral setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Abdominal ventrites</emphasis>
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2-6 with 1-2 longitudinal wrinkles laterally; suture between ventrites 1 and 2 slightly curved anteriorly at midlength, ventrite 2 wrinkled within curve; suture between ventrites 2 and 3 complete laterally.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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(n = 2). Aedeagal median lobe robust, base broadly open on right side, basal margin thickened dorsad basal opening (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Male aedeagus including parameres of Theprisa spp., right, or anatomically ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: ad, apical divot; af, apical face; fl, flagellum; lp, left paramere; mf, microtrichial field; rp, right paramere." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553852" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">3A</figureCitation>
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); median lobe apex broadly rounded, slightly extended beyond ostium with a large apical divot-like concavity at tip, surface of apex densely covered with pits; internal sac bearing a stout flagellum, with apex concavely scooped (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Male aedeagus internal sac in everted condition for Theprisa spp. A T. otway, right view B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: fl, flagellum; mf, microtrichial field; rp, right paramere. Scale bars: 0.5 mm" figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553853" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">4A</figureCitation>
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), a basal articulatory sclerite associated with flagellum; right paramere elongate, parallel sided in apical half with apex narrowly rounded (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Parameres of male aedeagus for Theprisa spp., outside lateral view. Right paramere shown above left paramere A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: lp, left paramere; rp, right paramere." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553854" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">5A</figureCitation>
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), bearing 12-15 short setae along ventral margin in apical half, 2-4 setae on dorsal surface near apex, though with apex glabrous; left paramere broadest near midlength, apex narrower, parallel sided with rounded tip, ventral margin bearing 2-4 setae in apical 1/3, dorsal surface with two or three setae near apex, and apex with none or one seta; antecostal apodeme of abdominal segment IX rounded distally, the apical juncture of lateral arms broad (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Structures associated with abdominal segments VIII and IX for Theprisa spp., dorsal view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: VIII, antecostal apodeme of abdominal segment VIII; IX, antecostal apodeme of abdominal segment IX; sp, spiracle of segment VIII; t, tergite of segment IX. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553855" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">6A</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Female reproductive tract</emphasis>
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(n = 2). Bursa copulatrix columnar, length 1.25
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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maximum breadth compressed under microslide cover slip, vagina translucent, broader apical portion of bursa staining more darkly with Chlorazol black (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Female reproductive tract of Theprisa spp., ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis. Abbreviations: bc, bursa copulatrix; co, common oviduct; dgd, defensive gland efferent duct; gc, gonocoxa; hg, hindgut; hs, helminthoid sclerite; sd, spermathecal duct; sg, spermathecal gland; sgd, spermathecal gland duct; sgs, spermathecal gland stem; sp, spermatheca; v, vagina. Scale bars: 0.50 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553856" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">7A</figureCitation>
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); helminthoid sclerite present, rounded apically, not extended beyond juncture with spermathecal duct; spermathecal duct stout, sinuously recurved to meet spermatheca, length subequal to length of annulated spermathecal reservoir; spermathecal gland duct very thin, length twice that of spermathecal reservoir which it joins at reservoir base; spermathecal gland comprising sclerotized stem plus membranous reservoir bearing numerous ductules; gonocoxa bipartite, basal gonocoxite 1 with two apical fringe setae in one dissected specimen, two setae on right gonocoxa and one on left in second dissected specimen, median surface glabrous, membranous ramus present (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Left gonocoxa, ventral view of Theprisa spp., ventral view A T. otway B T. convexa C T. montana D T. australis E T. darlingtoni. Abbreviations: afs, apical fringe seta (e) of gonocoxite 1; ans, apical nematiform setae; des, dorsal ensiform seta; gc 1, basal gonocoxite 1; gc 2, apical gonocoxite 2; les, lateral ensiform setae; r, ramus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553857" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">8A</figureCitation>
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); apical gonocoxite 2 with base extended laterally, lateral margin arcuate, apex falciform; two lateral ensiform setae and one dorsal ensiform present; two apical nematiform setae set in fossa at apical 1/4 of apical gonocoxite length.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553851" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Figure 2.</emphasis>
|
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Dorsal habitus illustrations of
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Moore" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Theprisa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theprisa" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Theprisa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
spp.; range of standardized body lengths indicated
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">A</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. australis" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="australis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. australis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
male
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">B</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="T. darlingtoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" rank="species" species="darlingtoni">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">T. darlingtoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, female.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="339" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">The species epithet is the mountain range from which this species is described, and based on current knowledge, precinctive. The epithet is to be treated as a noun in apposition.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="339" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="339">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Liebherr, Porch & Maddison" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Carabidae" genus="Theprisa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Theprisa otway" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="otway">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Theprisa otway</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is restricted to the Otway Ranges (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Distributional records for Theprisa spp.: T. otway (black circle); T. convexa (black square); T. montana (white circle)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1044.62335.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553858" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">9</figureCitation>
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), with specimens collected in wet to mesic sclerophyll forest from 80-525 m elevations. The beetles are terrestrial, being discovered via raking litter, in a Berlese extraction of leaf and log litter, and via application of pyrethrin fog to logs of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Eucalyptus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Eucalyptus regnans" order="Myrtiflorae" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="regnans">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Eucalyptus regnans</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
F. Mueller covered with fungus. The MCZ specimens were collected by the Darlington family in sclerophyll forest approaching rain forest in ravines, with some
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Rosopsida" family="Nothofagaceae" genus="Nothofagus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nothofagus" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="339">Nothofagus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" author="Darlington, Jr PJ" journalOrPublisher="Psyche" pageId="0" pageNumber="339" pagination="111 - 126" refId="B16" refString="Darlington, Jr PJ, 1960. Australian carabid beetles IV. List of localities, 1956-1958. Psyche 67: 111 - 126, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" title="Australian carabid beetles IV. List of localities, 1956 - 1958." url="https://doi.org/10.1155/1960/81583" volume="67" year="1960">Darlington 1960</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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