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Zhou and Yin, new species
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B, 4AG, 5A)
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(1 ♂).
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leg..
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFF4BF97DF83EF94E" bold="true" box="[151,275,1679,1701]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Dorsal habitus of
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFE11F97DFB0AF94F" box="[461,551,1679,1701]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">Syndicus</emphasis>
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species.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFD58F97DFBB1F94E" bold="true" box="[644,668,1679,1700]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">A.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFD7FF97DFAA9F94F" box="[675,900,1679,1701]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">Syndicus himalayanus</emphasis>
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from Yunnan, male.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFB86F97DFD5CF94E" bold="true" box="[1114,1137,1679,1700]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">B.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFBABF962FD93F94F" box="[1143,1214,1679,1701]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">S. long</emphasis>
, holotype male.
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFF1BF93EF86CF90F" bold="true" box="[199,321,1740,1765]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The remarkable C-shaped endophallic structure seen in the lateral view of the aedeagus is unique for this species and not known in any other
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species.
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106313FFABFF1BF8E6F874F8C7" bold="true" box="[199,345,1812,1837]" pageId="2" pageNumber="571">Description.</emphasis>
Body (
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B) slender, moderately convex, uniformly dark brown, legs and palpi slightly lighter. BL
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.
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Head wider than long, widest at relatively small eyes, HL
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, HW:
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. Tempora longer than length of eye, rounded; vertex relatively long, convex, with very small, hardly noticeable median tubercle adjacent to posterior margin; frons concave; supraantennal tubercles well marked, distinctly demarcated from frons but indistinctly from vertex. Punctation of frons and vertex composed of sharply marked punctures distributed densely and slightly unevenly; setation relatively short, composed of thin, suberect setae. Antennae (
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G) relatively short, AnL
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, relative lengths of antennomeres: 1.7: 1.5: 1.8: 1.7: 1.5: 1.4: 1.5: 1.5: 1.5: 1.5: 1.6.
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFF4BF8BCF83BF889" bold="true" box="[151,278,1870,1892]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Male diagnostic features of
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from Yunnan.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFC0EF8BCFAC7F889" bold="true" box="[978,1002,1870,1891]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">A.</emphasis>
Aedeagus, with endophallus suberect, in ventral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFEFCF89FF81AF868" bold="true" box="[288,311,1901,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">B.</emphasis>
Same, in lateral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFDFCF89EFB15F868" bold="true" box="[544,568,1900,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">C.</emphasis>
Same, in dorsal view.
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endophallus, in ventral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFBB5F89FFDACF868" bold="true" box="[1129,1153,1901,1922]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">E.</emphasis>
Same, schematic.
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Apical portion of paramere, enlarged.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106312FFAAFE0CF879F8C9F84B" bold="true" box="[464,484,1931,1953]" pageId="3" pageNumber="572">G.</emphasis>
Right antenna.
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFF4BFBA3F839FB8C" bold="true" box="[151,276,1105,1127]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Female diagnostic features of
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<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFD8FFBA3FA1BFB8D" box="[595,822,1105,1127]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Syndicus himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Yunnan.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFC0EFBA3FAC7FB8C" bold="true" box="[978,1002,1105,1126]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">A.</emphasis>
Spermatheca, in lateral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFAFFFBA0FC17FB8D" bold="true" box="[1315,1338,1106,1127]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">B.</emphasis>
Same, in dorsal view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFEC0FB82F819FB6C" bold="true" box="[284,308,1136,1158]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">C.</emphasis>
Same, in axial view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFDC5FB82FB1FFB6F" bold="true" box="[537,562,1136,1157]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">D.</emphasis>
Female terminalia, in dorsal view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFC78FB82FA91FB6F" bold="true" box="[932,956,1136,1157]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">E.</emphasis>
Same, in frontal view. Abbreviations: dpbcdorsal plate of bursa copulatrix; lpbc—lateral plates of bursa copulatrix.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="C5682D026315FFADFF1BFB3FFCAAFA0B" blockId="4.[151,1436,1228,2009]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
Pronotum (
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) relatively slender and elongate, widest near anterior 1/41/3, PL
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, PWm
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, PWb
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. Anterior and lateral margins rounded together; lateral constriction very distinct, located in posterior third; lateral groove missing; posterior collar relatively long; demarcated from disc by transverse row of four large and deep dorsal pits; additional pit near each hind angle very small; area between inner pair of basal pits raised and forming indistinctly delimited median longitudinal carina; base of pronotum regularly rounded. Punctation on discal part much more distinct than that on head, composed of much larger, unevenly distributed and dense punctures of various diameters, largest punctures are located in central part of disc, posterior collar behind basal pits bearing sparser and smaller punctures. Setation distinctly denser than that on head, relatively short, suberect.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5682D026315FFADFF1BFA1EFDFEF953" blockId="4.[151,1436,1228,2009]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
Elytra long, oval, widest anterior to middle, EL.
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, EW
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, EI 1.50. Humeri well-marked, delimited from adsutural area by broad and shallow impression; very narrow adsutural area near base distinctly raised; median circumsutural area on elytra slightly impressed near anterior third. Punctation distinct, composed of smaller punctures than those on pronotum, punctures are moderately dense and evenly distributed, largest on median impression and reducing in diameters and depth toward lateral and posterior margins; setation slightly lighter in color than that on pronotum, moderately dense, setae relatively short, slightly suberect.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5682D026315FFADFF1BF936FA8FF887" blockId="4.[151,1436,1228,2009]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
Aedeagus (
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AC)
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in length, elongate; parameres (
<figureCitation id="5DEC31876315FFADFC4FF936FAF8F937" box="[915,981,1732,1757]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,411,1935]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1435,409,1935]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male diagnostic features of Syndicus long. A. Aedeagus, in ventral view. B. Same, in lateral view. C. Same, in dorsal view. D. Endophallus, in ventral view. E. Same, schematic. F. Apical portion of paramere, enlarged. G. Right antenna." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/439176/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
F) slender with apices slightly exceeding emarginate apex of median lobe, each paramere with several short preapical setae (
<figureCitation id="5DEC31876315FFADFBE8F91AFD55F8EA" box="[1076,1144,1768,1793]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,411,1935]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1435,409,1935]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male diagnostic features of Syndicus long. A. Aedeagus, in ventral view. B. Same, in lateral view. C. Same, in dorsal view. D. Endophallus, in ventral view. E. Same, schematic. F. Apical portion of paramere, enlarged. G. Right antenna." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/439176/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
F). Endophallus (
<figureCitation id="5DEC31876315FFADFAE4F91AFC57F8EA" box="[1336,1402,1768,1793]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1956,1978]" captionTargetBox="[151,1433,411,1935]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1435,409,1935]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male diagnostic features of Syndicus long. A. Aedeagus, in ventral view. B. Same, in lateral view. C. Same, in dorsal view. D. Endophallus, in ventral view. E. Same, schematic. F. Apical portion of paramere, enlarged. G. Right antenna." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/439176/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
D E) asymmetrical, with darkly sclerotized central complex located near base of median lobe, and a sub-pentagonal apical plate located near apex of median lobe. A strongly curved sclerite extends from the base of central complex, it is curved to form C-shaped open loop, with apex directed ventrally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5682D026315FFADFF1BF88AF8B3F87B" blockId="4.[151,1436,1228,2009]" box="[199,414,1912,1937]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DCD7E896315FFACFF1BF86EFC18FE8F" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="574" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="C5682D026315FFACFF1BF86EFA60FEAA" blockId="4.[151,1436,1228,2009]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,151,357]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="574" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFF1BF86EF862F85F" bold="true" box="[199,335,1948,1973]" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">Comments.</emphasis>
External characters and body proportions of
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFCB8F86FFA5FF85E" box="[868,882,1949,1972]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFC58F86EFA9BF85E" box="[900,950,1948,1972]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">long</emphasis>
are similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="02D756816315FFADFB0CF86FFC64F85E" box="[1232,1353,1949,1972]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFB0CF86FFDF3F85E" box="[1232,1246,1949,1972]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFB2CF86FFC64F85E" box="[1264,1353,1949,1972]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="02D756816315FFADFA5BF86FF836F832" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sichuanicus">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFA5BF86FFCB8F85E" box="[1415,1429,1949,1972]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFF4BF832F836F832" box="[151,283,1984,2008]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sichuanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species differs from
<taxonomicName id="02D756816315FFADFDA5F832FBC2F832" box="[633,751,1984,2008]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFDA5F832FBC2F832" box="[633,751,1984,2008]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">S. sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its larger body size (
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vs.
<quantity id="022F80E76315FFADFB51F832FDDFF832" box="[1165,1266,1984,2008]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.93" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" unit="mm" value="2.93">2.93 mm</quantity>
in
<taxonomicName id="02D756816315FFADFACAF832FCA1F832" box="[1302,1420,1984,2008]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="573" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFACAF832FC09F83D" box="[1302,1316,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106315FFADFAEFF833FCA1F832" box="[1331,1420,1985,2008]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="573">sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), more coarsely punctate pronotum, and longer antennomere III in comparison to antennomere II.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFB3FFF6AFCACFF5A" box="[1251,1409,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<taxonomicName id="02D756816314FFACFB3FFF6AFC6AFF5A" box="[1251,1351,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Syndicus</taxonomicName>
long
</emphasis>
is hardly distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="02D756816314FFACFE05FF4EFB57FF3E" box="[473,634,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sichuanicus">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFE05FF4EFB57FF3E" box="[473,634,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">S. sichuanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by external morphology, only slightly longer body (
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vs.
<quantity id="022F80E76314FFACFAB7FF4EF9EEFF1D" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.05" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" unit="mm" value="3.05">3.05 mm</quantity>
in
<taxonomicName id="02D756816314FFACFF2DFF12F8BAFF12" box="[241,407,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sichuanicus">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFF2DFF12F9D2FF1D" box="[241,255,224,247]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFECFFF12F8BAFF12" box="[275,407,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">sichuanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and slightly more slender pronotum may serve to preliminarily distinguish these two species. However, the unique presence of a unique C-shaped, strongly sclerotized endophallic structure can be used to unambiguously separate
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFE16FEDAFB35FEAA" box="[458,536,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">S. long</emphasis>
from all similar congeners.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5682D026314FFACFF1BFEBEFC18FE8F" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,357]" box="[199,1333,332,357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFF1BFEBEF867FE8F" bold="true" box="[199,330,332,357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">Bionomics.</emphasis>
The single male was collected under bark of a decaying log in a mixed forest at Lincang.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="C5682D026314FFACFF4BF856FCAAF833" blockId="5.[151,1436,1956,2009]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFF4BF856F839F853" bold="true" box="[151,276,1956,1978]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Male diagnostic features of
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFDE3F856FBE3F850" box="[575,718,1956,1978]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">
<taxonomicName id="02D756816314FFACFDE3F856FBB4F850" box="[575,665,1956,1978]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="574" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Syndicus</taxonomicName>
long
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFD01F856FBDBF853" bold="true" box="[733,758,1956,1977]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">A.</emphasis>
Aedeagus, in ventral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFBC5F856FD1DF853" bold="true" box="[1049,1072,1956,1977]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">B.</emphasis>
Same, in lateral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFAFCF856FC14F850" bold="true" box="[1312,1337,1956,1978]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">C.</emphasis>
Same, in dorsal view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFECBF831F81DF832" bold="true" box="[279,304,1987,2008]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">D.</emphasis>
Endophallus, in ventral view.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFDB8F831FB51F832" bold="true" box="[612,636,1987,2008]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">E.</emphasis>
Same, schematic.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFCE4F831FA67F832" bold="true" box="[824,842,1987,2008]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">F.</emphasis>
Apical portion of paramere, enlarged.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106314FFACFB09F831FDC4F833" bold="true" box="[1237,1257,1987,2009]" pageId="5" pageNumber="574">G.</emphasis>
Right antenna.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="C5682D026317FFAFFF4BFB44F878FB01" blockId="6.[151,1436,1206,1259]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFF4BFB44F81FFB21" bold="true" box="[151,306,1206,1228]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">FIGURE 5. A.</emphasis>
Head and pronotum of
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFDF9FB44FB9FFB26" box="[549,690,1206,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<taxonomicName id="02D756816317FFAFFDF9FB44FB52FB26" box="[549,639,1206,1228]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Syndicus</taxonomicName>
long
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFD63FB44FBDBFB26" bold="true" box="[703,758,1206,1228]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">BC.</emphasis>
Habitat of
<taxonomicName id="02D756816317FFAFFCB5FB45FD28FB26" box="[873,1029,1206,1228]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Syndicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFCB5FB45FA58FB26" box="[873,885,1207,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">S</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFC5FFB44FD28FB26" box="[899,1029,1206,1228]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Yunnan: Nabang Town, photography by Fang-Ling Qiu.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="8DCD7E896317FFAFFF1BFAE0FBF1FAC1" box="[199,732,1298,1323]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="C5682D026317FFAFFF1BFAE0FBF1FAC1" blockId="6.[151,1436,1298,1399]" box="[199,732,1298,1323]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFF1BFAE0F84DFAC1" bold="true" box="[199,352,1298,1323]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Distribution.</emphasis>
Southern
<collectingCountry id="BDC06D926317FFAFFE0FFAE0FB37FAC1" box="[467,538,1298,1323]" name="China" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">China</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="0713E3E06317FFAFFDF9FAE1FB57FAC0" box="[549,634,1299,1322]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8DCD7E896317FFAFFF1BFAC8FB75FA9D" pageId="6" pageNumber="575" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="C5682D026317FFAFFF1BFAC8FB75FA9D" blockId="6.[151,1436,1298,1399]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">
<emphasis id="F7A3F1106317FFAFFF1BFAC8F863FAB9" bold="true" box="[199,334,1338,1363]" pageId="6" pageNumber="575">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after a Chinese character Long (龙), which represents a mythical creature from the traditional Chinese mythology.
</paragraph>
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