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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6103254" ID-GBIF-Dataset="f0d443f2-b8b9-46fa-a1aa-2d0f0d3c8748" ID-GBIF-Taxon="114923355" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6103254" ID-ZooBank="CEAB4AA5-C4F8-437E-A2F4-D82F383579C1" checkinTime="1447288886152" checkinUser="donat" docAuthor="Taylor, Robert W." docDate="2015" docId="03B3878D9B01FFF5FF534DBF9BAFFE6D" docLanguage="en" docName="29627.pdf.imf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3947 (2)" docTitle="Heteroponera ecarinata Taylor, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="176" masterDocId="FF8AFFF59B18FFECFFC44D279F4AF867" masterDocTitle="Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (2) the species-group of Heteroponera relicta (Wheeler), with descriptions of nine new species and observations on morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of the genus" masterLastPageNumber="180" masterPageNumber="151" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" updateTime="1645000973839" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (2) the species-group of Heteroponera relicta (Wheeler), with descriptions of nine new species and observations on morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of the genus</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Taylor, Robert W.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Zootaxa</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>3947</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6103254" ID-GBIF-Taxon="114923355" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6103254" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03B3878D9B01FFF5FF534DBF9BAFFE6D" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B3878D9B01FFF5FF534DBF9BAFFE6D" lastPageNumber="176" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph box="[151,542,151,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,542,151,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<heading bold="true" box="[151,542,151,177]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" reason="1">
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9.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[180,469,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<taxonomicName box="[180,469,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ecarinata" status="sp. n.">Heteroponera ecarinata</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[476,542,152,177]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</heading>
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph box="[151,302,186,211]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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(
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<figureCitation box="[159,290,186,211]" captionStart="FIGURES 46 – 49" captionStartId="26.[151,263,1952,1974]" captionTargetBox="[200,1386,193,1931]" captionTargetId="figure@26.[200,1387,193,1931]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="FIGURES 46 – 49. Heteroponera ecarinata sp. n., paratype worker, standard views (HW = 1.23 mm, PW = 0.91 mm, WL = 1.55 mm, GW = 1.04 mm)." pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Figs 46–49</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,496,259,284]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Type locality. AUSTRALIA</emphasis>
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: QUEENSLAND:
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker Range" authorityName="Ker Range" box="[729,990,259,284]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker Range</taxonomicName>
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: 1 km S of cable tower 6 (17°16S, 145°53'E).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph box="[199,885,333,357]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,394,333,357]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Type deposition.</emphasis>
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Holotype ANIC. Paratypes ANIC, QMBA.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,1007,369,393]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Distribution, material examined. EA8 (Walsh/Hugh Nelson Range):</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[1014,1124,369,393]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Mt Fisher</emphasis>
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, -17 33, 145.33, 3 workers, QMBA berlesates 577, 578, 1000 m (GBM & GKY, 3.v.1981).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[893,1173,405,429]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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EA10 (
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker" authorityName="Ker" box="[978,1159,405,429]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker</taxonomicName>
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):
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker Range, Cable Tower" authorityName="Ker Range, Cable Tower" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1183,1429,405,429]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Bellenden Ker Range</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis box="[151,316,441,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Cable Tower 3</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, -17 16, 145 53, pitfall trap, 1054 m (Earthwatch/Qld Museum, 25–31.x.1981)—worker paratypes.
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<emphasis box="[151,419,477,501]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">1 km S of cable tower 6</emphasis>
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, QMBA berlesate 312, 314, 500 m (Earthwatch/Qld Museum, 17–24.x.1981)—Holotype, worker paratype.
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<emphasis box="[354,658,513,537]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">1/2 km S of cable tower 7</emphasis>
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, yellow pan trap, rainforest, 500 m (Earthwatch/Qld Museum, 17– 24.x.1981).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[286,606,549,573]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">EA12 (Walter Hill Range):</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[613,813,549,573]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Mt Father Clancy</emphasis>
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, -17 35, 145 38, QMBA berlesate 581, 840 m (GKY & GBM, 4.v.1983).
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<emphasis box="[348,565,585,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Crawfords Lookout</emphasis>
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(-17 37, 145 48), 2 workers ex ANIC Berlesate 361 (RWT & JDF, 5.vii.1971, c 320 m).
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<emphasis box="[274,522,621,645]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Upper Boulder Creek</emphasis>
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(11 km NW of Tully), -17 50, 145 45, QMBA berlesate 675, 1000 m (GBM, Davies & GIT, 16.vii.1984).
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<emphasis box="[478,582,658,682]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Mt Tyson</emphasis>
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, (2 km W of Tully), -17 55, 145 54, 3 workers, QMBA berlesate 586, 588, 650m (DKY, 7.v.1983). Paratype designation restricted to
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker" authorityName="Ker" box="[802,965,693,717]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker</taxonomicName>
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specimens.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,425,729,754]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Worker diagnosis.</emphasis>
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General features, conformation, color and major sculpturation as illustrated and in appropriate key couplets above. Characterized in the
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<taxonomicName box="[819,971,766,789]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ecarinata">
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<emphasis box="[819,971,766,789]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">H. ecarinata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species complex by relatively heavy sculpturation, dark blackish-brown color, with dark reddish-brown legs and antennae, and distinguished from the somewhat similar
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<emphasis box="[365,545,837,861]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<taxonomicName box="[365,545,837,861]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pendergrasti">H. pendergrasti</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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by differences in sculpturation (particularly of the frons and second gastral tergite), coloration and structure of petiolar node. Fore-coxae, propodeal declivity and posterior surface of node superficially microsculptured; propodeal declivity laterally distinctly, but not strongly, sculpturally bordered: the posterolateral edges in profile more-or-less regular and even, not serrate as a result of minutely extended cuticular points along the sculptural border. Most specimens apart from the
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker" authorityName="Ker" box="[909,1073,981,1005]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker</taxonomicName>
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series have the petiolar summit weakly pointed posterodorsally, and some appear not to be fully colored, possibly sub-callow. The gaster in these is lighter brown than the remaining body (and also the mesosoma in two cases). The propodeal declivity is unsculptured in most specimens, but microsculptured in several. Dimensions: (holotype, smallest available specimen (Crawfords Lookout) largest available specimen (Mt Father Clancy): TL (ca): 5.1, 4.9, 5.2; HW: 1.23, 1.19, 1.29; HL: 1.16, 1.13, 1.20; CI: 106, 105, 108; EL: 0.22, 0.21, 0.21; SL: 0.70, 0.70, 0.74; SI: 57, 59, 57; PW: 0.91, 0.90, 0.98; WL: 1.55, 1.56, 1.60; petH: 0.73, 0.75, 0.74; petW: 0.52, 0.50, 0.50; GW 1.04, 1.04, 1.07.
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,356,1234,1257]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Related taxa.</emphasis>
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Apparently close to the broadly similar
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<taxonomicName box="[809,986,1233,1258]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pendergrasti">
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<emphasis box="[809,986,1233,1258]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">H. pendergrasti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and to
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<emphasis box="[1070,1215,1233,1258]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<taxonomicName box="[1070,1215,1233,1258]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trachypyx">H. trachypyx</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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at species-complex level
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,588,1305,1330]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">In-group sympatric associations.</emphasis>
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Sympatric with
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<taxonomicName box="[773,879,1305,1330]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relicta">
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<emphasis box="[773,879,1305,1330]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">H. relicta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in the Bellenden-Ker Range and at Mt Fisher, Mt Father Clancy, McNamee Creek and Upper Boulder Creek.
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1378,1401]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Remarks.</emphasis>
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Mt
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker" authorityName="Ker" box="[368,536,1377,1402]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker</taxonomicName>
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, which at 1,593m is second in Queensland elevation only to the adjacent Mt Bartel Frere (the second-highest Australian mountain after Mt Kosciusco, NSW). Both peaks are in the largely rainforested Wooroonooran National Park. The
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<taxonomicName authority="Ker" authorityName="Ker" box="[682,844,1449,1474]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Bellenden" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bellenden Ker</taxonomicName>
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summit regularly receives Australian record rainfall, up to 12,438.4 mm (489.70 in).
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<subSubSection box="[199,1253,1521,1546]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176" type="etymology">
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<paragraph box="[199,1253,1521,1546]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,333,1522,1545]" pageId="25" pageNumber="176">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The species epithet, a noun in apposition, refers to the ecarinate antennal scrobes,
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