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W),
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depth, substrate mainly calcareous rocks and sand, also sea grass and some spots of fuzzy finger algae
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depth,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,643,889,913]" pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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— Suture between Cx-II and Cx-III incomplete, suture between Cx-III and Cx-IV complete (
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). Postero-medial apodemes twice length of postero-lateral apodemes in both female and male. Ventral projection in P-2 (
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and
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), in male very long perigenital setae surrounding the genital field, U-shaped (
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<figureCitation box="[1201,1320,992,1016]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Figure 5A</figureCitation>
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).
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— Female (n=1): Idiosoma L/W 476/357. Anterior coxal group separated medially. Suture lines between Cx-II and Cx-III incomplete. Suture lines between Cx-I and Cx-II, and complete between Cx-III and Cx-IV. Posterior margin of Cx-IV with two pairs of long apodemes, extending beyond the genital field, postero-lateral apodemes half as long as postero-medial apodemes (
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,
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,
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A-C)
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Genital field L/W 78/47. Pregenital and postgenital sclerite fused, forming a ring around genital opening. Cxgl-2 and associated seta
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(Cook 1974) lie between genital field and the fourth coxae. Posterior to the genital field, a lateral pair of Vgl, and three pairs of wheel-like acetabula (
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), W-1 with nine radiating spokes, W-2 with eight and seven radiating spokes and W-3 with 10 radiating spokes (
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and
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). A pair of platelets bearing two pores latero-anteriorly to the excretory pore. Excretory pore sclerotized in subterminal position.
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Palp (
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) total L 194, dorsal L (% of total L): P-1 27 (14%), P-2 33 (17%), P-3 40
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(20%), P-4 71 (36%), P-5 25 (13%), P-2 bearing a ventral projection (
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). L of I-Leg-
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<paragraph blockId="4.[490,1538,650,2018]" box="[491,1458,1510,1534]" pageId="4" pageNumber="605">3-6: 34, 51, 60, 85; II-Leg-3-6: 40, 51, 88, 91; III-Leg-3-6: 28, 52, 95, 85 and IV-Leg-3-6: 57,</paragraph>
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95, 119, 104, Leg III and Leg IV each with one swimming seta (
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).
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One ovigerous female from the material contained
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with a L/W 170/110 (
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[490,1538,650,2018]" pageId="4" pageNumber="605">
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Male (n=1): Idiosoma L/W 400/348. First coxal plates fused as in the female, suture lines between Cx-II and Cx-III medially incomplete, suture lines complete between Cx-I and Cx-II, as well as between Cx-III and Cx-IV. Postero-medial apodemes twice as long as postero-lateral apodemes, reaching to posterior end of genital field (
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<figureCitation box="[1083,1203,1752,1776]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="9.[119,186,2022,2043]" captionTargetBox="[388,1234,319,1958]" captionTargetId="figure-2@9.[307,1290,221,1968]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figure 6 Litarachna belicensisn. sp. Female holotype A – idiosoma; C – IV leg; D – palp. Male paratype B – idiosoma; F – IV leg; E – palp." pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Figure 6D</figureCitation>
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). Between posterior and lateral apodemes Cxgl-4.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="4.[490,1538,650,2018]" lastBlockId="5.[491,1482,1887,2015]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="606" pageId="4" pageNumber="605">
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Genital field L/W 35/28, genital sclerites forming a complete ring with four pairs of setae (
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<figureCitation box="[498,615,1855,1879]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Figure 5C</figureCitation>
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), many long perigenital setae (>95) free in the integument surrounding the genital field in a U-shaped form with less dense cover of setae anteriorly and markedly increasing density towards posterior part (
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<figureCitation box="[834,952,1924,1948]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Figure 5B</figureCitation>
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); one pair of tiny, wheel-like acetabula at center of perigenital setae, close to the genital opening (
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<figureCitation box="[999,1115,1959,1983]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="4" pageNumber="605">Figure 5C</figureCitation>
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). Genital opening flanked by centrally extended lamellae, posterior to the genital field two pores and two pairs of wheel-like acetabula (
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<emphasis box="[499,558,1888,1911]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Cook D." box="[567,680,1887,1911]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606" pagination="259 - 264" refId="ref3741" refString="Cook D. 1996. A freshwater species of Pontarachna, (Acari: Pontarachnidae) from South Africa with a discussion of genital acetabula in the family. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Auton. Mexico, Ser. Zool., 67 (2): 259 - 264." type="journal article" year="1996">Cook 1996</bibRefCitation>
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), W-1, W-3 with nine radiating spokes, W-2 with six and four radiating spokes (
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<figureCitation box="[577,675,1922,1946]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="5" pageNumber="606">Figure 5</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="5" pageNumber="606" startId="5.[119,186,1725,1746]" targetBox="[103,1494,221,1671]" targetPageId="5">
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<paragraph blockId="5.[119,1473,1725,1769]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,205,1725,1746]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">Figure 2</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2021" authorityName="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez" authorityYear="2021" box="[218,432,1725,1747]" class="Arachnida" family="Pontarachnidae" genus="Litarachna" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="606" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belicensis" status="n. sp.">
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<emphasis box="[218,432,1725,1747]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">Litarachna belicensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[432,487,1725,1747]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606" rank="species">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[432,481,1725,1746]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">n. sp</emphasis>
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.
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Female: A - Dorsal view; B - ventral view. Male: C - Dorsal view; D - Ventral view. Scalebar = 100 μm.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[491,1482,1887,2015]" pageId="5" pageNumber="606">
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Palp (
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<figureCitation box="[593,753,1957,1981]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="5" pageNumber="606">Figure 5A - B</figureCitation>
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||
) total L 186, dorsal L (% of total L): P-1 28 (15%), P-2 38 (21%), P-3 40 (22%), P-4 57 (31%), P-5 22 (11%), P-2 bearing a ventral projection (
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<figureCitation box="[1297,1415,1991,2015]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="8.[119,186,1852,1873]" captionTargetBox="[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetId="figure-2@8.[103,1494,221,1798]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Figure 5 SEM micrographs ofLitarachna belicensisn. sp. Male: A - Habitus; B - palps (ventral view, arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field and area posterior to genital field, including medial pair of wheel-like acetabula (W-2) (note that the image is rotated, the upper left corner oriented to posterior)." pageId="5" pageNumber="606">Figure 5B</figureCitation>
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). L
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[118,1473,1896,1940]" pageId="6" pageNumber="607">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,204,1896,1917]" pageId="6" pageNumber="607">Figure 3</emphasis>
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||
SEM micrographs of
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<taxonomicName authority="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2021" authorityName="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez" authorityYear="2021" box="[422,634,1896,1918]" class="Arachnida" family="Pontarachnidae" genus="Litarachna" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="607" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belicensis" status="n. sp.">
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<emphasis box="[422,634,1896,1918]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="607">Litarachna belicensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[635,689,1896,1917]" pageId="6" pageNumber="607">
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[635,689,1896,1917]" pageId="6" pageNumber="607" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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Female: A - Habitus (W-1 wheel acetabula, W-2, W-3); B - palps (arrows point at ventral processes on P-2); C - genital field.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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<caption pageId="7" pageNumber="608" startId="7.[119,186,1133,1154]" targetBox="[104,1493,236,1070]" targetPageId="7">
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<paragraph blockId="7.[119,1481,1132,1177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,204,1133,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">Figure 4</emphasis>
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||
SEM micrographs of wheel acetabula in female of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2021" authorityName="Montes-Ortiz & Goldschmidt & Vásquez-Yeomans & Elías-Gutiérrez" authorityYear="2021" box="[705,918,1132,1154]" class="Arachnida" family="Pontarachnidae" genus="Litarachna" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="608" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belicensis" status="n. sp.">
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<emphasis box="[705,918,1132,1154]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">Litarachna belicensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[918,972,1133,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[918,972,1133,1154]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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B, C – wheel acetabula 1; A, D – wheel acetabula 2. Scalebar = 5 µm
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[491,1496,1295,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">of I-Leg-3-6: 39, 50, 64, 54; II-Leg-3-6: 39, 50, 64, 54; III-Leg-3-6: 39, 53, 92, 89 and IV-Leg-3-6: 46, 89, 100, 100.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[491,1496,1295,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">
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||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,779,1364,1388]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">DNA sequence (CO1)</emphasis>
|
||
— Two sequences were obtained and resulted in the following consensus sequence:
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[491,1496,1295,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">CTCTATTTTG CTTTAGGAAG ATGATCAGGC ATAATGGGAA CAAGACTTAG 50 AACTTTAATT CGATTAGAAT TAGGTCAACC AGGAGCACTA ATTGGCAATG 100 AACAAATCTA TAACGTTATC GTAACAGCTC ATGCATTTAT TATAATTTTT 150 TTCATAGTCA TACCCATAAT AATTGGAGGT TTTGGAAATT GATTAGTTCC 200 GCTAATAATC AGAGCCCCCG ATATAGCCTT TCCCCGTATA AATAACATAA 250 GATTCTGACT TTTACCCCCA GCCCTTATCC TTCTTTCAAC AAGATCCATA 300 AGATCAATAG GAGCTGGTAC AGGCTGAACA GTTTACCCTC CCCTCTCAAG 350 AAATTTGGCT CACTCAGGAC CATCCGTTGA CTTAACAATC TTCTCTCTCC 400 ATTTAGCTGG TATTTCATCC ATCCTTGGGG CCATCAACTT TATAGCAACA 450 ATTATAAATA TAAAACCTAC CCATATAAAA ATGGAACAAG TACCCCTATT 500 TGTATGATCA ATTTTCATCA CAACCATTCT CCTCCTTCTT TCACTTCCAG 550 TCTTAGCAGG AGCCATTACT ATGCTTTTAA CTGACCGAAA CTTCAACACT 600 TCATTCTTTG ATCCAGCCGG TGGAGGTGAT CCAATTTTAT ACCAACATTT 650</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection box="[531,1361,1882,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608" type="etymology">
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||
<paragraph blockId="7.[491,1496,1295,1907]" box="[531,1361,1882,1907]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">
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||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,651,1882,1906]" pageId="7" pageNumber="608">Etymology</emphasis>
|
||
— This species is named for the country where it was collected.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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