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, A. Tanasevitch leg. [Eth019].
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): same locality, together with
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FF32F2AAD72F7877" bold="true" box="[199,334,757,783]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The specific epithet is a noun in apposition referring to the Arsi Mountains N.P., the area of origin of the new species.
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FF32F362D723782F" bold="true" box="[199,322,829,855]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The new species can easily be assigned to
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<bibRefCitation id="EF914B7A977FFF83FC59F362D25E782F" author="Simon, E." box="[940,1087,829,855]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" refId="ref11692" refString="Simon, E. (1864) Histoire naturelle des araignees (araneides). Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 540 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 47654" type="book" year="1864">Simon, 1864</bibRefCitation>
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, based on the same chaetotaxy (1.1.1.1), a similarly modified carapace, the presence of an abdominal scutum in the male, as well as by a similar conformation of the male palp, i.e., a modified palpal tibia, a fusiform embolic division with a long tailpiece and a coiled embolus. The shape of the median epigynal plate in the female is similar to that of most of the Afrotropical congeners.
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The structure of the male palp is uniform in all members of the genus, differences between specific lying in minor details of the palpal tibia, cymbium, tailpiece, and embolus. The structure of the palp, especially that of the embolic division of
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FE88F465D7A77F2B" authority="Tanasevitch, 2023" authorityName="Tanasevitch" authorityYear="2023" box="[381,454,1082,1107]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arsi" status="n. sp.">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FE88F465D7A77F2B" box="[381,454,1082,1107]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. arsi</emphasis>
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, resembles that of many congeners, but the new species is clearly distinguished amongst the known members of the genus, by the presence of a cuticula-free space, i.e. a rectangular glandular area on the face of the male carapace (see
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). Such a prosomal structure I know of is only observed in the North African
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FE91F4F9D48C7FC7" authority="Bosmans & Herve, 2021" authorityName="Bosmans & Herve" authorityYear="2021" box="[356,749,1189,1216]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pavesii">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FE91F4F9D7AF7FC7" box="[356,462,1190,1215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. pavesii</emphasis>
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, from
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, but its glandular area is divided into two narrow and poorly visible parts. Besides this, the male of
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FD32F495D56E7F9B" authority="Tanasevitch, 2023" authorityName="Tanasevitch" authorityYear="2023" box="[711,783,1226,1251]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arsi" status="n. sp.">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FD32F495D56E7F9B" box="[711,783,1226,1251]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. arsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24757E2977FFF83FCE0F495D5337F9C" box="[789,850,1226,1252]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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differs by the shape of the palpal tibia when viewed from above, the highest (among Afrotropical congeners) dorsal tubercle on the proximal part of the cymbium, as well as by the large and complex median membrane which protrudes far beyond the palp. As the epigynum of the female resembles that in many Afrotropical congeners, e.g.,
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FCCAF569D2077E37" authority="Bosmans, 1988" authorityName="Bosmans" authorityYear="1988" box="[831,1126,1333,1360]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hamata">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FCCAF569D5CE7E37" box="[831,943,1333,1359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. hamata</emphasis>
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Bosmans, 1988
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FB87F569D3F97E37" authority="Holm, 1979" authorityName="Holm" authorityYear="1979" box="[1138,1432,1333,1359]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="humiliceps">
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||
<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FB87F569D3667E37" box="[1138,1287,1333,1359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. humiliceps</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF914B7A977FFF83FAFAF56AD3F97E37" author="Holm, A." box="[1295,1432,1333,1359]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" pagination="255 - 278" refId="ref11007" refString="Holm, A. (1979) A taxonomic study of European and East African species of the genera Pelecopsis and Trichopterna (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Pelecopsis from Kenya. Zoologica Scripta, 8 (1 - 4), 255 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1979. tb 00638. x" type="journal article" year="1979">Holm, 1979</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FF62F505D7F17E0B" authority="Holm, 1962" authorityName="Holm" authorityYear="1962" box="[151,400,1369,1395]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="infusca">
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||
<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FF62F505D7627E0B" box="[151,259,1369,1395]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. infusca</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF914B7A977FFF83FEFCF506D7F17E0B" author="Holm, A." box="[265,400,1369,1395]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" pagination="19 - 204" refId="ref10973" refString="Holm, A. (1962) The spider fauna of the East African mountains. Part I: Fam. Erigonidae. Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala, 35, 19 - 204." type="journal article" year="1962">Holm, 1962</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C004D08977FFF83FE6EF505D4AB7E0B" authority="(Berland, 1936)" baseAuthorityName="Berland" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[411,714,1369,1395]" class="Arachnida" family="Linyphiidae" genus="Pelecopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pasteuri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FE6EF505D4707E0B" box="[411,529,1370,1395]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">P. pasteuri</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF914B7A977FFF83FDEAF506D4A37E0B" author="Berland, L." box="[543,706,1369,1395]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" pagination="67 - 88" refId="ref10482" refString="Berland, L. (1936) Mission de M. A. Chevalier aux iles du Cap Vert (1934). 1. Araignees. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 3, 67 - 88." type="journal article" year="1936">Berland, 1936</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, etc., a reliable determination of this species seems to be possible only in the presence of a conspecific male.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31A6500977FFF80FF32F5FED2F87BAD" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="434" pageId="13" pageNumber="433" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BBF368B977FFF83FF32F5FED2EE7C3F" blockId="13.[151,1437,577,2008]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">
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||
<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FF32F5FED7387EC3" bold="true" box="[199,345,1441,1467]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Description.</emphasis>
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||
Male (
|
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<typeStatus id="54BB8829977FFF83FE53F5FED46B7EC3" box="[422,522,1441,1467]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
from Eth019). Total length 1.88. Carapace modified, as shown in
|
||
<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977FFF83FB13F5FED3007EC3" box="[1254,1377,1441,1467]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1652,1676]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,317,1622]" captionTargetId="figure-67@14.[151,1436,309,1629]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Photographs of male (A–E) and female (F–H) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., A, holotype; B–H, paratypes from Eth019. A, B, F, habitus, dorsal view; C, same, lateral view; D, same, frontal view; E, same, fronto-lateral view; G, opisthosoma, ventral view; H, epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.5mm; H, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390471" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390471/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Figs 9A–E</figureCitation>
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||
, 0.88 long, 0.65 wide, brown to reddish-brown, with dark radial stripes. Head part of carapace with a pale and rounded elevation bearing posterior median eyes. A pale, cuticula-free, rectangular field placed above anterior median eyes and probably representing a glandular area. Sulci small, rounded. Eyes normal, not enlarged. Chelicerae 0.33 long, a mastidion absent. Legs brown to pale brown. Leg I 1.98 long (0.55 + 0.25 + 0.45 + 0.40 + 0.33), IV 2.32 long (0.65 + 0.23 + 0.58 + 0.53 + 0.33). Chaetotaxy 1.1.1.1, spines very short, poorly visible. Metatarsi I–IV with a trichobothrium each. TmI 0.68. Palp (
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<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977FFF83FDC8F626D4AA7DEB" box="[573,715,1657,1683]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1302,1326]" captionTargetBox="[168,1407,184,1263]" captionTargetId="figure-21@15.[164,1423,181,1278]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 10. Details of male palpal structure (A–E) and female epigynum (F, G) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., paratypes from Eth019. A, B, right palp, retrolateral and prolateral view, respectively; C, tibia, dorsal view; D, E, distal suprategular apophysis and embolic division, prolateral and retrolateral view, respectively; F, G, epigynum and cleared epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390473/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Figs 10A–E</figureCitation>
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||
): Patella long, gradually expanding towards its distal edge. Tibia extended distally into a long, narrow and conical process, claw-shaped apically; prolateral edge of patella with very small denticles. Paracymbium small, narrow, curved forming a loop. Distal suprategular apophysis relatively short and narrow. Median membrane very large, complex, protrudes far ahead. Embolic division fusiform, tailpiece narrow, pointed proximally. Embolus long, slightly expanded at middle, with a small membraneous widening apically. Opisthosoma 1.13 long, 0.58 wide, dark grey, 3/4 covered with a scutum, as in
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||
<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977FFF83FBF8F772D2EA7C3F" box="[1037,1163,1837,1863]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1652,1676]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,317,1622]" captionTargetId="figure-67@14.[151,1436,309,1629]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Photographs of male (A–E) and female (F–H) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., A, holotype; B–H, paratypes from Eth019. A, B, F, habitus, dorsal view; C, same, lateral view; D, same, frontal view; E, same, fronto-lateral view; G, opisthosoma, ventral view; H, epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.5mm; H, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390471" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390471/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Figs 9A–C</figureCitation>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BBF368B977FFF80FF32F70ED2F87BAD" blockId="13.[151,1437,577,2008]" lastBlockId="14.[151,1437,151,285]" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="434" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977FFF83FF32F70ED77F7C13" bold="true" box="[199,286,1873,1899]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Female</emphasis>
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(
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<typeStatus id="54BB8829977FFF83FED9F70ED7F17C13" box="[300,400,1873,1899]" pageId="13" pageNumber="433">Paratype</typeStatus>
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from Eth019). Total length 2.10. Carapace unmodified, dark brown, almost black, 1.23 long, 0.58 wide. Chelicerae 0.30 long. Legs brown. Leg I 2.09 long (0.60 + 0.25 + 0.48 + 0.43 + 0.33), IV 2.54 long (0.73 + 0.25 + 0.63 + 0.58 + 0.35). Chaetotaxy 1.1.1.1, spines about as long as 0.5–1 diameter of corresponding leg segment. Metatarsi I–IV with a trichobothrium each. TmI 0.71. Opistosoma 1.40 long, 1.13 wide, dark grey, scutum absent, muscle spots distinct, small, as in
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||
<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977CFF80FD99F0C8D4A37BC9" box="[620,706,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1652,1676]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,317,1622]" captionTargetId="figure-67@14.[151,1436,309,1629]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Photographs of male (A–E) and female (F–H) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., A, holotype; B–H, paratypes from Eth019. A, B, F, habitus, dorsal view; C, same, lateral view; D, same, frontal view; E, same, fronto-lateral view; G, opisthosoma, ventral view; H, epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.5mm; H, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390471" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390471/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">
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Figs
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||
<specimenCount id="9D06FD02977CFF80FD51F0C8D4A37BC9" box="[676,706,151,177]" pageId="14" pageNumber="434" type="generic">9F</specimenCount>
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</figureCitation>
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||
. Epigynum (
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||
<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977CFF80FCA4F0C8D5B37BC9" box="[849,978,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1652,1676]" captionTargetBox="[156,1430,317,1622]" captionTargetId="figure-67@14.[151,1436,309,1629]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Photographs of male (A–E) and female (F–H) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., A, holotype; B–H, paratypes from Eth019. A, B, F, habitus, dorsal view; C, same, lateral view; D, same, frontal view; E, same, fronto-lateral view; G, opisthosoma, ventral view; H, epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.5mm; H, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390471" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390471/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">Figs 9G, H</figureCitation>
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,
|
||
<figureCitation id="133B2A0E977CFF80FC28F0C8D24C7BC9" box="[989,1069,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1302,1326]" captionTargetBox="[168,1407,184,1263]" captionTargetId="figure-21@15.[164,1423,181,1278]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 10. Details of male palpal structure (A–E) and female epigynum (F, G) of Pelecopsis arsi n. sp., paratypes from Eth019. A, B, right palp, retrolateral and prolateral view, respectively; C, tibia, dorsal view; D, E, distal suprategular apophysis and embolic division, prolateral and retrolateral view, respectively; F, G, epigynum and cleared epigynum, ventral view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.1mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8390473" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8390473/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">10F, G</figureCitation>
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||
): Anterior wall with a projection dividing the epigynal socket almost into two parts, receptacles subspherical, widely spaced.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C31A6500977CFF80FF32F081D7D87A65" pageId="14" pageNumber="434" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BBF368B977CFF80FF32F081D7D87A65" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,285]" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">
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<emphasis id="B974EA99977CFF80FF32F081D7007B80" bold="true" box="[199,353,222,248]" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">Distribution.</emphasis>
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||
Known only from the
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<typeStatus id="54BB8829977CFF80FDABF080D4EF7B81" box="[606,654,223,249]" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">type</typeStatus>
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locality in the highlands of Arsi Mountains N.P. (
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a.s.l.),
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<collectingRegion id="49C4F869977CFF80FF62F15CD7297A65" box="[151,328,259,285]" country="Ethiopia" name="Oromiya" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">Oromia Region</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F317761B977CFF80FEA6F15CD7D77A65" box="[339,438,259,285]" name="Ethiopia" pageId="14" pageNumber="434">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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