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<mods:title>Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Skvarla, Michael J.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Dowling, Ashley P. G.</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="134839662" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:85ABDA54-25DD-44C9-B075-C344261B7347" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/273AF2EABE1CDCA5B1425560FC3B0666" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/85ABDA54-25DD-44C9-B075-C344261B7347" authority="Fisher & Dowling" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata Fisher & Dowling</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material examined.</paragraph>
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HOLOTYPE (♀): from USA, Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Tishomingo State Park, Rock Quarry Branch (
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-88.183334">88°11'W</geoCoordinate>
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), 18 Sep 1991, by IM Smith, IMS910049.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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PARATYPES (1 ♀; 2 ♂): Mississippi, USA: 1 ♂ (ALLOTYPE) from Tishomingo County, Tishomingo State Park, Rock Quarry Branch (
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-88.20111">88°12'4"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 20 Sep 2009, by IM Smith, IMS090115, DNA 1593
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1 ♀ and 1 ♂ from Tishomingo County, Tishomingo State Park, Rock Quarry Branch (
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-88.20111">88°12'4"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 20 Sep 2009, by IM Smith, IMS090115.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type deposition">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type deposition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype (♀), allotype (♂) deposited in the CNC; other paratypes (1 ♀; 1 ♂) deposited in the ACUA.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata</taxonomicName>
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are similar to species with similar dorsal patterning, such as the
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Rusetria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rusetria" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rusetria</taxonomicName>
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group (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. dunni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="dunni">T. dunni</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. glomerabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="glomerabilis">T. glomerabilis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. kittatinniana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kittatinniana">T. kittatinniana</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. pollani" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="pollani">T. pollani</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. rufoalba" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="rufoalba">T. rufoalba</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. shubini" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="shubini">T. shubini</taxonomicName>
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), Neoanomala Group (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. interiorensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="interiorensis">T. interiorensis</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. neoanomala" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="neoanomala">T. neoanomala</taxonomicName>
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), and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. bondi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="bondi">T. bondi</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. erectirostra" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="erectirostra">T. erectirostra</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. robisoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="robisoni">T. robisoni</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. gorti" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="gorti">T. gorti</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. reduncarostra" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="reduncarostra">T. reduncarostra</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. irapalpa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="irapalpa">T. irapalpa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. racupalpa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="racupalpa">T. racupalpa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. skvarlai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="skvarlai">T. skvarlai</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. arktonyx" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="arktonyx">T. arktonyx</taxonomicName>
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.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. elongata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="elongata">T. elongata</taxonomicName>
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can be differentiated from all other
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Torrenticola</taxonomicName>
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with similar dorsal patterning by having a more elongate dorsum (length/width ♀ = 1.92-2.08 in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. elongata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="elongata">T. elongata</taxonomicName>
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, 1.17-1.58 in others; ♂ = 1.70-1.70 in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. elongata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="elongata">T. elongata</taxonomicName>
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, 1.20-1.68 in others). Additionally, they can be differentiated from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Rusetria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rusetria" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rusetria</taxonomicName>
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4-Plates and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. skvarlai" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="skvarlai">T. skvarlai</taxonomicName>
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by having distinct hind coxal margins, they can be differentiated from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. erectirostra" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="erectirostra">T. erectirostra</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. robisoni" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="robisoni">T. robisoni</taxonomicName>
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by having a straight, anteriorly-directed rostrum (upturned in others), and they can be differentiated from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. arktonyx" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="arktonyx">T. arktonyx</taxonomicName>
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by having an unmodified dorsal plate (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. arktonyx" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="arktonyx">T. arktonyx</taxonomicName>
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has distinctive longitudinal dark markings on the anterior portion of the dorsal plate that fade posteriorly).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Female (Figure 68) (n = 2) (holotype measurements in parentheses when available) with characters of the genus with following specifications.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dorsum - (540-565 (540) long; 260-295 (260) wide) ovoid and elongate with purple coloration separated into anterior and posterior portions. Anterio-medial platelets (105-105 (105) long; 47.5-50 (47.5) wide). Anterio-lateral platelets (150-157.5 (150) long; 42.5-45 (45) wide) free from dorsal plate. Dgl-4 closer to the edge of the dorsum than to the muscle scars (distance between Dgl-4 180-200 (180)). Dorsal plate proportions: dorsum length/width 1.92-2.08 (1.92); dorsal width/distance between Dgl-4 1.44-1.48 (1.48); anterio-medial platelet length/width 2.10-2.21 (2.21); anterio-lateral platelet length/width 3.33-3.71 (3.33); anterio-lateral/anterio-medial length 1.43-1.50 (1.43).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gnathosoma - Subcapitulum (285-295 (285) long (ventral); 210-222 (210) long (dorsal); 101.25-102.5 (101.25) tall) colorless. Rostrum (115-117.5 (117.5) long; 32.5-36.25 (32.5) wide) elongate. Chelicerae ((290) long) with curved fangs (45-47.5 (45) long). Subcapitular proportions: ventral length/height 2.81-2.88 (2.81); rostrum length/width 3.24-3.54 (3.24). Pedipalps with tuberculate ventral extensions on femora and on genua. Palpomeres: trochanter (35-37.5 (37.5) long); femur (96.25-100 (96.25) long); genu (55-57.5 (55) long); tibia (61.25-62.5 (61.25) long; 20-21.25 (20) wide); tarsus (15-17.5 (17.5) long). Palpomere proportions: femur/genu 1.74-1.75 (1.75); tibia/femur 0.63-0.64 (0.64); tibia length/width 2.94-3.06 (3.06).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venter - (690-690 (690) long; 300-350 (300) wide) colorless. Gnathosomal bay (130-135 (130) long; 56.25-60 (56.25) wide). Cxgl-4 subapical. Medial suture (52.5-60 (60) long). Genital plates (142.5-145 (142.5) long; 120-122.5 (120) wide). Additional measurements: Cx-1 (250-270 (250) long (total); 120-125 (120) long (medial)); Cx-3 (240-258 (240) wide); anterior venter (205-207.5 (205) long). Ventral proportions: gnathosomal bay length/width 2.25-2.31 (2.31); anterior venter/genital field length 1.43-1.44 (1.44); anterior venter length/genital field width 1.69-1.71 (1.71); anterior venter/medial suture 3.42-3.95 (3.42).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Male (Figure 69) (n = 2) (allotypic measurements in parentheses when available) with characters of the genus with following specifications.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dorsum - (450-460 (460) long; 265-270 (270) wide) ovoid and elongate with purple coloration separated into anterior and posterior portions. Anterio-medial platelets (92.5-100 (100) long; 45-47.5 (45) wide). Anterio-lateral platelets (130-142.5 (130) long; 43.75-45 (43.75) wide) free from dorsal plate. Dgl-4 closer to the edge of the dorsum than to the muscle scars (distance between Dgl-4 175-180 (180)). Dorsal plate proportions: dorsum length/width 1.70-1.70 (1.70); dorsal width/distance between Dgl-4 1.50-1.51 (1.50); anterio-medial platelet length/width 1.95-2.22 (2.22); anterio-lateral platelet length/width 2.97-3.17 (2.97); anterio-lateral/anterio-medial length 1.30-1.54 (1.30).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gnathosoma - Subcapitulum (250-255 (255) long (ventral); 184-187 (184) long (dorsal); 85-87.5 (85) tall) colorless. Rostrum (97.5-102.5 (102.5) long; 30-30 (30) wide) elongate. Chelicerae (243-262 (243) long) with curved fangs (34-42 (42) long). Subcapitular proportions: ventral length/height 2.83-3.00 (3.00); rostrum length/width 3.25-3.42 (3.42). Pedipalps with tuberculate ventral extensions on femora and on genua. Palpomeres: trochanter (31.25-37.5 (31.25) long); femur (83.75-85 (83.75) long); genu (47.5-47.5 (47.5) long); tibia (57.5-60 (57.5) long; 18.75-20 (20) wide); tarsus (15-15 (15) long). Palpomere proportions: femur/genu 1.76-1.79 (1.76); tibia/femur 0.69-0.71 (0.69); tibia length/width 2.88-3.20 (2.88).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Venter - (565-570 (570) long; 325-329 (329) wide) colorless. Gnathosomal bay (105-110 (105) long; 50-55 (55) wide). Cxgl-4 subapical. Medial suture (55-80 (55) long). Genital plates (107.5-113.75 (113.75) long; 92.5-92.5 (92.5) wide). Additional measurements: Cx-1 (207-232 (231) long (total); 82-98 (98) long (medial)); Cx-3 (257-266 (266) wide); anterior venter (215-220 (215) long). Ventral proportions: gnathosomal bay length/width 1.91-2.20 (1.91); anterior venter/genital field length 1.89-2.05 (1.89); anterior venter length/genital field width 2.32-2.38 (2.32); anterior venter/medial suture 2.75-3.91 (3.91).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Immatures unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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Specific epithet (
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Arrenuridae" genus="Lebertioidea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lebertioidea elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">elongata</taxonomicName>
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) refers to elongated bodies of this species, which is more pronounced than in all other North American
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Torrenticola</taxonomicName>
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(elongatus, L. prolonged).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Known only from Tishomingo County, Mississippi (Figure 67).</paragraph>
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Figure 67.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. distribution.
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Figure 68.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female: A dorsal plates B venter (legs removed) C subcapitulum D pedipalp (setae not accurately depicted). Scale = 100
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Figure 69.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. male: A dorsal plates, coloration added B venter (legs removed) C subcapitulum D pedipalp (setae not accurately depicted). Scale = 100
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Torrenticola elongata" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">Torrenticola elongata</taxonomicName>
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groups with other members of the Raptor Complex with high support and specimens are less than 1% different in COI sequence from each other. In all analyses,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. elongata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="elongata">T. elongata</taxonomicName>
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groups with two other species (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. gorti" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="gorti">T. gorti</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="T. bondi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="bondi">T. bondi</taxonomicName>
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) which are 4% different from each other and have non-overlapping ranges.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Based upon overall similarity, an elongate body, and distribution, we place this species in the Elongata Identification Group.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">This species hypothesis is supported by low COI divergence within the species (0-2%) and high divergence between species (3-15%), and by the morphological characters outlined in the diagnosis.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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