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Re-description of two species of Typhlocharis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anillini) and revision of the models of female genitalia within the genus

Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física. Facultad de Biología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 28040 Madrid
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física. Facultad de Biología. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 28040 Madrid
Coleoptera Carabidae Anillini Typhlocharis re-descriptions setae formula new structures unguiform gonocoxites Tunisia

Abstract

The re-descriptions of Typhlocharis santschii Normand, 1915 and T. quadridentata (Coiffait, 1969) are presented, the onlytwo species of the genus Typhlocharis for which female genitalia are still undescribed. The status of the material depositedin museums is updated for both species and a type series is established for Typhlocharis santschii. Morphologicaldescriptions are increased, including ventral features barely or not used until now (morphology of the last ventrite andintermetacoxal space); two new morphological structures are presented: cephalic semilunar notch and medial hiatus in theanterior margin of pronotum. A nomenclature and the formula to describe setae forming rows are proposed. A comparativeanalysis of relevant morphological structures has been carried out across the whole genus. This allowed the study ofmorphological affinities of both species within the genus, with comments on the taxonomic affinities of both species withother of the genus and to comment on the taxonomic utility of features, other than the umbilicate series, for establishingrelationships among species or species groups. The peculiar morphology of the gonocoxites of T. quadridentata and therevision of the different models of female genitalia within the genus led us to define six morphotypes of genitalia. The biogeographic implications of the atypical distribution of T. santschii are briefly discussed.

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