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<document id="2AA2EA9AF4E3450833543F64CE3C9BC0" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.1262.1.1" ID-ISSN="1175­5334" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5065350" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1625284806426" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Reed, Sadie K. &amp; Cumberlidge, Neil" docDate="2006" docId="039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B" docLanguage="en" docName="zt01262p080.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 1262 (1)" docSource="https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1262.1.1" docStyle="DocumentStyle:8B0D3ECF822058C8413568C103B59429.6:Zootaxa.2001-2006.monograph" docStyleId="8B0D3ECF822058C8413568C103B59429" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2001-2006.monograph" docStyleVersion="6" docTitle="Potamonautes xiphoidus Reed &amp; Cumberlidge 2006, n. sp." docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="139" masterDocId="FFA7FF93FFA703757B61EF603327FFCD" masterDocTitle="Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae ()" masterLastPageNumber="139" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1698986792498" updateUser="plazi" zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
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14.
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(Figs. 134–144, 171–172, 186, Plate XIV)
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8203507A69E9EE316AF965" bold="true" box="[264,589,1678,1704]" pageId="37">Type material examined:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B5F3CA0FF820350793AE9EE377AF934" collectingDate="1964-11" collectionCode="NMU" collectorName="J. N. Raybould" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" location="Lushoto District" municipality="Herkulu Estate" pageId="37" specimenCode="TRW1966.06" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tanga" typeStatus="holotype">
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:
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,
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,
<location id="8EE86026FF8203507A69E9D732ECF91C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8203507A69E9D732ECF91C" box="[264,459,1719,1745]" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" municipality="Herkulu Estate" name="Lushoto District" pageId="37" stateProvince="Tanga">Lushoto District</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F3F81FFF8203507AB6E9D73154F91C" box="[471,627,1719,1745]" country="Tanzania" name="Tanga" pageId="37">Tanga region</collectingRegion>
, adult male
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, here designated (cw 38.3, cl 26.1, ch 15.6, fw
<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF8203507A1AE9BF32CBF934" box="[379,492,1759,1785]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="37" unit="mm" value="11.4">11.4 mm</quantity>
),
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<collectingDate id="EFCDE9D5FF8203507967E9BF3178F934" box="[518,607,1759,1785]" pageId="37" value="1964-11">xi.1964</collectingDate>
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(
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) (
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<specimenCode id="DB919E86FF82035078C3E9BF3761F934" box="[930,1094,1759,1785]" collectionCode="NMU" pageId="37">TRW1966.06</specimenCode>
b)
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.
<materialsCitation id="3B5F3CA0FF8203507F0CE9BF32E4F8BC" collectingDate="1964-11" collectionCode="NMU" collectorName="J. N. Raybould" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" location="Lushoto District" municipality="Herkulu Estate" pageId="37" specimenCode="TRW1966.06" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tanga" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCounty id="62E94E71FF8203507F0CE9BF32AFF8EC" pageId="37">West Usambara Mountains</collectingCounty>
,
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,
<location id="8EE86026FF8203507936E867303CF8EC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8203507936E867303CF8EC" box="[599,795,1799,1825]" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" municipality="Herkulu Estate" name="Lushoto District" pageId="37" stateProvince="Tanga">Lushoto District</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F3F81FFF8203507849E86730E0F8EC" box="[808,967,1799,1825]" country="Tanzania" name="Tanga" pageId="37">Tanga region</collectingRegion>
, subadult male
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, here designated (cw 27.2, cl 19.3, ch 11.7, fw
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),
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(
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b)
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.
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:
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, streams and dams near
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,
<location id="8EE86026FF8103537918EE24301BFE93" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8103537918EE24301BFE93" box="[633,828,324,350]" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" municipality="Herkulu Estate" name="Lushoto District" pageId="38" stateProvince="Tanga">Lushoto District</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F3F81FFF8103537828EE2430C1FE93" box="[841,998,324,350]" country="Tanzania" name="Tanga" pageId="38">Tanga region</collectingRegion>
,
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(cw 16.1 to cw
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),
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females (cws 30.9,
<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF81035379E9EE0C31D2FE4B" box="[648,757,364,390]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.31" pageId="38" unit="mm" value="33.1">33.1 mm</quantity>
),
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females (cw 21.6 to cw
<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF8103537FFAEE0C362FFE4B" box="[1179,1288,364,390]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.53" pageId="38" unit="mm" value="25.3">25.3 mm</quantity>
),
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females (cws 16,
<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF8103537931EEF331E7FE60" box="[592,704,403,429]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6199999999999999" pageId="38" unit="mm" value="16.2">16.2 mm</quantity>
),
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(
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) (
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a)
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;
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,
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,
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<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF810353784AEEDB3056FE18" box="[811,881,443,469]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="38" unit="km" value="3.0">3 km</quantity>
NNE of Mayo
</locationDeviation>
,
<location id="8EE86026FF8103537F38EEDB3601FE18" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8103537F38EEDB3601FE18" box="[1113,1318,443,469]" country="Tanzania" county="West Usambara Mountains" municipality="Mkolo River" name="Lushoto District" pageId="38">Lushoto District</location>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFCDE9D5FF8103537A69EE8332A2FE30" box="[264,389,483,509]" pageId="38" value="1975-03-11">11.iii.1975</collectingDate>
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(
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<specimenCode id="DB919E86FF81035379A4EE83304EFE30" box="[709,873,483,509]" collectionCode="NMU" pageId="38">TRW1975.02</specimenCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
;
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<collectingMunicipality id="6BECAC87FF81035378E0EE8337E4FE30" box="[897,1219,483,509]" pageId="38">East Usambara Mountains</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="8EE86026FF8103537FB2EE833601FE30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8103537FB2EE833601FE30" box="[1235,1318,483,509]" country="Tanzania" municipality="East Usambara Mountains" name="Amani" pageId="38">Amani</location>
, female (damaged), male (damaged),
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<collectingDate id="EFCDE9D5FF81035379B4ED6B306BFDE8" box="[725,844,523,549]" pageId="38" value="1926-12-08">8.xii.1926</collectingDate>
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(
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) (
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)
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;
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<collectingMunicipality id="6BECAC87FF8103537F96ED6B3121FD80" pageId="38">East Usambara Mountains</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="8EE86026FF8103537970ED533143FD80" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:039E87EBFF8203527A69E9243291FC7B:8EE86026FF8103537970ED533143FD80" box="[529,612,563,589]" country="Tanzania" municipality="East Usambara Mountains" name="Amani" pageId="38">Amani</location>
, found away from water in a cultivated area,
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<collectingDate id="EFCDE9D5FF8103537F11ED5337C3FD80" box="[1136,1252,563,589]" pageId="38" value="1966-05-25">25.v.1966</collectingDate>
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(
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<specimenCode id="DB919E86FF8103537A8AED3B31A8FDB8" box="[491,655,603,629]" collectionCode="NMU" pageId="38">TRW1966.10</specimenCode>
)
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;
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,
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,
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(cws 10.9,
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), juvenile female (cw
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),
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females (cw 18.7 to cw
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),
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(cw 17.6 to cw
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),
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females (cws 24.2,
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8103537A59ED9A313FFA75" pageId="38" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8103537A59ED9A30C8FAA5" blockId="38.[264,1325,283,1904]" pageId="38">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8103537A59ED9A3290FCD9" bold="true" box="[312,439,762,788]" pageId="38">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Carapace medium height (ch/fw 1.3), anterolateral margin smooth, continuous with posterolateral margin, postfrontal crest distinct, sides curving down, not completely meeting anterolateral margins, midgroove deep, epibranchial tooth absent, exorbital angle smooth, blunt; carapace sidewalls smooth, vertical (pleural) groove weak, not meeting anterolateral margin; sternal sulcus s1/s2 visible, s2/s3 deep, straight, s3/s4 reduced to two deep notches, with sternal bulges on s4; episternal sulci s4/e4, s5/e5, s6/e6, s7/e7 complete, but weak; ischium of third maxilliped with very weak groove; first carpal tooth of cheliped sharp spine, second carpal tooth of cheliped small, sharp; merus of major cheliped very slim and long (2/3 cw) superior margin of merus of cheliped with smooth carinae, medial inferior margin with small granules and small pointed tooth, lateral inferior margin weakly granulated; major cheliped longer than carapace width (ratio 1.1), dactylus of major cheliped narrow, highly arched, enclosing large oval interspace, fixed finger of propodus with two small pointed teeth, lower margin of propodus of cheliped concave in middle; terminal article of gonopod 1 straight, slightly directed outwards, small hairs cover the terminal article, lateral, medial folds equal, small setae covering terminal article, base of subterminal segment broad, tapering to terminal article.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8103537A59EA16313FFA75" blockId="38.[264,1325,283,1904]" pageId="38">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8103537A59EA163256FA5D" bold="true" box="[312,369,1398,1424]" pageId="38">Size.</emphasis>
Small, with a pubertal molt from cw 19 to cw
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. The largest adult specimen is a male, cw
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8103537A59EAA63029F91D" pageId="38" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8103537A59EAA63029F91D" blockId="38.[264,1325,283,1904]" pageId="38">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8103537A59EAA63292FA2D" bold="true" box="[312,437,1478,1504]" pageId="38">Variation.</emphasis>
The chelipeds of
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF81035379F0EAA63005FA12" box="[657,802,1478,1503]" italics="true" pageId="38">P. xiphoidus</emphasis>
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exhibit allometric growth, which results in obvious heterochely in older male crabs, and to a lesser degree in older females. The dactylus of the major cheliped in juveniles is straight with teeth meshing with those of the fixed finger. The dactylus of adults is highly arched, forming an oval gap between it and the fixed finger when closed. The smallest male specimen exhibiting a high degree of heterochely was cw
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. However, some male specimens as large as cw
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showed equality in the size of the chelipeds.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8103537A59E9BE32BFF8BD" pageId="38" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8103537A59E9BE32BFF8BD" blockId="38.[264,1325,283,1904]" pageId="38">
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8103537A59E9BE32F8F935" bold="true" box="[312,479,1758,1784]" pageId="38">
<typeStatus id="548C885FFF8103537A59E9BE3252F935" box="[312,373,1758,1784]" pageId="38">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
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, a tea plantation in the
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of the
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of
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.
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locality is
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<quantity id="4CCF9B18FF8103537F11E86637F6F8ED" box="[1136,1233,1798,1824]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.666" pageId="38" unit="m" value="1666.0">1,666 m</quantity>
asl
</elevation>
and is situated in the montane forest zone, where areas of forest have been retained to prevent soil erosion
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8003527A59EE7B3095FE4B" pageId="39" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8003527A59EE7B3095FE4B" blockId="39.[264,1323,283,950]" pageId="39">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527A59EE7B32FFFEF8" bold="true" box="[312,472,283,309]" pageId="39">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is endemic to the Usambara Mountains in
<collectingCountry id="F320766DFF8003527FE3EE7C37C8FEFB" box="[1154,1263,284,310]" name="Tanzania" pageId="39">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
. The rivers of the western slopes of the Usambaras drain into the Pangani River, while the eastern slopes are drained by the Sigi River and its tributaries.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8003527A59EEF337FAFCDB" pageId="39" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8003527A59EEF337FAFCDB" blockId="39.[264,1323,283,950]" pageId="39">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527A59EEF33296FE60" bold="true" box="[312,433,403,429]" pageId="39">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species is morphologically close to
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF80035278FAEEF43769FE60" box="[923,1102,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="39">P. infravallatus</emphasis>
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, but can be recognized by differences in the terminal article of the first gonopod, which is short with bristles in
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527A46EE8432FCFE30" box="[295,475,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="39">P. infravallatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs. 169–170) and a long, straight, smooth evenly­tapering spear­like process in
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527AE7ED6C3132FDE8" box="[390,533,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="39">P. xiphoidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs. 171–172). The conservation status of
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527F42ED6C3795FDE8" box="[1059,1202,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="39">P. xiphoidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is categorized here as vulnerable (VU) (
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) because it has a narrow range of occurrence and a restricted area of occupancy that are both below the thresholds for vulnerable (VU) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA64B0CFF8003527F80ED3C326FFD53" author="IUCN" pageId="39" refId="ref41458" refString="IUCN (2004) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. &lt;www. iucnredlist. org&gt;." type="book" year="2004">IUCN 2004</bibRefCitation>
). It is difficult to estimate the population status and trends of this species but its population is estimated to be declining based on indirect factors such as the lack of recent specimens, its poor representation in museum collections and increasing habitat disturbance from deforestation associated with growing human populations in the region.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D6576FF8003527A59EC443291FC7B" pageId="39" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8836FDFF8003527A59EC443291FC7B" blockId="39.[264,1323,283,950]" pageId="39">
<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF8003527A59EC44329AFCF3" bold="true" box="[312,445,804,830]" pageId="39">Etymology</emphasis>
. The name
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<emphasis id="B943EAEFFF800352792AEC44319AFCF0" box="[587,701,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="39">xiphoidus</emphasis>
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is derived from the Greek word ‘xiphoid’, a combination of ‘xiphos’ (straight sword) and ‘eidos’ (like), meaning ‘like a straight sword’. This is a reference to the distinctive sword­like shape of the terminal article of the first gonopod of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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