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<figureCitation id="114AD8B9751E55D870058D1D85D5660C" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Habitus of some Skleroprotopus species in lateral view. A Skleroprotopus penglai sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus longiflagellatus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus ampullaceus sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus conicus sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus multistriatus sp. nov.; H Skleroprotopus change sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201330">Figures 3 F</figureCitation>
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leg.
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Differs from congeners mostly based on the following combination of characters: (1) leg 1, 6 - segmented (Fig.
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); (2) penis much shorter than coxae 2 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="495A3038D872CC2DF34C8AD27E6022C2" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 F</figureCitation>
); (3) coxal process of leg 7 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6C2BD0071630EE97A626341DBEE1F7FB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 E</figureCitation>
) tongue-shaped, about 2 × as long as a club-shaped telopodite; (4) anterior gonopod with a very long and narrow coxal process, carrying an irregularly dentate and membranous lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B82117F815D6E1F9B0686D1F3DCF21B3" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 I</figureCitation>
). — In addition, this new species differs from all other species analyzed in a&gt; 12.7 % uncorrected
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- distance of the
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barcoding gene.
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<paragraph id="67D566E282B3CD7503B95DF69328E1DB">The specific epithet is honored to Dr. Yu Tiantian (余甜甜) (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), who is the collector; noun in the genitive case.</paragraph>
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Length of
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ca 25.0 mm,
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in diameter, body with 53 podous + 1 apodous rings + telson. Coloration in alcohol marbled dark brownish, slightly lighter in anterior 1 / 3 body (Fig.
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). Antennae semi-transparent, gradually infuscate from base to end, antennomeres 5 and 6 darkest, frosted violet (Fig.
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). Eye patches blackish, triangular, arranged in 6 irregular rows, about 35 (left) or 43 (right) ommatidia per eye patch (Fig.
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). Legs pale yellow.
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Head capsule (Fig.
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) smooth and hairless, vertex bulged, epicranial suture obviously concave. Labral margin with 2 + 2 supra-labral and 6 (7) + 6 (7) labral setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B2FD060E36714DE1A5C5873A1581FAC1" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 A</figureCitation>
). Antennae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C2A7DF9C6BD674FB9C06D825369EB459" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 C</figureCitation>
) medium in length, reaching behind to middle of ring 2 when stretched dorsally. In length, antennomeres 3&gt; 2&gt; 4&gt; 6 ≈ 5&gt; 1&gt; 7. Antennomeres 5 and 6 each with a distal corolla of sensilla basiconica. Antennomere 7 invaginated terminally, sensory cones inconspicuous. Mandibular stipes enlarged, with two nearly equal lobes (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F993444E80F6A46F8740AF9B509B2DB4" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Habitus of some Skleroprotopus species in lateral view. A Skleroprotopus penglai sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus longiflagellatus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus ampullaceus sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus conicus sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus multistriatus sp. nov.; H Skleroprotopus change sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201330">3 F</figureCitation>
). Gnathochilarium with at least 4 setae on each lamella lingualis (
<emphasis id="67864D67B8C1A86AFA16600BF9B033AD" bold="true">ll</emphasis>
); promentum (
<emphasis id="5A59DA15DB4E0DFB75EF295D01E171C6" bold="true">pr</emphasis>
) long and diamond-shaped, swollen anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation id="64FC5C656AA42EBDA28549C432451254" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7C72076E6DF9EBEE8BC7381D5A3EBB8A">
Collum (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E15F5AE014ADECDD3D1B06F39C172D59" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Habitus of some Skleroprotopus species in lateral view. A Skleroprotopus penglai sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus longiflagellatus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus ampullaceus sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus conicus sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus multistriatus sp. nov.; H Skleroprotopus change sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201330">3 F</figureCitation>
) with 6 lower striae laterally, but lowest stria not reaching the anterior margin. Prozona delicately alveolate, metazona laterally with 1318 longitudinal striae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="CEA379E05A82BB986214130F23EA850A" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Habitus of some Skleroprotopus species in lateral view. A Skleroprotopus penglai sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus longiflagellatus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus ampullaceus sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus conicus sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus multistriatus sp. nov.; H Skleroprotopus change sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201330">3 F</figureCitation>
). Suture dividing pro- and metazona narrow, a regular comb. Ozopores starting with ring 6, lying anteriorly on lateral sides of metatergites.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B3A007746A7B35E745A3FD0E44C4512B">Epiproct slightly protruding caudad, with 2 + 2 setae along posterior margin. Paraprocts convex, medially with 2 + 2 setae. Hypoproct eye-shaped, with 1 + 1 setae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F4EC50E285D00FE19595667B3831454C">
Legs (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E63F0CCBE34E8C7A69A2DDA3481AE18B" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Habitus of some Skleroprotopus species in lateral view. A Skleroprotopus penglai sp. nov.; B Skleroprotopus longiflagellatus sp. nov.; C Skleroprotopus tiankeng sp. nov.; D Skleroprotopus ampullaceus sp. nov.; E Skleroprotopus conicus sp. nov.; F Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov.; G Skleroprotopus multistriatus sp. nov.; H Skleroprotopus change sp. nov. Scale bars: 5.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201330">3 F</figureCitation>
) short, about 0.7 × as long as midbody height, claw weakly curved, without modifications. Male leg-pair 1 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3A8D6EC8D1219AFB9A9B9E9D9F9C6D52" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 D</figureCitation>
) hypertrophied, strongly curved anteriad, 6 - segmented, but dividing line (
<emphasis id="502BE05D484E7B4B184275D427B4C3D6" bold="true">dl</emphasis>
) between telopoditomeres 4 and 5 (
<emphasis id="AE728BBA8D967D337FBBDB16B2364297" bold="true">t 4</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="C74E89F77086FC7570CFE0491D862D1A" bold="true">t 5</emphasis>
) incomplete. Both
<emphasis id="4AEEBE46EBE06A9FE9C31E0D4BAD694F" bold="true">t 4</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="C9637ABC311F9BB09EFC7FA31DA5773B" bold="true">t 5</emphasis>
combined longest, irregularly shaped, with a few scattered setae and short bristles medially. Coxa (
<emphasis id="BFA82D8EF7F36E36C4F025827FC55A50" bold="true">cx</emphasis>
) and telopoditomeres 1 and 2 (
<emphasis id="58C768967F83CE579F1918FD1483DA5C" bold="true">t 1</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="74543CD430749F20DA0D443A1F3F073F" bold="true">t 2</emphasis>
) with some long setae. Telopoditomere 3 (
<emphasis id="51BE9A78DF0637CF07A9A9D02B36BF53" bold="true">t 3</emphasis>
) broadest. Male leg-pair 2 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="68648A4FFE784EE59969E408405A5426" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 F</figureCitation>
) reduced in size and slender; penis (
<emphasis id="4A7A054C62A7F49CB33BC4709BDDBC84" bold="true">pn</emphasis>
) unpaired, shorter than coxae (
<emphasis id="45AD92CA0F39487508ADF5AB56480675" bold="true">cx</emphasis>
), cylindrical, distal part with two long setae. Male leg-pair 7 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="554E4128619351808CD23FF1D55D3896" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 E</figureCitation>
) strongly modified, with 2 - segmented telopodites, club-shaped, densely setose apically, telopoditomere 2 rather small. Coxal process (
<emphasis id="756FF22C9359753BBC777639F6096C1C" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
) strongly elongated, tongue-shaped, about 2 × as long as telopodite (
<emphasis id="6619A0484864280BA689CCDDCBEFC470" bold="true">te</emphasis>
), clothed with dense long bristles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D0098584AF98886B5A211CEA09C0DD5E">
Anterior gonopods (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B73CB2F820035D8E466E892B6EAE04D2" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 H, I</figureCitation>
) with a very long and rather slender coxal process (
<emphasis id="49F25D913F9668C1E36E36933DE00182" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
) bearing a long row of short villi in anterior view, posteriorly carrying with an irregularly dentate membranous lobe (
<emphasis id="EBB7287349CCBFD3DA34D4655A97BE4D" bold="true">ml</emphasis>
), outer margin of
<emphasis id="659180E94C3715D95A7541163FE507DC" bold="true">ml</emphasis>
distinctly broadened and reflexed, subtriangular, distally sharp. Flagellum (
<emphasis id="2F33ACD8AABA3CD79FC759D4377AD740" bold="true">f</emphasis>
) long and slender, a little barbed. Telopodite (
<emphasis id="6C8B07FD51E8CE77D14B8019E62D8BDD" bold="true">te</emphasis>
) about 2 / 3 as long as
<emphasis id="69808210B3A947DF96E0A1ED57A16335" bold="true">cp</emphasis>
, with long setae apically.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BCFAE2CF40A784BCEA5AF95AFB3D97DA">
Posterior gonopods (Fig.
<figureCitation id="417C4FAF346F98E84DA6A99BA13BB1FB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Skleroprotopus yutiantianae sp. nov., holotype. A gnathochilarium; B head and collum, dorsal view; C left antenna, lateral view; D legs 1, anterior view; E legs 7, anterior view; F legs 2 with penis, posterior view; G posterior gonopods, anterior view; H anterior gonopods, anterior view; I anterior gonopods, posterior view. Abbreviations: a 5, a 6, antennomeres 5, 6; cp, coxal process; cx, coxa; dl, dividing line; f, flagellum; ll, lamella lingualis; ml, membranous lobe; pn, penis; pr, promentum; t 1 t 5, telopoditomeres 15; te, telopodite. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.82.e136751.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1201331">4 G</figureCitation>
) erect and thin, anterior branch slender, tapering regularly towards tip, higher than posterior branch, and both densely setose distally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2606CDE264CC3059A21F30FA66DE5E85">Female unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E2HBG" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="89C9EF1B8D4E04F4F9FD8AC824922320">
<heading id="47A2F9DC67F7967959F49D1D96D42E42" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AFC7F9AD7A7CA4C10915F75D12563F00">
The Nanshan Park, Xining City,
<collectingRegion id="90DB7440167B01438A848118D209A524" country="China" name="Qinghai">Qinghai Province</collectingRegion>
is nicely forested in 80 % of its area, dominated by hardwood tree species including
<taxonomicName id="6FEC43671BFF0715C2A055CE8288480A" authority="Kom., 1923" authorityName="Kom." authorityYear="1923" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="crassifolia">
<emphasis id="63EFCC1937C9EF772CF8EE080306908F" italics="true">Picea crassifolia</emphasis>
Kom., 1923
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F1B7D95F2A9B8B30ABB942DA97E05C48" authority="Kom., 1924" authorityName="Kom." authorityYear="1924" class="Pinopsida" family="Cupressaceae" genus="Juniperus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="przewalskii">
<emphasis id="8DB9C2C120101480428D970419D238B5" italics="true">Juniperus przewalskii</emphasis>
Kom., 1924
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C2FA1A9BF2C6BFC9D5F27F555F83C8A5" authority="Carriere, 1867" authorityName="Carriere" authorityYear="1867" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Pinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tabuliformis">
<emphasis id="26CDA72CCF84534536389F6882A785A5" italics="true">Pinus tabuliformis</emphasis>
Carrière, 1867
</taxonomicName>
. The
<typeStatus id="476A1E8F3B8041EA370C8A07486A05BD" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="9610437A140BE57C79440FDF29483828" authorityName="Chen &amp; Zhao &amp; Golovatch &amp; Liu" authorityYear="2024" class="Diplopoda" family="Mongoliulidae" genus="Skleroprotopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Julida" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yutiantianae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0A36D2F0FD951DD221B073687E031D4E" italics="true">Skleroprotopus yutiantianae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B748A7E0933758CAE17D170F8067E20D" bold="true">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F67FA2C8114CFCF3AE9ECAE09AF3AFB1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
was found in forest litter.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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