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This species was described by John William Shipp [note his initial “I.” in the original description is an error] from a single specimen collected by Arthur Donaldson Smith on his expedition through
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and
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. The specimen was captured on
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19
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March 1895
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between “Aimola and Himo”, but as Donaldson Smith kept exceptionally accurate records of each specimen he collected (
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1897
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) it is possible to pinpoint the
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locality to
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,
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, an area in modern day
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very near the Kenyan border, by cross-referencing the label data with the maps detailing the route of his expedition (
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).
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This taxon was placed in the genus
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by
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and listed as such in Ferreiras works on the genus (1960, 1972), but on examination of the
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(by original monotypy) housed in MTD (and not BMNH as stated by Ferreira), it has become apparent that this species belongs in the genus
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s Paulian, 1939.
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species
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can easily be separated from those of
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by the presence of three striae on the ventral surface of the protibia; the striae are completely absent in
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. Based on the above, the following new combination is established:
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