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<mods:title>A revision of the minor species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Means, Jackson C.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Virginia Tech, Department of Entomology, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:affiliation>Virginia Tech, Department of Entomology, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:affiliation>Virginia Tech, Department of Entomology, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:date>2021</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2021-04-13</mods:number>
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<mods:number>1030</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="181004744" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:79F53717-C02F-4A97-825F-F2F7F5C8D474" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/54CA8E7C1ED35D75B237423F77AA4F02" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName ID-CoL="8RVTK" LSID="http://zoobank.org/79F53717-C02F-4A97-825F-F2F7F5C8D474" authority="Means & Hennen & Marek, 2021" authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria asta" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asta" status="sp. nov.">Nannaria asta</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 90" captionStartId="F90" captionText="Figure 90. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ left gonopod (VTEC, MPE 02419) A anterior view; red arrow indicates outer margin dimple B medial view; red triangle indicates slightly swollen inner margin C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531193" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 90</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 91" captionStartId="F91" captionText="Figure 91. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 02419) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure91" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531194" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 91 Vernacular name: "The Crawfish Valley Twisted-Claw Millipede"</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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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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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355626" accessionNumber="MPE02419" collectingDate="2017-03-24" collectorName="C. Harden" country="United States" county="Wythe County" elevation="770" latitude="36.9585" location="Channel Rock" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-81.3189" municipality="Crawfish Valley" specimenCount="♂" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Virginia">Virginia</collectingRegion>
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</emphasis>
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•
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<specimenCount>♂</specimenCount>
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;
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<collectingCounty>Wythe County</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingMunicipality>Crawfish Valley</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:54CA8E7C1ED35D75B237423F77AA4F02:B5E9B00800CA136E6BFF22CC610A194A" country="United States" county="Wythe County" latitude="36.9585" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-81.3189" municipality="Crawfish Valley" name="Channel Rock" stateProvince="Virginia">Channel Rock</location>
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, ca.
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<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.414016" unit="mi" value="1.5">1.5 mi</quantity>
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down trail from
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:54CA8E7C1ED35D75B237423F77AA4F02:D528B39C6A6EDC9BDB45B3FFFBC8E6CC" country="United States" county="Wythe County" latitude="36.9585" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-81.3189" municipality="Crawfish Valley" name="Strawberry Rd." stateProvince="Virginia">Strawberry Rd.</location>
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end;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9585" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9585">36.9585°N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="81.3189" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-81.3189">81.3189°W</geoCoordinate>
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; elev.
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<quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7" unit="m" value="770.0">
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.7" unit="m" value="770.0">770 m</elevation>
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<collectingDate value="2017-03-24">24 Mar. 2017</collectingDate>
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; hand collected;
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<collectorName>C. Harden</collectorName>
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leg.; VTEC
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE02419">MPE02419</accessionNumber>
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.
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3071355558" accessionNumber="MPE02421, MPE02429" collectingDate="2017-03-24" collectorName="C. Harden, For, Suppl." country="United States" elevation="715" latitude="36.9811" location="Wythe Co. Crawfish Valley" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-81.2934" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3" stateProvince="Virginia" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<typeStatus>Paratypes</typeStatus>
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<collectingCountry name="United States of America">United States</collectingCountry>
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<collectingRegion country="United States of America" name="Virginia">Virginia</collectingRegion>
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<specimenCount type="male">3 ♂♂</specimenCount>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:54CA8E7C1ED35D75B237423F77AA4F02:5FF2209CC32F59AA33FD1C6336619000" country="United States" latitude="36.9811" longLatPrecision="6" longitude="-81.2934" name="Wythe Co. Crawfish Valley" stateProvince="Virginia">Wythe Co. Crawfish Valley</location>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9811" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9811">36.9811°N</geoCoordinate>
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; elev.
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.15" unit="m" value="715.0">715 m</elevation>
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<collectingDate value="2017-03-24">24 Mar. 2017</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>C. Harden</collectorName>
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leg.; VTEC
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE02421">MPE02421</accessionNumber>
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, VMNH,
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<accessionNumber httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MPE02429">MPE02429</accessionNumber>
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, 2430.
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<collectorName>For</collectorName>
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detailed collection data see
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material 7
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Adult males of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria asta" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria asta</emphasis>
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sp. nov. are distinct from other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the sympatric
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. solenas" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="solenas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. solenas</emphasis>
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sp. nov. and
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. aenigma" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="aenigma">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. aenigma</emphasis>
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based on the following combination of characters:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gonopods</emphasis>
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Gonopodal acropodite gently curving medially, not straight as in
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. solenas" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="solenas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. solenas</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Distal zone curving dorsomedially, tip rounded, directed caudally with small lateral flange (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 90" captionStartId="F90" captionText="Figure 90. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ left gonopod (VTEC, MPE 02419) A anterior view; red arrow indicates outer margin dimple B medial view; red triangle indicates slightly swollen inner margin C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531193" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">90A</figureCitation>
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), not rectangular, directed medially at 90° angle with acropodite and slight cephalically-directed upturn at terminal edge as in
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. solenas" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="solenas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. solenas</emphasis>
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sp. nov., and not sinuous, without flange as in
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. aenigma" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="aenigma">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. aenigma</emphasis>
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. Acropodite with slight swelling on inner margin (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 90" captionStartId="F90" captionText="Figure 90. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ left gonopod (VTEC, MPE 02419) A anterior view; red arrow indicates outer margin dimple B medial view; red triangle indicates slightly swollen inner margin C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531193" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">90B</figureCitation>
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, red triangle) and dimple on outer margin (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 90" captionStartId="F90" captionText="Figure 90. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ left gonopod (VTEC, MPE 02419) A anterior view; red arrow indicates outer margin dimple B medial view; red triangle indicates slightly swollen inner margin C posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531193" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">90A</figureCitation>
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, red arrow). Prefemur with stout, acicular prefemoral process, arising dorsomedially from projected, cephalically-curving prefemoral spine, not arising from prefemur as in
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. solenas" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="solenas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. solenas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. Telopodite basal zone with small lateral bulge, lacking in
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. solenas" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="solenas">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. solenas</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Color</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Tergites with orange paranotal spots (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 91" captionStartId="F91" captionText="Figure 91. Nannaria asta sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE 02419) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure91" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531194" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">91</figureCitation>
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). Black background. Dorsum of collum smooth with orange margin.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure90" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531193" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 90" startId="F90">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 90.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria asta" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria asta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. holotype ♂ left gonopod (VTEC, MPE02419)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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anterior view; red arrow indicates outer margin dimple
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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medial view; red triangle indicates slightly swollen inner margin
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
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posterior view. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure91" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531194" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 91" startId="F91">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 91.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria asta" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria asta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. holotype ♂ (VTEC, MPE02419) coloration. Scale bar: 4.0 mm.
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Measurements.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">♂ holotype (VTEC, MPE02419): BL = 26.2, CW = 4.1, IW = 2.1, ISW = 0.9, B11W = 4.9, B11H = 3.1.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">No known variation.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known only from southwestern Virginia (Wythe and Bland counties; Suppl. material 7; Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 126" captionStartId="F126" captionText="Figure 126. Distribution map of Nannaria minor species group collection localities in the central Appalachians." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544.figure126" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/531229" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">126</figureCitation>
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). The distribution of
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<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Ericaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="N. asta" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="asta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. asta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is restricted to the Crawfish Valley area and south of Wytheville, Virginia. Distribution area: 171 km2; status: MRE.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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The majority of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria asta" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asta">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria asta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. individuals were found at night, walking along the side of a path on top of predominantly pine litter, a notably odd behavior for
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" family="Xystodesmidae" genus="Nannaria" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nannaria" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nannaria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which typically remain beneath the leaf litter and are more cryptic in their behavior.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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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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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters derived from the Infraorder
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Means & Hennen & Marek" authorityYear="2021" class="Diplopoda" infraOrder="Astacidea" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Polydesmida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="infraOrder">Astacidea</taxonomicName>
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(which includes crayfish). It is to be treated as a noun in apposition.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type locality">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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United States, Virginia, Wythe County, Crawfish Valley, Channel Rock, ca. 1.5 mi down trail from Strawberry Rd. end,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="36.9585" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="36.9585">36.9585°N</geoCoordinate>
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, -
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<geoCoordinate degrees="81.3189" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-81.3189">81.3189°W</geoCoordinate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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