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(
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(
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845CB4BABC206AFC66" box="[159,264,898,923]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1 A E" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2 A G" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3 A E" captionStartId-0="2.[151,250,1668,1690]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,250,1972,1994]" captionStartId-2="4.[151,250,1925,1947]" captionTargetBox-0="[156,1430,387,1646]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetBox-2="[152,1433,193,1898]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[151,1436,373,1647]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetId-2="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1 A E. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov., male: A = idiosoma, ventral view; B = idiosoma, dorsal view; C = detail of dorsal integument. D E Photographs of coxal and genital field: D = male; E = female. Scale bars = 100 µm." captionText-1="FIGURE 2 A G. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov. (A, D, F—male; B C, E, G—female): A B = genital field; C = IV-L- 5 and 6; D = gnathosoma; E = palp (P- 1 missing); F = palp; G = chelicera. Scale bars = 100 µm." captionText-2="FIGURE 3 A E. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov., male: A = I-L- 2 6; B = II-L; C = III-L; D = IV-L; E = IV-L- 6. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/218427/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/218428/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/218429/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Figs. 13</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDAFF845CBCBAF42019FC1E" bold="true" box="[151,379,970,995]" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Material examined</emphasis>
.
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male (SMF), dissected and slide mounted,
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, W of Vinh Ha Long, Cat Ba National Park, Dao Cat Ba (= Cat Ba Island), Trung Trang Cave, pools of percolated water,
<date id="A8165BA5FFDAFF845896BAD0245FFBFA" box="[1213,1341,1006,1031]" pageId="1" pageNumber="373" value="2003-06-14">14.06.2003</date>
, Sket &amp; Trontelj.
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: one female, same data as
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, dissected and slide mounted (SMF).
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDAFF845CECBD082023FBB2" bold="true" box="[199,321,1078,1103]" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Dorsum as typical for the subgenus; suture line Cx-III/IV complete; P-2 with short ventral seta (ratio seta L/ventral segment L 2.83.0); P-4 very slender (L/H ratio 3.7), distinctly longer than P-2; legs bearing many heavy setae; claws of I
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III-L well developed with one ventral clawlet; IV-L-6 without claws, with two fine denticle-like setae (possibly remnant of a claw), ventrally with a line of longer setae, and two elongated and slender subterminal setae, extending far beyond tip of segment; no sexual dimorphism in the legs.
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDAFF845CECBDD4203BFAFE" bold="true" box="[199,345,1258,1283]" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Description.</emphasis>
General features—Integument soft, with a fine, dense lineation (
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845813BDD425EDFAFE" box="[1080,1167,1258,1283]" captionStart="FIGURE 1 A E" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1668,1690]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,387,1646]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,373,1647]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1 A E. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov., male: A = idiosoma, ventral view; B = idiosoma, dorsal view; C = detail of dorsal integument. D E Photographs of coxal and genital field: D = male; E = female. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218427/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
); dorsum with a pair of postocular platelets and the posterior plate, posterodorsal plate nearly round (L/W ratio 0.8). Ocular pigment absent. Coxal field: Cx-I separated medially; suture line Cx-I/II and Cx-III/IV complete; Cxgl-4 slightly approached to the anterior margin of Cx-III; anterior to genital field medial margins of Cx-III slightly pointed. Genital field (
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845D1FBC4420DAFA6E" box="[308,440,1402,1427]" captionStart="FIGURE 2 A G" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1972,1994]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2 A G. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov. (A, D, F—male; B C, E, G—female): A B = genital field; C = IV-L- 5 and 6; D = gnathosoma; E = palp (P- 1 missing); F = palp; G = chelicera. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218428/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Figs. 2AB</figureCitation>
) with three pairs of elongated acetabula flanking gonopore all over its length; pregenital sclerite small and triangular, postgenital sclerite larger; excretory pore without sclerotization. Gnathosoma (
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845945BCA021D8FA26" captionStart="FIGURE 2 A G" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1972,1994]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2 A G. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov. (A, D, F—male; B C, E, G—female): A B = genital field; C = IV-L- 5 and 6; D = gnathosoma; E = palp (P- 1 missing); F = palp; G = chelicera. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218428/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
) compact, rostrum short. Palp (
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845E36BCFC23F6FA26" box="[541,660,1474,1499]" captionStart="FIGURE 2 A G" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1972,1994]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,683,1971]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 2 A G. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov. (A, D, F—male; B C, E, G—female): A B = genital field; C = IV-L- 5 and 6; D = gnathosoma; E = palp (P- 1 missing); F = palp; G = chelicera. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218428/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Fig. 2EF</figureCitation>
): P-2 with short ventral seta (ratio seta L/ventral segment L 2.83.0); P-4 very slender (L/H ratio 3.7), distinctly longer than P-2, ventral group of denticles and setae close to distal segment margin dividing segment in ratios 1: 2.12.5. Legs: for shape and chaetotaxy of leg segments, see
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF84594EBF3421BFF9BA" captionStart="FIGURE 3 A E" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1925,1947]" captionTargetBox="[152,1433,193,1898]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3 A E. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov., male: A = I-L- 2 6; B = II-L; C = III-L; D = IV-L; E = IV-L- 6. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218429/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Figs. 3AE</figureCitation>
: claws of legs I
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III well developed with one ventral clawlet; IV-L-5 with a line of ventral setae, distally with three heavy distal setae (central of them elongated); IV-L-6:
<figureCitation id="449361E0FFDAFF845F6ABF6C22DBF996" box="[833,953,1618,1643]" captionStart="FIGURE 3 A E" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1925,1947]" captionTargetBox="[152,1433,193,1898]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3 A E. Nilotonia sketi sp. nov., male: A = I-L- 2 6; B = II-L; C = III-L; D = IV-L; E = IV-L- 6. Scale bars = 100 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218429/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Fig. 3DE</figureCitation>
, the distalmost seta long and slender, 910 µm away from tip of segment.
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<paragraph id="DC177D65FFDAFF845CECBFA4221FF876" blockId="1.[151,1437,970,2003]" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Male—Idiosoma L/W 980/900; posterodorsal plate L/W 91/115; coxal field L/W 475/809, Cx-III W 494; genital field L/W 189/108, ratio 1.75. Ejaculatory complex L 184. Palp: total L 536, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 35/57, 0.61; P-2, 163/90, 1.8; P-3, 97/74, 1.3; P-4, 190/51, 3.7; P-5, 51/21, 2.4; L P-2/P-4 ratio, 0.86; P-2 ventral seta L 42, ratio seta L/ventral segment L 2.8; gnathosoma vL 198; chelicera total L 375, claw L 103, basal segment L 280, ratio basal segment L/claw L 2.7. Legs: L of I-L-16: 78, 86, 116, 150, 184, 203; L of II-L-16: 83, 108, 128, 191, 222, 208; L of III-L-16: 108, 120, 141, 238, 269, 223; L of IV-L-16: 163, 128, 169, 263, 266, 250255; IV-L-6 subterminal seta 1, L 136, basal W 45, subterminal seta 2, L 128.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC177D65FFDAFF875CECBEA8221CFEBD" blockId="1.[151,1437,970,2003]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1436,151,320]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="374" pageId="1" pageNumber="373">Female—Idiosoma L/W 1060/980; posterodorsal plate L/W 92/109; coxal field L/W 475/869, Cx-III W 497; genital field L/W 209/142, ratio 1.5; postgenital sclerite smaller than in male. Palp: total L 545, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 33/59, 0.57; P-2, 163/91, 1.8; P-3, 100/72, 1.39; P-4, 197/54, 3.7; P-5, 52/21, 2.5; L P-2/P-4 ratio, 0.83; P-2 ventral seta L 3942, ratio seta L/ventral segment L 2.83.0; chelicera total L 378, claw L 100, basal segment L 278, ratio basal segment L/claw L 2.8. Legs: L of I-L-26: 103, 123, 155, 181, 175; L of II-L-26: 108, 131, 193, 224, 205; L of III-L-16: 109, 128, 150, 241, 272, 222; L of IV-L-16: 116, 134, 169, 247, 278, 263; IV-L-6 subterminal seta 1, L 135, basal W 45, subterminal seta 2, L 122.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875CBCBFBA2026F964" bold="true" box="[151,324,1668,1690]" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">FIGURE 1AE.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875D67BFBA2083F967" box="[332,481,1668,1690]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Nilotonia sketi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875DC2BFBA2359F964" bold="true" box="[489,571,1668,1689]" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, male: A = idiosoma, ventral view; B = idiosoma, dorsal view; C = detail of dorsal integument.
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875D3EBF9D2024F945" bold="true" box="[277,326,1699,1720]" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">DE</emphasis>
Photographs of coxal and genital field: D = male; E = female. Scale bars = 100 µm.
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875CECBFDE202CF904" bold="true" box="[199,334,1760,1785]" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Prof. Boris Sket (Ljubljana,
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).
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875CECBE3A2056F8E0" bold="true" box="[199,308,1796,1821]" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Remarks</emphasis>
. The new species is assigned to the subgenus
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<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875F1DBE3B22FEF8E1" box="[822,924,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Dartonia</emphasis>
K. Viets, 1929
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(see below for a discussion on the species assigned to this subgenus). The combination of absence of lateral eyes, the complete suture between Cx-III and Cx-IV, the claws of legs I
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III bearing one ventral clawlet and the IV-L-6 ventrally with a line of longer setae, and two elongated and slender subterminal setae, is unique and will easily separate the new species from all other species of the subgenus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC177D65FFD9FF865CECBE872462FD78" blockId="2.[151,1436,1760,2037]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1436,151,645]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="375" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">
In the setation of IV-L-6 (with two long subterminal setae) the new species agrees with
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD9FF8758BFBE8620C3F808" authority="Smit &amp; Pesic, 2010" authorityName="Smit &amp; Pesic" authorityYear="2010" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="374" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bisetosa">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF8758BFBE862403F82C" box="[1172,1377,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Nilotonia bisetosa</emphasis>
Smit &amp; Pešić, 2010 (
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFD9FF875D79BEE320F8F808" box="[338,410,2013,2037]" name="Oman" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Oman</collectingCountry>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD9FF875DCABEE222F2F808" authority="Cook, 1967" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1967" box="[481,912,2012,2037]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="374" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navina">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875DCABEE223C0F809" box="[481,674,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Nilotonia navina</emphasis>
Cook, 1967 (
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFD9FF875F61BEE222EBF808" box="[842,905,2012,2037]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">India</collectingCountry>
)
</taxonomicName>
, both assigned to the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD9FF875926BEE22416F808" box="[1293,1396,2012,2037]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Dartiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="374" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD9FF875926BEE22416F808" box="[1293,1396,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="374">Dartiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Panesar (2003), and to
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865D86B9A922AEFF4D" authority="(K. Viets, 1929) (Sumatra)" authorityName="(K. Viets, 1929) (Sumatra" box="[429,972,151,176]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865D86B9A923E6FF4D" box="[429,644,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Nilotonia caerulea</emphasis>
(K. Viets, 1929) (Sumatra)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865820B9A72056FF28" authority="Goldschmidt, 2008" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nifymanana">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865820B9A725D7FF4D" box="[1035,1205,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">N. nifymanana</emphasis>
Goldschmidt, 2008 (
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFD8FF865CB5B9822049FF28" box="[158,299,188,213]" name="Madagascar" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
)
</taxonomicName>
, two species assigned to the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865ED1B9832203FF29" box="[762,865,189,212]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Dartonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865ED1B9832203FF29" box="[762,865,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Dartonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the abovementioned system. All these species differ from
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865D34B9DF2014FF05" box="[287,374,223,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sketi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865D34B9DF2014FF05" box="[287,374,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">N. sketi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5EF1C0CFFD8FF865DAAB9E120BDFF05" box="[385,479,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" rank="species">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865DAAB9E120BDFF05" bold="true" box="[385,479,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in the presence of well developed lateral eyes. Furthermore,
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865882B9DF244BFF05" box="[1193,1321,223,248]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bisetosa">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865882B9DF244BFF05" box="[1193,1321,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">N. bisetosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in having a ventral comb of I-III-L claws, P-2 with a longer ventral seta (length&gt; ventral segment length) and a convex ventral surface covered by fine denticulation, and a much shorter I-L-6 (Smit and Pešić 2010).
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865919B81920DBFE99" authority="K. Viets, 1929" authorityName="K. Viets" authorityYear="1929" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865919B819219BFE98" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Nilotonia caerulea</emphasis>
(K. Viets, 1929)
</taxonomicName>
is unique in having medially fused Cx-I and the ventral seta of P-2 short and thickened rather than hair-like (see Viets 1935).
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865E7CB8512557FE75" authority="Goldschmidt, 2008" authorityName="Goldschmidt" authorityYear="2008" box="[599,1077,367,392]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nifymanana">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865E7CB8512232FE75" box="[599,848,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Nilotonia nifymanana</emphasis>
Goldschmidt, 2008
</taxonomicName>
differs in more compact palps (especially the expanded P-2 with ventral denticles and long ventral seta), and leg claws with comb-like ventral clawlets (see Goldschmidt 2008).
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865E32B8892205FE2D" authority="Cook, 1967" authorityName="Cook" authorityYear="1967" box="[537,871,439,464]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navina">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865E32B88923B5FE2D" box="[537,727,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Nilotonia navina</emphasis>
Cook, 1967
</taxonomicName>
, known only from a single female specimen from
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFD8FF865CBCB8E221B3FE08" box="[151,209,476,501]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">India</collectingCountry>
(Cook 1967) originally was assigned to
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865E8FB8E32269FE09" box="[676,779,477,500]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Dartonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865E8FB8E32269FE09" box="[676,779,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Dartonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but later on moved by Panesar (2003) to
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF8658DFB8E22439FE08" box="[1268,1371,476,501]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Dartiella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF8658DFB8E22439FE08" box="[1268,1371,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Dartiella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This species differs in the shape of subterminal setae of IV-L-6 (subterminal seta stouter, preceding seta shorter, not extending over tip of segment); P-2 with long ventral seta (length&gt; ventral segment length), and convexly protruding ventral margin in the area anterior to ventral seta insertion; P-4 more robust, as long as P-2; distal segments of I-L much stockier (I-L-6 L/H ratio 2.6, calculated from Cooks figure) (see Cook 1967).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="DC177D65FFD8FF865CBCBE8A2282F815" blockId="3.[151,1435,1972,2024]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865CBCBE8A2026F837" bold="true" box="[151,324,1972,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">FIGURE 2AG.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFD8FF865D67BE8A2083F837" box="[332,481,1972,1994]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sketi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865D67BE8A2083F837" box="[332,481,1972,1994]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">Nilotonia sketi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5EF1C0CFFD8FF865DC2BE8A2359F834" box="[489,571,1972,1993]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375" rank="species">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFD8FF865DC2BE8A2359F834" bold="true" box="[489,571,1972,1993]" pageId="3" pageNumber="375">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(A, D, F—male; BC, E, G—female): AB = genital field; C = IV-L-5 and 6; D = gnathosoma; E = palp (P-1 missing); F = palp; G = chelicera. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="88D72DEDFFDFFF815CBCBEBB24F6F866" box="[151,1428,1925,1947]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/218429/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="376" targetBox="[152,1433,193,1898]" targetPageId="4">
<paragraph id="DC177D65FFDFFF815CBCBEBB24F6F866" blockId="4.[151,1428,1925,1947]" box="[151,1428,1925,1947]" pageId="4" pageNumber="376">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDFFF815CBCBEBB2021F866" bold="true" box="[151,323,1925,1947]" pageId="4" pageNumber="376">FIGURE 3AE.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDFFF815D62BEBB20BFF866" box="[329,477,1925,1947]" class="Arachnida" family="Anisitsiellidae" genus="Nilotonia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="376" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sketi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDFFF815D62BEBB20BFF866" box="[329,477,1925,1947]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="376">Nilotonia sketi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5EF1C0CFFDFFF815DC8BEB82351F866" box="[483,563,1926,1947]" pageId="4" pageNumber="376" rank="species">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDFFF815DC8BEB82351F866" bold="true" box="[483,563,1926,1947]" pageId="4" pageNumber="376">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, male: A = I-L-26; B = II-L; C = III-L; D = IV-L; E = IV-L-6. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="94B22EEEFFDEFF805CECB9A921B8FDE6" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="DC177D65FFDEFF805CECB9A920EDFF28" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,539]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF805CECB9A9203BFF4D" bold="true" box="[199,345,151,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known only from the
<typeStatus id="0313C3C7FFDEFF805E76B9A623EFFF4D" box="[605,653,152,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">type</typeStatus>
locality, in Trung Trang Cave, on Cat Ba Island in the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFDEFF80596DB9A924FAFF4D" box="[1350,1432,151,176]" name="Vietnam" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Tonkin</collectingCountry>
, northeastern
<collectingCountry id="A4BF3DF5FFDEFF805D03B98220E8FF28" box="[296,394,188,213]" name="Vietnam" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC177D65FFDEFF805CECB9E121B8FDE6" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,539]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF805CECB9E120E8FF05" bold="true" box="[199,394,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Notes on habitat</emphasis>
. The
<typeStatus id="0313C3C7FFDEFF805DE0B9DE2099FF05" box="[459,507,224,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">type</typeStatus>
locality is a large shallow pool of percolated water in a long tunnel cave located in National in Park on Cat Ba Island; the cave is managed for tourists, but little adapted (Sket, pers. communication). Cat Ba is largest island (
<quantity id="1B50D080FFDEFF805D83B815209DFEBE" box="[424,511,298,323]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" unit="km" value="140.0">140 km</quantity>
2) in the Cat Ba Archipelago, in the world-famous Ha Long Bay; more than half of the main island is a National Park, which is home to the highly endangered Cat Ba langur—
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF8058DAB8702312FE76" authority="Trouessart" authorityName="Trouessart" class="Mammalia" family="Cercopithecidae" genus="Trachypithecus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Primates" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="poliocephalus" subSpecies="poliocephalus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF8058DAB87020B8FE76" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Trachypithecus poliocephalus poliocephalus</emphasis>
(Trouessart)
</taxonomicName>
. Accompanying fauna at the
<typeStatus id="0313C3C7FFDEFF805FEAB84D2293FE76" box="[961,1009,371,395]" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">type</typeStatus>
locality includes a moderately dense population of a tiny stygobiontic bathynellid (
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF805E92B8A825FAFE52" authority="Camacho" authorityName="Camacho" box="[697,1176,406,431]" class="Malacostraca" family="Parabathynellidae" genus="Paraeobathynella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Bathynellacea" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vietnamensis">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF805E92B8A8257CFE52" box="[697,1054,406,431]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Paraeobathynella vietnamensis</emphasis>
Camacho
</taxonomicName>
), cyclopoid copepods, ostracods, decapods of the genus
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF805E01B8822270FE2F" authority="Bott" authorityName="Bott" box="[554,786,443,467]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Tiwaripotamon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF805E01B88223B7FE2E" box="[554,725,444,467]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Tiwaripotamon</emphasis>
Bott
</taxonomicName>
and gastropods of the genus
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF805851B885204BFE0A" authority="Bavay and Dautzenberg" authorityName="Bavay and Dautzenberg" class="Gymnolaemata" family="Platyglenidae" genus="Systenostoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Cheilostomata" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Bryozoa" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEDCA177FFDEFF805851B8852470FE2F" box="[1146,1298,443,466]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="377">Systenostoma</emphasis>
Bavay and Dautzenberg
</taxonomicName>
; insects are represented by larvae of
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF805EE9B8E0224FFE0A" box="[706,813,478,503]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Culicidae</taxonomicName>
and some other
<taxonomicName id="1BA806E6FFDEFF805FCFB8E0255AFE0A" box="[996,1080,478,503]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="377" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Diptera</taxonomicName>
(information provided by Boris Sket).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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