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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="4TGFR" authority="Pocock, 1900" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1900" box="[459,788,786,813]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[459,629,786,812]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[636,788,786,813]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" pagination="316 - 333" refId="ref8257" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1900. Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7), 6: 316 - 333." type="journal article" year="1900">Pocock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[559,688,826,853]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Figs 43–48</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection box="[144,987,862,884]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" type="reference_group">
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<treatmentCitation author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[144,460,862,884]" page="326" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" year="1900">
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="4TGFR" authority="Pocock, 1900: 326" authorityName="Pocock" authorityPageNumber="326" authorityYear="1900" box="[144,460,862,884]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[144,281,862,884]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[287,460,862,884]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" pagination="316 - 333" refId="ref8257" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1900. Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7), 6: 316 - 333." type="journal article" year="1900">Pocock, 1900: 326</bibRefCitation>
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; Pocock 1902: 16, pl. 3, fig. 3; Blandin 1977: 554, fig. 14.
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Diagnosis: The female of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1900" box="[432,548,899,924]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[432,548,899,924]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. auratus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from those of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Pavesi" authorityYear="1883" box="[944,1104,898,924]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aethiopicus">
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<emphasis box="[944,1104,898,924]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. aethiopicus</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[152,217,930,957]" captionStart="Figs 8–11" captionStartId="5.[181,220,1582,1604]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,859,1567]" captionTargetId="figure-303@5.[189,1134,859,1567]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Figs 8–11. Rothus aethiopicus Pavesi, 1883:(8–10) female epigynum (8, ventral; 9, dorsal; 10, detail of the head of spermathecae (NCA 2007/1654)); (11) female tarsal claws, right leg IV.Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilisation duct; HS = head of spermathecae; LL = lateral lobes; MF = middle field." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
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) and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1898" box="[279,391,931,956]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittatus">
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<emphasis box="[279,391,931,956]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[405,486,930,957]" captionStart="Figs 30–35" captionStartId="11.[181,220,1283,1305]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,1267]" captionTargetId="figure-95@11.[189,1134,204,1267]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Figs 30–35. Rothus vittatus Simon, 1898: (30–33) female epigynum (30, ventral; 31, detail of middle field [NCA 2002/989]; 32, dorsal; 33, detail of head of spermathecae [NCA 2004/182]); (34, 35) female tarsal claws (34, detailof superior tarsal claw;35, detailof inferior tarsal claw [NCA]).Abbreviations: CD = copulatory duct; CO = copulatoryopening; FD = fertilisation duct; HS = head of spermathecae; LL = lateral lobes; MF = middle field." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 30</figureCitation>
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) by the slightly elongated lateral lobes and by the wider middle field of the epigynum (
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<figureCitation box="[484,568,962,989]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 48</figureCitation>
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). Male unknown.
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<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,786,1677]" box="[144,308,1002,1028]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Redescription:</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,786,1677]" box="[144,641,1042,1069]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">
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<emphasis box="[144,228,1042,1068]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Female</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry box="[242,389,1042,1068]" name="South Africa" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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, BMNH 1901.3.9.37).
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Total length 12.2. Prosoma 5.5 long, 4.6 wide, light brown, with two wide lateral whitish bands (
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<figureCitation box="[222,349,1106,1133]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Figs 43, 44</figureCitation>
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). Clypeus light brown, 0.38 high (
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<figureCitation box="[722,804,1106,1133]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
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).Anterior eye row straight, 1.48 wide (
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<figureCitation box="[269,353,1138,1165]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
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); posterior recurved, 1.86 wide (
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<figureCitation box="[715,799,1138,1165]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 44</figureCitation>
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). Eye measurements: AME 0.24, ALE 0.32, PME 0.36, PLE 0.30; AME–AME 0.18, AME–ALE 0.18, PME–PME 0.28, PME–PLE 0.42, OQA 0.62, OQP 1.01, OQH 0.94. Chelicerae light brown, with white bristles (
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<figureCitation box="[305,388,1234,1261]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 47</figureCitation>
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). Sternum light brown, bristly; (estimated, sternum damaged) 2.5 long, 2.4 wide (
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<figureCitation box="[321,454,1266,1293]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Figs 45, 46</figureCitation>
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). Labium (damaged, no measurements) dark brown, light brown distally (
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<figureCitation box="[321,406,1298,1325]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 46</figureCitation>
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). Legs light brown, relative length: I-II-IV-III, I – femur 6.30/ patella-tibia 7.96/ metatarsus 5.14/ tarsus 2.98/ total 22.38; II – 6.14/ 7.80/ 5.31/ 2.65/ 21.90; III – 5.31/ 7.47/ 3.48/ 2.32/ 18.58; IV – 5.81/ 6.64/ 6.47/ 2.86/ 21.78. Ventral pairs of macrosetae on tibiae: I-4; II-4; III-3; IV-3. Opisthosoma 7.1 long, light brown, with dark brown band at anterior portion (
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<figureCitation box="[617,702,1427,1453]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 43</figureCitation>
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). Venter light brown, with thin dark brown median band (
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<figureCitation box="[382,466,1458,1485]" captionStart="Figs 43–48" captionStartId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" captionTargetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetId="figure-111@15.[190,1133,204,1236]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figs 43–48. Rothus auratus Pocock, 1900, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view." pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Fig. 45</figureCitation>
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). Epigynum with deep excavation of middle field, lateral lobes with wide oval curve, anteriorly reaching epigastric furrow, with significant distance to each other (
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Type material examined:
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<collectingMunicipality box="[822,950,1558,1580]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">Namaqualand</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03AB87859F3BCD46FE6D7D35FD1AF9B3:8EDD60489F3BCD47FC667831FC1AF98C" box="[960,1019,1558,1580]" country="South Africa" latitude="-30.216667" longLatPrecision="1222" longitude="19.2" municipality="Namaqualand" name="Garies" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" stateProvince="Northern Cape">Garies</location>
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[
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<geoCoordinate box="[1031,1104,1558,1579]" degrees="30" direction="south" minutes="13" orientation="latitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" precision="925" value="-30.216667">30°13'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate box="[144,217,1582,1603]" degrees="19" direction="east" minutes="12" orientation="longitude" pageId="14" pageNumber="339" precision="925" value="19.2">19°12'E</geoCoordinate>
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] (
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<collectionCode box="[235,304,1582,1603]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">BMNH</collectionCode>
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1901.3.9.37).
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="14.[144,1104,786,1677]" lastBlockId="15.[181,1142,1361,1555]" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="340" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">
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Remarks: Unfortunately the internal structures of the female genitalia could not be examined, since we did not want to dissect the only available specimen, the
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<typeStatus box="[999,1101,1650,1676]" pageId="14" pageNumber="339">holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1900" box="[181,349,1361,1387]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[181,349,1361,1387]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1898" box="[401,512,1361,1386]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittatus">
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<emphasis box="[401,512,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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may be conspecific. The paucity of material of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1898" box="[1030,1141,1361,1386]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittatus">
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<emphasis box="[1030,1141,1361,1386]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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prohibits an evaluation of the intraspecific variability of the female copulatory organs. Furthermore, the single specimen of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1900" box="[604,723,1425,1450]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[604,723,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. auratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is significantly larger than all of the specimens of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1898" box="[337,450,1457,1482]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittatus">
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<emphasis box="[337,450,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">R. vittatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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that we examined. Therefore, we opt for maintaining both as separate species at this point.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="15" pageNumber="340" startId="15.[183,222,1253,1275]" targetBox="[190,1133,204,1236]" targetPageId="15" targetType="figure">
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<paragraph blockId="15.[183,1142,1253,1323]" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">
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Figs 43–48.
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<taxonomicName authority="Pocock, 1900" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1900" box="[296,568,1253,1275]" class="Arachnida" family="Pisauridae" genus="Rothus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auratus">
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<emphasis box="[296,435,1253,1275]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">Rothus auratus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="POCOCK, R. I." box="[442,568,1253,1275]" pageId="15" pageNumber="340" pagination="316 - 333" refId="ref8257" refString="POCOCK, R. I. 1900. Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7), 6: 316 - 333." type="journal article" year="1900">Pocock, 1900</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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, (43–47) female habitus and (48) epigynum of holotype, from Namaqualand, South Africa (BMNH 1901.3.9.37): (43) dorsal view; (44) detail of prosoma; (45, 48) ventral view; (46) detail of sternum; (47) frontal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="15.[181,1142,1361,1555]" box="[181,763,1529,1555]" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">
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Distribution:
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<collectingCountry box="[332,474,1529,1555]" name="South Africa" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(
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<collectingRegion box="[488,657,1529,1555]" country="South Africa" name="Northern Cape" pageId="15" pageNumber="340">Northern Cape</collectingRegion>
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) (
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<figureCitation box="[680,746,1529,1555]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[320,353,1005,1027]" captionTargetBox="[210,1038,204,986]" captionTargetId="figure-202@2.[210,1038,204,986]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 1. Geographic distribution records of Rothus species in Africa." pageId="15" pageNumber="340">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document>
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