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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FF67FF50FE49FF6D" ID-CoL="7YRCD" box="[151,495,151,177]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF67FF50FE49FF6D" bold="true" box="[151,495,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Rhampsinitus conjunctidens</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24257BAC972FF90FE06FF5FFD9FFF6E" box="[502,569,152,178]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF67FEC5FEB8FEC7" bold="true" box="[151,286,258,283]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Species name noun in apposition, from the Latin
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FC85FEC4FC48FEC6" box="[885,1006,259,282]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">conjunctus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FB04FEC4FA8EFEC7" box="[1268,1320,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">dens</emphasis>
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, tooth, in reference to the conjoined teeth at the base of the first cheliceral segment of larger males.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF37FE8DFE97FEBF" bold="true" box="[199,305,330,355]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Holoype.</emphasis>
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<collectingMunicipality id="6BDEACA9C972FF90FD71FE8DFCC9FEBF" box="[641,879,330,355]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Magoebaskloof Trail</collectingMunicipality>
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FD62FE55FD73FE77" box="[658,725,402,427]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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<specimenCount id="9D03FD5AC972FF90FC57FE54FB94FE77" box="[935,1074,402,427]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" type="juvenile">18 juveniles</specimenCount>
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<typeStatus id="54BE8871C972FF90FB74FE55FB4FFE77" box="[1156,1257,402,427]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FF5DFE71FF56FE13" box="[173,240,438,463]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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<location id="8EDA6008C972FF90FECDFE71FD93FE13" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03AC87C5C972FF92FF67FF50FC9AFD74:8EDA6008C972FF90FECDFE71FD93FE13" box="[317,565,438,463]" latitude="-23.883333" longLatPrecision="1254" longitude="30.0" name="Magoebaskloof Hotel" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" stateProvince="Limpopo">Magoebaskloof Hotel</location>
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, el.
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<elevation id="0028D1E0C972FF90FB23FE70FA8DFE12" box="[1235,1323,439,463]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" unit="m" value="1800.0">
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<quantity id="4CFD9B36C972FF90FB23FE70FA8DFE12" box="[1235,1323,439,463]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
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<collectingDate id="EFFFE9FBC972FF90FF67FE1DFE9DFE2F" box="[151,315,474,499]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" value="1996-11-22" valueMax="1996-11-23" valueMin="1996-11-22">
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<date id="FFBB1013C972FF90FF67FE1DFE9DFE2F" box="[151,315,474,499]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" value="1996-11-22" valueMax="1996-11-23" valueMin="1996-11-22">22–23.xi.1996</date>
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,
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<collectorName id="26F05305C972FF90FEB6FE1CFE50FE2F" box="[326,502,474,499]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">C. E. Griswold.</collectorName>
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C972FF90FF37FE39FB63FAD7" blockId="5.[151,1437,258,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF37FE39FEFFFDCB" bold="true" box="[199,345,510,535]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Description.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FEAFFE38FE44FDCA" box="[351,482,510,534]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Major male</emphasis>
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(figs 2a–g). Body ovate; length 4.58–6.51. Carapace width 3.21–3.82, with scattered denticles including single median denticle on anterior margin; longitudinal row of three denticles on either side anterior and lateral to eyemound; clusters of denticles at anterior corners; and transverse rows of denticles across mesopeltidium and metapeltidium. Eyemound with three or four pairs of large denticles. Opisthosomal surface granulate; tergites with transverse rows of denticles; posteriormost tergites with minute setae only. Venter mostly unarmed, with black setae; setae on coxa I raised on nodules.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FCB2FD74FC1BFD17" box="[834,957,691,715]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Chelicerae</emphasis>
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(fig. 2c) of moderate length, robust, length of first segment 2.57–4.30, second segment 4.15–6.57; first segment with numerous large denticles dorsally and ventrally, largely unarmed laterally, ventrolateral denticles may be fused basally in groups of three, particularly proximally; second segment with few scattered denticles proximodorsally, granulate ventrally and in anterior half dorsally, largely smooth in posterior half except for scattered black setae.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FC26FC84FB9DFC87" box="[982,1083,835,859]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Pedipalp</emphasis>
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(fig. 2d) length of femur 2.84– 3.82, patella 1.01–1.20, tibia 1.40–1.84, tarsus 3.16–3.90; cluster of prominent bristle-bearing nodules on pedipalpal coxa directly below insertion of trochanter; numerous denticles dorsally and ventrally on trochanter and femur; remaining segments largely unarmed (isolated denticles may be present on tibia); patella without distinct apophysis; numerous black setae present along entire length of pedipalp, plumose setae absent; microtrichia present on distal half of tarsus only.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FDCDFC30FDD4FBD2" box="[573,626,1015,1038]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Legs</emphasis>
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long, BLI 2.02–2.50, with denticles on anterior and posterior faces of trochanters, longitudinal rows of denticles on femora; leg I with dense ventral longitudinal rows of denticles from patella to base of tarsus; leg III with sparse ventral longitudinal row of denticles on tibia; remaining leg segments unarmed except ventral pairs of spine-like setae at distal margins of metatarsal and tarsal pseudosegments; femora and tibiae with pseudosegments absent. Length of femur I 7.15–8.23, femur II 11.66–13.26, femur III 6.09–7.67, femur IV 8.69–10.16.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FE52FB6CFE46FB1E" box="[418,480,1195,1218]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Penis</emphasis>
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(figs 2e–h) with hatchet-shaped glans, distal profile acute, point of reflexion of posterior margin in lateral view close to midpoint, slightly proximal; shaft flattened, broadening slightly towards distal end to form moderate ‘spoon’ with weakly sclerotised margins, base moderately bulbous.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C972FF90FF37FAD0FC05FA3F" blockId="5.[151,1437,258,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF37FAD0FEEBFAF2" box="[199,333,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FF37FAD0FEABFAF2" box="[199,269,1303,1326]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="249" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Minor</taxonomicName>
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male
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</emphasis>
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(figs
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<date id="FFBB1013C972FF90FE66FAD1FE0DFAF3" box="[406,427,1302,1327]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">2i</date>
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–j) as for major, except: Body length 4.30–5.82; carapace width 2.65–2.99.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FAD1FAD1FA3AFAF2" box="[1313,1436,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Chelicerae</emphasis>
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short, length of first segment 1.02–.86, second segment 2.24–3.00; first segment lightly denticulate dorsally and ventrolaterally; second segment unarmed with scattered black setae.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FC58FA99FBABFAAA" box="[936,1037,1374,1398]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Pedipalp</emphasis>
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length of femur 1.72–2.22, patella 0.75–0.85, tibia 1.05–1.23, tarsus 2.11–2.69; femur with few scattered denticles, particularly ventrally, otherwise unarmed.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FEF7FA60FE9AFA62" box="[263,316,1447,1470]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Legs</emphasis>
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I with ventral denticle rows extending to end of tibia only, sparse distally. Length of femur I 6.09– 7.29, femur II 10.41–11.91, femur III 5.9 2–6.61, femur IV 7.96–9.24.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C972FF90FF37FA29FDB0F903" blockId="5.[151,1437,258,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF37FA29FEBDF9DA" box="[199,283,1518,1542]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Female</emphasis>
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(fig. 2k) as for major male, except: Body length 5.38–7.75; carapace width 2.89–3.45. Overall appearance lighter, less sclerotised.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FDD7F9D4FD04F9F7" box="[551,674,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Chelicerae</emphasis>
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short; both segments unarmed.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FBF5F9D4FBCCF9F7" box="[1029,1130,1555,1579]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Pedipalp</emphasis>
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length of femur 1.49–1.75, patella 0.57–.72, tibia 0.88–1.09, tarsus 1.91–2.19; femur with numerous denticles ventrally only; patella with prominent distomedial swelling but no true apophysis; microtrichia present along entire length of tibia and tarsus.
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF67F9B8FF6AF94A" box="[151,204,1663,1686]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Legs</emphasis>
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with longitudinal rows of denticles on femora; leg I with sparse rows of denticles on patella and sparse ventral row of denticles on tibia; remaining segments unarmed. Length of femur I 5.97–6.45, femur II 11.36–11.78, femur III 5.95–6.20, femur IV 7.98–8.95
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C31F6558C972FF92FF37F92DFC9AFD74" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="243" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C972FF90FF37F92DFA3BF807" blockId="5.[151,1437,258,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF37F92DFEE9F8DF" bold="true" box="[199,335,1770,1795]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Comments.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FEACF92CFD38F8DF" box="[348,670,1771,1795]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FEACF92CFD38F8DF" box="[348,670,1771,1795]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">Rhampsinitus conjunctidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is similar in genital morphology to
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FBAAF92CFAC1F8DF" authority="Pocock 1903" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1903" box="[1114,1383,1770,1795]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FBAAF92CFB19F8DF" box="[1114,1215,1771,1795]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. leighi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C972FF90FB3CF92DFAC1F8DF" author="Pocock" box="[1228,1383,1770,1795]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1903) On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902 (2), 392 - 413." type="journal article" year="1903">Pocock 1903</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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, but examination of specimens of the latter from the vicinity of the
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<typeStatus id="54BE8871C972FF90FCA8F8C8FC2EF8FB" box="[856,904,1807,1831]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">type</typeStatus>
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locality of Durban (
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C972FF90FB9CF8C9FE77F897" author="Pocock" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1903) On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902 (2), 392 - 413." type="journal article" year="1903">Pocock 1903; see Methods section for specimen details</bibRefCitation>
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), confirm their status as separate species. The penis of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FBC3F8F4FB2DF897" box="[1075,1163,1843,1867]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FBC3F8F4FB2DF897" box="[1075,1163,1843,1867]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R leighi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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has the distal ‘spoon’ of the shaft broader and more distinct, but narrowing to a more acute terminus (fig.
|
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<quantity id="4CFD9B36C972FF90FBB1F890FBC8F8B3" box="[1089,1134,1878,1903]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.286" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" unit="in" value="9.0">9 in</quantity>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C972FF90FB87F890FAB7F8B3" author="Starega" box="[1143,1297,1879,1903]" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" refString="Starega, W. (2009) Some southern African species of the genus Rhampsinitus Simon (Opiliones: Phalangiidae). Zootaxa, 1981, 43 - 56." type="journal article" year="2009">Staręga 2009</bibRefCitation>
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). It also has relatively longer spines on the eyemound, with each spine longer than the height of the eyemound alone (vs shorter in
|
|||
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FF44F858FED6F86A" box="[180,368,1950,1974]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FF44F858FED6F86A" box="[180,368,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. conjunctidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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). The second segment of the chelicerae is more evenly denticulate in major males of
|
|||
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C972FF90FAC5F858FA33F86A" box="[1333,1429,1950,1974]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="5" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C972FF90FAC5F858FA33F86A" box="[1333,1429,1950,1974]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="241">R. leighi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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, and the pedipalpal femur is much less extensively armed with only a few small denticles at the base of the femur.
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C971FF93FF67FF5FFC87FE0C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">
|
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One of the two males of
|
|||
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FE5BFF5EFDACFF6C" box="[427,522,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FE5BFF5EFDACFF6C" box="[427,522,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. leighi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
|
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collected at Jackson’s Fall represents a
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FC39FF50FBAAFF6C" box="[969,1036,151,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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male, with the chelicerae not rising above the level of the carapace, and with the second segment largely unarmed except for a few denticles on the anterior face proximally. This specimen retains elongate spines on the eyemound as in the major male. In external appearance this specimen approaches
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FDCEFEC2FC91FEC0" authority="Loman 1898" authorityName="Loman" authorityYear="1898" box="[574,823,260,284]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FDCEFEC2FD06FEC0" box="[574,672,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. minor</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C971FF93FD56FEC2FC91FEC0" author="Loman" box="[678,823,260,284]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" refString="Loman, J. C. C. (1898) Neue Opilioniden von Sud-Afrika und Madagaskar. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 11, 515 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 26904" type="journal article" year="1898">Loman 1898</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, whose
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<typeStatus id="54BE8871C971FF93FC60FEC2FC66FEC1" box="[912,960,261,285]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">type</typeStatus>
|
|||
|
|
locality is very close to Durban and which may prove to be synonymous with
|
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|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FDC0FEEEFD34FE9C" box="[560,658,296,320]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FDC0FEEEFD34FE9C" box="[560,658,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. leighi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
|
|
(in which case the name
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FC4EFEEEFB85FEE3" box="[958,1059,296,320]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FC4EFEEEFB85FEE3" box="[958,1059,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. minor</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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would take priority). Specimens from the Soutpansberg mountain range assigned to
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FD2CFE8AFC9AFEB8" box="[732,828,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leighi">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FD2CFE8AFC9AFEB8" box="[732,828,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. leighi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
|
|
by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C971FF93FC98FE8BFB9AFEB8" author="Schonhofer" box="[872,1084,332,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" refString="Schonhofer, A. L. (2008) On harvestmen from the Soutpansberg, South Africa, with description of a new species of Monomontia (Arachnida: Opiliones). African Invertebrates, 49 (2), 109 - 126." type="journal article" year="2008">Schönhofer (2008)</bibRefCitation>
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|
are figured therein as having a penis morphology more similar to that of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FD99FEB6FC85FE54" box="[617,803,368,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FD99FEB6FC85FE54" box="[617,803,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. conjunctidens</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, and their identity warrants reinvestigation. Also similar in genital morphology is
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FE5FFE52FD1EFE71" authority="Kauri (1961)" authorityName="Kauri" authorityYear="1961" box="[431,696,404,429]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forsteri">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FE5FFE52FD87FE70" box="[431,545,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. forsteri</emphasis>
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C971FF93FDD7FE53FD1EFE71" author="Kauri" box="[551,696,404,429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" refString="Kauri, H. (1961) Opiliones. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Fol. 8. Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala, pp. 9 - 197." type="journal article" year="1961">Kauri (1961)</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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from the Royal Natal National Park; this species also differs from
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FF67FE7EFEF4FE0C" box="[151,338,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FF67FE7EFEF4FE0C" box="[151,338,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">R. conjunctidens</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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in having the pedipalpal femur unarmed.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="DF7A665BC971FF93FF67F8BBFB89F832" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/583864/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" targetBox="[160,1427,517,1889]" targetPageId="6">
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C971FF93FF67F8BBFB89F832" blockId="6.[151,1436,1916,2030]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FF67F8BBFEB3F84D" bold="true" box="[151,277,1916,1938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FEEDF8BBFD9BF84E" box="[285,573,1916,1938]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FEEDF8BBFD9BF84E" box="[285,573,1916,1938]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">Rhampsinitus conjunctidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24257BAC971FF93FDB5F8BAFD26F84E" box="[581,640,1917,1938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C971FF93FDB5F8BAFD26F84E" bold="true" box="[581,640,1917,1938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="242">n. sp.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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A–H: holotype; I–J:
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FC90F8BBFC3AF84E" box="[864,924,1916,1938]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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male; K: female. A: body, male, dorsal view; B: body, male, lateral view; C: left chelicera, major male, lateral view; D: left pedipalp, major male, lateral view; E: penis, left lateral view; F: glans, left lateral view; G: glans, left lateral view, interpretative diagram; H: penis, dorsal view; I: left chelicera,
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FF67F81FFF75F832" box="[151,211,2008,2030]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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male, lateral view; J: left pedipalp,
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C971FF93FDCFF81FFDDDF832" box="[575,635,2008,2030]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="6" pageNumber="242" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
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male, lateral view; K: female, dorsal view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C970FF92FF37FF50FC5AFDE1" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">
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Major males of
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FE60FF5EFDF5FF6C" box="[400,595,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FE60FF5EFDF5FF6C" box="[400,595,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. conjunctidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from most other
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FBC7FF5FFB69FF6C" box="[1079,1231,152,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FBC7FF5FFB69FF6C" box="[1079,1231,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Rhampsinitus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species by their denticulate pedipalps, together with their cheliceral armature of well-developed denticles retrolaterally on the first segment and largely unarmed second segment. Among other species with denticulate pedipalps,
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FB38FF26FF69FEC0" authority="Pocock 1903" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1903" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="telifrons">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FB38FF26FAE4FF24" box="[1224,1346,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. telifrons</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FAB9FF18FF69FEC0" author="Pocock" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Pocock, R. I. (1903) On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902 (2), 392 - 413." type="journal article" year="1903">Pocock 1903</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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has a very large, forward-pointing median denticle on the anterior margin of the carapace, and five pairs of denticles on the eyemound.
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FE19FEEFFC04FE9C" authority="Lawrence 1931" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1931" box="[489,930,296,320]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vittatus">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FE19FEEFFD44FEE3" box="[489,738,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Rhampsinitus vittatus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FD1EFEEFFC04FE9C" author="Lawrence" box="[750,930,296,320]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1931) The harvest-spiders (Opiliones) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 29 (2), 341 - 508." type="journal article" year="1931">Lawrence 1931</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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is an overall more gracile species with a relatively shorter pedipalp (femur less than half total body length vs more than half in
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FBA7FE8AFAB7FEB8" box="[1111,1297,332,356]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conjunctidens">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FBA7FE8AFAB7FEB8" box="[1111,1297,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. conjunctidens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), usually no denticles on carapace directly anterior to eyemound other than the median anterior marginal denticle, and a relatively shorter and more inflated second cheliceral segment.
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FC58FE53FAC8FE70" authority="Loman 1898" authorityName="Loman" authorityYear="1898" box="[936,1390,404,428]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capensis">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FC58FE53FB14FE70" box="[936,1202,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Rhampsinitus capensis</emphasis>
|
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FB39FE53FAC0FE70" author="Loman" box="[1225,1382,404,428]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Loman, J. C. C. (1898) Neue Opilioniden von Sud-Afrika und Madagaskar. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max Weber im Jahre 1894. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 11, 515 - 531. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 26904" type="journal article" year="1898">Loman 1898</bibRefCitation>
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)
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FA74FE52FE77FE0C" authority="Lawrence 1938" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1938" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenebrosus">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FA74FE52FEA9FE0C" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. tenebrosus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FEEBFE7FFE77FE0C" author="Lawrence" box="[283,465,440,464]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1938) Harvest-spiders of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum, 8, 345 - 370." type="journal article" year="1938">Lawrence 1938</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FE11FE7EFC83FE0C" authority="Lawrence 1933" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1933" box="[481,805,440,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fissidens">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FE11FE7EFDC0FE0C" box="[481,614,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. fissidens</emphasis>
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FD82FE7FFC83FE0C" author="Lawrence" box="[626,805,440,464]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1933) The harvest-spiders (Opiliones) of Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum, 7, 211 - 241." type="journal article" year="1933">Lawrence 1933</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FC95FE7EFB0FFE0C" authority="Roewer 1956" authorityName="Roewer" authorityYear="1956" box="[869,1193,439,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hewittius">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FC95FE7EFC49FE0C" box="[869,1007,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. hewittius</emphasis>
|
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(Roewer 1956)
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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have leg I unarmed beyond the femur.
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FE9EFE1BFC99FE28" authority="Lawrence 1938" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1938" box="[366,831,476,500]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenebrosus">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FE9EFE1BFD21FE28" box="[366,647,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">Rhampsinitus tenebrosus</emphasis>
|
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FD60FE1AFC99FE28" author="Lawrence" box="[656,831,476,500]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1938) Harvest-spiders of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum, 8, 345 - 370." type="journal article" year="1938">Lawrence 1938</bibRefCitation>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FC89FE1AFB19FE29" authority="Lawrence 1963" authorityName="Lawrence" authorityYear="1963" box="[889,1215,476,501]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FC89FE1AFBA1FE28" box="[889,1031,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
|
|||
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<bibRefCitation id="EF944B22C970FF92FBE0FE1AFB19FE29" author="Lawrence" box="[1040,1215,476,501]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" refString="Lawrence, R. F. (1963) The Opiliones of the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 24, 275 - 304." type="journal article" year="1963">Lawrence 1963</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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have the pedipalps much longer, with the pedipalpal femur length close to or exceeding the length of the body, and
|
|||
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FB31FDC6FAEBFDC4" box="[1217,1357,512,536]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nubicolus">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FB31FDC6FAEBFDC4" box="[1217,1357,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. nubicolus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
|
|
differs in genital morphology (the genital morphology of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FD3BFDE2FCC4FDE0" box="[715,866,548,572]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenebrosus">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FD3BFDE2FCC4FDE0" box="[715,866,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. tenebrosus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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is unknown).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="8BBA36D3C970FF92FF37FD80FC9AFD74" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FF37FD80FEABFDBC" box="[199,269,583,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="249" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">Minor</taxonomicName>
|
|||
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males are identified as this species by their genital morphology and collection in association with major males. The pedipalpal femur remains denticulate as in major males, corroborating this species’ distinction from
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FA74FDAAFF4CFD74" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forsteri">
|
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<emphasis id="B971EAC1C970FF92FA74FDAAFF4CFD74" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="243">R. forsteri</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
|||
|
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(which is probably likewise based on a
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C054D50C970FF92FD5BFD48FD48FD74" box="[683,750,655,680]" class="Arachnida" family="Phalangiidae" genus="Rhampsinitus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="7" pageNumber="243" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">minor</taxonomicName>
|
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male).
|
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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</treatment>
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</document>
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