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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.371.6568" ID-GBIF-Dataset="612ce0cc-252e-4e04-b638-cb74019cd90b" ID-PMC="PMC3909797" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-371-13" ID-PubMed="24493952" ID-ZBK="B12EC0932918498AA41E6C71738692FB" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2014" ModsDocID="1313-2970-371-13" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 371" ModsDocTitle="Brachymyrmex species with tumuliform metathoracic spiracles: description of three new species and discussion of dimorphism in the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" checkinTime="1451246426037" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Ortiz, Claudia M. & Fernandez, Fernando" docDate="2014" docId="C35FB4FD868DEAD5BA2C3A94B9293227" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 371: 13-33" docOrigin="ZooKeys 371" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.371.6568" docTitle="Brachymyrmex delabiei Ortiz & Fernandez, 2014, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="17FF8984-4DCA-48B2-BC39-0DCA9B702B8A" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="26" masterDocId="FFD76C199D70EC34FF820C38CA1DF502" masterDocTitle="Brachymyrmex species with tumuliform metathoracic spiracles: description of three new species and discussion of dimorphism in the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" masterLastPageNumber="33" masterPageNumber="13" pageNumber="23" updateTime="1668157481381" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Brachymyrmex species with tumuliform metathoracic spiracles: description of three new species and discussion of dimorphism in the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Ortiz, Claudia M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Fernandez, Fernando</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2014</mods:date>
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<mods:number>371</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.371.6568</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.371.6568</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-371-13</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">B12EC0932918498AA41E6C71738692FB</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152050558" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:17FF8984-4DCA-48B2-BC39-0DCA9B702B8A" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C35FB4FD868DEAD5BA2C3A94B9293227" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="10" pageNumber="23">
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="23" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/17FF8984-4DCA-48B2-BC39-0DCA9B702B8A" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex delabiei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delabiei">Brachymyrmex delabiei</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="10" pageNumber="23">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 22-24,28
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="10" pageNumber="23" type="holotype worker">
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="23">Holotype worker</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="10" pageNumber="23">
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(MZSP) [USNM ENT 00757718] and
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<pageBreakToken pageId="11" pageNumber="24" start="start">Paratypes</pageBreakToken>
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3 workers (CPDC [USNM ENT 00757719], ICN [USNM ENT 00757720], USNM [USNM ENT 00757721]): Brazil,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Tapiraí">Tapirai</normalizedToken>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-24.032084">24°01'55.5"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-47.465557">47°27'56"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 08-14 Jan 2001, col. R.R. Silva & Eberhardt, Transecto 1 Winkler 23.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="24" type="additional material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">
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1 worker, Brazil, Bahia, Boa Nova,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="João">Joao</normalizedToken>
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Mata, 13 Aug 2003, cols. J.R.M. Santos & J.C.S. Carmo (CPDC) [USNM ENT 00757610]. 1 worker, Brazil, Bahia A61 Camacan, 27 Aug 1999.
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-15.601111">15°36'04"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-39.52111">39°31'16"W</geoCoordinate>
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, col. J.R.M. dos Santos, (CPDC) [USNM ENT 00757837]; 1 worker, Brazil, Santa Catharina,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Palhoça">Palhoca</normalizedToken>
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, PE Serra do Tabuleiro, 02-10 Nov 2003,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="-27.741112">27°44'28"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-48.697224">48°41'50"W</geoCoordinate>
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, cols. R.R. Silva, B.H. Dietz and A. Tavares, (MZSP) [USNM ENT 00757725]; 1 worker, Brazil,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Paulo,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
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Bernardo do Campo, 01 Jun 1971, cols. W.L. & D.E. Brown (MCZC) [USNM ENT 00757835].
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="24" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">
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This species differs from most other
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Brachymyrmex</taxonomicName>
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species by the presence of tumuliform metathoracic spiracles, and clypeus with five long, erect hairs arranged as follows: one central hair near to the anterior margin, usually conspicuous; one pair of lateral hairs at clypeus midlength and one pair of hairs near the toruli (see Fig. 17-18) and from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex brasiliensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">Brachymyrmex brasiliensis</taxonomicName>
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by its entirely smooth and shiny body.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex delabiei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delabiei">Brachymyrmex delabiei</taxonomicName>
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can be diagnosed from
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex feitosai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="feitosai">Brachymyrmex feitosai</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (see below) by the lack of dense pubescence on the first segment of the gaster and by the presence of erect hairs on the mesosoma; two on the pronotum and two on the mesonotum.
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<caption pageId="11" pageNumber="24">
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Figure 22-27.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex delabiei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delabiei">Brachymyrmex delabiei</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (Holotype). 22 Worker, head in full-face view 23 Worker, body in lateral view 24 Worker, body in dorsal view.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex feitosai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="feitosai">Brachymyrmex feitosai</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (Paratype) 25 Worker, head in full-face view 26 Worker, body in lateral view 27 Worker, body in dorsal view (pictures taken by http://www.antweb.org/).
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<caption pageId="11" pageNumber="24">
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Figure 28. Distribution map of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex micromegas" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micromegas">Brachymyrmex micromegas</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex pilipes" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilipes">Brachymyrmex pilipes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex brasiliensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brasiliensis">Brachymyrmex brasiliensis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex delabiei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delabiei">Brachymyrmex delabiei</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachymyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Brachymyrmex feitosai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="feitosai">Brachymyrmex feitosai</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="11" pageNumber="24" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Description</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Worker.Holotype measurements (mm). HL1 0.38; HL2 0.29; HL3 0.08; HW 0.32; SL 0.32; EL 0.07; WL 0.40; PnL 0.12; PnW 0.22; ML 0.07; MW 0.13; Indices CI 83.7; SI1 102.8; SI2134.4; OI 22.2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Paratypes measurements (mm) (n=3). HL1 0.34 - 0.41; HL2 0.22 - 0.30; HL3 0.06 - 0.09; SL 0.31 - 0.36; EL 0.07 - 0.09; WL 0.35 - 0.43; PnL 0.09 - 0.13; PnW 0.15 - 0.24; ML 0.07 - 0.12; MW 0.13 - 0.17; Indices CI 83.7 - 93; SI 97 - 119; SI2112 - 135; OI 21.05 - 26.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Additional material examined measurements (mm) (n=4). HL1 0.34 - 0.41; HL2 0.22 - 0.28; HL3 0.06 - 0.09; SL 0.31 - 0.36; EL 0.08 - 0.09; WL 0.30 - 0.43; PnL 0.10 - 0.12; PnW 0.15 - 0.20; ML 0.07 - 0.12; MW 0.15; Indices CI 88.8 - 92; SI1 97 - 100; SI271 - 78; OI 25.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Description. Head slightly longer than wide, sides slightly convex. Posterior cephalic border flat, slightly concave in the middle. Anterior clypeal margin rounded. Toruli surpassing the posterior clypeal margin (best observed in anterodorsal oblique view). Scapes surpassing the posterior margin of the head. Ocelli present. Eyes situated below the cephalic midline and well developed with 7-9 ommatidia at their maximum diameter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="24">Promesonotum convex in profile. Mesonotum strongly convex, rounded and separated from pronotum. Propodeum strongly convex with short dorsum. Metathoracic spiracles fully dorsal, tumuliform, bulging out of the metanotal groove in lateral view, equidistant in diameter from metanotal groove and from the propodeal folding. Propodeal spiracle round, elevated from integument on the propodeal border. Petiole short and inclined forward.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="12" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="11" pageNumber="24">
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Body smooth and shiny. Dorsum of head, promesonotum, and propodeum with short appressed hairs. Scapes with suberect and subdecumbent hairs. Clypeus with five long, erect hairs arranged as follows: one central hair near to the anterior margin, usually
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<pageBreakToken pageId="12" pageNumber="25" start="start">conspicuous</pageBreakToken>
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; one pair of lateral hairs at clypeus midlength and one pair of hairs near the toruli. Gaster with several scattered long erect hairs, without dense pubescence. Mesosoma with erect hairs, two on the pronotum and two on the mesonotum. Body yellowish.
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="25">Queen and male. Unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="25" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="25">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Brazil: states of Bahia, Santa Catharina and
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Paulo.
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="25">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="25">We are pleased to name this ant in honor of Dr Jacques Delabie (CPDC) for his contribution to ant taxonomy and biology and his unconditional support for many ant biologists working in the Neotropics.</paragraph>
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<pageBreakToken pageId="13" pageNumber="26" start="start">Remarks</pageBreakToken>
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The type specimens from
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[USNM ENT 00757718 - 00757722] were collected in a pristine region of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (R.M. Feitosa, pers. comm.). Habitat information is lacking for the other specimens.
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