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        <mods:title>First country record of Metopiellus Raffray, 1908 (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Metopiasini) from Ecuador, with description of two new species</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Tapuy-Avilés, Yarina</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Díaz-Guevara, David R.</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:affiliation>Fundación Uru, Quito, Ecuador &amp; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Caterino, Michael S.</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:affiliation>Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito, Ecuador &amp; Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA</mods:affiliation>
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            <mods:date>2026</mods:date>
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                <mods:number>2026-01-08</mods:number>
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<table id="7E3985DA886E512FC1F6B8320FA2E250"><caption startId="T1"><paragraph isAuxiliaryWrapper="true"><label>Table 1.</label></paragraph> <paragraph>Measurements of all species, in millimeters (mm).</paragraph></caption><thead><tr id="E4DCC12698EA378CBA0BDF579B4182E7"><th id="3239888BDF04EE413B5CA559EECD0789">Species</th><th id="29AF0EDFF6F309DC3A245074416F03E3"><emphasis id="805705CED85A108B51702AF1A587658E" italics="true">N</emphasis></th><th id="75A730E7EAE4920DCCF674B14EEF9F62"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EOOAE">AL</abbrev></th><th id="7826C55ECEBF258491977CFA8D3AF1B9"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EWOAE">BL</abbrev></th><th id="1AC91676A838CCC9B7BF310408F53D96"><abbrev id="ABBRID0E5OAE">BW</abbrev></th><th id="D15D3A0438D22B6081B3E7F7F51F895C"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EGPAE">EL</abbrev></th><th id="35F442017309D9F22AD1AEF2A82BF542"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EOPAE">EW</abbrev></th><th id="EAFE1B6FF3C53DD6BD70F20164408555"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EWPAE">HL</abbrev></th><th id="3779F9A35F5DECE638B5CE2C74E74287"><abbrev id="ABBRID0E5PAE">HW</abbrev></th><th id="AA496B8A2AFB346AECA7A46008720CC4"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EGQAE">NW</abbrev></th><th id="D176D602A49DEE392491F37581E685A0"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EOQAE">PL</abbrev></th><th id="6220AA8AB4EA61ABB94AF684027E1B41"><abbrev id="ABBRID0EWQAE">PW</abbrev></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr id="D0A3199C4CC34549E1A2B5FFB8BFAD58"><td id="D389E82E8F4E11B86E64A5FDD087081D"><emphasis id="48B056E663A7664B92C7763A591F8336" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalog+fontStyle" _step="styledSpecies" authorityName="Tapuy-Avilés &amp; Díaz-Guevara &amp; Caterino" authorityYear="2026" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Metopiellus" id="22097EA298F79B30D511ED6882745BC4" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palamaku">M. palamaku</taxonomicName></emphasis> (♂)</td><td id="DBA7F29CE07AD0B4B4EDCD6A08DA95BF">1</td><td id="00F8041D31B8E0DBFD66495D3FBC900E">1.75</td><td id="F466D40D7F73E1DB48C2F036375A85FD">2.91</td><td id="58542AD95442BF63DB5199704ED25C65">1.00</td><td id="566103DD049B34C599DA36879B8C5059">0.86</td><td id="12A0602EB30363130053E3005B5D6DD4">1.00</td><td id="75F61D6E5D7E7725D09920B480861340">0.58</td><td id="BAD3AE81FF7BD7AEA086EDBD4A0C1C21">0.55</td><td id="0C48C48BD0191266D52DAE4192F04C8A">0.26</td><td id="85118DEC6CC9332ABD72404EE6EF6912">0.58</td><td id="7C53867385E15A4428C5ECC42C73C1EC">0.64</td></tr><tr id="CB2B458BCB6FFDCDAF43CB09AFDA3570"><td id="904DF72932CB16BCE9DC3871DFDB75B7"><emphasis id="B89153AFDC795B067B79C5FB081B9784" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalog+fontStyle" _step="styledSpecies" authorityName="Tapuy-Avilés &amp; Díaz-Guevara &amp; Caterino" authorityYear="2026" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Metopiellus" id="FFCD6F65293BADEE930FAC6A4C3DFC3B" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="palamaku">M. palamaku</taxonomicName></emphasis> (♀)</td><td id="5B24D8B422FD87FE43ADDAB13E5FEE0E">1</td><td id="5EF2FCFE7FE3BD03AAE034AC418DECAA">1.72</td><td id="9EBEBAE2E7541FD72F5388B05C7CF32D">2.52</td><td id="A93326DE3908A8854B8A71A7D9A20B4B">0.98</td><td id="D7FF8A409F070C40BCDA9C981E51C10C">0.83</td><td id="B293EC6AE08DCE6C41AC4D124FB6EA2B">0.98</td><td id="691E19538B91603D8BA633C90FEA6FA9">0.58</td><td id="70847CF4A39DCE67EA62B283AFDC86D7">0.49</td><td id="111A919562C7BB9E4D3FA7E423E1B428">0.30</td><td id="9B14C73F695B2160585DA2758685044D">0.63</td><td id="E1AC902118969C3B6CFD7D0B95758EE6">0.67</td></tr><tr id="2F533E68B15A1664E0B6C55BAEE07398"><td id="5BF13DC5766C2E030B00561FEE56BCB0"><emphasis id="E4EC73756D033A4B11AFB0A0ED015118" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalog+fontStyle" _step="styledSpecies" authorityName="Tapuy-Avilés &amp; Díaz-Guevara &amp; Caterino" authorityYear="2026" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Metopiellus" id="55A19E9E3F2593F854CBAE4EA0576941" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chasqui">M. chasqui</taxonomicName></emphasis> (♂)</td><td id="45350B791D6643350C3AA6B42BBEE106">1</td><td id="650C4A08BFE567EAFDD99DC293CD3503">2.16</td><td id="033A73400446A77CB0A05E9A904B2D2E">3.24</td><td id="453F009F7105528A1968D20A35EB8465">1.07</td><td id="34A5EF7B62B191F802C86DD69F1B8D13">0.94</td><td id="9456265ED8CC92BEE77FC727AB188848">1.07</td><td id="C87693ED5DBDED2DA124F8E253DFFAD1">0.56</td><td id="4E23BD46170DAE640FC64E0C0681AC6A">0.56</td><td id="9276873B48F60EA803B61E3D13F31A4E">0.25</td><td id="F529328AF62E1D341782EBC115D8C687">0.52</td><td id="04A5D397899336DE7C7F307FEE3A53CD">0.70</td></tr><tr id="8CC2EF28A147FD1DC356292DC711D602"><td id="6C09083787551EEC904768B3E6C1A874"><emphasis id="A3DEEC46B4ECA53E95C9893C22E77813" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalog+fontStyle" _step="styledSpecies" authorityName="Tapuy-Avilés &amp; Díaz-Guevara &amp; Caterino" authorityYear="2026" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Metopiellus" id="58734F70539CD5421102E4760C4DD9B6" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chasqui">M. chasqui</taxonomicName></emphasis> (♀)</td><td id="11EEEF897D96BE7E207CA01F618BD47D">1</td><td id="41DCA6CEB52B3E92F506A286522B6F2D">2.02</td><td id="B899325D36EBBCBACCE3E924A1455605">3.24</td><td id="65BCE69A174904F5C64F7ADFB372ACE9">1.03</td><td id="F65EB35E8643EF14A46300D6DB1F62A4">0.96</td><td id="67D3C9A5658184FF7E0A9FDA0971C464">1.03</td><td id="1A3FA2D71B1B744A421956CDB1D24D32">0.64</td><td id="9A56087A4B430864F8DA5BAC0453D122">0.56</td><td id="E5ACF8FC7B9B4768B3B397B9740BC525">0.24</td><td id="0BE6C87DB45EDD8209B114960A8EAE13">0.58</td><td id="03F4E837315B494BB719D12DC9026A4A">0.67</td></tr></tbody></table></document>