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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFA9D46F4CBEFCFA3A118A2D" bold="true" box="[151,344,821,847]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Serraphula uysi</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA9D46F4E17FCFA39158A2D" box="[574,604,821,847]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,255,1450,1474]" captionTargetBox="[166,1422,207,1411]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,194,1426]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Geographical distribution of: Serraphula aenea Jacoby; S. alticola sp. n.; S. debiasei sp. n.; S. drakensbergensis sp. n.; S. duplessisi sp. n.; S. grobbelaariae sp. n.; S. monticola sp. n.; S. oberprieleri sp. n.; S. osellai sp. n.; S. transvaalensis sp. n.; S. uysi sp. n." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195013/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">21</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA9D46F4E43FCFA39C08A2D" box="[618,649,821,847]" captionStart="FIGURES 43 – 60" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1700,1724]" captionTargetBox="[295,1283,186,1684]" captionTargetId="figure@40.[295,1284,186,1684]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 43 – 60. Median lobe of aedeagus of Serraphula Jacoby; lateral, ventral and dorsal view: S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, Southwell area (43 a); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr Thornhill (43 b); S. colonnelii, Kwazulu- Natal, Ifafa Mouth (44); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (45); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (46); S. puncticollis, Eastern Cape Province, Port St. John (47); S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (48); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (49); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (50); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (51); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (52); S. aenea, Mashonaland (53); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak (54); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Boskrans Dam (55); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (56); S. bulirschi, Kwazulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi Forest (57); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (58); S. osellai, Kwazulu- Natal, Ngele Forest (59); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (60)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195018/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">46</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFA9D46F4EBFFCFA39FC8A2D" box="[662,693,821,847]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 – 76" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1715,1739]" captionTargetBox="[269,1322,222,1660]" captionTargetId="figure@41.[245,1342,194,1683]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 61 – 76. Spermatheca of Serraphula Jacoby: S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (61); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (62); S. osellai, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (63); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (64); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (65); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (66); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (67); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (68); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (69); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr. Grahamstown (70); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (71); S. colonnelli, Kwazulu-Natal, Umzinto Vernon Crookes N. R. (72); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (73); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (74); S. monticola, Kwazulu-Natal / Free State, Botha’s Pass (75); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Monk’s Cowl (76)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195019/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">68</figureCitation>
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: same locality, date and collector of the
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DIAGNOSIS. For pronotal and elytral color, sculpture and shape, this new species is similar to
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Jacoby
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, but it is clearly distinguishable for having: smaller body size; lower LE/LP ratio; more slender legs; shorter apical spur of the hind tibiae; different shape of the median lobe of aedeagus.
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DESCRIPTION.
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3. Dorsal integument brown, with weak metallic reflection; elytra distinctly darker than pronotum. Body shape oval, little elongate (LB =
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), moderately convex. Maximum pronotal width at anterior third (WP =
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Frons and vertex with sub-smooth surface; a large setigerous pore with some small setigerous punctures gathered near each upper ocular margin; frontal dimple distinctly impressed; frontal grooves distally finely impressed around upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles dorsally moderately delimited; frontal carina very weakly raised; labrum sub-trapezoidal, dark-brown; palpi dark-brown; eyes sub-elliptical, normally sized; antennae slightly shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.94), with segments 1–5 yellowish, segment 6 moderately darkened, segments 7–11 clearly darkened; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 18:10:10:11:13:13:13:13:14:13:19 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-rectangular, weakly transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.16), laterally slightly rounded; basal margin finely bordered; lateral margin slightly enlarged at anterior third; punctation rather densely and uniformely distributed, with small punctures clearly impressed on sub-smooth surface. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically sub-acute, with smooth surface.
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Elytra short (LE =
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; LE/LP = 1.95), covering entirely pygidium, laterally distinctly rounded, apically slightly obtuse; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 very short scutellar) regular rows, with medium-sized punctures clearly impressed on punctulate surface; elytral interstriae flat; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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Legs dark-yellowish but with hind femora dorsally weakly darkened; hind tibiae weakly externally bent. Apical spur of hind tibiae short (LHT/LHTS = 2.08), internally curved in distal 2/3s; dorsal furrow proximally narrow than gradually and clearly open; denture dense and partially irregular, generally formed by small but clearly distinct teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres distinctly dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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).
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.62) in ventral view laterally sub-parallel, apically slightly narrowed, sub-triangular; ventral sulcus not visible; in lateral view, median lobe clearly bent in basal third, with straight apex; dorsal sulcus visible about in apical third, basally V-shaped; dorsal ligula apically sub-rounded, basally slightly narrowed.
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 2; mean and standard deviation): LE = 1.08 ±
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; WE = 0.75 ±
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; LP = 0.53 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4D2CFE473A3B88C0" box="[261,370,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.01">0.01 mm</quantity>
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; WP = 0.64 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4E0BFE4739C688C0" box="[546,655,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.02">0.02 mm</quantity>
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; LAN = 1.49 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4F66FE4738F588C0" box="[847,956,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.01">0.01 mm</quantity>
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; LAED = 0.64 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C48A7FE473FB288C0" box="[1166,1275,392,418]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.01">0.01 mm</quantity>
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; LB = 1.61 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4CBEFE7F3A4B88A8" box="[151,258,432,458]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.05">0.05 mm</quantity>
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; LE/LP = 2.02 ± 0.10; WE/WP = 1.18 ± 0.03; WP/LP = 1.20 ± 0.05; LE/LAED = 1.67 ± 0.08; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.93 ± 0.01; LHT/LHTS = 2.08 ± 0.01. Ƥ (n = 1): LE =
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4F86FE173F538890" box="[943,1050,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.08" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="1.08">1.08 mm</quantity>
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; WE =
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; LP =
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4902FE173ED18890" box="[1323,1432,472,498]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.9" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.49">0.49 mm</quantity>
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; WP =
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; LAN =
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; LSP =
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; LB =
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; LE/LP = 2.21; WE/WP = 1.22; WP/LP = 1.26; LE/LSP = 12.29; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.78; LHT/LHTS = 1.91.
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</paragraph>
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4CEFFD9F3A758B08" box="[198,316,592,618]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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.
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4D60FD9F3AF28B08" box="[329,443,592,618]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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in shape, sculpture and color similar to the
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4FFCFD9F3F098B08" box="[981,1088,592,618]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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. Dorsal integument darker in some specimens. Female smaller than male (LB =
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), with shorter antennae (LAN/LB = 0.81). Spermatheca with sub-globose basal part; distal part bent with not separated collum from apex; appendix present; ductus short, weakly curved, sub-ventrally inserted.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46C4CEFFD3F3E1A8A68" box="[198,1363,752,778]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CEFFD3F3E1A8A68" blockId="26.[151,1437,152,938]" box="[198,1363,752,778]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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ETYMOLOGY. This new species is named after its collector V.M. Uys (
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<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFAAD46C4831FD3F3E0E8A68" box="[1048,1351,752,778]" name="South Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46C4CEFFCD73F3C8AC8" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CEFFCD739408A38" blockId="26.[151,1437,152,938]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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DISTRIBUTION.
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(Limpopo). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi & D’Alessandro, 2006).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CEFFCA73F3C8AC8" blockId="26.[151,1437,152,938]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Savannah (cf.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="8122C2F0FFAAD46C4CD1FC5F39058AC8" author="Rutherford" box="[248,588,912,938]" pageId="26" pageNumber="30" refString="Rutherford, M. C. & Westfall, R. H. (1994) Biomes of southern Africa: an objective categorization. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa, 63, 1 - 94." type="journal article" year="1994">Rutherford & Westfall, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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). Veld
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4EB4FC5F399D8AC8" box="[669,724,912,938]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">type</typeStatus>
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||
: Sour Bushveld (cf.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="8122C2F0FFAAD46C4FEAFC5F3F218AC8" author="Acocks" box="[963,1128,912,938]" pageId="26" pageNumber="29" refString="Acocks, J. P. H. (1988) Veld types of South Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa, 57, 1 - 146. Bechyne, J. (1955) Uber die westafrikanischen Alticiden (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. F re y, 6, 486 - 568." type="journal article" year="1988">Acocks, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46C4CBEFBCD39BF8D7E" box="[151,758,1026,1052]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="description">
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFAAD46C4CBEFBCD3A9D8D7E" bold="true" box="[151,468,1026,1052]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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<taxonomicName id="22B3C482FFAAD46C4CBEFBCD3AC28D7E" box="[151,395,1026,1052]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Serraphula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittmeri" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="D7C76313FFAAD46C4CBEFBCD3AC28D7E" bold="true" box="[151,395,1026,1052]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Serraphula wittmeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="CCF4DE68FFAAD46C4DBBFBCD3A9D8D7E" box="[402,468,1026,1052]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFAAD46C4DCAFBCD39748D7E" box="[483,573,1026,1052]" captionStart="FIGURES 17 – 20" captionStartId="34.[151,269,1691,1715]" captionTargetBox="[252,1326,178,1615]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 17 – 20. Habitus of: S. transvaalensis sp. n. (17); S. uysi sp. n. (18); S. wittmeri sp. n. (19); Bechynella bohumilae (Bechyné) (20)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195012/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Figs 19</figureCitation>
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,
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||
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFAAD46C4E63FBCD39238D7E" box="[586,618,1026,1052]" captionStart="FIGURE 22" captionStartId="36.[151,255,1453,1477]" captionTargetBox="[167,1426,211,1414]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[151,1436,194,1429]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURE 22. Geographical distribution of: Serraphula audisiana sp. n.; S. bulirschi sp. n.; S. colonnellii sp. n.; S. elongata Jacoby; S. mpumalangaensis sp. n.; S. natalensis sp. n.; S. puncticollis Bryant; S. wittmeri sp. n." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195014/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">22</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFAAD46C4E5FFBCD39DF8D7E" box="[630,662,1026,1052]" captionStart="FIGURES 37 – 42" captionStartId="39.[151,269,1560,1584]" captionTargetBox="[160,1432,193,1494]" captionTargetPageId="39" captionText="FIGURES 37 – 42. Head and pronotum of Serraphula Jacoby: S. duplessisi sp. n. (37); S. grobbelaariae sp. n. (38); S. oberprieleri sp. n. (39); S. osellai sp. n. (40); S. puncticollis Bryant (41); S. wittmeri sp. n. (42)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195017/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">42</figureCitation>
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,
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||
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFAAD46C4E8BFBCD398B8D7E" box="[674,706,1026,1052]" captionStart="FIGURES 43 – 60" captionStartId="40.[151,269,1700,1724]" captionTargetBox="[295,1283,186,1684]" captionTargetId="figure@40.[295,1284,186,1684]" captionTargetPageId="40" captionText="FIGURES 43 – 60. Median lobe of aedeagus of Serraphula Jacoby; lateral, ventral and dorsal view: S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, Southwell area (43 a); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr Thornhill (43 b); S. colonnelii, Kwazulu- Natal, Ifafa Mouth (44); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (45); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (46); S. puncticollis, Eastern Cape Province, Port St. John (47); S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (48); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (49); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (50); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (51); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (52); S. aenea, Mashonaland (53); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Cathedral Peak (54); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Boskrans Dam (55); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (56); S. bulirschi, Kwazulu-Natal, Ntendeka Wilderness Area, Ngomi Forest (57); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (58); S. osellai, Kwazulu- Natal, Ngele Forest (59); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (60)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195018/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">60</figureCitation>
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||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFAAD46C4EE7FBCD39A48D7E" box="[718,749,1026,1052]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 – 76" captionStartId="41.[151,269,1715,1739]" captionTargetBox="[269,1322,222,1660]" captionTargetId="figure@41.[245,1342,194,1683]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 61 – 76. Spermatheca of Serraphula Jacoby: S. natalensis, KwaZulu-Natal, Blesberg (61); S. audisiana, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (62); S. osellai, Kwazulu-Natal, Ngele Forest (63); S. alticola, Mpumalanga, Mount Sheba area (64); S. oberprieleri, Zimbabwe, Bunga Forest (65); S. grobbelaariae, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (66); S. transvaalensis, Eastern Transvaal, Nelshoogte Pass (67); S. uysi, Transvaal, Palala (68); S. duplessisi, Limpopo, Entabeni Forest Reserve, Soutpansberg (69); S. elongata, Eastern Cape Province, nr. Grahamstown (70); S. debiasei, Eastern Cape Province, 4 km S Barkly Pass (71); S. colonnelli, Kwazulu-Natal, Umzinto Vernon Crookes N. R. (72); S. wittmeri, Limpopo, Branddraai (73); S. mpumalangaensis, Mpumalanga, Houtenbek Farm, Macabelel Lodge (74); S. monticola, Kwazulu-Natal / Free State, Botha’s Pass (75); S. drakensbergensis, Kwazulu-Natal, Monk’s Cowl (76)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195019/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">73</figureCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46C4CBEFB9D39CC8DDE" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="materials_examined">
|
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CBEFB9D39CC8DDE" blockId="26.[151,1437,1106,1982]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4CBEFB9D3BA98D0E" box="[151,224,1106,1132]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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||
<collectionCode id="83A227C4FFAAD46C4CBEFB9D3BA98D0E" box="[151,224,1106,1132]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">TYPE</collectionCode>
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||
</typeStatus>
|
||
MATERIAL.
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||
<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4DA4FB9D3AB38D0E" box="[397,506,1106,1132]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
3,
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||
<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFAAD46C4E01FB9D388F8D0E" box="[552,966,1106,1132]" name="South Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA</collectingCountry>
|
||
, Transvaal [Limpopo], Branddraai,
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4959FB9D3BF88DF6" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="m" value="800.0">800 m</quantity>
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, [
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],
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<date id="910D99C1FFAAD46C4D85FBB539658DF6" box="[428,556,1146,1172]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" value="1983-11-18">18.xi.1983</date>
|
||
, W. Wittmer leg. (
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||
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||
).
|
||
<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4F53FBB538B88DF6" box="[890,1009,1146,1172]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
: same locality, date and collector of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4CEBFB6D3A658DDE" box="[194,300,1186,1212]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, 2 3 and 1Ƥ (
|
||
<collectionCode id="83A227C4FFAAD46C4DE5FB6D39468DDE" box="[460,527,1186,1212]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">BAQ</collectionCode>
|
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;
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<collectionCode id="83A227C4FFAAD46C4E32FB6D39318DDE" box="[539,632,1186,1212]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/1d5a-4efs" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">NHMB</collectionCode>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46C4CEFFB053F6D8CE6" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="diagnosis">
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||
<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CEFFB053F6D8CE6" blockId="26.[151,1437,1106,1982]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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DIAGNOSIS. For the shape of the apical spur of hind tibiae, about as long as half of hind tibial length, apically internally bent, regularly serrate by small teeth and with dorsal furrow distinctly narrow in almost all its length, this new species is related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="22B3C482FFAAD46C4E55FAD438938C56" authority="Jacoby. However" authorityName="Jacoby. However" box="[636,986,1306,1332]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Serraphula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongata">
|
||
<emphasis id="D7C76313FFAAD46C4E55FAD4384A8C56" box="[636,771,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">S. elongata</emphasis>
|
||
Jacoby. However
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="22B3C482FFAAD46C4FC1FAD43F238C56" box="[1000,1130,1307,1332]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Serraphula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wittmeri">
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||
<emphasis id="D7C76313FFAAD46C4FC1FAD43F238C56" box="[1000,1130,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">S. wittmeri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is clearly distinguishable from it and from other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="22B3C482FFAAD46C4D84FA8C39788C3E" box="[429,561,1347,1372]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Serraphula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="D7C76313FFAAD46C4D84FA8C39788C3E" box="[429,561,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Serraphula</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
for having: sub-parallel elytra with flat interstriae; very finely impressed pronotal punctuation; strongly narrow median lobe of aedeagus at basal third.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFAAD46D4CEFFA5D3E108D40" lastPageId="27" lastPageNumber="28" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="description">
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFAAD46C4CEFFA5D38748C9E" blockId="26.[151,1437,1106,1982]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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DESCRIPTION.
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFAAD46C4DBFFA5D394A8CCE" box="[406,515,1426,1452]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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3. Dorsal integument blackish, with weak blueish metallic reflection. Body shape elliptical-elongate (LB =
|
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), little convex. Maximum pronotal width at anterior third (WP =
|
||
<quantity id="224B12E4FFAAD46C4940FA753B838C9E" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.3" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" unit="mm" value="0.63">0.63 mm</quantity>
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); maximum elytral width at middle (WE =
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).
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Frons and vertex with finely punctulate surface; a large setigerous pore with some small setigerous punctures gathered near each upper ocular margin; frontal dimples distinctly impressed; frontal grooves distally finely impressed around upper ocular margin; frontal tubercles dorsally distinctly delimited; frontal carina weakly raised, apically rounded; labrum sub-trapezoidal, brownish; palpi brown; eyes sub-elliptical, normally sized; antennae shorter than body length (LAN =
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; LAN/LB = 0.87), with segments 1–3 yellowish, segment 4 weakly darkened, segments 5–11 gradually blackened; length of each antennomere proportional to numerical sequence 19:10:10:12:16:15:15:15:14:14:19 (right antenna).
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Pronotum sub-trapezoidal, anteriorly slightly larger, little transverse (LP =
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; WP/LP = 1.32), laterally weakly rounded; basal and lateral margin finely bordered; punctation moderately dense with punctures very small but distinctly impressed on sub-smooth surface. Scutellum sub-triangular, apically sub-rounded, with sub-smooth surface.
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Elytra elongate (LE =
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; LE/LP = 2.53), covering entirely pygidium, laterally sub-parallel, apically weakly obtuse; punctation arranged in 9 (+ 1 very short scutellar) regular rows, with small punctures clearly impressed on punctulate surface; elytral interstriae almost flat; humeral calli absent; sub-apterous metathoracic wings.
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</paragraph>
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Legs yellowish but with hind femora distinctly darkened; hind tibiae slightly externally curved. Apical spur of hind tibiae as long as half of hind tibial length (LHT/LHTS = 2.00), internally bent at apical fourth; dorsal furrow very narrow but enlarged in apical fourth; denture densely and regularly formed by small teeth. First anterior and middle tarsomeres clearly dilated, with adhesive structures on ventral side (cf.
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<figureCitation id="7D88A384FFABD46D493EFE7F3BAC8890" captionStart="FIGURES 77 – 82" captionStartId="42.[151,269,1534,1558]" captionTargetBox="[150,1436,183,1498]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="FIGURES 77 – 82. Ventral side of first anterior and middle tarsomeres in male and female of Serraphula elongata Jacoby: male with differentiated adhesive structure (77, 79, 81 – 82); female without differentiated adhesive structure (78, 80)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195020/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figs 77,79, 81–82</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFABD46D4CEFFDCF3F6F8B78" blockId="27.[151,1437,152,1298]" box="[198,1062,512,538]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ventral surface brown; last sternite without special preapical impressions.</paragraph>
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Median lobe of aedeagus (LAED =
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; LE/LAED = 1.66), in ventral view abruptly narrowed in basal third and in apical part; apex sub-triangular; ventral sulcus not visible; in lateral view, median lobe slightly and rather regularly curved; dorsal sulcus slightly visible in apical fifth.
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</paragraph>
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VARIATION. 3 (n = 3; mean and standard deviation): LE = 1.20 ±
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; WE = 0.78 ±
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; LP = 0.51 ±
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<quantity id="224B12E4FFABD46D4D2CFD073A3B8B80" box="[261,370,712,738]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="0.03">0.03 mm</quantity>
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; WP = 0.64 ±
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; LAN = 1.68 ±
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; LAED = 0.77 ±
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; LB = 1.84 ±
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; LE/LP = 2.37 ± 0.15; WE/WP = 1.21 ± 0.02; WP/LP = 1.26 ± 0.04; LE/LAED = 1.57 ± 0.08; LAN/ (LE+LP) = 0.98 ± 0.02; LHT/LHTS = 1.85 ± 0.01. Ƥ (n = 1): LE =
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; WE =
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; LP =
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; WP =
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; LAN =
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; LSP =
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; LB = 2.00 mm; LE/LP = 2.42; WE/WP = 1.18; WP/LP = 1.30; LE/LSP = 10.40; LAN/(LE+LP) = 0.80; LHT/LHTS = 1.92.
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</paragraph>
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFABD46D4CEFFC5F3A758AC8" box="[198,316,912,938]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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. Single female in sculpture, color and shape similar to the
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFABD46D4FD6FC5F3F208AC8" box="[1023,1129,912,938]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, but with more transverse and laterally more rounded pronotum. Female bigger than males (LB = 2.00 mm), with shorter antennae (LAN/LB = 0.73). Spermatheca with sub-globose basal part; distal part thin, curved, with not separated collum from apex; short appendix present; ductus short, thickset, weakly curved and sub-apically inserted.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFABD46D4CEFFBFF3A408D10" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFABD46D4CEFFBFF3A408D10" blockId="27.[151,1437,152,1298]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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ETYMOLOGY. This new species is named after its collector W. Wittmer (
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), recently deceased.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="ADA9EC8AFFABD46D4CEFFB4F3E7A8C70" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
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DISTRIBUTION.
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<collectingCountry id="9DA4FF91FFABD46D4D8DFB4F399B8DF8" box="[420,722,1152,1178]" name="South Africa" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Republic of South Africa</collectingCountry>
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(Limpopo). Southern-Eastern African chorotype (SEA) (cf. Biondi & D’Alessandro, 2006).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E50CBF01FFABD46D4CEFFB1F3E7A8C70" blockId="27.[151,1437,152,1298]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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ECOLOGICAL NOTES. No information about its host plant is available for this species. Biome: Savannah (cf.
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<bibRefCitation id="8122C2F0FFABD46D4CD1FB3739058C70" author="Rutherford" box="[248,588,1272,1298]" pageId="27" pageNumber="30" refString="Rutherford, M. C. & Westfall, R. H. (1994) Biomes of southern Africa: an objective categorization. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa, 63, 1 - 94." type="journal article" year="1994">Rutherford & Westfall, 1994</bibRefCitation>
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). Veld
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<typeStatus id="3A0801A3FFABD46D4EB4FB37399D8C70" box="[669,724,1272,1298]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">type</typeStatus>
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: North-Eastern Sandy Highveld (cf.
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<bibRefCitation id="8122C2F0FFABD46D48A9FB373E6F8C70" author="Acocks" box="[1152,1318,1272,1298]" pageId="27" pageNumber="29" refString="Acocks, J. P. H. (1988) Veld types of South Africa. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa, 57, 1 - 146. Bechyne, J. (1955) Uber die westafrikanischen Alticiden (Col. Phytophaga). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. F re y, 6, 486 - 568." type="journal article" year="1988">Acocks, 1988</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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