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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFECB93A80DBF8433439F81A" bold="true" box="[152,277,1943,1968]" pageId="11" pageNumber="492">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFEBB93D80DBFABB3438FA22" bold="true" box="[152,276,1391,1416]" pageId="12" pageNumber="493">FIGURE 6</emphasis>
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Other material. 
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<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFEBB93D8084F9BE319CF95A" blockId="12.[151,1437,1534,1992]" pageId="12" pageNumber="493">Diagnosis. Integument papillate; coxae with sexual dimorphism (in male coxal field merged to a unique ventral plate, including Vgl-1, -2, and -3, genital field and excretory pore; in female coxal plates, Vgl-1, -2, and -3, genital field and excretory pore separate); palpal segment comparatively long, P3 distinctly bulging in posterior half of the segment, ventral margin of P4 with two short, thin setae, placed relatively close to each other.</paragraph>
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Description. Male (
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). Idiosoma dorsally 778 and 669 wide, ventrally 831 long. Integument with papillae as presented in 
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(inset). Ventral sclerites incorporated into secondary sclerotization to form a complete ventral shield (
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) and continues onto the periphery of the dorsum (
<figureCitation id="137E2A18FFEBB93D83A2F8963175F8F7" box="[993,1113,1858,1885]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[152,255,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[172,1408,188,1912]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[172,1416,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Australiobates papillatus sp. nov., male holotype, unnamed creek at crossing with Dome Road: A—idiosoma, dorsal view (inset: details of integument; photograph); B—ventral shield (inset: genital field, partial view;2x enlarged); C— palp, lateral view; D—palp, medial view (inset: P4 ventral peg-like setae 2x enlarged); E—I-leg-5 and 6. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14703327" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14703327/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="493">Figure 5A</figureCitation>
). Cx-III width 488; posterior apodemes of Cx-IV short. Genital field 146 wide between outer edges of genital acetabula, three pairs of acetabula in a curved line (
<figureCitation id="137E2A18FFEBB93D8113F85E34E9F80F" box="[336,453,1930,1957]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="11.[152,255,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[172,1408,188,1912]" captionTargetId="figure-17@11.[172,1416,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 5. Australiobates papillatus sp. nov., male holotype, unnamed creek at crossing with Dome Road: A—idiosoma, dorsal view (inset: details of integument; photograph); B—ventral shield (inset: genital field, partial view;2x enlarged); C— palp, lateral view; D—palp, medial view (inset: P4 ventral peg-like setae 2x enlarged); E—I-leg-5 and 6. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14703327" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14703327/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="493">Figure 5B</figureCitation>
: inset), maximum diameter Ac 1–3: 43, 31, 38; gonopore 106 long. Ejaculatory complex 228 long.
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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFEAB93C80DBF8903435F8F6" bold="true" box="[152,281,1860,1884]" pageId="13" pageNumber="494">FIGURE 7</emphasis>
. 
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, male (juvenile specimen) Mumbulla Creek: A—Details of integument (photograph); B—coxal field; C—genital field; C—palp, medial view; D—chelicera; E—I-leg-5 and 6. Scale bars = 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFE9B93F80DBFBF4343AFB93" bold="true" box="[152,278,1056,1081]" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">FIGURE 8</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFE9B93F8166FBF53704FB93" box="[293,552,1057,1081]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">Australiobates papillatus</emphasis>
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, female (juvenile specimen), Mumbulla Creek: A—palp, lateral view; B— idiosoma, ventral view. Scale bars = 100 µm.
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Palp as illustrated in 
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: dorsal length/height: P1, 34/33; P2, 92/57; P3, 123/55; P4, 155/28; P5, 47/16; palpal segment comparatively long, ventral margin of P2 nearly straight, P3 without setae, distinctly bulging in posterior half of the segment, ventral margin of P4 with two short, thin setae, placed relatively close to each other and extend distally at a sharp angle. Gnathosoma with its long posterior process 316 long. Chelicera 246 long.
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Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 62, 103, 163, 197, 198, 218; terminal segments of I-leg comparatively long and slender (
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); these segment as in female (
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), except there are two longer setae on I-leg- 
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the male; dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 109, 138, 203, 241, 269, 259; III-leg-5 with two swimming setae, IV-leg-5 with two long swimming setae.
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Female (
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). Idiosoma ventrally 1244 long and 1069 wide. Coxal plates separated but with an extended border of secondary sclerotization, coxal field 581 long, Cx-III width 638. Genital field 228 long and 269 wide; genital plates 134–147 long, pregenital sclerite 120 wide, maximum diameter Ac 1–3: 29–47, 38–46, 34; gonopore 188 long; eggs (n = 4) maximum diameter 142–147.
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<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFE9B93F8084F98B34EBF937" blockId="14.[151,1437,1199,2017]" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">Palp: dorsal length/height: P1, 45/41; P2, 117/77; P3, 177/73; P4, 197/37; P5, 55/17. Gnathosoma with its long posterior process 369 long.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFE9B93F8084F9733794F94F" blockId="14.[151,1437,1199,2017]" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 75, 147, 209, 272, 272, 261; dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 153, 181, 259, 347, 369, 343; number of swimming setae on IV-leg as in male.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFE9B93F8084F93B37F2F8A3" blockId="14.[151,1437,1199,2017]" box="[199,734,1775,1801]" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">Etymology. Named for its papillate integument.</paragraph>
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Remarks. Presence of a papillate integument and a characteristic shape of the palp (palpal segment comparatively long, especially P3, which bulging in its posterior half, and P-4 with two relatively short and thin setae, placed close to each other) separate the new species from all other members of the genus 
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.
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The fusion of the ventral sclerites into a ventral sclerites in the males makes the new species similar to 
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<emphasis id="B931EA8FFFE9B93F85C7F8AB3418F817" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="495">A. ventriscutatus</emphasis>
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, a species which can be easily separated in the shape of the palp (palpal segment relatively stocky, ventral setae on P-4 relatively long, see figure 
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) and the absence of a papillate integument.
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<paragraph id="8BFA369DFFE8B93E80D4FF4334C8FF7F" blockId="15.[151,1436,151,357]" pageId="15" pageNumber="496">Note that the level of secondary sclerotization can vary and in juvenile specimens the ventral shield is not formed (see below under Variability).</paragraph>
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Variability. The degree of secondary sclerotization is age dependant. For example in juvenile specimens from Mumbulla Creek the ventral shield is still not formed as illustrated in 
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. However, the structure of the palp (
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) in combination with a papillate integument (
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) allows easy identification of the new species.
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Distribution. 
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.
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