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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FEACFA915A8FFADB" bold="true" box="[282,424,1351,1377]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Telotaolana</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FE0FFA915918FADB" bold="true" box="[441,575,1351,1377]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">longipalpis</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="A0A92A046960FFB3FF29FABC5A00FA3E" box="[159,295,1386,1412]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 7783" captionStart-1="FIGURES 8486" captionStartId-0="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionStartId-1="41.[151,269,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox-0="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetBox-1="[152,1428,195,1626]" captionTargetId-0="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetId-1="figure-161@41.[151,1436,194,1641]" captionTargetPageId-0="40" captionTargetPageId-1="41" captionText-0="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." captionText-1="FIGURES 8486. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., female paratype (MD 100a): 84, idiosoma, ventral view; 85, idiosoma, dorsal view; 86, leg-IV. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240949" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5240949/files/figure.png" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Figs 7786</figureCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="7510033A6960FFB3FE84FABC5AADFA3E" box="[306,394,1386,1412]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="31.[151,241,151,175]" captionText="TABLE 4. Measurement data for Nilotonia (Telotaolana) ankaratra subgen. et sp. nov., Nilotonia (Telotaolana) hodivaventy subgen. et sp. nov., Nilotonia (Telotaolana) kiraro subgen. et sp. nov. and Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov. Measurements given in µm." pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Table 4</tableCitation>
)
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male
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,
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a,
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, spring area exposition south-east (drainage Rivière Ambodimangavo),
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asl
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, 13.5 °C, 19 µS/cm,
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, mounted;
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, same locality and date, 0/1/0 mounted.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FF71F9E45A16F9F6" bold="true" box="[199,305,1586,1612]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Habitat:</emphasis>
Spring at
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asl.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FF71F98C5A4EF9CE" bold="true" box="[199,361,1626,1652]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Distribution:</emphasis>
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(Central Highlands, Ankaratra mountains).
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FF71F9545A97F926" bold="true" box="[199,432,1666,1692]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Derivatio nominis:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FE0EF9555963F926" box="[440,580,1667,1692]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Longipalpis</emphasis>
; referring to the very long and slender palps of the species.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA936960FFB3FF71F97C5A6EF97E" bold="true" box="[199,329,1706,1732]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Within subgenus a relatively weakly sclerotized, large species; dorsum bearing large rounded posterior plate and two smaller rhombic anterior plates; integument undulated with irregular lines; venter with extended secondary sclerotization, in both sexes not fused into complete ventral shield; coxal field compact; genital field very slender, elongated-oval, acetabula relatively large, oval, touching each other; legs long and slender; claws on leg-I to -III with one strong ventral clawlet, leg-IV bearing many strong and slender setae; palp very large and slender, especially P2 and P4 elongated, ventral seta at P2 directed obliquely towards distal.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696FFFBCFF21F8455A47F811" bold="true" box="[151,352,1939,1963]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">FIGURES 7783.</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696EFFBDFF21F9575A78F923" bold="true" box="[151,351,1665,1689]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">FIGURES 8486.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FF924D02696EFFBDFED1F95459C3F923" authority="Goldschmidt, 2008" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[359,740,1666,1689]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipalpis" status="subgen. et sp. nov." subGenus="Telotaolana">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696EFFBDFED1F9545AEBF923" box="[359,460,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Nilotonia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696EFFBDFE6AF954597DF923" box="[476,602,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Telotaolana</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696EFFBDFDDAF95459C3F923" box="[620,740,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">longipalpis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="11D557E8696EFFBDFD5AF9575898F923" box="[748,959,1665,1689]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="species">subgen. et sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, female paratype (MD 100a): 84, idiosoma, ventral view; 85, idiosoma, dorsal view; 86, leg-IV. Scale bars = 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696EFFBDFF71F93F5A84F8B9" bold="true" box="[199,419,1769,1795]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Description, male</emphasis>
(n = 1): Idiosoma rounded (
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); dorsum mainly covered by three relatively large, slightly purple-greyish plates, posterior plate nearly rounded (L/W 657/638,
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696EFFBDFBABF8C45F54F896" box="[1053,1139,1810,1836]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
), including (far laterally) Dgl-5, -6 and Lgl-4, anterior plates oblique rhombic, medially approximate (L/W 363/216), bearing post-ocular setae (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696EFFBDFEB1F8B45A78F8C6" box="[263,351,1890,1916]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
); Dgl-2, -3 anterior and antero-lateral of anterior plates, Dgl-4 laterally between anterior and posterior plates; one pair of small platelets anterior Dgl-3; setae of Dgl-3 to -5 mid-sized, setae of other glandularia small (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696EFFBDFE89F8645AB0F876" box="[319,407,1970,1996]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
); Dgl-1, lateral eyes (oval, separated on both sides, free under integument, partly lost in preparation) and three platelets (central, elongated one shown in
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696EFFBDFC3DF80C58F9F84E" box="[907,990,2010,2036]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
) frontally between dorsum and venter (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFF29FF4E5BDFFF08" box="[159,248,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
); soft integument around and between dorsal plates irregularly lined, undulated (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFB18FF4E5E21FF08" box="[1198,1286,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 78</figureCitation>
); Lgl-1 to -3 as well as lyrifissures in soft integument between dorsum and venter; coxal field large (
<tableCitation id="7510033A696DFFBEFB2DFF165FD0FF60" box="[1179,1271,192,218]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="31.[151,241,151,175]" captionText="TABLE 4. Measurement data for Nilotonia (Telotaolana) ankaratra subgen. et sp. nov., Nilotonia (Telotaolana) hodivaventy subgen. et sp. nov., Nilotonia (Telotaolana) kiraro subgen. et sp. nov. and Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov. Measurements given in µm." pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Table 4</tableCitation>
), medial margin of Cx-III relatively straight, medial margin of Cx-III and Cx-IV slightly extended by secondary sclerotization; medial margin of Cx-IV straight, caudal margin curved, oblique (medially nearly hook-shaped, Vgl-3 lying in indentation lateral of hook, included in secondary sclerotization); Cx-IV caudally and laterally extended by secondary sclerotization (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFDD3FEB659E7FEC0" box="[613,704,352,378]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
); Cxgl-2 fused with anterior margin of Cx-III, Cxgl-4 at the anterior margin of Cx-III, setae of Cxgl-4 minute (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFD4DFE5E5872FE18" box="[763,853,392,418]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
); genital field slender, elongated-oval, anteriorly slightly tapering, lateral margins convex, anteriorly and posteriorly smoothly rounded; acetabula mid-sized, thick-walled, rectangular-oval, touching each other, Ac1 distant from anterior margin of genital flaps, Ac3 slightly distant from posterior margin; pre-genital sclerite broad bow-shaped with triangular central protrusion, as wide as genital flaps, post-genital sclerite large, laterally and caudally greatly extended by secondary sclerotization, setae of Vgl-1 free in lateral indentations of post-genital sclerite (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFBDBFD865FEEFDD0" box="[1133,1225,592,618]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
); Vgl-2 on large, irregular platelets; Vgl-4 and Lgl-3 on mid-sized platelets; one pair of mid-sized platelets anterior to Vgl-4, one pair of small platelets antero-lateral of Lgl-3; excretory pore without sclerotization (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFB28FD765FD1FD00" box="[1182,1270,672,698]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 77</figureCitation>
); legs slender, bearing several large setae, leg segments long; claws on leg-I to -III with one larger ventral clawlet, leg-II-6 distally with several very tiny hair-like setae (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFD72FD265839FCB0" box="[708,798,752,778]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 79</figureCitation>
), leg-IV-4, -5 bearing many strong (some very long) setae, leg-IV-6 distally tapering, with two small, peg-like terminal setae and one mid-sized sub-terminal seta (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFF29FC965A0DFCE0" box="[159,298,832,858]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Figs 80, 81</figureCitation>
); capitulum compact (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFD80FC9659A9FCE0" box="[566,654,832,858]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 82</figureCitation>
), palps very long and slender (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFBB7FC965FACFCE0" box="[1025,1163,832,858]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Figs 82, 83</figureCitation>
,
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), P1 with one dorsal seta, P2 elongated, with sharp pointed ventral seta on small, cone-shaped protrusion, directed oblique to latero-distally, and seven pinnate dorsal setae, P3 with two lateral and two medio-dorsal setae, P4 long, proximally straight, distally down-curved, ventral setae in distal half on several small protrusions, P5 compact cone-shaped (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFE8FFC365AE6FC40" box="[313,449,992,1018]" captionStart="FIGURES 7783" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1939,1963]" captionTargetBox="[197,1349,195,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-71@40.[181,1405,194,1927]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 7783. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., male holotype (MD 100a): 77, idiosoma, ventral view; 78, idiosoma, dorsal view; 79, leg-II; 80, leg-IV; 81, tip of leg-IV-6, posterior view; 82, capitulum with left palp and chelicera, lateral view; 83, right palp, medial view. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240945/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Figs 82, 83</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="382D3681696DFFBEFF71FBD15BD2FA80" blockId="42.[151,1437,152,1778]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFF71FBD15A05FB9B" bold="true" box="[199,290,1031,1057]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Female</emphasis>
(n = 1): Secondary sclerotization generally weaker than in male (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFB84FBDE5FACFB98" box="[1074,1163,1032,1058]" captionStart="FIGURES 8486" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,195,1626]" captionTargetId="figure-161@41.[151,1436,194,1641]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 8486. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., female paratype (MD 100a): 84, idiosoma, ventral view; 85, idiosoma, dorsal view; 86, leg-IV. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240949" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240949/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 84</figureCitation>
); posterior dorsal plate smaller (L/W 540/510), no glandularia included; two pairs of small platelets lateral to large plate, between Dgl-4 and -5, anterior to Lgl-4; Dgl-6 on antero-laterally extended platelet (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFB96FB8E5F5DFBC8" box="[1056,1146,1112,1138]" captionStart="FIGURES 8486" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,195,1626]" captionTargetId="figure-161@41.[151,1436,194,1641]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 8486. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., female paratype (MD 100a): 84, idiosoma, ventral view; 85, idiosoma, dorsal view; 86, leg-IV. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240949" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240949/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 85</figureCitation>
); medial margin of Cx-I slightly longer; Cx-III medially less approached, more rounded, medial margin of Cx-IV concave, genital bay consequently anteriorly wider, Cx-IV slenderer; genital field further anterior, larger, caudally broader; postgenital sclerite smaller; Vgl-2 and -4 as well as Lgl-3 less extended by secondary sclerotization, only one pair of postero-ventral platelets, anterior Vgl-4 (
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); leg-IV without very long setae (
<figureCitation id="A0A92A04696DFFBEFB36FB2E5FFFFAA8" box="[1152,1240,1272,1298]" captionStart="FIGURES 8486" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,195,1626]" captionTargetId="figure-161@41.[151,1436,194,1641]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 8486. Nilotonia (Telotaolana) longipalpis subgen. et sp. nov., female paratype (MD 100a): 84, idiosoma, ventral view; 85, idiosoma, dorsal view; 86, leg-IV. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5240949" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5240949/files/figure.png" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Fig. 86</figureCitation>
); gnathosoma as in male.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7088650A696DFFBEFF71FA915831F948" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="382D3681696DFFBEFF71FA915F45F9E8" blockId="42.[151,1437,152,1778]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFF71FA915A65FADB" bold="true" box="[199,322,1351,1377]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Remarks:</emphasis>
The shape and degree of secondary sclerotization of the venter of
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFBE6FA9E5F98FADB" box="[1104,1215,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nilotonia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFB66FA9E5E7CFADB" box="[1232,1371,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Telotaolana</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFADBFA9E5BD1FA33" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">longipalpis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to the character state of
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFD3AFAA65836FA33" box="[652,785,1392,1417]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. violacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from East Africa; also in that species, a weaker sclerotization has been described in the female than in the male (
<bibRefCitation id="5C034B70696DFFBEFCEFFA4E5F33FA08" author="Lundblad, O." box="[857,1044,1432,1458]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" pagination="391 - 525" refId="ref55955" refString="Lundblad, O. (1952) Hydracarinen von den ostafrikanischen Gebirgen. Arkiv for Zoologi, Serie 2, 3 (31), 391 - 525." type="journal article" year="1952">Lundblad 1952</bibRefCitation>
). However the new species from
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is differentiated from
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFD83FA16599AFA63" box="[565,701,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. violacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by: Vgl-3 included in the secondary sclerotization of Cx-IV; additional postero-ventral platelets are present; dorsal platelets are by far larger; claws of leg-I to -III lack dorsal clawlets; palps are slenderer. Nevertheless,
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFD76F9C658BDF993" box="[704,922,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nilotonia violacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be regarded as the “closest continental relative” of the species of the new subgenus
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFD70F9EE59C6F9EB" box="[710,737,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N.</emphasis>
(
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFD44F9EE585AF9EB" box="[754,893,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Telotaolana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from
<collectingCountry id="40857611696DFFBEFC78F9EE5F79F9E8" box="[974,1118,1592,1618]" name="Madagascar" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFF71F9B65A11F9C3" box="[199,310,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nilotonia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFEF0F9B65AF6F9C3" box="[326,465,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Telotaolana</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFE54F9B65941F9C3" box="[482,614,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">longipalpis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
<taxonomicName id="FF924D02696DFFBEFC8BF9B65F76F9C3" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[829,1105,1632,1658]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiraro" subGenus="Telotaolana">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFC8BF9B6587EF9C3" box="[829,857,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFCDFF9B658D3F9C3" box="[873,1012,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Telotaolana</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFBB3F9B65F76F9C3" box="[1029,1105,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">kiraro</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFBE7F9B65F72F9C3" box="[1105,1109,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">.</emphasis>
The main differences to the latter are: Palps slenderer; idiosoma larger; dorsal plates and post-genital plate smaller (at least in the female sex); antero-dorsal plates different in shape (elongated sandal-shaped in
<taxonomicName id="FF924D02696DFFBEFC45F9665F78F973" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[1011,1119,1712,1737]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Actinedida" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiraro">
<emphasis id="0AE6EA93696DFFBEFC45F9665F78F973" box="[1011,1119,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">N. kiraro</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and legs slenderer, especially leg-IV which also bears smaller, slenderer setae.
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