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<mods:title id="7EE7724A55B080C043D6D0DD9AD7F81E">A new genus and two new species of Orthotylinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from central Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="100099AD47E11E748DA8F84743ABC44F">Cassis, Gerasimos</mods:namePart>
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFE401DFF6E7B195DD5F8B2" blockId="1.[151,447,1881,1906]" box="[151,447,1881,1906]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">
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<heading id="D099D13CFFFE401DFF6E7B195DD5F8B2" bold="true" box="[151,447,1881,1906]" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" reason="2">
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFE401DFF6E7B195D25F8B2" box="[151,335,1881,1906]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFE401DFF6E7B195D25F8B2" bold="true" box="[151,335,1881,1906]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2290739FFFE401DFEAF7B1A5DD5F8B2" box="[342,447,1882,1906]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection id="C37435DBFFFE401DFF6E7BE258BBF81D" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFE401DFF6E7BE258BBF81D" blockId="1.[151,1389,1953,2014]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFE401DFF6E7BE25D74F87A" bold="true" box="[151,286,1954,1978]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Etymology.</emphasis>
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This genus is named after the Witchelina Reserve, from which most of the material was collected.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFE401DFF3C7B855D0AF81D" bold="true" box="[197,352,1989,2014]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">
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<typeStatus id="54D5D8F2FFFE401DFF3C7B855C94F81D" box="[197,254,1989,2013]" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Type</typeStatus>
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species.
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFE401DFE9E7B855FD1F81D" authority="Namyatova, Elias & Cassis" authorityName="Namyatova, Elias & Cassis" box="[359,955,1989,2014]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mchughi">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFE401DFE9E7B855EEAF81D" box="[359,640,1989,2013]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="39">Witchelinamiris mchughi</emphasis>
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Namyatova, Elias & Cassis
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, by original designation.
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<subSubSection id="C37435DBFFFD401EFF3C7CD7589CFEA4" pageId="2" pageNumber="40" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFD401EFF3C7CD7589CFEA4" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,356]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFF3C7CD75D55FF70" bold="true" box="[197,319,151,176]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFD401EFEB07CD85D90FF70" box="[329,506,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFEB07CD85D90FF70" box="[329,506,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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is recognised by the following combination of characters: body with pale green colouration (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFEDF7CFC5D0DFF14" box="[294,359,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1336,1359]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,395,1311]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,395,1312]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus view of Witchelinamiris mchughi (male) and W. viridimaculatus (male without green markings on dorsum, male with green markings on dorsum, female). Scale bar is 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277995/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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); banded AII; elongate head in lateral view (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFC987CFC5FCFFF14" box="[865,933,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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B); phallotheca with a wedge shaped process on dorsal surface (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFE9C7C9F5DDAFF37" box="[357,432,223,247]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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A, 6A); right paramere club shaped (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFCB27C9F5FFDFF37" box="[843,919,223,247]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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D, 6D); left paramere C-shaped (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFAF17C9F593EFF37" box="[1288,1364,223,247]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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E, 6E) with bifurcate apex (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFE707D445DB3FEDC" box="[393,473,260,284]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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E, 6E); aedeagus with two endosomal spicules, a large one with two or three long smooth processes and a small one placed near the secondary gonopore (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFD401EFC4D7D67586BFEFF" box="[948,1025,295,319]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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B, C, 6B, C). It is distinguished from all other described Australian
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFD401EFE117D0C5E1FFEA4" box="[488,629,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Orthotylinae">Orthotylinae</taxonomicName>
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by the patterned forewing membrane and male genitalia.
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFD401EFF6E79785F2DFAAD" blockId="2.[151,1436,1336,1389]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFF6E79785D78FA8E" bold="true" box="[151,274,1336,1359]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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Habitus view of
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFE4779795ED1FA8F" box="[446,699,1337,1359]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Witchelinamiris mchughi</emphasis>
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(male) and
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFD401EFCCA797A5F9BFA8F" box="[819,1009,1337,1359]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridimaculatus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFCCA797A5F9BFA8F" box="[819,1009,1337,1359]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">W. viridimaculatus</emphasis>
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(male without green markings on dorsum, male with green markings on dorsum, female). Scale bar is 1.0 mm.
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<subSubSection id="C37435DBFFFD401FFF3C79DA5FA1F854" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="2" pageNumber="40" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFF3C79DA5DF4FA73" bold="true" box="[197,414,1434,1459]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">
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Description.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFEA579DA5DF4FA73" bold="true" box="[348,414,1434,1459]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Male.</emphasis>
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Macropterous. COLOURATION (
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):
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFC8479DB5FACFA73" bold="true" box="[893,966,1435,1459]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Head:</emphasis>
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yellow or pale green dorsally with medial reddish stripe and reddish or reddish brown marking along inner margin of eye, sometimes with reddish marking along posterior margin of eye; yellow laterally with reddish marking along eye and reddish stripe along inferior margin of maxillary plate; mandibular and maxillary plates yellow with reddish stripe between them; buccula yellowish; uniformly yellow ventrally; frontal region yellow with reddish markings, forming semicircle at each side, and orange transverse stripes between semicircles; frons with few small markings surrounding each eye; clypeus yellow with reddish markings.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFDF87A335E52F94B" bold="true" box="[513,568,1651,1675]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Eye:</emphasis>
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pale brown to brownish with reddish tinge, sometimes uniformly reddish.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFF6E7AD65D79F96F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1686,1711]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Antennae:</emphasis>
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AI uniformly pale green or with pale brown or brown band at base; AII yellow or pale green, with brown bands basally, medially and apically, basal band about
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shorter than medial band, medial and apical bands subequal in length; AIII pale green basally and pale brown apically; AIV pale brown, pale green at base.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFACD7A9E59F6F937" bold="true" box="[1332,1436,1758,1783]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Labium:</emphasis>
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LI pale green; LII uniformly yellow or pale green; LIII yellow, sometimes apically darkened; LIV brownish with yellow or pale brown base.
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: mostly pale green, with three longitudinal yellow stripes dorsally and single red stripe at lateral margin, dorsal stripes sometimes very pale; calli yellowish to pale green, paler than posterior part of pronotum, with reddish markings mostly at sides; posterior part of pronotum sometimes with dense bright green markings.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFEAA7BD25DBEF86B" bold="true" box="[339,468,1938,1963]" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Scutellum:</emphasis>
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whitish or pale green with pale brown or reddish marking at base medially.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFAD57BD35CBAF80F" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Mesoscutum:</emphasis>
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whitish or pale green with reddish, pale brown or yellowish markings medially and laterally.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFD401EFAC87BF65C8FF833" bold="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="40">Thoracic pleura</emphasis>
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: yellow or pale green with small reddish markings at sides, often with inferior part reddish; metapleuron pale green.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFEE67CD75D08FF70" bold="true" box="[287,354,151,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">MTG</emphasis>
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: pale green.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFE057CD85EE0FF70" bold="true" box="[508,650,152,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Hemelytron</emphasis>
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: pale green, with yellowish markings, sometimes entire hemelytron clothed with bright green small markings; membrane mostly pale brown with distinct brownish spot at base and indistinct whitish areas.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFE527CA05D89FF38" bold="true" box="[427,483,224,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Legs</emphasis>
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: coxae yellow with reddish markings at base; femora yellow with reddish markings mostly apically, hind femur pale brown apically; tibiae yellow, sometimes with reddish markings, often pale brown apically; tarsi yellow or pale brown, tarsal segment III and sometimes segment I brown.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFB957D675880FE80" bold="true" box="[1132,1258,295,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Abdomen:</emphasis>
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pale green with reddish and yellow markings basally, laterally and dorsally. VESTITURE: Dorsum clothed mostly with greyish suberect or adpressed short setae, paler on head and pronotum, darker on posterior part of corium and cuneus; setae mostly shorter than width of AI, setae on head posteriorly, pronotum anteriorly and anterior margin of corium as long as or longer than width of AI; setae on ventral side of head pale, suberect or adpressed, mostly as long as width of AI; setae on thoracic pleura pale, adpressed, very short and rare; setae on antennae and legs mostly pale, dense, very short and adpressed, distinctly shorter than AI; AI with two medial pale spine-like setae; tibiae with rows of pale spines; abdomen clothed with short dense pale setae, shorter than width of AI. STRUCTURE:
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFAAD7E6459FEFDFC" bold="true" box="[1364,1428,548,572]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Head</emphasis>
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: elongate, frons and clypeus slightly convex with distinct depression between them (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFBBB7E0758CCFD9F" box="[1090,1190,583,607]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 2A</figureCitation>
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, B).
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFB257E085978FDA0" bold="true" box="[1244,1298,584,608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Eye:</emphasis>
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semioval in frontal view, with medial margin straight, oval in lateral view, removed from anterior margin of pronotum by one third of eye diameter (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFE697ECF5D80FD67" box="[400,490,655,679]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
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); distance from inferior margin of eyes to clypeus apex as long as diameter of eye in frontal view, and longer than diameter of eye in lateral view (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFCA47EF45FCEFD0C" box="[861,932,692,716]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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B).
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFC377EF35821FD0C" bold="true" box="[974,1099,691,716]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Antennae:</emphasis>
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antennal segments of similar width, AI-II slightly wider than segments AIII-IV; AI short, about two third length of vertex width; AII about 4-
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFA867E9759E6FD2F" box="[1407,1420,727,751]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">5</date>
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x longer than AI; AIII about 1.5x as short as AII; AIV about
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFCDE7EBC5F29FCD4" box="[807,835,764,788]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">2x</date>
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shorter than AIII.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFBEB7EBB5810FCD4" bold="true" box="[1042,1146,763,788]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Labium:</emphasis>
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elongate, surpassing hind coxa, reaching between abdominal sternum III and middle of pregenital abdomen; LI
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFBA37F5F581CFCF7" box="[1114,1142,799,823]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">2x</date>
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as wide as L2 and L3, L4 slightly thinner than other segments; L1 slightly longer than ventral side of head; LII slightly longer or as long as LI; LIII as long as or longer than LII, LIV slightly shorter than LIII.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFC637F285879FC40" bold="true" box="[922,1043,872,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Pronotum</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFBDB7F275814FCBF" box="[1058,1150,871,895]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
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): trapeziform; collar very narrow; posterior margin about
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFDFD7FCC5E4AFC64" box="[516,544,908,932]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">2x</date>
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as long as anterior margin; calli shallow, separated medially by very shallow suture; lateral margins rounded; posterior margin slightly concave.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFC727FEF5868FC08" bold="true" box="[907,1026,943,968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Scutellum</emphasis>
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: flat, aproximately as long as posterior part of pronotum, mesoscutum exposed.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFD6B7F935EBFFC2C" bold="true" box="[658,725,979,1004]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">MTG</emphasis>
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: triangular, anterior and posterior margins concave.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFADA7F945931FC2C" bold="true" box="[1315,1371,980,1004]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Legs</emphasis>
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: hind femur broad, about
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFE8D7FB75DFAFBCF" box="[372,400,1015,1039]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">2x</date>
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wider than mesofemur; tarsi narrow, hind tarsal segment I short, segment II about
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFAC87FB75927FBCF" box="[1329,1357,1015,1039]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">3x</date>
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longer than segment I, segment III slightly shorter than segment II; pretarsus with convergent lamellate parempodia, pulvilli absent.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFEDA78005DA4FB98" bold="true" box="[291,462,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Male genitalia</emphasis>
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: pygophore symmetrical, trapeziform, without processes, genital opening dorsal (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFA9778005CCCFBBC" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1951,1974]" captionTargetBox="[157,1436,876,1950]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[123,1476,844,1954]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. A. Witchelinamiris mchughi, head and pronotum, dorsal view. B. W. mchughi, head, lateral view. C. W. viridimaculatus, evaporatorium. D. W. mchughi, pygophore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277996/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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D); right paramere club-shaped with small serrations on mesial surface (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFC1B7824585BFBBC" box="[994,1073,1124,1148]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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D, 6D); left paramere C-shaped with bifurcate apex (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFE7F78C85DBEFB60" box="[390,468,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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E, 6E); phallotheca with dorsal process medially (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFBEC78C8580EFB60" box="[1045,1124,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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A, 6A); aedeagus with two endosomal spicules, first spicule large, basally arcuate, with two or three long smooth processes, second spicule very small, placed close to secondary gonopore (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFD4F78905F69FB28" box="[694,771,1232,1256]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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B, C, 6B, C); endosomal membrane only at base of spicules (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFF6678B45C87FACC" box="[159,237,1268,1292]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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B, C, 6B, C); distal part of ductus seminis sclerotised (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFCB678B45FF6FACC" box="[847,924,1268,1292]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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B, C, 6B, C); secondary gonopore oval, about ½ length of sclerotised part of ductus seminis, directed laterally (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFC9479585FD1FAF0" box="[877,955,1304,1328]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1968,1991]" captionTargetBox="[188,1385,482,1916]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,442,1965]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Witchelinamiris mchughi, male genitalia. A. Phallotheca. B. Spicules, dorsal view. C. Spicules, lateral view. D. Right paramere. E. Left paramere. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277997/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
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B, C, 6B, C).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFC401FFF3C797B593BF8C4" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFF3C797B5D76FA94" bold="true" box="[197,284,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Female</emphasis>
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(only
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFE9C797D5E52FA94" box="[357,568,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridimaculatus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFE9C797D5E52FA94" box="[357,568,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">W. viridimaculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Brachypterous. COLOURATION (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFC2F797C5873FA94" box="[982,1049,1340,1364]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1336,1359]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,395,1311]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[151,1436,395,1312]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus view of Witchelinamiris mchughi (male) and W. viridimaculatus (male without green markings on dorsum, male with green markings on dorsum, female). Scale bar is 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/277995/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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): Mostly as in male.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFAFE797C592DFA94" bold="true" box="[1287,1351,1340,1364]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Head</emphasis>
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: vertex greenish yellow with markings near inner margin of eyes reddish brown, and with marking along posterior margins of eyes reddish; frons with pale brown markings, no orange transverse stripes between reddish semicircles.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFAB379C45CADFA00" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Pronotum</emphasis>
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: posterior part of pronotum with yellow stripes distinct, without bright green markings.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFB3F79E75954FA00" bold="true" box="[1222,1342,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Scutellum</emphasis>
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: mostly yellowish with pale green apex, stripes and markings as in male.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFC8E798C5864FA24" bold="true" box="[887,1038,1484,1508]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Mesoscutum</emphasis>
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: yellow, stripes and markings as in male.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFF2279AF5DF1F9C8" bold="true" box="[219,411,1519,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Thoracic pleura</emphasis>
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: uniformly pale green.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFD5879AF5E8EF9C8" bold="true" box="[673,740,1519,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">MTG</emphasis>
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: efferent system pale green with reddish spot laterally.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFAB579B05C8AF9EC" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Hemelytron</emphasis>
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: without bright green markings.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFDAE7A545EE5F9EC" bold="true" box="[599,655,1556,1580]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Legs</emphasis>
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: tibiae yellow with reddish markings, pale brown apically; tarsi yellow, segments I and III brown.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFDCC7A775EC3F990" bold="true" box="[565,681,1591,1616]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Abdomen</emphasis>
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: yellow, with sparse reddish markings basally and dorsally. VESTITURE: as in male. STRUCTURE: similar to male.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFCD77A1B5FCBF9B4" bold="true" box="[814,929,1627,1652]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Antennae</emphasis>
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: AII about 3-
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<date id="FFD04090FFFC401FFBC57A1C5821F9B4" box="[1084,1099,1628,1652]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">4</date>
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x as long as AI; AIII about ½ AIII length; AIV slightly shorter than AIII.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFD867A3F5EB7F958" bold="true" box="[639,733,1663,1688]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Labium</emphasis>
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: reaching middle of abdomen; LII longer than LI; LIII slightly longer than LII; LIV shorter than LII.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFDB07AE45EABF97C" bold="true" box="[585,705,1700,1724]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Pronotum</emphasis>
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: calli very shallow, almost flat.
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFBD67AE4589FF97C" bold="true" box="[1071,1269,1699,1724]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Female genitalia</emphasis>
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: dorsal labiate plate with elongate sclerotized rings, single weakly sclerotized semicircular sclerite (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFB907A8758C5F91F" box="[1129,1199,1735,1759]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,250,894,917]" captionTargetBox="[243,1347,244,814]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,892]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Witchelinamiris viridimaculatus, female genitalia. A. Dorsal labiate plate of bursa copulatrix. B. Posterior wall of genital chamber. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/278001/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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A); posterior wall of genital chamber with two processes, finely tuberculate (
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<figureCitation id="13557AD5FFFC401FFCF17AAC5F26F8C4" box="[776,844,1772,1796]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,250,894,917]" captionTargetBox="[243,1347,244,814]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,892]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Witchelinamiris viridimaculatus, female genitalia. A. Dorsal labiate plate of bursa copulatrix. B. Posterior wall of genital chamber. Scale bar is 0.1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/278001/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
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B); vestibular area symmetrical, membranous.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFC401FFF3C7B505FA1F854" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFF3C7B505D3CF8E8" bold="true" box="[197,342,1808,1832]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Host plants.</emphasis>
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Host plant records are known only for
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFCE57B515F9AF8E8" box="[796,1008,1808,1832]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridimaculatus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFCE57B515F9AF8E8" box="[796,1008,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">W. viridimaculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, which is known from two chenopod species. Mirids have been commonly collected from chenopods in arid and semi-arid
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<collectingCountry id="F37926C0FFFC401FFBAD7B7458D4F88C" box="[1108,1214,1844,1868]" name="Australia" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Australia</collectingCountry>
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, with many of them new to science (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFF1BA1FFFC401FFEB37B175E3CF8AF" author="Tatarnic" box="[330,598,1879,1903]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" refString="Tatarnic, N. J. & Cassis, G. (2008) Revision of the plant bug genus Coridromius Signoret (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 315, 1 - 95." type="journal article" year="2008">Tatarnic & Cassis 2008</bibRefCitation>
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). However, much of the chenopod-inhabiting mirid fauna, particularly new species belonging to the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFE557B3C5E43F854" box="[428,553,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Orthotylini">Orthotylini</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFDA67B3C5EDAF854" box="[607,688,1916,1940]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Phylini">Phylini</taxonomicName>
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are awaiting description.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C37435DBFFFC4018FF3C7BE05FDDFCD4" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFC4018FF3C7BE0591BFD67" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2013]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,789]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFF3C7BE05D53F878" bold="true" box="[197,313,1952,1976]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Remarks.</emphasis>
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The systematic position of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFD727BE05F56F878" box="[651,828,1952,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFD727BE05F56F878" box="[651,828,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is uncertain. On colouration characters the species shares some similarities with members of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFD667B845F6CF81C" box="[671,774,1988,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Zanchius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFD667B845F6CF81C" box="[671,774,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">Zanchius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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genus group (
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFC537B855F82F81C" box="[938,1000,1989,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">sensu</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFF1BA1FFFC401FFC097B845810F81C" author="Schuh" box="[1008,1146,1988,2012]" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" refString="Schuh, R. T. (1974) The Orthotylinae and Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) of South Africa with a phylogenetic analysis of the ant-mimetic tribes of the two subfamilies for the world. Entomologica Americana, 47, 1 - 332." type="journal article" year="1974">Schuh 1974</bibRefCitation>
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), with
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFC401FFB317B8559F6F81C" box="[1224,1436,1988,2012]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viridimaculatus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFC401FFB317B8559F6F81C" box="[1224,1436,1988,2012]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="41">W. viridimaculatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2290739FFFB4018FF6E7CD85C9BFF70" box="[151,241,152,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" rank="species">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FF6E7CD85C9BFF70" bold="true" box="[151,241,152,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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having a green spotted dorsum. However, the head of both species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FBF67CD858AAFF70" box="[1039,1216,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FBF67CD858AAFF70" box="[1039,1216,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is elongate and the postocular margins are straight. In comparison, the head of members of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FC177CFC583FFF14" box="[1006,1109,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Zanchius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FC177CFC583FFF14" box="[1006,1109,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Zanchius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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genus group is short and not elongate in front, and the postocular margins are convex. In addition, the endosomal membrane is reduced, and both species have an elongate smooth endosomal spicule. The spicule structure differs considerably from
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FABF7D445CB4FEFF" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Austromirini">Austromirini</taxonomicName>
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, typified by the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FE647D695E62FE80" box="[413,520,297,320]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Lattinova" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FE647D695E62FE80" box="[413,520,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Lattinova</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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complex, which have two elongate spicules with limited endosomal membrane (Cassis 2008). It is also unlike examined Australian members of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FC5B7D0C584BFEA4" box="[930,1057,332,356]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Orthotylini">Orthotylini</taxonomicName>
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, such as
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FB717D0D5C96FE47" authority="Cassis et al. 2010" authorityName="Cassis et al." authorityYear="2010" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Harveycapsus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FB717D0D594DFEA4" box="[1160,1319,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Harveycapsus</emphasis>
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(Cassis
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FA717D0D5CDEFE48" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">et al.</emphasis>
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2010)
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</taxonomicName>
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and an undescribed genus of myrtaceaous inhabiting orthotylines (Cheng & Cassis in preparation), which have three endosomal spicules, which like austromirines have elongate spicules. Unlike these genera, the spicules of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FF4C7DF85D0CFE10" box="[181,358,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FF4C7DF85D0CFE10" box="[181,358,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are smooth, and do not possess the sawlike margins of the spicules in the other abovementioned orthotylines. In addition, the parameres of both species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FCD97D9C5FBBFE34" box="[800,977,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FCD97D9C5FBBFE34" box="[800,977,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are distinctive, with the left paramere Cshaped with a small bifurcation at its apex, and the right paramere is simple, and is somewhat club-shaped. The female genitalia are simple, with the posterior wall of the genital chamber with simple paired processes that are unlike the inter-ramal lobes of other orthotylines (cf.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFF1BA1FFFB4018FD137E075F07FD9F" author="Slater" box="[746,877,583,607]" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" refString="Slater, J. A. (1950) An investigation of the female genitalia as taxonomic characters in the Miridae (Hemiptera). Iowa State College Journal of Science, 25, 1 - 81, 7 pls." type="journal article" year="1950">Slater 1950</bibRefCitation>
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; Cassis
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FC317E09586AFDA0" box="[968,1024,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">et al.</emphasis>
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2010). Moreover, the opening of the vestibulum is symmetrical, which is akin to what is found in the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FC8B7E2C5FBEFD44" box="[882,980,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Halticini">Halticini</taxonomicName>
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(Tatarnic & Cassis in press) and species of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FF277ED05D08FD68" box="[222,354,656,680]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Hadronema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FF277ED05D08FD68" box="[222,354,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Hadronema</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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complex (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFF1BA1FFFB4018FE207ECF5E02FD67" author="Forero" box="[473,616,655,679]" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" refString="Forero, D. (2008) Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Hadronema group (Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini) with descriptions of new genera and new species, and comments on the neotropical genus Tupimiris. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 312, 1 - 172." type="journal article" year="2008">Forero 2008</bibRefCitation>
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), and unlike asymmetry found in many
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FBDF7ECF58DDFD67" box="[1062,1207,655,679]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Austromirini">Austromirini</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FB147ECF5907FD67" box="[1261,1389,655,679]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Orthotylini">Orthotylini</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD16650FFFB4018FF6E7EF45FDDFCD4" blockId="4.[151,1436,151,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">
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At present, it is difficult to assess the systematic position of
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FCCC7EF45F8CFD0C" box="[821,998,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Witchelinamiris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="39" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FCCC7EF45F8CFD0C" box="[821,998,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Witchelinamiris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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because of the inadequacy of the tribal classification of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FE877E975E65FD2F" box="[382,527,727,751]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Orthotylinae">Orthotylinae</taxonomicName>
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. We tentatively place it within the Ortothylini pending further investigation and any future formalisation of the
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<taxonomicName id="4C6E1DD3FFFB4018FE0D7EBC5E31FCD4" box="[500,603,764,788]" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Zanchius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B91ABA42FFFB4018FE0D7EBC5E31FCD4" box="[500,603,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="42">Zanchius</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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genus group at the tribal level.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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