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<taxonomicName id="A61098D1EE4569F2182618CB2180D66D" ID-CoL="6FNVJ" LSID="7E0EE503-21DC-53E9-BE6C-AC17CDE6DB30" authority="(Tshernova, 1938)" baseAuthorityName="Tshernova" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="Caucasiron">Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus (Tshernova, 1938)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation id="92BAEF1D530FCB0685E4B88F6154E080" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Geographical (left) and vertical (right) distribution of Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471924" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5344AE7F1B980DFC082A40F01C9DA025" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus, larva: A habitus in dorsal view B habitus in ventral view C habitus in lateral view D head of male in dorsal view E head of female in dorsal view F-H middle leg in dorsal view I abdominal terga (arrow points on medial macula) J abdominal sterna II-VI K, L gills VII (in natural position from ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471925" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="6E2B84551ED404155FF1ECC40D00D274" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus, larva: A labrum (left half in dorsal view, right half in ventral view) with detail of hair-like seta B incisors of left mandible C incisors of right mandible D setae on dorsal surface of femora E surface and posterior margin of abdominal tergum VII with detail of hair-like seta F gill I G gill III (arrow points on distinct projection on costal margin) H gill VII (flattened on slide) I-K gill VII (in natural position from ventral view), variability in shape L, M abdominal segments VIII-X in lateral view (arrow points on postero-lateral projection) N sternum IX of female with observed variability." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.986.56276.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/471926" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 5</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="E45602902B3723E687708F743D3B2D6B" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Cynigma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cynigma caucasica" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasica">Cynigma caucasica</taxonomicName>
Tshernova, 1938
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<taxonomicName id="39A1E961EB5EDB15EB80A53F45F40E88" authority="" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Iron)" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Iron">Epeorus (Iron)</taxonomicName>
(Tshernova, 1938); in
<bibRefCitation id="3ACD1742BC2969CBD5CC9562BE996983" author="Tshernova, OA" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="53 - 62" refId="B46" refString="Tshernova, OA, 1974. The generic composition of the mayflies of the family Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) in the Holarctic and Oriental Region. Entomological Review 53: 53 - 62" title="The generic composition of the mayflies of the family Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) in the Holarctic and Oriental Region." volume="53" year="1974">Tshernova (1974)</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="324BBDA0B558D8DDF2AE04503B7A7473" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Iron" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Iron fuscus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscus">Iron fuscus</taxonomicName>
Sinitshenkova, 1976; jun. syn.; in
<bibRefCitation id="198F3E2E1563F8EE1E5472B9C5E6EE5D" author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 294" refId="B7" refString="Braasch, D, 1979. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 17: 283 - 294" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)." volume="17" year="1979">Braasch (1979)</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="DFD6E241A7600ECD032B240DAABE521D" baseAuthorityName="Tshernova" baseAuthorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Heptageniidae" genus="Epeorus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus" order="Ephemeroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caucasicus" subGenus="Caucasiron">Epeorus (Caucasiron) caucasicus</taxonomicName>
(Tshernova, 1938); in
<bibRefCitation id="5F3FB8701398783D854BE0560FED019A" author="Kluge, NJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoosystematica Rossica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="233 - 235" refId="B31" refString="Kluge, NJ, 1997b. New subgenera of Holarctic mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae, Leptophlebiidae, Ephemerellidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 5: 233 - 235" title="New subgenera of Holarctic mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae, Leptophlebiidae, Ephemerellidae)." volume="5" year="1997 b">Kluge (1997b)</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph id="605B5F70DFD758EBEEDBABD6D7C229F3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Azerbaijan, The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, a stream in the vicinity of the upper Sakarsu River (3000 m a.s.l.).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9D39AAE49D61339EDB83451AE0202B3F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Georgia, south-western Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, eastern Turkey (Fig.
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). One of the most widespread species in the Caucasus.
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<paragraph id="26605993C11D709BD8388DD72B218A93" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Habitat.</paragraph>
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Larvae inhabit small streams and rivers at middle and high altitude, most frequently found above 1000 m a.s.l. Altitudinal range of sampling sites 496-2474 m a.s.l. (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph id="0D1A6A849C045C973442614855334D81" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Main morphological diagnostics of larvae.</paragraph>
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(i) abdominal sterna II-VI with a pair of oblique stripes; nerve ganglia often with stripes or spots (Fig.
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); (ii) abdominal terga V-VII with crown-like medial macula (Fig.
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, arrow); (iii) femora with medial hypodermal spot (Fig.
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), sporadically absent or poorly visible (Fig.
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); (iv) setae on abdominal terga hair-like (Fig.
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); (v) gill plates III with well-developed projection (Fig.
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); (vi) tergum X with poorly developed postero-lateral projections (Fig.
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, arrow) or without postero-lateral projections (Fig.
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).
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.
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Coloration pattern of abdominal sterna as in
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(Figs
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), similar pattern in
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(Fig.
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). Lateral stripes on abdominal terga sporadically dorso-posteriorly extended as in
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(Fig.
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, arrows). A projection on gill plates III usually well-developed, a slight reduction observed in specimens collected from central Armenia.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="52A47D70E6F5D3BC18776A702D4725ED" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="AF0BD3893E6889EC5CFC8253BEDD1707" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="3DB10D475CF7A5F678CCC6E5A25E6848" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taxonomy</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
This species was described based on male imagines from the Nakchivan Autonomous Republic (upper Sakarsu River) (
<bibRefCitation id="C5A696C2740388AE31515172FCF346DA" author="Tshernova, OA" journalOrPublisher="Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="55 - 64" refId="B45" refString="Tshernova, OA, 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien. Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku 7: 55 - 64" title="Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien." volume="7" year="1938">Tshernova 1938</bibRefCitation>
). The type series is deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg (IZ) (
<bibRefCitation id="EC27E394CF12685540F5451249BF3E62" author="Kluge, NJ" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B29" refString="Kluge, NJ, 1995. A catalogue of the type-specimens in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Insecta: Ephemeroptera. Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg" title="A catalogue of the type-specimens in the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Insecta: Ephemeroptera." year="1995">Kluge 1995</bibRefCitation>
). Female imago not described; the larva described by
<bibRefCitation id="6C39CF0653DEDDE6C13C502593588227" author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
from several localities in Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Larvae and imagines were associated based on the same sampling sites (a part of the larval material originated from the vicinity of the type locality) and a similarity in the coloration of abdomen of the larva and imagines. The description and validity of larval diagnostic characters were discussed by
<bibRefCitation id="D5F9642F1195CB54815BE1EC99A08F92" author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 294" refId="B7" refString="Braasch, D, 1979. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 17: 283 - 294" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)." volume="17" year="1979">Braasch (1979</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="8A4B1C0EA31F0DE775029AEFC3EA56ED" author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Nachrichten" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="166 - 173" refId="B8" refString="Braasch, D, 1980. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) im Kaukasus (UdSSR), 2. Entomologische Nachrichten 24: 166 - 173" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton (Heptageniidae, Ephemeroptera) im Kaukasus (UdSSR), 2." volume="24" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
). According to him,
<bibRefCitation id="E79B7B2702A0DD496B47CE49FDC41879" author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
described the larva of
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under the name
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by mistake. This opinion was supported by the investigation of imagines reared from larvae corresponding to
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described by
<bibRefCitation id="DCBF3D93D00173C1EDDE48A47695ADD9" author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
. Imagines corresponded to
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as were described by
<bibRefCitation id="402F150D286930EDAC2DB8DC72B07AA8" author="Tshernova, OA" journalOrPublisher="Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="55 - 64" refId="B45" refString="Tshernova, OA, 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien. Trudy Azerbajdshanskogo Filiala AN SSSR, Baku 7: 55 - 64" title="Zur Kenntnis der Ephemeropteren Ost-Transkaukasien." volume="7" year="1938">Tshernova (1938)</bibRefCitation>
. The larva belonging to
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was also described in
<bibRefCitation id="58DD1FA2B4823D04341E486799D96993" author="Sinitshenkova, ND" journalOrPublisher="Entomological Review" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="85 - 92" refId="B43" refString="Sinitshenkova, ND, 1976. Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus. Entomological Review 55: 85 - 92" title="Mayflies of the genus Iron Eaton (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) in the fauna of the Caucasus." volume="55" year="1976">Sinitshenkova (1976)</bibRefCitation>
, but under erroneous attribution to newly proposed species
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. Later,
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was considered as a synonym of
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(
<bibRefCitation id="748B08A56DAAE3D8B7243A849C0405D3" author="Braasch, D" journalOrPublisher="Reichenbachia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="283 - 294" refId="B7" refString="Braasch, D, 1979. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae). Reichenbachia 17: 283 - 294" title="Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Iron Eaton im Kaukasus (UdSSR) (III) (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae)." volume="17" year="1979">Braasch 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
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Braasch and
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1979
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CD60C3FD42C517565F32BE7985FF4D44" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="61060BFD0015E19696C93ACD90A86D46" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Geographical (left) and vertical (right) distribution of
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.
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="C23E5AFD21B6A4182AFAC692BA09D565" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="74A29738C2F0F155153D0A9EE6C205C8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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, larva:
<emphasis id="0C660DE24680EE62D50F9E237091B6F2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
habitus in dorsal view
<emphasis id="B153D91126A6EB440BE255C735DCE5E7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
habitus in ventral view
<emphasis id="050F23267D4D7731600C0B5C684B25F4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
habitus in lateral view
<emphasis id="910BEE4E3008E79023FFDC7A28EE0F9C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
head of male in dorsal view
<emphasis id="A6F94E864E853073333B3FE4836B64FD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
head of female in dorsal view
<emphasis id="252997AEF46E575059AAA1B70425B80B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F-H</emphasis>
middle leg in dorsal view
<emphasis id="AF5B0DCC81E17CB7A7AD1B7281AA71BA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I</emphasis>
abdominal terga (arrow points on medial macula)
<emphasis id="EF9A18BA657D9B4FAD9AF1BBE077C200" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">J</emphasis>
abdominal sterna II-VI
<emphasis id="92EF379A6D08E7857D8730D1B64961C9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">K, L</emphasis>
gills VII (in natural position from ventral view).
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<paragraph id="9DFD53BE5427F0B47EAC1809587A5925" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="F1C6D4693EEB43F2C1FC2D1BDDC1F3F8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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, larva:
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labrum (left half in dorsal view, right half in ventral view) with detail of hair-like seta
<emphasis id="94995072B8942E59FFABAC7F2F30E8F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
incisors of left mandible
<emphasis id="A07CB8EFC5EB1F0B395324934A9B8466" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
incisors of right mandible
<emphasis id="09EA769064E4363A09D131FDEDF37002" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
setae on dorsal surface of femora
<emphasis id="8B9BD884963F713F32C64D98EEF75FF9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
surface and posterior margin of abdominal tergum VII with detail of hair-like seta
<emphasis id="BFBF4B13DEA49D94E865A15B7F729A29" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
gill I
<emphasis id="0FB20BAC4B6CF3A6C96C14079E846AAE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
gill III (arrow points on distinct projection on costal margin)
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gill VII (flattened on slide)
<emphasis id="C05E1B7F844AE9D4603A9A445F9E4A07" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">I-K</emphasis>
gill VII (in natural position from ventral view), variability in shape
<emphasis id="9044B5F5D1A19D103DB6061EAA09C79D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">L, M</emphasis>
abdominal segments VIII-X in lateral view (arrow points on postero-lateral projection)
<emphasis id="376D19216068F78A3583508C77FCD17F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
sternum IX of female with observed variability.
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