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        <mods:title>New taxonomic data on African Chironidae: Description of Chiron vignei Huchet sp. nov. from Tanzania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Huchet, Jean-Bernard</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205, CNRS, MNHN, SU, EPHE, UA. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 50, 45 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France &amp; BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements (BioArch), UMR 7209, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CP 56, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris, France</mods:affiliation>
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            <mods:date>2025</mods:date>
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                <mods:number>5693</mods:number>
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<table id="DF42664B66128076FF12FD07FB26FD68"><caption box="[152,1158,728,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" startId="8.[152,240,728,752]" targetType="table"><emphasis bold="true" box="[152,265,728,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">TABLE 1.</emphasis> Morphological comparison of the Tanzanian <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="genera" authorityName="MacLeay" authorityYear="1819" box="[727,798,728,752]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"><emphasis box="[727,798,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron</emphasis></taxonomicName> species with quadridentate labrum.</caption><thead><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FCDAFA2DFC80"><th box="[159,438,773,792]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FCDAFE16FC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,253,773,792]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FCDAFF5DFC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Character</emphasis></th><th box="[474,770,773,792]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FCDAFCA2FC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[474,669,773,792]" id="B949EAD166128076FE50FCDAFD3DFC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><taxonomicName _evidence="statusLabel" _step="newLabel1" authorityName="Huchet" authorityYear="2025" box="[474,595,773,792]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" id="4C3D4D4066128076FE50FCDAFDF3FC80" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignei" status="sp. nov."><emphasis bold="true" box="[474,595,773,792]" id="B949EAD166128076FE50FCDAFDF3FC80" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron vignei</emphasis></taxonomicName> <taxonomicNameLabel box="[601,669,773,792]" id="A27A57AA66128076FDD3FCDAFD3DFC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel></emphasis></th><th box="[792,1086,773,792]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FCDAFB9EFC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" authorityName="Huchet" authorityYear="2009" box="[792,951,773,792]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" id="4C3D4D4066128076FC92FCDAFC17FC80" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="massaicus"><emphasis bold="true" box="[792,951,773,792]" id="B949EAD166128076FC92FCDAFC17FC80" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron massaicus</emphasis></taxonomicName></th><th box="[1110,1421,773,792]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFCDAFA2DFC80" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.99718237" _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" authority="Colour" authorityName="Colour" box="[1110,1251,773,792]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" id="4C3D4D4066128076FBDCFCDAFB43FC80" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="volvulus"><emphasis bold="true" box="[1110,1251,773,792]" id="B949EAD166128076FBDCFCDAFB43FC80" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron volvulus</emphasis></taxonomicName></th></tr></thead><tfoot><tr><td colspan="4"><emphasis bold="true" box="[151,252,1443,1463]" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><superScript attach="none" box="[151,155,1443,1455]" fontSize="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">(</superScript> * <superScript attach="right" box="[166,170,1443,1455]" fontSize="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">)</superScript> Remark.</emphasis> Based on its morphology, <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" box="[468,601,1444,1463]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="volvulus"><emphasis box="[468,601,1444,1463]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron volvulus</emphasis></taxonomicName> appears to represent an exemplary transitional form between representatives of the genus <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="genera" authorityName="MacLeay" authorityYear="1819" box="[1340,1400,1444,1463]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"><emphasis box="[1340,1400,1444,1463]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron</emphasis></taxonomicName> and those of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="genera" authorityName="Huchet" authorityYear="2000" box="[227,369,1480,1499]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Amphiceratodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"><emphasis box="[227,369,1480,1499]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Amphiceratodon</emphasis></taxonomicName>, a genus restricted to the Cape region. Similarly, the endophallites of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalog+fontStyle" _step="styledSpecies" box="[989,1087,1480,1500]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="volvulus"><emphasis box="[989,1087,1480,1500]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">C. volvulus</emphasis></taxonomicName> are of a unique type among the known representatives of <taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="genera" authorityName="MacLeay" authorityYear="1819" box="[308,368,1516,1535]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chiron" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="269" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus"><emphasis box="[308,368,1516,1535]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Chiron</emphasis></taxonomicName>, and clearly distinct from those of the other two species compared above.</td></tr></tfoot><tbody><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FCEEFA2DFCDD"><th box="[159,438,817,837]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FCEEFE16FCDD" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,223,817,836]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FCEEFF7FFCDC" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Colour</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,817,837]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FCEEFCA2FCDD" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">brownish-black</td><td box="[792,1086,817,837]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FCEEFB9EFCDD" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">reddish brown to black</td><td box="[1110,1421,817,837]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFCEEFA2DFCDD" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">uniform orange-brown</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FC81FA2DFCEA"><th box="[159,438,862,882]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FC81FE16FCEA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,438,862,881]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FC81FE16FCE9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Cephalic/pronotal punctuation</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,862,882]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FC81FCA2FCEA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">weak, irregular</td><td box="[792,1086,862,882]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FC81FB9EFCEA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">weak, irregular</td><td box="[1110,1421,862,882]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFC81FA2DFCEA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">dense and strong</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FC54FA2DFC5B"><th box="[159,438,907,963]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FC54FE16FC5B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,381,907,927]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FC54FEDDFC07" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Clypeo-frontal tubercles</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,907,963]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FC54FCA2FC5B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">small, closely spaced</td><td box="[792,1086,907,963]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FC54FB9EFC5B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">small, closely spaced</td><td box="[1110,1421,907,963]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFC54FA2DFC5B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">well developed, subconical, directed forward</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FC02FA2DFB8C"><th box="[159,438,989,1044]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FC02FE16FB8C" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,237,989,1008]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FC02FF4DFC68" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Mentum</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,989,1044]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FC02FCA2FB8C" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">transverse, the disc evenly convex (Fig. 15)</td><td box="[792,1086,989,1044]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FC02FB9EFB8C" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">subtrapezoidal with basal fovea (Fig. 16)</td><td box="[1110,1421,989,1044]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFC02FA2DFB8C" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">distinctly transverse, subplanar (Fig. 17)</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FBF1FA2DFBD9"><th box="[159,438,1070,1089]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FBF1FE16FBD9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,202,1070,1089]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FBF1FF6AFBD9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Eyes</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1070,1089]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FBF1FCA2FBD9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">medium-sized (Fig. 11)</td><td box="[792,1086,1070,1089]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FBF1FB9EFBD9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">large, prominent (Fig. 12)</td><td box="[1110,1421,1070,1089]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFBF1FA2DFBD9" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">reduced (Fig. 13)</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FB86FA2DFB0B"><th box="[159,438,1113,1171]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FB86FE16FB0B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,290,1113,1134]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FB84FE82FBF6" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Mandibles (♂)</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1113,1171]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FB86FCA2FB0B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">subequal</td><td box="[792,1086,1113,1171]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FB86FB9EFB0B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">subequal</td><td box="[1110,1421,1113,1171]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFB86FA2DFB0B" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">asymmetrical, left mandible much more developed, directed upwards</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FB73FA2DFB58"><th box="[159,438,1196,1216]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FB73FE16FB58" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,279,1196,1215]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FB73FEB7FB27" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Elytra length</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1196,1216]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FB73FCA2FB58" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">about 1.75 × pronotum length</td><td box="[792,1086,1196,1216]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FB73FB9EFB58" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">nearly twice pronotum length</td><td box="[1110,1421,1196,1216]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFB73FA2DFB58" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">about 1.65 × pronotum length</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FB06FA2DFB74"><th box="[159,438,1241,1260]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FB06FE16FB74" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,214,1241,1260]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FB06FF76FB74" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Striae</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1241,1260]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FB06FCA2FB74" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">superficial</td><td box="[792,1086,1241,1260]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FB06FB9EFB74" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">superficial</td><td box="[1110,1421,1241,1260]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFB06FA2DFB74" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">deeply impressed</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FAD9FA2DFAFA"><th box="[159,438,1286,1378]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FAD9FE16FAFA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FAD9FF6FFAA5" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Aedeagus (parameres, frontal view)</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1286,1378]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FAD9FCA2FAFA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">outer margins of parameres evenly convex (Figs. 18, 19)</td><td box="[792,1086,1286,1378]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FAD9FB9EFAFA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">outer margins straight; parameres obliquely converging from base to apex (Figs. 21, 22)</td><td box="[1110,1421,1286,1378]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFAD9FA2DFAFA" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">parameres relatively short; outer margins parallel (Figs. 24, 25)</td></tr><tr id="350D348166127F81FF15FAA6FA2DFA16"><th box="[159,438,1401,1422]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FF15FAA6FE16FA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269"><emphasis bold="true" box="[159,285,1403,1422]" id="B949EAD166128076FF15FAA4FEBDFA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Endophallites</emphasis></th><td box="[474,770,1401,1422]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FE50FAA6FCA2FA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Fig. 20</td><td box="[792,1086,1401,1422]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FC92FAA6FB9EFA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Fig. 23</td><td box="[1110,1421,1401,1422]" id="76DC5DFD66127F81FBDCFAA6FA2DFA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">Fig. 26 <emphasis bold="true" box="[1176,1180,1401,1413]" id="B949EAD166128076FB12FAA6FB3CFA1D" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">(</emphasis> <emphasis bold="true" box="[1180,1191,1403,1422]" id="B949EAD166128076FB16FAA4FB07FA16" pageId="8" pageNumber="269">*</emphasis>)</td></tr></tbody></table></document>