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Measurements ♂ (n=5): HW/HL 1.68–1.78; PW/PL 1.59–1.71; EW/EL 1.16–1.28; ESut/PL 0.90–0.95; PW/HW 1.06–1.09; forebody length 3.5–3.7 mm. Measurements ♀ (n=3): HW/HL 1.65–1.68; PW/PL 1.50–1.61; EW/EL 1.16–1.23; ESut/PL 0.95–0.96; PW/HW 1.00–1.03; forebody length 3.6–3.9 mm. Extremely similar to Bolitogyrus tortifolius and differing only in the following: median lobe in lateral view slender, with subapical tooth and gradually narrowing to acute apex, which is produced ventrad, some specimens with weak flange on median lobe at midlength (Fig. 19H–I); median lobe in parameral view similar to Bolitogyrus tortifolius but asymmetry less pronounced (Fig. 19G); paramere similar to Bolitogyrus tortifolius but more slender, less asymmetrical; peg setae similar to Bolitogyrus tortifolius but fields narrower and more similar to each other, about 6 peg setae wide at the widest part of each field (Fig. 19J); male sternite IX with apex shallower and narrower (Fig. 24B); female tergite X shield-shaped, apex narrower and more truncate than in Bolitogyrus tortifolius (Fig. 27B).
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Adam J. Brunke, Alexey Solodovnikov
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Brunke A, Solodovnikov A (2014) A revision of the Neotropical species of Bolitogyrus Chevrolat, a geographically disjunct lineage of Staphylinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) ZooKeys 423: 1–113
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Figure 30C. Bolitogyrus pseudotortifolius occurs along the Central and Talamanca Cordilleras in Costa Rica and Panama, on the Caribbean side of the continental divide.
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Brunke A, Solodovnikov A (2014) A revision of the Neotropical species of Bolitogyrus Chevrolat, a geographically disjunct lineage of Staphylinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) ZooKeys 423: 1–113
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