<documentid="CE32D0C70E858E5398DCC7DF918A9131"ID-CLB-Dataset="304417"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="d2f13ee2-c472-4616-88bd-7eaf486a0e45"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13916138"ID-ZooBank="1434ADD6-A021-4DFB-8471-D834438F8682"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1728587332582"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio"docDate="2024"docId="8B364742587BFF91FF28630CCFD3FC09"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5519.4.1.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5519 (4)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5519.4.1"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Paratropis kapak Dupérré & Tapia, 2024, new species"docType="treatment"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="469"masterDocId="770F3F3A5876FF83FFBF670DCC3BFFC0"masterDocTitle="Seven new species of the enigmatic spider genus Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae, Paratropididae) from Ecuador"masterLastPageNumber="486"masterPageNumber="451"pageNumber="464"updateTime="1728668132093"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="2169E5F40C3455B5CFAE5FDA70268F8B">Seven new species of the enigmatic spider genus Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Mygalomorphae, Paratropididae) from Ecuador</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="B246E737DDC39B9BE282054D5F071D7C">Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology, Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Center for Taxonomy and Morphology, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, U. S. A.</mods:affiliation>
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respectively in the latter, and from both species by their strongly constricted spermathecae (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFC5662C1C854FA26"box="[1001,1135,1484,1510]"captionStart="FIGURE 13"captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[209,1375,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[200,1387,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 13. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. female holotype. A. Carapace, dorsal view. B. Sternum and endites, ventral view. C. Spermathecae, dorsal view (holotype). D. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7242). E. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7240). Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916165"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916165/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 13C–E</figureCitation>
); while slightly constricted (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFF2062E2CD2CF9C9"box="[159,279,1519,1545]"captionStart="FIGURE 8"captionStartId="9.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[219,1364,193,1908]"captionTargetId="figure-17@9.[211,1375,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="9"captionText="FIGURE 8. Paratropis pukallucha sp. nov. A. Female holotype, carapace, dorsal view. B. Female holotype, sternum and endites, ventral view. C. Spermathecae, dorsal view (holotype). D. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 080). E. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 1304). Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916155"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916155/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 8C–E</figureCitation>
) in
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<taxonomicNameid="C49F8DD7587BFF8EFB9D62FDC8FBF9C9"authorityName="Dupérré & Tapia"authorityYear="2024"box="[1058,1216,1519,1545]"class="Arachnida"family="Paratropididae"genus="Paratropis"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="13"pageNumber="464"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="esmeraldas"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFA8A62E2C9ABF9C9"box="[1333,1424,1519,1545]"captionStart="FIGURE 2"captionStartId="3.[151,250,1711,1735]"captionTargetBox="[159,1423,189,1675]"captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[151,1436,181,1687]"captionTargetPageId="3"captionText="FIGURE 2. Paratropis esmeraldas sp. nov. A. Female holotype, carapace, dorsal view. B. Female holotype, sternum, ventral view (arrow point to spinules). C. Female holotype spermathecae, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916142"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916142/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
). Males are distinguished from those of
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<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFB6B611FC906F9EC"box="[1236,1341,1554,1580]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 14A</figureCitation>
), deeply notched in the latter (
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), from both species by their subtegulum with notch and bent embolus tip (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFAB46138C9B5F98F"box="[1291,1422,1589,1616]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[219,1370,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[207,1381,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 15. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. A. Male paratype, bulb prolateral view. B. Male paratype, bulb ventral view. C. Male paratype, bulb retrolateral view. D. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. E. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb ventral view. F. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. Scale bars: A–F = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916169"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916169/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 15B, E</figureCitation>
); while the subtegulum is not notched and the embolus tip is curved in
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<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFB176155C8C4F9B3"box="[1192,1279,1624,1651]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="6.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[195,1390,191,1908]"captionTargetId="figure-23@6.[183,1403,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="FIGURE 5. Paratropis esmeraldas sp. nov. male paratype. A. Palp, prolateral view. B. Palp, retrolateral view. C. Bulb, prolateral view. D. Bulb, ventral view. E. Bulb, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A–C = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916149"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916149/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 5D</figureCitation>
) and embolus with straight tip in
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<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFDCB6171CEC2F956"box="[628,761,1660,1686]"captionStart="FIGURE 11"captionStartId="12.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[181,1401,187,1909]"captionTargetId="figure-23@12.[174,1413,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="12"captionText="FIGURE 11. Paratropis pukallucha sp. nov. A. Male paratype, bulb prolateral view. B. Male paratype, bulb ventral view. C. Male paratype, bulb retrolateral view. D. Male (ECFN 7228) bulb prolateral view. E. Male (ECFN 7228) bulb ventral view. F. Male (ECFN 7228) bulb prolateral view. Scale bars: A–F = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916161"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916161/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 11B, E</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFBCC61E8C8E3F93F"box="[1139,1240,1765,1791]"captionStart="FIGURE 13"captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[209,1375,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[200,1387,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 13. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. female holotype. A. Carapace, dorsal view. B. Sternum and endites, ventral view. C. Spermathecae, dorsal view (holotype). D. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7242). E. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7240). Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916165"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916165/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 13B</figureCitation>
). Maxillae longer than wide, anterior prolateral lobe elongated, conical; 58 cuspules spread over the ventral surface; outer margin with 56 spinules (
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). Sternum length 3.03; width 4.09, oval; three pairs of oval sigilla (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD1587BFF8EFB6E6021C902F886"box="[1233,1337,1836,1862]"captionStart="FIGURE 13"captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[209,1375,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[200,1387,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 13. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. female holotype. A. Carapace, dorsal view. B. Sternum and endites, ventral view. C. Spermathecae, dorsal view (holotype). D. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7242). E. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7240). Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916165"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916165/files/figure.png"pageId="13"pageNumber="464">Fig. 13B</figureCitation>
). EYES: Eight eyes on tubercle, elevated, height 0.71; AME: 0.31; ALE: 0.31: PLE:0.29; PME: 0.13; PME–PME 0.64. ABDOMEN: Dorsally dark gray, slightly encrusted with soil, with six to seven transverse rows of spatulate setae; laterally gray fewer and smaller spatulate setae; ventrally light gray without spatulate setae. LEGS: Uniformly orange, very lightly encrusted with soil particles. Macrosetae ventrally on tibia, metatarsi and tarsi II–IV. Spinules on leg I ventrally, tibia: 26, metatarsus: 30, tarsus: 16; tarsal scopula absent.
<taxonomicNameid="C49F8DD75878FF8DFE9A61F5CDE8F8CF"authorityName="Dupérré & Tapia"authorityYear="2024"box="[293,467,1783,1807]"class="Arachnida"family="Paratropididae"genus="Paratropis"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="14"pageNumber="465"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kapak"status="sp. nov.">
Trichobothria: palpal tarsus: 9; tarsus I: 12, II: 11, III: 10, IV: 11; metatarsus I: 5, II: 4, III: 4, IV: 5. Leg measurements: I 20.62 (6.31/2.70/5.48/3.88/2.25); II 15.90 (4.65/2.12/3.92/3.33/1.88); III 13.88 (3.96/1.86/2.80/3.2 1/2.04); IV 21.05 (5.97/2.29/5.30/4.89/2.60); leg formula 4123. Tarsus I third claw present; tarsi II–IV without third claw; all paired claws with one tooth. GENITALIA: Two long spermathecae (2.8x longer than wide), spermathecal heads with strong constriction; spermathecal heads oval, longer than wide; stalk sinuous (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15878FF8DFB3D60C0C932F827"box="[1154,1289,1997,2023]"captionStart="FIGURE 13"captionStartId="15.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[209,1375,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@15.[200,1387,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 13. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. female holotype. A. Carapace, dorsal view. B. Sternum and endites, ventral view. C. Spermathecae, dorsal view (holotype). D. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7242). E. Spermathecae, dorsal view (ECFN 7240). Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C–E = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916165"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916165/files/figure.png"pageId="14"pageNumber="465">Fig. 13C–E</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="C49F8DD75879FF8CFE976095CDE2F86F"authorityName="Dupérré & Tapia"authorityYear="2024"box="[296,473,1943,1967]"class="Arachnida"family="Paratropididae"genus="Paratropis"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="15"pageNumber="466"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kapak"status="sp. nov.">
<taxonomicNameid="C49F8DD75866FF93FE986095CDECF86F"authorityName="Dupérré & Tapia"authorityYear="2024"box="[295,471,1943,1967]"class="Arachnida"family="Paratropididae"genus="Paratropis"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="16"pageNumber="467"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kapak"status="sp. nov.">
<taxonomicNameid="C49F8DD75867FF92FE986095CDECF86F"authorityName="Dupérré & Tapia"authorityYear="2024"box="[295,471,1943,1967]"class="Arachnida"family="Paratropididae"genus="Paratropis"kingdom="Animalia"order="Araneae"pageId="17"pageNumber="468"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="kapak"status="sp. nov.">
Total length: 14.91; carapace length: 7.54; carapace width: 7.36; abdomen length: 7.37. CEPHALOTHORAX: Carapace dark reddish, caput arched; fovea, straight (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FB1C67B6C935FF15"box="[1187,1294,187,213]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14A</figureCitation>
). Chelicerae dark reddish; promargin 14 teeth, retromargin 15 teeth.
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FD52660ECF6FFEDD"box="[749,852,259,285]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14B</figureCitation>
). Maxillae longer than wide, anterior prolateral lobe elongated, conical; 47 cuspules spread over ventral surface; outer margin with 50 spinules (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FB02662AC91DFE81"box="[1213,1318,295,321]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14B</figureCitation>
). Sternum length 3.19; width 3.94, oval; three pairs of oval (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FD7C6646CF12FEA5"box="[707,809,331,357]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14B</figureCitation>
). EYES: Eight eyes on tubercle, height 1.2; AME: 0.35; ALE: 0.35; PLE: 0.26; PME: 0.15; PME–PME: 0.66. ABDOMEN: Dorsally dark gray with median beige mark, encrusted with soil, with six transverse rows of spatulate setae; laterally dark gray encrusted with soil, with smaller spatulate setae, ventrally beige, lightly encrusted with soil without spatulate setae (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FB8A66BAC887FE11"box="[1077,1212,439,465]"captionStart="FIGURE 14"captionStartId="16.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[208,1379,191,1907]"captionTargetId="figure-23@16.[196,1391,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="FIGURE 14. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. male paratype. A. Habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to carapace shallow margin). B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Palp, prolateral view. D. Palp, retrolateral view. Scale bars: A, B = 1.0 mm; C, D = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916167"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916167/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 14A, B</figureCitation>
). LEGS: Uniformly dark orange-brown, lightly encrusted with soil particles. Macrosetae ventrally on tibia, metatarsi and tarsi II–IV. Spinules on leg I ventrally: tibia 0; metatarsus 6, tarsus 0; tibia with low conical process (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FB3E66F2C8D2FDD9"box="[1153,1257,511,537]"captionStart="FIGURE 29"captionStartId="32.[151,246,1480,1504]"captionTargetBox="[163,1422,466,1444]"captionTargetId="figure-152@32.[153,1434,453,1457]"captionTargetPageId="32"captionText="FIGURE 29. Male left leg I, ventral view. A. Paratropis esmeraldas sp. nov. (arrow points to conical process). B. Paratropis pukallucha sp. nov. C. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. (arrow points to conical process). D. Paratropis cryptica sp. nov. Scale bars: 1.0 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916199"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916199/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 29C</figureCitation>
); apical scopula on tarsi I–III. Trichobothria: palpal tib: drl 4, dpl 5; tarsus I: 10, II: 12, III: 9, IV: 11/12; metatarsus I: 5, II: 5, III: 4, IV: 5. Legs measurements: I 26.51 (7.80/2.98/6.87/5.90/2.94); II 20. 69 (5.96/2.09/5.05/5.2/2.43); III 18.77 (5.18/2.02/4.18/4.92/2.47); IV 25.16 (6.89/2.31/6.11/6.75/3.10); leg formula 1432. Tarsus I third claw present; tarsi II–IV without third claw; all paired claws with one tooth. GENITALIA: Palpal: tibia 2.74 length, 1.30 width; bulb + embolus length 2.95, bulb 0.92 width. Subtegulum with notch in ventral view (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FB8F65BEC88CFD0D"box="[1072,1207,690,717]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[219,1370,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[207,1381,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 15. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. A. Male paratype, bulb prolateral view. B. Male paratype, bulb ventral view. C. Male paratype, bulb retrolateral view. D. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. E. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb ventral view. F. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. Scale bars: A–F = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916169"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916169/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 15B, E</figureCitation>
); bulb rounded with deep constriction; embolus straight; embolus tip bent (
<figureCitationid="9BA4EAD15864FF91FD4665DACF44FD31"box="[761,895,726,753]"captionStart="FIGURE 15"captionStartId="17.[151,250,1943,1967]"captionTargetBox="[219,1370,193,1910]"captionTargetId="figure-17@17.[207,1381,181,1919]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 15. Paratropis kapak sp. nov. A. Male paratype, bulb prolateral view. B. Male paratype, bulb ventral view. C. Male paratype, bulb retrolateral view. D. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. E. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb ventral view. F. Male (ECFN 7245) bulb prolateral view. Scale bars: A–F = 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13916169"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13916169/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="469">Fig. 15A–F</figureCitation>
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in foothill evergreen forest of the Occidental Cordillera of the Andes (BsPn01) (
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