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La Corte dei conti
No full textTrattasi del codice commentato del complesso e complessivo ordinamento della Contabilità pubblica. In particolare il capitolo curato da De Benetti affronta il profilo strutturale della Corte dei conti
Structural studies on the C-terminal domain of human PMCA1b
No full textPlasma Membrane Calcium ATPases (PMCAs) are P-type pumps involved in calcium homeostasis. Their 3D structures are still unknown but a possible topology has been predicted. PMCAs are predicted to have a cytosolic N-terminal domain, a cytosolic C-terminal domain (regulatory domain), ten transmembrane segments and two cytosolic loops called transduction domain and catalytic domain that connect the 2nd and the 3rd, the 4th and the 5th transmembrane segments respectively. Several mechanisms are responsible of their activation: interaction with Ca2+-calmodulin, interaction with acidic phospholipids and fatty acids, phosphorylation with kinases A and C, proteolysis by calpain and oligomerization. All activation mechanisms decrease the Km values, in particular the oligomerization brings this value around at the value of cytosolic calcium concentration present in the resting cells (50-100 nM).
The C-terminal domain is a structural motif that distinguishes PMCAs from all other P-type pumps. It is also the target of all activators and activation mechanisms. In this study we have described the secondary structure and tertiary structure at low
resolution of the C-terminal regulatory domain of the human PMCA isoform 1b. We have found that the domain forms aggregates by intermolecular interactions. Moreover, we have studied the reversibility of the oligomerization process and
found the best conditions to stabilize the C-terminal domain in the monomeric form. These conditions imply the presence of the lipid mimetic SDS at critical micellar concentration. A structural reconstruction based on Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments provides a low resolution structure where the C-terminal domain has an hourglass shape. The central cross section compatible with that of an ?-helix. This
part could correspond at the ?-helix of the C28W calmodulin binding region while the downstream and upstream regions could be random coil as also predicted by PSIpred. Binding experiments between the C-terminal domain and the Ca2+-
calmodulin have been carried out. The aim was to study whether in a phospholipid mimetic system necessary to stabilize the monomeric form, such as sodium dodecyl sulphate, this domain can still interact with calmodulin. The phospholipid mimetic system that stabilize the domain in the monomeric form prevent its binding with Ca2+-calmodulin. The results suggest that a different aggregation state of the PMCAs
exist in diverse membrane rafts: membrane rafts rich in uncharged or zwitterionic phospholipids could contain PMCAs in oligomeric form while membrane rafts rich in acidic phospholipids could contain PMCAs in monomeric form
L'ordinamento degli enti locali. Commentario al T.U. sull'ordinamento degli enti locali del 2000 alla luce delle modifiche costituzionali del 2001
No full textvol. collettaneo di AA.VV. a c. di M. Bertolissi; commento agli artt. 147/1488, 196/198, 234/24
Berosus illuviosus Santana & Benetti & Clarkson & Pes 2019, sp. n.
No full textBerosus illuviosus sp. n. (Figs. 5 a–h) Type locality. BRAZIL: Roraima State, Boa Vista County (municipality), pond near the “ Estrada do Contorno ” road (02°46’00.4’’N / 60°45’38.0’’W) (Fig. 3) Type material. Holotype male. BRAZIL: Roraima State, Boa Vista County (02°46’00.4’’N / 60°45’38.0’’W), 01.vi.2015, leg. K. Dias, C. Benetti. Condition of holotype: stored in 80% ethanol with the dissected male genitalia stored in microvials with glycerin, deposited at INPA. Paratypes (211). BRAZIL: Roraima State: Same data as holotype except [3 males and 15 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at INPA]; same data as holotype except (02°47’29.8’’N / 60°47’08.4’’W) [17 males and 13 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at MZSP]; same data as holotype except (02°46’23.8’’N / 60°45’41.8’’W) [12 males and 35 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at MNRJ]; same data as holotype except (02°48’21.2’’N / 60°47’40.8’’W), 02.vi.2015 [11 males and 9 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at SEMC]; same data as holotype except (02°52’06.4’’N / 60°51’57.9’’W), 03.vi.2015 [20 males and 33 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at DZUP]; except same data as holotype (02°49’17.4’’N / 60°48’10.6’’W), 06.vi.2015 [2 males and 2 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at INPA]; same data as holotype except (02°51’46.3’’N / 60°47’30.6’’W), 07.vi.2015 [1 male and 16 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at INPA]; Alto Alegre County (02°49’17.4’’N / 60°48’10.6’’W), 06.vi.2015, leg. K. Dias, C. Benetti [5 males and 9 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at INPA]; Alto Alegre County (02°59’37.1’’N / 61°07’38.9’’W), 06.vi.2015 leg. K. Dias, C. Benetti [2 males and 6 females stored in 80% ethanol, deposited at INPA]. Diagnosis. Berosus illuviosus sp. n. can be distinguished from other Neotropical species of Berosus by the following combination of characteristics: moderate size (4.30–4.40 mm); head, pronotum and elytra dark brown to black, without metallic luster (Fig. 5a); pronotum with coarse, round or polygonal punctures (Fig. 5a); elytral striae well-impressed with deep, rectangular punctures ca. 2–3× as large as those on the pronotum (Fig. 5a); mesoventral process strongly raised, with straight and hood-like anterior tooth, excavated in the center, with serrated margins (Fig. 5d); abdominal ventrites crenulate along lateral and posterior margins; first ventrite with a median longitudinal carina on anterior two-thirds; fifth ventrite with apical notch ca. one-fifth the total length, bearing two medial acute teeth (Fig. 5e). Description. Size and form. Total length: 4.34–4.36 mm. Body short, nearly 2× longer than wide in dorsal view (Fig. 5a), strongly convex in lateral view (Fig. 5b). Color. Labrum, clypeus and frons dark brown to black without metallic luster (Fig. 5a); maxillary palpi yellow with fourth palpomere dark brown, yellow at base (Figs. 5 a–c); pronotum dark brown without metallic luster; scutellar shield dark brown (Fig. 5a); elytra completely dark brown (Fig. 5a); venter of thorax and abdomen dark brown to nearly black (Fig. 5c); femora with pubescent portion dark brown, glabrous portion yellow; tibiae yellow at base, posterior half dark brown; tarsus dark brown with apex and distal region yellow. (Figs. 5 a–c). Head. Clypeus and frons densely and coarsely punctate, punctures ca. 6–7× as large as ommatidia, round or polygonal in shape (Fig. 5a). Frontal carina absent. Eyes strongly prominent (Fig. 5a). Maxillary palpi short, nearly half as long as width of the head, and thick (Figs. 5 a–c). Thorax. Pronotum distinctly narrower than elytra, with coarse and dense punctures, at the same size as those on head, round or polygonal in shape (Fig. 5a). Scutellar shield coarsely punctate with punctures similar in size to those on pronotum. Elytral striae well-impressed with deep, rectangular punctures ca. 2–3× as larger as those on the pronotum; interstriae reduced to thin edges on elytral disc; humeral hump prominent (Fig. 5a); elytral apices rounded (Figs. 5 a–c); spine-like hairs absent (Fig. 5a). Mesoventral process strongly raised, with straight and hood-like anterior tooth, excavated in the center with serrated margin; posterior angle of the mesoventral process rounded in lateral view, very shortly prominent, serrated (Fig. 5d). Metaventral process narrow; posterolateral angles not produced; posterior angle not raised (Fig. 5c). Basal pubescence on femora reduced, obliquely limited to the base (Fig. 5c). Protarsus of male without adhesive soles; first tarsomere ca. 1.5× longer than the second, fourth tarsomere elongate, almost as long as tarsomeres 1–3 combined (Figs. 5a, c). Claws weakly arched (Figs. 5 a–c). Abdomen. First ventrite with a median longitudinal carina along anterior two-thirds, without lateral depressions; abdominal ventrites 2–4 without central carina or teeth-like projection, crenulate along lateral and posterior margins; fifth ventrite with apical notch ca. one-fifth the total length, bearing two medial acute teeth (Fig. 5e). Aedeagus with basal piece ca. half of total length, 1.5× longer than its greatest width (Figs. 5 f–h); parameres symmetrical, slightly longer than median lobe in dorsal view (Fig. 5f), gradually acuminate at apex; apical portion of parameres strongly curved towards ventral face, forming a nearly right angle with dorsal outline of aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 5g), bearing a row of long hairs in the subapical concave portion (Figs. 5g, h); median lobe abruptly swollen subapically in dorsal view, apex strongly acuminate in lateral view, directed towards ventral face (Figs. 5g, h). Etymology. The specific epithet, illuviosus, refers to the “dirty” appearance of the specimens of this species (From Latin “which cannot be washed”). Distribution. Brazil (Roraima). Biology. The specimens were collected in ponds with abundant macrophyte cover (Figs. 1, 2). Taxonomic comments. Berosus illuviosus sp. n. can be placed in the holdhausi -complex (Oliva 1989; Oliva & Short 2012), based on the following characteristics: very coarse dorsal sculpture; elytra with humeral humps prominent and without spine-like hairs; abdominal ventrites medially carinate on most of first ventrite length, without lateral depressions; apical notch of fifth ventrite produced at the bottom into a pair of sharp teeth with lateral and posterior margins strongly crenulate; protarsus of males not strongly swollen at base and without soles of specialized adhesive hairs; male genitalia with aedeagus weakly compressed laterally, parameres parallel and acuminate, median lobe strongly curved and strongly swollen at apex. The species is similar to B. rectangulus Mouchamps, 1960 by the dorsal sculpture, size and shape of femoral pubescence and appearance of abdominal ventrites, but it is distinguished by the dorsal coloration, shape of the mesoventral process and male genitalia. Berosus illuviosus sp. n. has a dark brown to black dorsal coloration, without spots (Fig. 5a), while B. rectangulus has a yellow dorsal coloration with dark brown spots. In addition, these species can be differentiated by the anterior tooth of the mesoventral process which is stronger and straight with serrated margins in B. illuviosus sp. n. (Fig. 5d), while in B. rectangulus the anterior tooth is of laminar form with smooth margins, and by the shape of the parameres. In B. illuviosus sp. n. they have a more pronounced preapical curvature, forming a nearly right angle with dorsal outline of aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 5g) while in B. rectangulus the parameres curl gradually, exhibiting a more discrete curve.Published as part of Santana, Larissa, Benetti, Cesar João, Clarkson, Bruno & Pes, Ana Maria, 2019, On the genus Berosus Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the State of Roraima Brazil: description of three new species and new records, pp. 445-463 in Zootaxa 4700 (4) on pages 452-454, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/355757
Claudiella anamariae Benetti & Hamada, 2016, sp. n.
No full textClaudiella anamariae sp. n. (Figs. 5–6, 9, 12, 17–18, 23–24, 27) Type locality. Brazil: Bahia state, Lençóis county, Lençóis River (12°33'48.4"S 41°23'49.4"W). Type material. Holotype male (INPA): Brazil: Bahia state, Lençóis county, Lençóis River (12°33'48.4"S 41°23'49.4"W), 12.v.2014, leg. N. Hamada, J.M.C. Nascimento and J.O. Silva. Condition of holotype: stored in ethanol 99% with the dissected male genitalia stored in microvials. Paratypes (44): same data as holotype [one male and one female stored in ethanol, deposited at MZUSP; one male mounted on slides; 15 males and 26 females stored in ethanol, deposited at INPA]. Diagnosis. Claudiella anamariae sp. n. can be distinguished from other species of Claudiella by the following combination of characteristics: tooth-like projection on the hind edge of the metatrochanter conspicuous (Fig. 9); anterior edge of the labrum with a median indentation on the dorsal surface; interstices strongly convex; RP vein reaching the oblongum cell in the middle of the rp-mp1 vein (Fig. 27), by the body size (length: 1.78–2.12 mm) and by the shape of the male genitalia, with the median lobe in lateral view slightly curved, with dorsal face convex, ventral face straight and greater width between the base and the middle (Fig. 23). Description. Habitus. (Fig. 5). Shape oval, convex dorsally. Lateral sides of pronotum rounded. Elytra regularly tapering toward the apex. Lateral outline discontinuous between pronotum and elytra. Color. Dorsal surface black with shiny golden-reddish colored punctures; ventrally testaceous-brownish, legs dark testaceous (Figs. 5–6). Measurements (n = 24). BL: 1.78–2.12 mm; BW: 1.04–1.34 mm; BR: 1.58–1.76; PL: 0.3 5– 0.44 mm; PW: 0.81–0.95 mm; PR: 1.92–2.4; EL: 1.21–1.62 mm; EW: 1.04–1.34 mm; ER: 1.13–1.29; ELPWR: 1.49–1.7. Head. Frons bearing a pair of longitudinal keels that run from the anterior edge of the eyes to the clypeus. Antennae with nine antennomeres; last antennomere a little shorter than antennomeres 6–8 together. Anterior edge of clypeus truncate and continuous; posterior edge convex; lateral edge parallel; anterolateral angles oblique, almost rounded. Labrum large, with very long recumbent setae anteriorly; anterior edge straight, with a median indentation on the dorsal surface, slightly sinuous on ventral surface; fringed with long fine filiform setae, absent in the median area; lateral edge parallel, slightly convex (Fig. 12). Mandibles asymmetrical: left mandible with a bifid apical non-articulated tooth and a bifid articulated subapical tooth, and right mandible with only a bifid apical nonarticulated tooth; left and right mandibles with outer edges convex (Figs. 17–18). Maxilla: mala without suture dividing it; with three apical laminar processes and a row of subapical setae; palpus with three palpomeres, palpomere I short, palpomeres II and III longer, similar in length; palpomere III bearing sensilla apically. Labium with fused glossae and paraglossae, bearing long setae along its entire length; prementum short and wide, densely pilose; labial palpi short, with elongate basal segment and two small apical segments. Thorax. Pronotum coarsely punctured with surface microrugose; regularly widened towards the basal third; basal edge with median emargination with two small incisions in the middle; anterior edge concave; lateral edges convex, slightly serrate. Scutellar shield very small, triangular. Elytra coarsely punctured with surface microrugose; wider than the base of the pronotum, widest before the middle; punctures arranged in 13 complete clearly marked striae, 12 dorsal and one sublateral, marginal stria; striae of punctures and interstices equal; interstices strongly convex; humeral callus strongly protuberant; lateral edges serrate only at the base, regularly narrowed towards the apex; apex slightly acute. Metathoracic wings (Fig. 27) fringed around the anterior and posterior edges, except in the costal margin; RP2 vein not reaching the apex of wing; r1 vein well-developed, short, slightly oblique, bifurcated anteriorly; ScP vein not distinctly curved, clearly separated from RA vein; R3 vein extends towards the apex; RP vein slightly marked, disappears before reaching the r1 vein; CuA3+4 vein joins the AA3 vein without change of direction; oblongum cell present; RP vein reaching the oblongum cell in the middle of the rp-mp1 vein. Posterior edge of prosternal process truncate. Metasternal carina present, extending to the posterior edge of the metaventrite; metaventrite without tubercles. Metacoxae with posterior edge covering the trochanter; metatrochanter with tooth-like projection on the hind edge, conspicuous (Fig. 9), with inner lateral edge convex; femora and tibiae with a row of long setae on dorsal face; femora ventrally grooved for reception of tibiae; metafemur with middle third as wide as basal third; tarsal formula 4-4-4, tarsomeres 1–2 short, tarsomeres 3–4 four times longer than tarsomere 2. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with longitudinal carina. Semilunar depression of last abdominal ventrite simple, not prolonged towards the apex, in both sexes. Aedeagus (Figs. 23–24): phallobase with ventral process. Median lobe (dorsal view) split longitudinally beyond the middle, with lateral edges parallel, converging at the apex; in lateral view, slightly curved, almost straight, gradually narrowed from base to the apex; dorsal face convex, ventral face straight and with greater width between the base and the middle; apex digitiform, curved downward, with very short spines (Fig. 23 a). Parameres short and small, but longer than the phallobase process, with two thin apical setae. Etymology. This species is named in honor of Ana Maria Oliveira Pes (INPA / CBIO), a good friend and colleague in the field and laboratory, in gratitude for her help in collecting material during the fieldwork, and in thanks for all the shared moments during our long friendship and in recognition of her contribution to the knowledge of aquatic insects in Amazonia. Distribution and habitat. Northeast Brazil, currently only known in the state of Bahia (Fig. 28). The river is located at 470 m a.m.s.l.; width = 7 m, water temperature = 21°C, pH = 4.1 and electrical conductivity = 20 µS/cm. Taxonomic comments. This species differs from C. jefersoni sp. n. and I. trombetensis by having the toothlike projection on the hind edge of the metatrochanter pronounced (Fig. 9), not pronounced in C. jefersoni sp. n. (Fig. 7) and I. trombetensis, by its large size and by the shape of the male genitalia (Figs. 23–24). C. anamariae sp. n. differs from C. ingens and I. quadridentatus in the shape of the tooth-like projection on the metatrochanter (Fig. 9), more conspicuous and well-marked in C. ingens and I. quadridentatus. The new species differs from C. ingens by the shape of the male genitalia in dorsal view, with lateral edges of median lobe parallel, converging towards the apex, starting from the middle (Fig. 24), while in C. ingens the lateral edges are parallel converging only at the apex, and in the shape of male genitalia in lateral view, with the apex of median lobe curved downward (Fig. 23), while in C. ingens the apex is continuous. Claudiella anamariae sp. n. differs from I. quadridentatus in having two thin setae on the apex of each paramere (Fig. 23), while in I. quadridentatus the parameres have only one seta. Also, the parameres are much longer in C. anamariae sp. n. than in I. quadridentatus. The new species differs from C. jeaneae sp. n. in having the anterior edge of the labrum with a median indentation, absent in C. jeaneae sp. n.; anterior edge of the pronotum concave, sinuous in C. jeaneae sp. n.; posterior edge of prosternal process truncate, sinuous in C. jeaneae sp. n. and in the shape of the male genitalia in lateral view, with the apex of the median lobe curved downward (Fig. 23), while in C. jeaneae sp. n. the apex is continuous.Published as part of Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2016, Three new species of Claudiella Reichardt & Vanin, 1976 (Coleoptera, Torridincolidae) from Brazil, pp. 151-161 in Zootaxa 4205 (2) on pages 159-161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/19291
Gyretes brunnescens Ochs 1953
No full textGyretes brunnescens Ochs, 1953 Gyretes brunnescens Ochs, 1953 a: 148 (orig. descr.); 1957: 213 (record); 1960 a: 185, f. 6 (descr., illustr.); 1960 b: 312 (record); 1963 c 466 (record); 1965 a: 307, 310 (descr.); 1966: 449, 461 (descr.); 1969: 383 (ethology, ecology); Benetti et al. 2003 b: 38, 42 (record, distr.); Benetti & Garrido 2004: 160 (record, distr.); Benetti & Régil 2004: 6 (ecology) DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Brazil (PR, RS, SC), Paraguay, Uruguay.Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/23012
Laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy in a cat
No full textSeveral techniques for castration of cryptorchid cats have been described. In this case report, the use of laparoscopy for castration of a bilateral cryptorchid cat (with testes located in the abdomen) is described. Three trocars were inserted into the abdominal cavity, the testicles were easily identified adjacent to the urinary bladder. Haemostasis of the gubernaculum testis and spermatic cord was achieved with bipolar cauterisation. The testicles were easily removed in approximately 20 min. To the authors' knowledge this is the first report of the use of laparoscopy for the treatment of cryptorchidism in cats. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of ESFM and AAFP
Hamadiana Benetti & Short & Michat 2019, gen. n.
No full text<i>Hamadiana</i> gen. n. <p>(Figs 1–15)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 15244304-1BD6-4054-B414-CB8216E4F5C7</p> <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Hamadiana chapadensis</i> <b>sp. n.</b> by present designation.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> The new genus is unique among Laccophilini in having the hind margin of metacoxal process deeply incised and medially slightly protruded backwards (Fig. 9). Other diagnostic characters are: antennomeres simple, not expanded; metacoxal lines not straight, converging anteriad in posterior 3/4 of their length, slightly diverging anteriad in anterior 1/4 (Fig. 9); metatibia with two simple apical spurs (Fig. 6). Moreover, the last metatarsomere is bilobed, with inner lobe long and acute and outer lobe about half shorter; the single metatarsal claw is curved, apically rounded and short, about as long as the outer lobe of last metatarsomere (Fig. 11).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This genus is named after Neusa Hamada, INPA, in recognition of her significant contribution to the knowledge of aquatic insects in Amazonia. The gender of the name is feminine.</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> Among the Neotropical genera of Laccophilini, the new genus is easily differentiated from <i>Laccophilus</i> and <i>Napodytes</i> in having two simple apical spurs on metatibiae (single apical spur in <i>Napodytes</i> and two apically bifid spurs in <i>Laccophilus</i>). This character is shared with <i>Laccodytes</i> and <i>Laccomimus</i>, but <i>Hamadiana</i> <b>gen. n.</b> can be differentiated from these two genera by the shape of metacoxal processes, which are unique in having the hind margin strongly incised and medially protruded backwards (Fig. 9). From <i>Laccodytes</i>, the new genus can be distinguished by the metacoxal lines converging anteriad in posterior 3/4 of their length, slightly diverging anteriad in anterior 1/4 (straight in <i>Laccodytes</i>) and by the larger body (more than 3 mm in length in <i>Hamadiana</i> <b>gen. n.</b> and less than 2.4 mm in <i>Laccodytes</i>). From <i>Laccomimus</i>, <i>Hamadiana</i> <b>gen. n.</b> differs also in having the prosternal process elongate and apically acute (relatively short and apically rounded in <i>Laccomimus</i>), in the mesotibial spurs not longer than mesotarsomeres 1–2 (longer than mesotarsomeres 1–4 in <i>Laccomimus</i>) and in the larger body (more than 3 mm in length in <i>Hamadiana</i> <b>gen. n.</b> and less than 2.5 mm in <i>Laccomimus</i>).</p>Published as part of <i>Benetti, Cesar J., Short, Andrew E. Z. & Michat, Mariano C., 2019, Hamadiana chapadensis, a new genus and species of diving beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae, Laccophilini), pp. 176-184 in Zootaxa 4615 (1)</i> on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.10, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3995294">http://zenodo.org/record/3995294</a>
Claudiella jeaneae Benetti & Hamada, 2016, sp. n.
No full textClaudiella jeaneae sp. n. (Figs. 3–4, 8, 11, 15–16, 21–22, 26) Type locality. Brazil: Minas Gerais state, Carrancas county, “ Cachoeira da Esmeralda ” (21°28'17.8"S 44°42'15.1"W). Type material. Holotype male (INPA): Brazil: Minas Gerais state, Carrancas county, “ Cachoeira da Esmeralda ” (21°28'17.8"S 44°42'15.1"W), 11.iv.2014, leg. N. Hamada, J.M.C. Nascimento and L.M. Fusari. Condition of holotype: stored in ethanol 99% with the dissected male genitalia stored in microvials. Paratypes (18): same data as holotype [one male and one female stored in ethanol, deposited at MZUSP; one male mounted on slides and 15 females stored in ethanol, deposited at INPA]. Diagnosis. Claudiella jeaneae sp. n. can be distinguished from other species of Claudiella by the following combination of characteristics: tooth-like projection on hind edge of metatrochanter conspicuous (Fig. 8); interstices strongly convex; left mandible with outer edge projected; RP vein reaching the oblongum cell in the middle of the rp-mp1 vein (Fig. 26); by the body size (length: 1.93–2.15 mm) and the shape of the male genitalia, with the median lobe, in dorsal view, split longitudinally only in the apical third; in lateral view, with the apex digitiform and continuous (Figs. 21–22). Description. Habitus. (Fig. 3). Shape oval, convex dorsally. Lateral sides of pronotum rounded. Elytra regularly tapering towards the apex. Lateral outline discontinuous between pronotum and elytra. Color. Dorsal surface black with shiny golden colored punctures; ventrally reddish, legs dark reddish (Figs. 3–4). Measurements (n = 16). BL: 1.93–2.15 mm; BW: 1.12–1.28 mm; BR: 1.66–1.77; PL: 0.3 8– 0.47 mm; PW: 0.81–0.95 mm; PR: 1.89–2.44; EL: 1.4–1.58 mm; EW: 1.12–1.28 mm; ER: 1.19–1.29; ELPWR: 1.58–1.75. Head. Frons bearing a pair of longitudinal keels that run from the anterior edge of the eyes to the clypeus. Antennae with nine antennomeres; last antennomere a little shorter than antennomeres 6–8 together. Anterior edge of clypeus truncate and continuous; posterior edge convex; lateral edge parallel; anterolateral angles oblique, almost rounded. Labrum large, with very long recumbent setae anteriorly; anterior edge straight on dorsal surface, slightly sinuous on ventral surface, fringed with long fine filiform setae, absent in the median area; lateral edge curved (Fig. 11). Mandibles asymmetrical: left mandible with a bifid apical non-articulated tooth and a bifid articulated subapical tooth and right mandible with only a bifid apical non-articulated tooth; left mandible with outer edge projected, right mandible with outer edge convex (Figs. 15–16). Maxilla: mala without suture dividing it; with three apical laminar processes and a row of subapical setae; palpus with three palpomeres, palpomere I short, palpomeres II and III longer, similar in length; palpomere III bearing sensilla apically. Labium with fused glossae and paraglossae, bearing long setae along its entire length; prementum short and wide, densely pilose; labial palpi short, with elongated basal segment and two small apical segments. Thorax. Pronotum coarsely punctured with surface microrugose; regularly widened towards the basal third; basal edge with median emargination with two small incisions in the middle; anterior edge strongly sinuous; lateral edges convex, slightly serrate. Scutellar shield very small, triangular. Elytra coarsely punctured with surface microrugose; wider than the base of the pronotum, widest before the middle; punctures arranged in 13 complete clearly marked striae, 12 dorsal and one sublateral, marginal stria; striae of punctures and interstices uneven; interstices strongly convex; humeral callus strongly protuberant; lateral edges slightly serrate only at the base, regularly narrowed towards the apex; apex slightly acute. Metathoracic wings (Fig. 26) fringed around the anterior and posterior edges, except on the costal margin; RP2 vein not reaching the apex of the wing; r1 vein well developed, short, distinctly oblique; ScP vein not distinctly curved, clearly separated from the RA vein; R3 vein extends towards the apex; RP vein slightly marked, reaching the r1 vein. The CuA3+4 vein joins the AA3 vein without change of direction; oblongum cell present; RP vein reaching the oblongum cell in the middle of the rpmp1 vein. Posterior edge of the prosternal process slightly sinuous, almost truncate. Metasternal carina present, extending to the posterior edge of the metaventrite; metaventrite without tubercles. Metacoxae with posterior edge covering the trochanter; metatrochanter with tooth-like projection on hind edge, conspicuous (Fig. 8), with inner lateral edge convex; femora and tibiae with a row of long setae on dorsal face; femora ventrally grooved for reception of tibiae; metafemur with middle third as wide as basal third; tarsal formula 4-4-4, tarsomeres 1–2 short, tarsomeres 3–4 four times longer than tarsomere 2. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with longitudinal carina. Semilunar depression of last abdominal ventrite simple, not prolonged towards the apex, in both sexes. Aedeagus (Figs. 21–22): phallobase with ventral process. Median lobe (dorsal view) split longitudinally but restricted to the apical third, with lateral edges parallel, converging towards the apex, starting from the middle; in lateral view, slightly curved, almost straight, gradually narrowed from base to apex; dorsal face convex, ventral face sinuous and greater width between the middle and the apex; apex digitiform, continuous, with very short spines (Fig. 21 a). Parameres broad, very short and small, shorter than the phallobase process, with two thin apical setae. Etymology. This species is named in honor of Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante do Nascimento (INPA / CBIO), a good friend and colleague in the field and laboratory, in gratitude for her help in collecting material during the fieldwork. Distribution and habitat. Southeast Brazil, currently only known from the state of Minas Gerais (Fig. 28). Specimens were collected in a stream in the cerrado (central Brazilian savanna) biome, with width = 4 m, water pH = 6.5 and water temperature = 16.6°C. Taxonomic comments. This species differs from C. jefersoni sp. n. and I. trombetensis by having the toothlike projection on the hind edge of the metatrochanter pronounced (Fig. 8), not pronounced in C. jefersoni sp. n. (Fig. 7) and I. trombetensis; by its large size (average body length: 2.06 mm) and by the shape of the male genitalia (Figs. 21–22). Claudiella jeaneae sp. n. differs from C. ingens and I. quadridentatus in the shape of the tooth-like projection of the metatrochanter (Fig. 8), more conspicuous and well-marked in C. ingens and I. quadridentatus. The new species differs from I. quadridentatus in having two thin setae on the apex of each paramere (Fig. 21), while in I. quadridentatus the parameres have only one seta. C. jeaneae sp. n. differs from C. ingens by the shape of the male genitalia in dorsal view, with lateral edges of the median lobe parallel, converging towards the apex, starting from the middle (Fig. 22), while in C. ingens the lateral edges are parallel and converge only at the apex.Published as part of Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2016, Three new species of Claudiella Reichardt & Vanin, 1976 (Coleoptera, Torridincolidae) from Brazil, pp. 151-161 in Zootaxa 4205 (2) on pages 157-158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/19291
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