Morphology of the larvae of Rhantaticus congestus (Klug, 1833) and phylogenetic comparison with other known Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae)
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Alarie, Yves
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School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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Michat, Mariano C.
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University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Biodiversity and Experimental and Applied Biology (IBBEA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Bergsten, Johannes
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Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden. johannes. bergsten @ nrm. se; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6153 - 4431
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Hájek, Jiří
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Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Poc ̌ ernice, Czech Republic. jiri. hajek @ nm. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5779 - 1542
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-30
5380
3
247
264
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5380.3.3/52372
journal article
280968
10.11646/zootaxa.5380.3.3
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TABLE 2. Number and position of secondary setae on the legs of instar II and III of Rhantaticus congestus (Klug, 1833). Numbers between slash marks refer to pro-, meso- and metathoracic leg, respectively. A = anterior, AD = anterodorsal, AV = anteroventral, D= dorsal, Di = distal, NS = natatory setae, P = posterior, PD = posterodorsal, PV = posteroventral, Pr = proximal, sp = spiniform, V = ventral.| Segment | Position | Instar II (n = 4) | Instar III (n = 6) |
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| Coxa | AD(NS) | 0 / 0 / 0 | 0–1 / 0 / 0–1 |
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| A(sp) | 0–2 / 0–3/ 0 | 2–7 / 6–11 / 9–14 |
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| P(sp) | 2–8 / 4–9 / 1–3 | 6–11 / 10–16 / 7–15 |
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| V(sp) | 7–18 / 6–14 / 4–7 | 8–18 / 15–23 / 13–24 |
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| Trochanter | Pr(sp) | 0–1 / 0–1 / 1 | 2–6 / 3–8 / 4–7 |
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| Di(sp) | 1 / 1 / 1–2 | 1–2 / 1–3 / 1 |
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| Femur | A(sp) | 7–9 / 10–14 / 9–13 | 13–18 / 17–24 / 13–22 |
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| AV (NS) | 30–47 / 41–45 / 33–39 | 38–48 / 36–47 / 33–39 |
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| D(sp) | 7–9 / 9–10 / 10–12 | 14–22 / 19–26 / 18–22 |
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| PDi(sp) | 1 / 1 / 1 | 1–2 / 1 / 1 |
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| V(sp) | 7–19 / 10–16 / 0 | 15–17 / 13–18 / 8–11 |
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| P(NS) | 28–49 / 36–49 / 31–42 | 40–50 / 41–47 / 31–40 |
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| Tibia | A(sp) | 0–1 / 8–10 / 9–10 | 3–8 / 10–14 / 13–16 |
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| ADi(sp) | 0 / 0 / 0 | 1–2 / 1–2 / 1–2 |
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| AV(NS) | 28–47 / 39–44 / 36–40 | 36–44 / 37–45 / 35–40 |
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| D (sp) | 5–9 / 10–11 / 16–18 | 10–13 / 11–17 / 17–26 |
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| PDi(sp) | 1 / 1–2 / 1 | 1–3 / 1–2 / 0–1 |
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| PD(NS) | 20–49 / 35–48 / 31–39 | 40–47 / 32–42 / 33–36 |
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| PV(sp) | 1–7 / 0–5 / 0 | 5–8 / 5–8 / 5–8 |
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| Tarsus | AD(sp) | 3–5 / 2 / 2–4 | 4–5 / 2–5 / 5–7 |
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| AV(sp) | 7–9 / 5–7 / 6–8 | 7–10 / 4–8 / 4–7 |
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| AV(NS) | 17–19 / 19–21 / 20–24 | 17–18 / 16–19 / 17–24 |
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| PD(NS) | 29–37 / 29–34 / 28–34 | 29–34 / 32–35 / 30–33 |
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