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EB6087EB3108FFDDFF7D54BCFD30C4F4.text	EB6087EB3108FFDDFF7D54BCFD30C4F4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachinus grootaerti Tian and Deuve	<div><p>Brachinus grootaerti Tian and Deuve new species .</p><p>(Figs. 1, 5)</p><p>Holotype. ♂, labeled “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B, the Philippines, C. Palawan, 5 km E. of Napsan, cleared primary forest, 0 9.42.256 N/118.31.034 E, 1–2. Dec. 2007, J. H. Lourens leg.” and “Coll. IRSNB, Achat J. H. Lourens, I. G.: 30.852”, in RISNB, Brusssels.</p><p>Length: 13.0 mm; Width: 5.4 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1.</p><p>Medium sized; head, pronotum, elytra, tips of femora and tibiae black; tarsi, antennomeres 1–4 and ventral side of body dark brown; frontal spots, palps and other antennomeres brown; head and pronotum finely striate, with minute punctures. Head, pronotum and elytra with isodiametric microsculptural meshes.</p><p>Head longer than wide (HL/HW=1.02), with sparse, long setae; anterior margin of labrum straight, bearing sexsetose, clypeus with two long setae and a few short ones at base, glabrous medially; frons and vertex glabrous, eyes large and prominent; palps pubescent and subcylindrical; maxillary palpomere 4 longer than 3; labial palpomere 3 slightly longer than 2; ligula robust and wide, adnated to paraglossae posteriorly, both ligula and paraglossae multisetose at apex; mentum without median tooth, basal foveae large, rounded, smooth, surrounded by numerous mental and submental setae; both mentum and submentum multisetose; palpiger with two setae at base. Antennae extending at about middle of elytra; comparative length ratio of antennomeres 1–5 as 1, 0.4, 1.6, 1.1 and 0.9; antennomere 3 slightly longer than antennomeres 1 and 2 combined, antennomere 4 longer than 5.</p><p>Pronotum longer than wide, PW/PL=1.09, widest at about apical one fourth, fore margin with distinct median emargination, hind margin straight, lateral margin strongly sinuate before hind angle, hind angle acute and sharp; pronotal disc convex, weakly punctate, faintly wrinkled, with lateral setae at about middle and frontal portion.</p><p>Elytra elongate ovate, EL/EW=1.50, widest in the middle, pubescent; shoulders wide and square, not parallelsided; apex membrane and fringed; both costae and depressions faint, depressions wider than costae, rather flat, costae faintly convex.</p><p>Pro-episternum slightly tumescent, invisible from dorsal view, sparsely setose. Fore tibia with subapical spur externally.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 5): median lobe of aedeagus slender, distinctly arcuate in middle, preapical portion sinuate, expanded at apex; apical portion broad, apical lamella shorter, wider than long, truncate at tip.</p><p>Female unknown</p><p>Remarks: Brachinus grootaerti n. sp. is the first species of the genus from Palawan Island. It is quite similar to B. philippinensis Tian &amp; Deuve, but pronotum narrower, elytra broader, with shoulders distinctly square (broad in B. philippinensis); It also likes B. bigutticeps Chaudoir (Fig. 4) in appearance, but body is stouter, elytra and pronotum wider, and pro-episternum invisible from above (slightly visible from above in B. bigutticeps).</p><p>Etymology: The name of this new species is in honor of Dr. Patrick Grootaert, head of Department of Entomology, IRSNB.</p><p>Distribution: The Philippines (Palawan Island).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6087EB3108FFDDFF7D54BCFD30C4F4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tian, Mingyi;Deuve, Thierry	Tian, Mingyi, Deuve, Thierry (2013): Three new species of the genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 from the Philippines, with a modified key to species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae). Zootaxa 3737 (3): 289-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.7
EB6087EB310BFFDBFF7D505DFD2DC7CC.text	EB6087EB310BFFDBFF7D505DFD2DC7CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachinus mindanaoensis Tian and Deuve	<div><p>Brachinus mindanaoensis Tian and Deuve new species .</p><p>(Figs. 2, 6)</p><p>Holotype. ♂, labeled “Mindanao”, “Ex-Musaeo Mniszech”, in MNHN; Paratype: 1 ♀, idem, in MNHN.</p><p>Length: 13.5–15.0 mm; width: 5.2–5.5 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 2.</p><p>Dark brown on head, pronotum and elytra, but antennomeres, palps, labrum, clypeus, tibiae and tarsi lighter, femora (except for tips) and frontal spots yellow to reddish brown. Microsculptural meshes densely isodiametric on head, pronotum and elytra.</p><p>Head longer than wide (HL/HW=1.1), anterior margin of labrum straight, bearing sexsetose, clypeus bisetose, with a few shorter setae aside, glabrous in median portion of clypeus, frons and vertex; eyes moderate for Brachinus; palps moderate, pubescent and subcylindrical; maxillary palpomere 4 normal at apex, labial palpomere 3 slightly dilated near apex, both obliquely truncate at apex; maxillary palpomere 4 much longer than palpomere 3 (1.4 times), labial palpomere 3 as long as 2; labial palpomere 2 plurisetose; ligula robust and wide, adnated to paraglossae posteriorly, both multisetose at apex; mentum without median tooth, basal foveae large, surrounded by numerous setae of mentum and submentum; palpiger bisetose at base. Antennae extending at about middle of elytra, comparative length ratio of antennomeres 1–5 as: 1.0, 0.7, 1.9, 1.3 and 1.1.</p><p>Pronotum wider than long (PW/PL=1.1), widest in anterior half, at about 1/3 of pronotum from apex, hind margin straight, fore margin widely and evenly emarginated, deeply sinuated laterally before hind angle, hind angle acute; disc moderately convex, surface finely striate, with a few setae located near to basal and apical margins.</p><p>Elytra elongate-ovate, EL/EW=8.5/5.1, shoulders broad, widening backwards till 1/3 of elytra from apex, not parallel-sided, widest at about apical 1/3 of elytra; elytral apex with membrane and fringed, depressions and costae well marked, depressions much wider than costae (nearly twice), rather flat, costae faintly convex, rather wide; sparsely pubescent on median portion, denser at apical and basal areas.</p><p>Pro-episternum slightly tumescent, invisible from dorsal view; whole glabrous and smooth. Fore tibia with subapical spur externally.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 6): median lobe of aedeagus slender, strongly arcuate, evenly expanded at median portion. Remarks: Brachinus mindanaoensis is similar to B. bigutticeps Chaudoir (Fig. 4) for the body shape, but it differs from the latter with it dark colour, wide pronotum, aedeagus slender in contrast to the lighter body, narrow pronotum and stout aedeagus of B. bigutticeps (Fig. 7).</p><p>Etymology: The specific name of the new species refers to its type locality. Distribution: The Philippines (Mindanao Island).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6087EB310BFFDBFF7D505DFD2DC7CC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tian, Mingyi;Deuve, Thierry	Tian, Mingyi, Deuve, Thierry (2013): Three new species of the genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 from the Philippines, with a modified key to species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae). Zootaxa 3737 (3): 289-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.7
EB6087EB310DFFDBFF7D5545FD30C2A6.text	EB6087EB310DFFDBFF7D5545FD30C2A6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachinus palawanensis Tian and Deuve	<div><p>Brachinus palawanensis Tian and Deuve new species .</p><p>(Fig. 3)</p><p>Holotype. ♀, labeled “Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B, the Philippines, C. Palawan, 3 km N. of Nagtabon, dry coastal forest, 0 9.57. 0 15 N /118.39.275 E, 220 m, 12 Dec. 2007, J. H. Lourens leg.”, in RISNB, Brussels.</p><p>Length: 12.5 mm; Width: 5.5 mm.</p><p>Medium sized; head, pronotum, elytra, tips of femora and tibiae black; tarsi, antennomeres 1–4 and underside surface dark brown; frontal spots, palps and other antennomeres brown; head and pronotum finely striate and impunctate. Microsculptural meshes more or less isodiametric on head, pronotum and elytra.</p><p>Head longer than wide (HL/HW=1.1), covered with sparse setae; anterior margin of labrum straight, bearing sexsetose,, clypeus with two long setae, and a few short ones, glabrous in median portion; frons and vertex glabrous, eyes large and prominent; palps moderate, pubescent and subcylindrical, apical joints slightly dilated near apex; maxillary palpomere 4 longer than 3; labial palpomere 3 as long as 2; ligula robust and wide, adnated to paraglossae posteriorly, both multisetose at apex; mentum without median tooth, basal foveae large, nearly rounded, smooth, surrounded by numerous mental and submental setae; both mentum and submentum multisetose; palpiger unisetose at base. Antennae extending beyond middle of elytra; comparative length ratio of antennomeres 1–5 as: 1.0, 0.4, 2.2, 1.2 and 1.1; antennomere 3 longer than antennomeres 1 and 2 combined, antennomere 4 longer than 5.</p><p>Pronotum wider than long (PW/PL=1.1), widest in the apical portion, frontal margin distinctly emarginated in the middle, hind margin almost straight even slightly bisinuate, lateral margin deeply sinuate before hind angle, hind angle acute; disc moderately convex, faintly striate on surface, impunctate, with two marginal setae, one in the middle, the other at the front.</p><p>Elytra elongate oval, EL/EW=1.4, pubescent; shoulders broad, gradually widening backwards till middle; apex membranous and fringed; both costae and depressions faint, depressions wider than costae, rather flat, costae faintly convex.</p><p>Pro-episternum slightly tumescent, invisible from dorsal view; sparsely setose. Fore tibia with subapical spur externally.</p><p>Male: Unknown.</p><p>Remarks: This new species is peculiar for its stout body. It differs from Brachinus palawanensis by its broader elytra and unisetosed palpiger.</p><p>Etymology: The name of this new species refers to its type locality.</p><p>Distribution: The Philippines (Palawan Island).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6087EB310DFFDBFF7D5545FD30C2A6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tian, Mingyi;Deuve, Thierry	Tian, Mingyi, Deuve, Thierry (2013): Three new species of the genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 from the Philippines, with a modified key to species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae). Zootaxa 3737 (3): 289-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.7
EB6087EB310DFFDAFF7D5271FA49C7D3.text	EB6087EB310DFFDAFF7D5271FA49C7D3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachinus	<div><p>Key to the Philippine species of Brachinus (modified from Tian &amp; Deuve, 2007)</p><p>1 Bicolor, head and pronotum yellow, elytra dark brown, body smaller (5.5 mm in length)............ B. luzonicus Chaudoir</p><p>- Unicolor, head, pronotum and elytra dark brown, body larger (more than 10.0 mm in length).......................... 2</p><p>2 Head with yellow or red spots between eyes, mentum with deep basal pits or furrows, legs with femora dark brown at apex...................................................................................................... 3</p><p>- Head without spot between eyes, mentum without basal pits or furrows, legs with entire femora yellowish..................................................................................................... B. piceus Chaudoir</p><p>3 Light brown, spots between eyes large and yellow, frontal impressions convergent backwards, mentum with two basal furrows, but without fovea, elytral costae obscure........................................... B. philippinensis Tian &amp; Deuve</p><p>- Dark brown, spots between eyes small and dark brown, frontal impressions paralleled backwards, mentum with two basal well-defined foveae, elytral costae more or less distinct....................................................... 4</p><p>4 Labial palpiger unisetose............................................................... B. palawanensis n. sp.</p><p>- Labial palpiger bisetose................................................................................ 5</p><p>5 Apical palps of mouthparts dilated, antennae longer, extending over middle of elytra......... B. solidipalpis Tian &amp; Deuve</p><p>- Apical palps of mouthparts normal, antennae shorter, extending at about middle of elytra........................... 6</p><p>6 Elytra broad, with shoulders square......................................................... B. grootaerti n. sp.</p><p>- Elytra slender, with shoulders broad.................................................... B. mindanaoensis n. sp.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB6087EB310DFFDAFF7D5271FA49C7D3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tian, Mingyi;Deuve, Thierry	Tian, Mingyi, Deuve, Thierry (2013): Three new species of the genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 from the Philippines, with a modified key to species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae). Zootaxa 3737 (3): 289-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.7
