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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Taxon classification Animalia Trombidiformes Torrenticolidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/4A0801F6-C137-48DD-B16C-333E68F81A56" authority="O'Neill & Dowling" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus elongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatus">
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Testudacarus elongatus
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& Dowling
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="64" pageNumber="77">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="64" pageNumber="77" type="type series">
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Type series.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">
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Holotype (1♀): Washington, USA: 1♀ from Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, Early Winters Creek, (
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-120.58889">120°35'20.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-004 (Specimen 138495 - DNA#1522); Paratypes (7♀, 4♂): Washington, USA: (allotype) 1♂ from Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, Early Winters Creek, (
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="48.59861">48°35'55.00"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-120.58889">120°35'20.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-004 (Specimen 141889 - DNA#1797); 1♂ from Whatcom County, Mount Baker National Forest, Porcupine Creek, (
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="48.530834">48°31'51.00"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-120.744995">120°44'42.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-003; 2♀ and 2♂ from Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, Early Winters Creek, (
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="48.59861">48°35'55.00"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-120.58889">120°35'20.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-004; 1♀ from Snohomish County, Mount Baker National Forest, tributary of South Fork of Sauk River, (
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-121.44">121°26'24.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 28 July 2013, JC
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0728-003; 1♀ from Okanogan County, Okanogan National Forest, North Fork of Twentymile Creek, (
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-119.937225">119°56'14.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-007; 3♀ from Okanagan County, North Fork of Salmon Creek, (
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-119.814445">119°48'52.00"W</geoCoordinate>
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), 29 July 2013, by JC
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<normalizedToken originalValue="O’Neill">O'Neill</normalizedToken>
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and WA Nelson, JNOW13-0729-008.
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Type deposition.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Holotype (1♀), allotype (1♂), and four paratypes (3♀, 1♂) deposited at CNC; six paratypes (4♀, 2♂) at ACUA.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Since morphological variation is limited, a combination of morphology and distribution is best used to diagnose members of the complex. These mites occur in Washington within and east of the Cascade Mountains, while
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus rectangulatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rectangulatus">Testudacarus rectangulatus</taxonomicName>
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occur in the Olympic Mountains, and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus oblongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongatus">Testudacarus oblongatus</taxonomicName>
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occur along the western Coast of Washington, Oregon, California, and British Columbia. Additionally, both
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus rectangulatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rectangulatus">Testudacarus rectangulatus</taxonomicName>
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and these mites differ from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus oblongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongatus">Testudacarus oblongatus</taxonomicName>
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in having more robust lateral platelets; most notably, lateral-platelet-4 tends to be larger in these two species than
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus oblongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongatus">Testudacarus oblongatus</taxonomicName>
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, and is in direct or near direct contact with lateral-platelet-2. Reversely,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus oblongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oblongatus">Testudacarus oblongatus</taxonomicName>
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generally have less robust platelets and a smaller lateral-platelet-4 that has a noticeable gap between it and lateral-platelet-2. Limited specimens were found of
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus elongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatus">Testudacarus elongatus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus rectangulatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rectangulatus">Testudacarus rectangulatus</taxonomicName>
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, but
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus rectangulatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rectangulatus">Testudacarus rectangulatus</taxonomicName>
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appear to have leg and pedipalp measurements roughly 10% larger than
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Testudacarus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Testudacarus elongatus" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="64" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elongatus">Testudacarus elongatus</taxonomicName>
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even between individuals of similar idiosoma size. More data is needed to better diagnose these species.
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Female (n=8) with characteristics of genus with following specifications.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Gnathosoma - Subcapitulum [174-175 ventral length; 110-118 dorsal length; 102-122 tall] ovoid with short rostrum. Chelicerae [140-163 long] unmodified with lightly curved fangs [33-37 long]. Pedipalp [221-248 long] unmodified. Trochanter [28-38 long; 32-36 wide]. Femur [60-64 long; 45-50 wide]. Genu [51-59 long; 37-43 wide]. Tibia [61-69 long; 24-28 wide]. Tarsus [20-25 long; 10-12 wide].</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="77">Dorsum (Fig. 44) - [765-861 long; 507-563 wide] oblong and colorless. Dorsal plate [661-723 long; 407-470 wide]. Primary sclerotization [599-650 long]. Dorso-glandularia-4 [163-216 apart] lateral to [23-68] and around the anterior tips of muscle scars. Platelets colorless. Anterio-medial platelet [173-207 long; 101-117 wide] trapeziform to nearly triangular (posterior margin strongly shortened). Anterio-lateral platelets [199-224 long; 105-123 wide] near rectangular. Lateral platelets as follows: lateral-1 [55-66 long; 45-62 wide]; lateral-2 [137-173 long; 35-52 wide]; lateral-3 [23-48 long; 18-24 wide]; lateral-4 [166-188 long; 34-51 wide]; lateral-5 [46-70 long; 26-39 wide]; lateral-6 [118-144 long; 30-45 wide]; lateral-7 [66-78 long; 32-38 wide].</paragraph>
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Figure 44.
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female: (Left) dorsum; (Right) venter. Scale: 100
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Venter (Fig. 44) - [947-1051; 536-682 wide] oblong. Primary sclerotization [798-880 long]. Gnathosomal bay [86-108 dorsal length; 138-178 ventral length; 63-95 wide]. Coxal field [185-198 long; 366-479 wide]. Coxa-I [260-307 long; 118-133 midlength]. Coxa-II + III [95-134 distance to top of coxa-II; 190-221 distance to
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<pageBreakToken pageId="65" pageNumber="78" start="start">top</pageBreakToken>
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of coxa-III; 383-432 distance to bottom of coxa-III; 273-314 total length]. Coxa-IV [362-394 distance to top; 182-207 total length]. Genital field [383-419 distance to top; 568-614 distance to bottom; 185-198 total length; 140-166 width; 221-262 distance from gnathosomal bay; 102-132 distance from coxa-I; 265-298 distance to excretory pore; 377-443 distance to caudad]. Eggs [270 long; 1-2 eggs]. Distance to excretory pore [846-910].
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<paragraph pageId="65" pageNumber="78">Legs - colorless. Total leg and podomere lengths as follows: Leg-I [561-614 total; trochanter 63-66; basifemur 101-114; telofemur 79-93; genu 103-116; tibia 110-127; tarsus 96-109]. Leg-II [559-623 total; trochanter 56-65; basifemur 96-120; telofemur 75-88; genu 103-116; tibia 120-128; tarsus 107-120]. Leg-III [630-703 total; trochanter 60-80; basifemur 97-116; telofemur 79-96; genu 116-139; tibia 136-152; tarsus 129-140]. Leg-IV [863-920 total; trochanter 98-109; basifemur 126-140; telofemur 130-140; genu 172-189; tibia 183-194; tarsus 152-167].</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="65" pageNumber="78">Male (n=4) similar to female except for sexually dimorphic characters previously discussed and with following specifications.</paragraph>
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<pageBreakToken pageId="66" pageNumber="79" start="start">Gnathosoma</pageBreakToken>
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- Subcapitulum [148-160 ventral length; 98-108 dorsal length; 95-100 tall]. Chelicerae [135-140 long]. Fangs [30-31 long]. Pedipalp [208-215 long]. Trochanter [30-31 long; 28-33 wide]. Femur [53-60 long; 40-44 wide]. Genu [47-52 long; width 33-35 wide]. Tibia [55-61 long; 23-25 wide]. Tarsus [20-21 long; 10-12 wide].
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<paragraph pageId="66" pageNumber="79">Dorsum (Fig. 45) - [680-759 long; 426-480 wide]. Dorsal plate [564-647 long; 359-404 wide] occasionally with minute area of secondary sclerotization. Dorso-glandularia-4 [180-198 apart] roughly equal distance anterior to [31-60] and lateral to [50-63] muscle scars. Anterio-medial platelet [160-177 long; 98-104 wide]. Anterio-lateral platelets [189-217 long; 100-115 wide]. Lateral platelets as follows: lateral-1 [38-52 long; 38-47 wide]; lateral-2 [147-155 long; 39-46 wide]; lateral-3 [29-52 long; 15-22 wide]; lateral-4 [138-161 long; 35-43 wide]; lateral-5 [41-60 long; 28-32 wide]; lateral-6 [93-107 long; 30-42 wide]; lateral-7 [60-66 long; 26-38 wide].</paragraph>
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Figure 45.
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male: (Left) dorsum; (Right) venter. Scale: 100
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Venter (Fig. 45) - [830-890 long; 497-578 wide]. Primary sclerotization [764-812 long]. Gnathosomal bay [72-85 dorsal length; 137-157 ventral length; 71-86 wide]. Coxal field [530-564 long; 372-390 wide]. Coxa-I [233-268 long; 96-112 midlength]. Coxa-II + III [95-114 distance to top of coxa-II; 180-201 distance to top
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<pageBreakToken pageId="67" pageNumber="80" start="start">of</pageBreakToken>
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coxa-III; 376-418 distance to bottom of coxa-III; 281-311 total length]. Coxa-IV [333-368 length to top; 187-211 total length]. Genital field [392-436 distance to top; 562-615 distance to bottom; 169-179 total length; 120-128 width; 256-283 distance from gnathosomal bay; 159-173 distance from coxa-I; 170-220 distance to excretory pore; 244-299 distance to caudad]. Genital skeleton [220-238 long; 145 wide]. Distance to excretory pore [764-812].
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="80">Legs - total leg and podomere lengths as follows: Leg-I [531-558 total; trochanter 54-65; basifemur 95-99; telofemur 75-80; genu 98-104; tibia 105-111; tarsus 100-105]. Leg-II [549-572 total; trochanter 59-65; basifemur 93-101; telofemur 73-79; genu 98-105; tibia 112-120; tarsus 100-109]. Leg-III [577-610 total; trochanter 64-69; basifemur 93-105; telofemur 75-84; genu 106-119; tibia 122-135; tarsus 117-131]. Leg-IV [765-812 total; trochanter 91-100; basifemur 110-120; telofemur 115-121; genu 153-171; tibia 152-168; tarsus 140-152].</paragraph>
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Etymology. Specific epithet
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<taxonomicName class="Pilidiophora" family="Lineidae" genus="Acari" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Acari elongatus" order="Heteronemertea" pageId="67" pageNumber="80" phylum="Nemertea" rank="species" species="elongatus">elongatus</taxonomicName>
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(elong-, L. extend) refers to the elongate idiosoma of adults.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="67" pageNumber="80" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="80">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="67" pageNumber="80">Within and east of the Cascade Mountains, Washington.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |