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<figureCitation id="F4883943AAD9B824E112267438980F6A" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A habitus, dorsal view B cephalon, frontal view C antennal flagellum D antennal peduncle, water conducting system E nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3 F noduli laterales on pereonites 5 - 7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A); 100 µm (B, F); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="458981125A35C6978B5FDE16C0622BB8" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">, 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="D5BFDB9E1EDE2A6E911DD9BE283AA0AA" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">, 3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="2EF5295C23E1DAAB542404F1EA05D61E" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. A Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray B Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled C man-made entrance on the surface D entrance chamber inside a cave E Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance F calcite formation in Diviners Cave G Roots of the fig tree (Ficus cordata) where the specimens were collected H specimen of Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612532" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">, 4</figureCitation>
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: 575, figs 2, 3.
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root) (
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<collectorName id="A229950E085B3D27B0004F509107AD1E">G. Du Preez</collectorName>
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(MZUF 9901) (
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<accessionNumber id="2845C0B2E0F3590B083D65DCFD1BEB06" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/IG120309">IG120309</accessionNumber>
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A-12)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="088F0ECD1508C414BBED5059C351DCBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" type="description">
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<paragraph id="56E10A914A6D9EA80999B0674578B9A1" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Description.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="4814F3FF92457C530CCAD32BE6D0BA8F" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
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Maximum length: male, 3 mm; female, 3.5 mm. Colorless (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="C3C602006D3D4589AC79C84C052DAF4C" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A habitus, dorsal view B cephalon, frontal view C antennal flagellum D antennal peduncle, water conducting system E nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3 F noduli laterales on pereonites 5 - 7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A); 100 µm (B, F); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">1A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Dorsal surface of pereon sparsely granulated with scattered triangular scale-setae (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="916B7666B655CE6645F58C92C3EE5C31" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A habitus, dorsal view B cephalon, frontal view C antennal flagellum D antennal peduncle, water conducting system E nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3 F noduli laterales on pereonites 5 - 7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A); 100 µm (B, F); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">1E, F</figureCitation>
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); one line of noduli laterales per side on pereonites, close to posterior margins and at certain distance from lateral margins, b/c and d/c co-ordinates as in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="C9AE2FAFD32BB9ED41340332251CFECE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2A</figureCitation>
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; gland pores not visible. Cephalon (Fig.
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||
<figureCitation id="0AFA84B4EDA7B6571EE86E240AAA69BF" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A habitus, dorsal view B cephalon, frontal view C antennal flagellum D antennal peduncle, water conducting system E nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3 F noduli laterales on pereonites 5 - 7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A); 100 µm (B, F); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">1B</figureCitation>
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||
) with suprantennal line visible only at sides, no frontal line, eyes absent. Pleon slightly narrower than pereon, pleonites 3-5 with falciform epimera. Telson (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="0EFAE1D27F9B2483784F7CB81F7D8276" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2B</figureCitation>
|
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) triangular with straight sides, obtuse apex. Antennula (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="75123874391997F9C2C3F4F92C3FBB07" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2C</figureCitation>
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) with three articles, second article shortest, distal article with eight short aesthetascs. Antenna (Figs
|
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<figureCitation id="540FD30FD2A620300B87517E2823993F" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A habitus, dorsal view B cephalon, frontal view C antennal flagellum D antennal peduncle, water conducting system E nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3 F noduli laterales on pereonites 5 - 7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (A); 100 µm (B, F); 20 µm (C); 10 µm (D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">1B-D</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="6B9488F2AC8CF6F74A636AB66A097B8A" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2B</figureCitation>
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) reaching distal margin of pereonite 3 when extended backward; fifth article of peduncle and flagellum subequal in length; flagellum with two articles, second article about 3 times as long as first. Mandibles (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation id="9BFA9E7834E603365BF867DEBAC79382" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2E, F</figureCitation>
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) with molar penicil consisting of 5-6 setae arising from common stem; left mandible with 2 + 1 penicils, right mandible with 1+1 penicils. Maxillula (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="A1BED785EE349A5F2EE4C128AD707D20" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2G</figureCitation>
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) outer branch with 4 + 5 teeth (three of them slightly cleft) plus one small tooth between outer and inner teeth; inner branch with two short penicils. Maxilla (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="EFA46359988B0E57312E11B68ED9F0DE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2H</figureCitation>
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) with bilobate apex, inner lobe distinctly smaller than outer lobe. Maxilliped (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="E91D52216FAFE09A957DD57E71D7CE5F" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2I</figureCitation>
|
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) basis rectangular; palp basal article with two stout setae; endite rectangular, medial portion with one long seta, distal margin with one tooth. Pereopod dactylus with inner claw stout, slightly longer than outer one; pereopod 1 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="ACBB35D6A8B3E6EC9A1AF44259CC2452" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">3A</figureCitation>
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||
) carpus with transversal grooming brush. Pleopod exopods without visible respiratory structures. Uropod (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="149F694659E048DE95C8280F4994E9AE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype A co-ordinates of noduli laterales B pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view C antennula D antenna E left mandible F right mandible G maxillula H maxilla I maxilliped." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">2B</figureCitation>
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) protopod reaching distal margin of telson, slightly grooved on outer margin; endopod and exopod inserted at same level, endopod distinctly shorter than exopod.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<caption id="08CAD638648D7710DB6955B4C6E3120A" doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612529" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph id="91383963C00900ED30E5E31408EFD388" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
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<emphasis id="F483820AFFA4DDEE42AE9B165BC7C65C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Figure 1.</emphasis>
|
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<taxonomicName id="DF4819881F2B46129C298AA207E8FB8F" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
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<emphasis id="8A1BEE9912C3371C441EDFB7D1E3B285" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. Male paratype
|
||
<emphasis id="7710C0B391FFDCC7D33801F365E5085E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">A</emphasis>
|
||
habitus, dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis id="51826A03C724CC5D6CDAF529328FA349" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">B</emphasis>
|
||
cephalon, frontal view
|
||
<emphasis id="86AFE23837AB5CC95F7E2A88DCA4417F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">C</emphasis>
|
||
antennal flagellum
|
||
<emphasis id="F7C92A9AD6B82B62056CC817A69ECD13" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">D</emphasis>
|
||
antennal peduncle, water conducting system
|
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<emphasis id="CB1A9334744876428D6ED62173A49C28" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">E</emphasis>
|
||
nodulus lateralis and scale-seta on pereonite 3
|
||
<emphasis id="39469E4795A2AED0D3DFBE347965A59A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">F</emphasis>
|
||
noduli laterales on pereonites 5-7. Scale bar: 0.5 mm (
|
||
<emphasis id="A4EBDD26A9D4BA397FAE7F91A7BD00B7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">A</emphasis>
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||
); 100
|
||
<normalizedToken id="671E5D2007D940440014D9AA681DAF0F" originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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(
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||
<emphasis id="5069BBF788CEA00CF14A0E57CBDD08E9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">B, F</emphasis>
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||
); 20
|
||
<normalizedToken id="AD18BDD16A66C7B414FE47009CE43FC0" originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
|
||
(
|
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<emphasis id="FBCE8B3FABF2824BAB7FFFE1B8E30D4B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">C</emphasis>
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); 10
|
||
<normalizedToken id="8BF61DCA018B63703C1CD1DF2DBFFC47" originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
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(
|
||
<emphasis id="332B575DD724FDB800C5BC074C18AB7C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">D, E</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="1D594CDAE69296499A48A72297B8FF5F" doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612530" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph id="1BD7473AF9AF7C2EF984E84CF73FD430" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
<emphasis id="D903EB9824035CAAEAF392CEC54A44F8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Figure 2.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C9D1081F1A167F02A421B64997EB554B" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="8180B9397A47449F626510976FEFE68A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. Male paratype
|
||
<emphasis id="CFCA751954194D31E0813F88F743D88A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">A</emphasis>
|
||
co-ordinates of noduli laterales
|
||
<emphasis id="36B816A9170ED273FBE3CE0BF593647C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">B</emphasis>
|
||
pleonite 5, telson and left uropod, dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis id="5A28DF80C9123BA83CE5C1D617AF38B8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">C</emphasis>
|
||
antennula
|
||
<emphasis id="140B9FF9466BA7A0515D2BEA1FE9BC4B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">D</emphasis>
|
||
antenna
|
||
<emphasis id="DF4D08DBF56F9F288E6AC923D9EAA7F8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">E</emphasis>
|
||
left mandible
|
||
<emphasis id="8EB1896A835F8CD3C744E7448FCEC516" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">F</emphasis>
|
||
right mandible
|
||
<emphasis id="EFED201637095F79060F125117D736F4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">G</emphasis>
|
||
maxillula
|
||
<emphasis id="4916408E8BF426E2B2C3C0C848BB6ACC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H</emphasis>
|
||
maxilla
|
||
<emphasis id="9C88B35991313D3756A1CA53AEAE818D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">I</emphasis>
|
||
maxilliped.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="25E3FC4F17227B2BD4C1720AAFAA6617" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
<emphasis id="90D1668E0FCA080EA2B1326FE995C996" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Male</emphasis>
|
||
. Pereopods with sternal margin bearing some apically trifid setae; pereopod 7 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="00964DBDA56F9224463046A7794FEF1E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">3B</figureCitation>
|
||
) with no distinct sexual modifications. Pleopod 1 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="1DBB9DC273B11EF01F78219D05BE86CD" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">3C</figureCitation>
|
||
) exopod round; endopod longer than exopod, distal portion tapering. Pleopod 2 (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="0542CB39FF562E6A51B8A116DE5ED7F0" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">3D</figureCitation>
|
||
) exopod triangular, bearing one subapical seta, outer margin concave; endopod longer than exopod. Pleopod 3-5 exopods as in Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="2332B85301689F346D94CFF039052108" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. Male paratype. A pereopod 1 B pereopod 7 C pleopod 1 D pleopod 2 E pleopod 3 exopod F pleopod 4 exopod G pleopod 5 exopod." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">3E-G</figureCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="0A67B9F68AFBE7B3E8B4991BE41CC98D" doi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612531" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
|
||
<paragraph id="B87812EC5A739D445BD677F69EC463A9" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
<emphasis id="0049A1985E70E58E3A4B18FF9CFB6F4F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Figure 3.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BF763ABA82B7DA279BFFBE7D1A4BC156" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="41D37E8F0E3A54D76F23A306D930A8AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. Male paratype.
|
||
<emphasis id="B0DB24019EAD616FE092CFD0E102C5EB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">A</emphasis>
|
||
pereopod 1
|
||
<emphasis id="88558E1DC0231E5F0C6A8A16CA5CB5D9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">B</emphasis>
|
||
pereopod 7
|
||
<emphasis id="E67E63C6E1A70B4C7B84C9E25EB440C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">C</emphasis>
|
||
pleopod 1
|
||
<emphasis id="CD7850D230E249B896EB4D58BAABC247" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">D</emphasis>
|
||
pleopod 2
|
||
<emphasis id="7BD6A7D8E414C568E7FC8CD12939E434" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">E</emphasis>
|
||
pleopod 3 exopod
|
||
<emphasis id="C62B4878A9E205D16EB28C6894E566FE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">F</emphasis>
|
||
pleopod 4 exopod
|
||
<emphasis id="5CC377B8DEA4CC156C9771117226D85B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">G</emphasis>
|
||
pleopod 5 exopod.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="7D1AC0BCE7972C785A03BB44F668AB89" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="3CBAA58F0C7C058D0D878E6EAB594E0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D19D80B9E877126977AA59A0F27FA2F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">The new species is named after Botswana, where the specimens were collected.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="FA3A79D5134458A2B7548B35D93FC5D3" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" type="taxonomic remarks">
|
||
<paragraph id="EDDCD86CF40D5DE6B591B677B1C9163A" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Taxonomic remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="0BE751C5C77B6472E987B764419E531E" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
This and the following new species are included in the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A8480DB0E603BE03A23FA0F79FE050B2" authorityName="Cardoso 1 & Preez 2 & Taiti 3 & Ferreira 1" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="D7232770C2CAE8BB5FC3EE2AFAA1FD8A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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since they show all the characters of the genus, except for lacking respiratory areas in the pleopod exopods. This condition may be due to a secondary reduction due to the humid environment of the caves where they occur. Most of the species of
|
||
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<emphasis id="9929EC189C0518DD8B9D8E4547EB3B39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
are epigean and inhabit semi-arid habitats in South West Africa (
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<bibRefCitation id="C302AE35B16F4BBBADEE2FF43D90A0BB" DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22318" author="Barnard, KH" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the South African Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="179 - 388" refId="B3" refString="Barnard, KH, 1932. Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. N° 11. Terrestrial Isopoda. Annals of the South African Museum 30: 179 - 388, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22318" title="Contributions to the crustacean fauna of South Africa. N ° 11. Terrestrial Isopoda." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22318" volume="30" year="1932">Barnard 1932</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="EDBA25FE8F3E01321ADCF7EF9DC08661" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
In lacking the frontal line on cephalon,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2AC581421A5C78D2789CC124263E342B" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
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||
<emphasis id="39FCCA4CE3BE6930127DCD8952C06513" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">N. botswanaensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5D8AD98172727C6DB5E0A7FCF11203CD" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. duffeyi" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="duffeyi">
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||
<emphasis id="B1B0FCABF3D8C1CFD185540467B473A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">N. duffeyi</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Ferrara & Taiti, 1981 and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A596F6420745B00E7B3B6C40D97EB2FB" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. longiantennata" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiantennata">
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||
<emphasis id="33C0192863C78571E83F67925080599C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">N. longiantennata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Taiti & Ferrara, 1991 from Ascension Island, as well as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4FE771977DC3A54CA0C7DC8FD6646D71" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. septentrionalis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septentrionalis">
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||
<emphasis id="40A1930849868AF9C1ED32C798D0A589" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">N. septentrionalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Taiti & Ferrara, 2004 from Socotra Island (Yemen). However, it is distinct in lacking pigmentation and eyes, and in the shape of the male pleopod 1 exopod without posterior point (compare fig. 11 in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="BF28E4D0ECE698F1FCB833D6495ACC4D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1981.10736621" author="Ferrara, F" journalOrPublisher="Monitore zoologico italiano, Nuova Serie, Supplemento" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="189 - 198" refId="B13" refString="Ferrara, F, Taiti, S, 1981. Terrestrial isopods from Ascension Island. Monitore zoologico italiano, Nuova Serie, Supplemento 14: 189 - 198, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1981.10736621" title="Terrestrial isopods from Ascension Island." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/03749444.1981.10736621" volume="14" year="1981">Ferrara and Taiti 1981</bibRefCitation>
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; fig. 30 in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="BF50E61E5A192F9E9004CADE23607827" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939100770591" author="Taiti, S" journalOrPublisher="Journal of natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="901 - 916" refId="B27" refString="Taiti, S, Ferrara, F, 1991. Two new species of terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from Ascension Island. Journal of natural History 25: 901 - 916, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939100770591" title="Two new species of terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from Ascension Island." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939100770591" volume="25" year="1991">Taiti and Ferrara 1991</bibRefCitation>
|
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; and fig. 33D in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="E67EC7E75F22BB8399B8FE5E5D014B76" author="Taiti, S" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Arabia" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="211 - 325" refId="B28" refString="Taiti, S, Ferrara, F, 2004. The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 211 - 325" title="The terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea) of the Socotra Archipelago." volume="20" year="2004">Taiti and Ferrara 2004</bibRefCitation>
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).
|
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="185F9EC2DDA5AA1B1F7417F805EB59C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
Some specimens of this species from the type locality were sent to Dr. M. Javidkar in Adelaide for molecular analysis and were included in a phylogenetic cladogram as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="BFFF495C5406F73A0D80726C483FC8E4" authorityName="Cardoso 1 & Preez 2 & Taiti 3 & Ferreira 1" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A9C9A15E6B9C6D32691705457B0DC180" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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sp. 1 (
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<bibRefCitation id="43BAD77766810C7E7F820DC3C97E13F3" DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS15010" author="Javidkar, M" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="554 - 577" refId="B16" refString="Javidkar, M, Cooper, SJB, King, R, Humphreys, WF, Austin, AD, 2015. Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal a new southern hemisphere oniscidean family (Crustacea: Isopoda) with a unique water transport system. Invertebrate Systematics 29 (6): 554 - 577, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS15010" title="Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal a new southern hemisphere oniscidean family (Crustacea: Isopoda) with a unique water transport system." url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS15010" volume="29" year="2015">Javidkar et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
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).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="84DC1A02CE54E195622B0BAC6B447CB5" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" type="ecological remarks">
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||
<paragraph id="C3FC7B1B3C2FC9077B7662C0C16B2AC1" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Ecological remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F22265E7D76417ECB3C4AEE6B7153B19" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
The Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills are located in the North-West District (or Ngamiland) of Botswana. The lithology was described by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="89B9B7322E10756BBBB1F2FF937A0446" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22093" author="Williams, BA" journalOrPublisher="American Journal of Physical Anthropology" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 17" refId="B33" refString="Williams, BA, Ross, CF, Frost, SR, Waddle, DM, Gabadirwe, M, Brook, GA, 2012. Fossil Papio cranium from !Ncumtsa (Koanaka) Hills, western Ngamiland, Botswana. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 149 (1): 1 - 17, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22093" title="Fossil Papio cranium from! Ncumtsa (Koanaka) Hills, western Ngamiland, Botswana." url="https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22093" volume="149" year="2012">Williams et al. (2012)</bibRefCitation>
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||
as Precambrian dolomites from the Damara Sequence. According to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="1DDE199B0EC6AD93FF27886D90F8EBC3" author="Thies, ML" journalOrPublisher="Museum of Texas Tech University" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 17" refId="B29" refString="Thies, ML, Lewis, PL, 2015. Effects of fire on small mammals of the Koanaka Hills, Northwestern Botswana. Museum of Texas Tech University 330: 1 - 17" title="Effects of fire on small mammals of the Koanaka Hills, Northwestern Botswana." volume="330" year="2015">Thies and Lewis (2015)</bibRefCitation>
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||
the surrounding environment (known as the Kalahari Thirstland) is semi-arid with shrub savanna vegetation and forms part of the Savanna Biome. Annual precipitation typically ranges between 400 and 500 mm and temperatures from -8.5 °C to 42.2 °C.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="88AE89BDF26C238015726FA3C9636FB9" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
The Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills collectively host four known caves with natural entrances, which include Gcwihaba Cave, a local tourist attraction formerly known as
|
||
<normalizedToken id="71E5FEE86E78F2AF64E2C0117F67F7DC" originalValue="Drotsky’s">Drotsky's</normalizedToken>
|
||
Caverns (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="BB28DFBE118230C116F21AB3B61067AB" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. A Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray B Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled C man-made entrance on the surface D entrance chamber inside a cave E Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance F calcite formation in Diviners Cave G Roots of the fig tree (Ficus cordata) where the specimens were collected H specimen of Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612532" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">4A</figureCitation>
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||
). Furthermore, using gravimetric surveys and exploration drilling, an additional five caves were discovered, opened and explored (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="3F51CCD79873D315F36130211E4185CD" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1636/K13-55.1" author="Harvey, MS" journalOrPublisher="The Journal of Arachnology" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="105 - 110" refId="B15" refString="Harvey, MS, Du Preez, G, 2014. A new troglobitic ideoroncid pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Ideoroncidae) from southern Africa. The Journal of Arachnology 42: 105 - 110, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1636/K13-55.1" title="A new troglobitic ideoroncid pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones: Ideoroncidae) from southern Africa." url="https://doi.org/10.1636/K13-55.1" volume="42" year="2014">Harvey and Du Preez 2014</bibRefCitation>
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;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="13B234AE8EC344F79DAD917032F1D20E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.44.1.4" author="Du Preez, GC" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Speleology" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" pagination="37 - 47" refId="B12" refString="Du Preez, GC, Forti, P, Jacobs, G, Jordaan, A, Tiedt, LR, 2015. Hairy Stalagmites, a new biogenic root speleothem from Botswana. International Journal of Speleology 44: 37 - 47, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.44.1.4" title="Hairy Stalagmites, a new biogenic root speleothem from Botswana." url="https://doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.44.1.4" volume="44" year="2015">Du Preez et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
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||
). One of these is
|
||
<normalizedToken id="F97C0C3468BE46A5AE6B1A1075052ED5" originalValue="Diviner’s">Diviner's</normalizedToken>
|
||
Cave, the type locality of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="54042C350EBA38839BFC88EDE858F958" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
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<emphasis id="A55B2B9AED2080A6A4EF2617C3292F2D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. Initial exploration of
|
||
<normalizedToken id="AF40440A2F4DEA11FE7122E1862262F3" originalValue="Diviner’s">Diviner's</normalizedToken>
|
||
Cave commenced in 2011 after a 700 mm diameter vertical shaft (borehole) was drilled (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="82A8ED5CD186DCE22EFD4653C5B59172" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. A Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray B Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled C man-made entrance on the surface D entrance chamber inside a cave E Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance F calcite formation in Diviners Cave G Roots of the fig tree (Ficus cordata) where the specimens were collected H specimen of Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612532" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">4B-E</figureCitation>
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||
). This shaft is 41 m deep and enters the cave in a chamber called 'Entrance
|
||
<normalizedToken id="D04D7563585D2502D1EB5146B4F2350B" originalValue="Alcove’">Alcove'</normalizedToken>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="77DE296EC67925614B54C2AF133B73F5" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. A Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray B Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled C man-made entrance on the surface D entrance chamber inside a cave E Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance F calcite formation in Diviners Cave G Roots of the fig tree (Ficus cordata) where the specimens were collected H specimen of Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612532" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">4C, D</figureCitation>
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||
). Upon initial exploration of the cave, high CO2 levels were encountered, especially in areas lower than the general cave development level. However, since the cave was allowed to vent following the drilling of the borehole, CO2 levels gradually decreased and facilitated further exploration. As can be expected, atmospheric conditions in
|
||
<normalizedToken id="8D8229C6DE5328D4AA90D76D5934EC06" originalValue="Diviner’s">Diviner's</normalizedToken>
|
||
Cave and those with man-made entrances were quite distinct from the observed in local caves with natural entrances (
|
||
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|
||
). All the caves associated with the Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills are protected and declared as Botswana National Monuments.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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||
<paragraph id="58EDF334BE9C55A46365D7C3220EF473" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
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||
<emphasis id="7F4DDB517855BD63DB36C2C87FB353FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="C570A6DF9848CE086184A3006194B2BB" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
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<emphasis id="47DE97DBB86DF9EF2B84A74D338DF0A0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
<emphasis id="F19AF6FAA52BDA6B79A461A8ECCA111F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">A</emphasis>
|
||
Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray
|
||
<emphasis id="588049A60A41985C92CC48CCB586262D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">B</emphasis>
|
||
Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled
|
||
<emphasis id="C33D989C86BA29C8D722317D7F7CB90F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">C</emphasis>
|
||
man-made entrance on the surface
|
||
<emphasis id="05E5383B91EE2C2B9EA9D6204ED80B4E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">D</emphasis>
|
||
entrance chamber inside a cave
|
||
<emphasis id="F26A0A1F29575BF3DE51CEA428594D2A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">E</emphasis>
|
||
Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance
|
||
<emphasis id="3EE170D8EBF3D8ECFBD3D887E3AABA4C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">F</emphasis>
|
||
calcite formation in Diviners Cave
|
||
<emphasis id="E3F8050ABA7C58F05AC54053E2A838C8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">G</emphasis>
|
||
Roots of the fig tree (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A64DC02CCC88DF626B8676EF47BEBB6" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Moraceae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ficus cordata" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cordata">
|
||
<emphasis id="EC27A765DDC484B561812393321C4AED" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Ficus cordata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) where the specimens were collected
|
||
<emphasis id="20B28FB34609453E8430F735B0873B3F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">H</emphasis>
|
||
specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3FA875203FDBA218998C497394B7D85F" authorityName="Cardoso, Taiti & Ferreira" authorityYear="2021" class="Malacostraca" family="Platyarthridae" genus="Niambia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Niambia botswanaensis" order="Isopoda" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="botswanaensis">
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||
<emphasis id="A929C7FB53D342B5517648A378374484" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="DFEB30D8761B92B0BEB63CD00553D029" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
|
||
Specimens of
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="195D0E8A5FD2E16B2EA634B12ADF1AF6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Niambia botswanaensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. were collected by hand in Calcite Baboon Chamber,
|
||
<normalizedToken id="7335A93F000FBAEA324F99EC0771441C" originalValue="Diniver’s">Diniver's</normalizedToken>
|
||
Cave. The collection site is located (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="AE83AA3C3A262EC23A10C270FF16EB14" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov. A Koanaka and Gcwihaba hills, cave map delimited in gray B Diviners Cave vertical shaft (borehole) drilled C man-made entrance on the surface D entrance chamber inside a cave E Diviners Cave map (angled perspective) showing vertical entrance F calcite formation in Diviners Cave G Roots of the fig tree (Ficus cordata) where the specimens were collected H specimen of Niambia botswanaensis sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/subtbiol.40.72499.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/612532" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">4F, G</figureCitation>
|
||
) at the one end of this chamber where large
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A93B7B6CF03D914ED4F5744BE6752917" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Moraceae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ficus cordata" order="Rosales" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cordata">
|
||
<emphasis id="07C25382DC7556A628EB25E5728E2129" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Ficus cordata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
roots penetrate the cavity (
|
||
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|
||
). Associated with this root system is a community of soil invertebrates that include pseudoscorpions (
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<taxonomicName id="8D8670D7C9A0AC323D860D96AC590322" authorityName="Harvey & Du Preez" authorityYear="2014" class="Arachnida" family="Ideoroncidae" genus="Botswanoncus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Botswanoncus ellisi" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ellisi">
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<emphasis id="2AFBDB9C55355D1AE98D63FAA94276FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Botswanoncus ellisi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Harvey & Du Preez, 2014), diplurans (
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<taxonomicName id="E3917A0FA1C49468B33A0C8A2D8C4056" class="Entognatha" family="Japygidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Diplura" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Japygidae</taxonomicName>
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), centipedes (
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<taxonomicName id="38E23CA63EDE506126AA25AE8697DD78" class="Insecta" family="Brachyceridae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cryptops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="91" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="54F73142976939A700F2903E6885CD28" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">Cryptops</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp.) and termites.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9F17152D4A6A01170CFA208797850A0D" pageId="0" pageNumber="91">
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During sampling atmospheric conditions were measured using a Fluke 971 Temperature Humidity Meter. An average temperature of 28.5
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<normalizedToken id="16F9782BE029C5FF2850E6287973163F" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.5 °C and relative humidity of 93
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<normalizedToken id="46C9DC6BE3D5CB457116A3F94C0C55F0" originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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5.4% were recorded in
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<normalizedToken id="B6929AC974D41881CBD67A77C2653DEC" originalValue="Diviner’s">Diviner's</normalizedToken>
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Cave.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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