taxonID	type	description	language	source
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 2, 7 – 12) Zoobank. org / urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 0 FDB 4206 - 157 C- 46 DD- 8 B 0 E-B 66 DC 1 E 6 B 509	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. Holotype, male (ANIC): “ Tucumán, R. A. \ 9 – 1949 \ Wygodzinsky col. \ Tafi ad Valle \ 2000 m ” [printed & handwritten].	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named for terra typica, Argentina.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Anticyphon argentinensis resembles Anticyphon ecuadorensis Ruta, A. oyonensis, and Anticyphon peruvianus Ruta in size, coloration, and granulate punctation on the pronotal disc. Anticyphon argentinensis has a more transversely rectangular pronotum with less rounded anterolateral pronotal angles. Definitive identification is possible only on the basis of the male genitalia: trigonium without lateral lobes, as long as parameroids, parameres wide, each with small, triangular denticle in basal portion.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body oblong oval, moderately large, slightly flattened, clothed with yellowish procumbent setae. Coloration of dorsum yellowish brown, antennae and legs yellowish. Head small, 1.6 X wider than interocular space, covered with minute granulate punctures; eyes relatively big, protuberant; frons with 2 pairs of small tubercles. Antennae filiform, antennomere 2 shortest [antennomeres 9 – 11 missing in the holotype]. Pronotum small, transversely rectangular, sides straight, widest at posterior angles, anterolateral angles square, subtly produced; disc moderately convex. Pronotal punctation granulate, stronger on sides than on central portion. Pronotum with subtly marked pits along basal margin. Each elytron with 3 subtly marked longitudinal carinae. Elytral punctation irregular, relatively sparse; punctures shallow, separated by ca. 1.0 diameter. Penis (Fig. 7) moderately large (L = 1.30 mm, W = 0.34 mm), parameroids long, straight, wide, with subparallel sides, pointed at apices; trigonium subtriangular, as long as parameroids, without lateral lobes, pala longer than parameroids, moderately wide; tegmen (Fig. 8) moderately large (L = 0.98 mm, W = 0.51 mm), parameres wide in lateral view, covered with microsculpture in apical portion, basal portion of each paramere with small subtriangular denticle; sternite VIII (Fig. 9) small (L = 0.35 mm, W = 0.47 mm), V-shaped, with sparse setae in apical portions; sternite IX (Fig. 10) relatively small (L = 0.48 mm, W = 0.43 mm), suboval, lightly sclerotized in basal portion, apical portion setose; tergite VIII (Fig. 11) (L = 0.77 mm, W = 0.65 mm) with subrectangular apical plate, apical half covered with microsetae, apical margin arcuate, with row of dense, short setae intermixed with sparse, longer ones, basal portion of apical plate darker and more strongly sclerotized than remaining portion of plate, apodemes much shorter than apical plate; tergite IX (Fig. 12) (L = 0.70 mm, W = 0.52 mm) distinctly narrower than tergite VIII, apical plate membranous, margin densely covered with setae. Measurements and Ratios. Male (n = 1): TL = 5.30 mm; PL = 0.65 mm; PW = 1.80 mm; EL = 4.70 mm; EW = 3.00 mm; TL / EW = 1.80; PW / PL = 2.80; EL / EW = 1.60; EL / PL = 7.20. Female. Unknown.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6E6123FD0BA5F2FEC0629C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Anticyphon argentinensis is known only from the type locality in northern Argentina (Fig. 23). This species extends the known geographical range of the genus about 2,000 km to the southeast.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	description	(Figs. 3 – 6, 13 – 22) Zoobank. org / urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 0 ABF 94 AB- 1 A 94 - 4 DDB-B 912 - 74 F 7 E 309 DA 92	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. Holotype, male (SEMC): “ ECUADOR: Azuay \ Cajas 25 km NW Cuenca \ 3700 m, 7 Jan. 1992 \ C. Carlton, R. Leschen \ # 127 ex: beating ” [printed]. Paratypes, 8 females (SEMC), same data as holotype.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to one of the collectors, Richard Leschen, a leading expert in Coleoptera systematics.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Anticyphon lescheni resembles A. ecuadorensis and Anticyphon paramoensis Ruta in size, shape, and coloration. The granulate punctation of the pronotal disc is subtler than in A. ecuadorensis and A. paramoensis. Accurate identification is possible only on the basis of the male genitalia: trigonium wide, with wide lateral lobes, distinctly shorter than parameroids, parameres bifid, with microsculptured membranous apical portion.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	description	Description. Male. Body oblong oval, small, slightly flattened, clothed with brownish, suberect setae. Elytra brown, scutellary shield lighter, light brown, pronotum light brown with darker spots, antennae dark brown, legs yellowish. Head small, 1.6 X wider than interocular space, covered with minute, granulate punctures; eyes relatively big, protuberant; frons with 2 depressions. Antennae filiform, antennomere 2 shortest, antennomere 3 only slightly longer than 2, narrowest. Pronotum small, subrectangular, sides subtly curved, widest at posterior angles, anterolateral angles rounded; disc convex. Pronotal punctation granulate, stronger on sides than on central portion. Pronotum without pits along basal margin. Elytral punctation irregular, relatively sparse; punctures shallow, separated by ca. 1.0 – 1.5 diameter. Penis (Figs. 13 – 14) moderately large (L = 1.00 mm, W = 0.26 mm), parameroids long, straight, slightly widened in apical portion, rounded at apices, small lobes armed with small denticles (visible in lateral view) present in basal portion; trigonium widely subtriangular, ventral margin covered with denticles, lateral lobes wide, curved ventrally, of same length as median portion of trigonium, distinctly shorter than parameroids, pala longer than parameroids, moderately wide; tegmen (Fig. 15) moderately large (L = 0.87 mm, W = 0.43 mm), parameres bifid, outer processes extended by membranous structure covered with microsculpture in apical portion; sternite VIII (Fig. 16) small (L = 0.28 mm, W = 0.42 mm), V-shaped, with sparse setae in apical portions; sternite IX (Fig. 17) relatively small (L = 0.34 mm, W = 0.40 mm), suboval, transverse, apical portion setose; tergite VIII (Fig. 18) (L = 0.55 mm, W = 0.59 mm) with transversely subrectangular apical plate, apical half covered with microsetae, apical margin arcuate, with row of dense, short setae basal portion of apical plate darkened, apodemes much shorter than apical plate; tergite IX (Fig. 19) (L = 0.52 mm, W = 0.41 mm) distinctly narrower than tergite VIII, apical plate membranous, margin densely covered with setae. Female. Distinctly larger than male. Antennomere 3 distinctly longer than 2. Pronotum often brown with darker spots. Each elytron with 3 subtly marked longitudinal carinae. Sternite VIII elongate (L = 1.32 mm, W = 0.31 mm), with sinuate apodemes not fused basally, apex with sparse setae. Tergite VIII long (L = 1.94 mm, W = 0.40 mm); apical portion subtriangular, with sparse setation on apical margin; apodemes long, 3 X longer than apical portion. Ovipositor (Fig. 20) long (L = ca. 3.0 mm); branchlets small; coxites (L = 0.53 mm) membranous, triangularly elongate, narrow, with parallel sides in apical half, covered with sparse, minute setae; styli with 2 tufts of setae at apex. Vulva (Fig. 21) membranous, with 5 sclerites forming large sclerotized structure: 2 small subrectangular sclerites (L = 0.14 mm, W = 0.08 mm); 2 large, elongated sclerites connected with membrane (single sclerite: L = 0.60 mm, W = 0.18 mm); and a subtriangular ventral sclerite (L = 0.20 mm, W = 0.12 mm); bursal sclerites (Fig. 22) consisting of large, lanceolate sclerite (L = 0.40 mm, W = 0.11 mm), smaller sclerite consisting of paired, rodlike sclerites covered with minute denticles (L = 0.14 mm, W = 0.07 mm) and a small, oval sclerite (L = 0.07 mm, W = 0.03 mm); posterior portion of bursella covered with oval, pentagonal and hexagonal cuticular structures; anterior portion of bursella covered with microtrichia. Measurements and Ratios. Male (n = 1): TL = 3.75 mm; PL = 0.63 mm; PW = 1.4 mm; EL = 3.25 mm; EW = 2.25 mm; TL / EW = 1.70; PW / PL = 2.20; EL / EW = 1.40; EL / PL = 5.20. Females (n = 8): TL = 4.80 – 5.50 mm (mean = 5.1 mm); PL = 0.80 – 0.95 mm (mean = 0.86 mm); PW = 1.70 – 1.95 mm (mean = 1.8 mm); EL 4.00 – 4.70 mm (mean = 4.4 mm); EW = 2.60 – 3.00 mm (mean = 2.8 mm); TL / EW = 1.74 – 1.96 (mean = 1.84); PW / PL = 2.00 – 2.25 (mean = 2.14); EL / EW = 1.48 – 1.67 (mean = 1.56); EL / PL 4.72 – 5.63 (mean = 5.10).	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6C6125FD22A3C9FEFF610E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Anticyphon lescheni is known only from the type locality in southern Ecuador (Fig. 23), not far from the type locality of A. ecuadorensis.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
039787890F6A6126FD0AA587FB5865CE.taxon	description	Note. Females are known for two species only. Therefore, only males can be identified with the use of the following key.	en	Ruta, Rafał (2018): Two New Species of Anticyphon Ruta (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Argentina and Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (4): 707-712, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.707, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.707
