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elevation, woods and bamboo, in dark cinnamon soil,
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: A total of two specimens, as follows: One clitellate (C-SC201102-02B): Same data as for holotype.
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This species was named after the collection location Leshan City,
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Preserved specimens dark grey on dorsum, lacking pigment on ventrum. Mid-dorsal line pigmented. Dimensions
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at clitellum, segments number 95120. Body cylindrical in cross section, and gradually tapered towards head and tail. Secondary annulations absent. Prostomium ½ epilobous. First dorsal pore in 11/12. Clitellum annular in XIVXVI, pale, smooth, swollen, no visible setae externally, and dorsal pore usually absent on clitellum. Setae uniformly distributed, dorsal breaks more distinct than ventral, 2224 at III, 3035 at V, 2836 at VIII, 3642 at XX, 3844 at XXV; 10 between male pores; 1114/VII, 1114/VIII between spermathecal pores, setal formula AA = 11.2AB, ZZ = 22.2ZY. Spermathecal pores three pairs in 6/78/9, intersegmental, about 0.4 of circumference ventrally apart, with tumid epidermis around each spermathecal pore (
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(a)). Genital papillae absent around spermathecal region. Male pores paired in XVIII, about 0.33 of circumference ventrally apart, each on a small elliptical glandular flat-top pad, swollen, and surrounded by a larger irregular-shaped pad which extends from 17/18½ XIX. No genital papillae in this region (
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(b)). Female pore single, med-ventral in XIV, elliptical, situated in a depression.
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA429C3FBCDFEF43EB4" bold="true" box="[160,256,1146,1169]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">Figure 1.</emphasis>
(a)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA4284DFBCDFDF23EB4" box="[302,518,1146,1169]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">Amynthas leshanensis</emphasis>
Sun and Qiu
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, holotype, spermathecal pores; (b)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA42D12FBCDFEF83E8B" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">A. leshanensis</emphasis>
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, male pore region; (c)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA42B23FB20FD313E8B" box="[576,709,1175,1198]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">A. leshanensis</emphasis>
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, intestinal caecum; (d)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA42A9DFB20FB773E8B" box="[1022,1155,1175,1198]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">A. leshanensis</emphasis>
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, spermathecae. (e)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA428D0FB02FDA53EE9" box="[435,593,1205,1228]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">Amynthas gilvus</emphasis>
Sun and Qiu
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, holotype, male pore region; (f)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA42D12FB02FF233ECC" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">A. gilvus</emphasis>
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, intestinal caecum; (g)
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA42B7AFB65FD9F3ECC" box="[537,619,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">A. gilvus</emphasis>
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, spermathecae.
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<paragraph id="8B8D36DFCA6FFFA429C3F9CCFB773C92" blockId="2.[160,1155,1659,1719]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501">
<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6FFFA429C3F9CCFE643CB1" bold="true" box="[160,400,1659,1684]" inLineHeading="true" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2501" reason="3">Internal characters.</emphasis>
Septa 5/67/8 and 10/1112/13 slightly thickened, 8/99/10 absent. Dorsal blood vessel single, continuous onto pharynx; esophageal hearts four
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<paragraph id="8B8D36DFCA6EFFA529C3FF39FDE23824" blockId="3.[160,1156,142,513]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">
pairs in XXIII. Gizzard barrel-like, in VIIIX; intestine beginning to swell in XVI; intestinal caeca complex, with three long and broad finger-shaped sacs, originating in XXVII and extending forward to XXIV (
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(c)). Male sexual system is holandric. Testis sacs two pairs, small, ventral in X and XI, connected with membrane on ventrum. Seminal vesicles paired in XI and XII, developed, broadly connected with each other on ventrum; prostate glands developed, coarsely lobate, in ½ XVIXXI, ducts U-curved, distal end stouter. No visible accessory glands around base of each duct. Female organs: Ovaries in XIII. Spermathecae paired in VIIIX, about
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long; ampulla heart-shaped, with very short duct, about
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; diverticulum shorter than main spermathecal axis by 0.42, slender, distal 0.5 dilated into elongated ovoid seminal chamber; no nephridia on spermathecal ducts (
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(d)).
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<paragraph id="8B8D36DFCA6EFFA529C3FD99FEF23862" blockId="3.[160,1156,558,1727]" box="[160,262,558,583]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">
<heading id="D0C581B3CA6EFFA529C3FD99FEF23862" box="[160,262,558,583]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502" reason="5">
<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA529C3FD99FEF23862" bold="true" box="[160,262,558,583]" inLineHeading="true" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502" reason="3">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8D36DFCA6EFFA529C3FDE6FDAD391F" blockId="3.[160,1156,558,1727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">
<taxonomicName id="4C324D5CCA6EFFA529C3FDE6FE67384F" authority="Sun &amp; Jiang &amp; Hu &amp; Qiu, 2016" authorityName="Sun &amp; Jiang &amp; Hu &amp; Qiu" authorityYear="2016" box="[160,403,593,618]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Amynthas" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="leshanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA529C3FDE6FE67384F" box="[160,403,593,618]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Amynthas leshanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27557B6CA6EFFA528FEFDE5FE0C384F" box="[413,504,594,618]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
keys to the
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52BECFDE6FCAD384F" box="[655,857,593,618]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Amynthas sieboldi</emphasis>
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group according to
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(
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). Members of this group can be distinguished from those of the other species of the genus
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52BCCFD21FCE8388A" box="[687,796,662,687]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Amynthas</emphasis>
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by three pairs of spermathecal pores intersegmental in 6/78/9 and a holandric male sexual system. In many principal respects the present new species is relatively similar to
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52A7EFD6BFBC638D0" box="[797,1074,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Amynthas obscuritoporus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52874FD49FDE03932" box="[279,532,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Amynthas editus editus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA34B2ECA6EFFA52B43FD48FD543932" author="Chen Y" box="[544,672,767,791]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502" pagination="83 - 141" refId="ref7925" refString="Chen Y. 1946. On the terrestrial Oligochaeta from Szechuan, = 3 \ * ROMAN III. West China Border Res Soc. 16: 83 - 141." type="journal article" year="1946">Chen, 1946</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Moreover, they share the same collection location Mt. Emei (
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,
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8D36DFCA6EFFA529A3FCF3FDE13FCA" blockId="3.[160,1156,558,1727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">
The species
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA5282BFCF3FDF03978" box="[328,516,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">
A.
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, which was initially collected in
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and
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,
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,
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, and subsequently gathered in
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and
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,
<collectingRegion id="49F6F83DCA6EFFA529C3FC3DFEAA3987" box="[160,350,906,930]" country="China" name="Jiangsu" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Jiangsu Province</collectingRegion>
,
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,
<collectingRegion id="49F6F83DCA6EFFA52B5CFC3DFD1D3987" box="[575,745,906,930]" country="China" name="Anhui" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">Anhui Province</collectingRegion>
and
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. Emei,
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, has several similar characteristics to the new species, as follows: (1) a dark colour on the dorsum and lacking pigment on the ventrum; (2) spermathecal pores three pairs in 6/7 8/9; (3) spermathecal ampulla heart-shaped with the duct shorter than the ampulla; (4) spermathecal diverticulum is usually about half the length of the main spermathecal axis, and the seminal chamber was described as elongated ovoid or bulb-like; (5) the left and right lobe of testis sacs connected ventro-medially in the form of a transverse band. However, the two are chiefly differentiated from each other as follows: (1) the clitellum of the new species present in XIVXVI, smooth and swollen, but not present in all cases for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA529A4FB76FE703EFF" box="[199,388,1217,1242]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. obscuritoporus</emphasis>
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; (2) even though both have the spermathecal pores in 6/78/9, the pores of
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52860FB53FE343ED8" box="[259,448,1252,1277]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. obscuritoporus</emphasis>
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are too small to recognise, comparing with the new species in which the spermathecal pores are surrounded by a relatively large swollen area; (3) the male pores of the new species are surrounded by a larger irregular-shaped pad, while the male pore region of
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA528D2FAFBFD993F40" box="[433,621,1356,1381]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. obscuritoporus</emphasis>
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is an obscure whitish patch and appears vague under the skin, or looks like a small crescent-shaped groove in some cases; (4) the intestinal caeca of the new species is complex, while it is simple for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52AFEFA26FBAD3F8F" box="[925,1113,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. obscuritoporus</emphasis>
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; (5) the prostate glands of the new species are developed, by comparison, but are small or rudimentary in
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52832FA61FDFA3FCA" box="[337,526,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. obscuritoporus</emphasis>
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.
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Another species,
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA528EAFA4EFDC33C37" box="[393,567,1529,1554]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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, also collected in Mt. Emei,
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, is somewhat similar to the new species in that they have a similar density of setae, the spermathecal pores are all located in 6/78/9, the male pore papillae occupy more than one segment, the spermathecal ampulla is heart-shaped, the seminal chamber is elongated, and the prostate glands are developed with a U-curved duct. However, they differ in the following main characteristics: (1) the pigment of
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA6EFFA52B87F911FC7A3C9A" box="[740,910,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2502">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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is pale both dorsally and ventrally, but just ventrally for the new species; (2) the first two pairs of spermathecal pores of
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22848FF07FE253AEC" box="[299,465,176,201]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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are extremely close one seta interval, compared to the last pair while the distance is equal in the new species; (3) there is a large lens-shaped papilla placed medio-ventrally in the male pore region of
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22A4FFF42FC253B2B" box="[812,977,245,270]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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but no papillae for the new species; (4) the intestinal caeca is simple for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22A42FEAFFC333B14" box="[801,967,280,305]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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but complex for the new species; (5) the spermathecal diverticulum is very long and the ectal portion of duct coiled in
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22827FEEAFE1D3B53" box="[324,489,349,374]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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, compared to a shorter and more slender duct in the new species; (6) the first pair of seminal vesicles in XI are enclosed in testis sacs for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22D46FE37FF153B99" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. editus editus</emphasis>
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but are clearly separated for the new species.
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Two other recently reported
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22B75FE72FD143BFB" box="[534,736,453,478]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">Amynthas sieboldi</emphasis>
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-group species
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22ACDFE72FB773BFB" box="[942,1155,453,478]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">Amynthas arenulus</emphasis>
Bantaowong and Panha
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA2288DFE5FFD2D3824" box="[494,729,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">Amynthas longicaeca</emphasis>
Bantaowong and Panha
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are somewhat similar to the new species according to the big pad on the male pore region at first glance, and the distance between male pores and spermathecal pores. However, they have many differences. For example: (1) comparing with
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22A51FDE7FC59384C" box="[818,941,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. arenulus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22A88FDE7FB8A384C" box="[1003,1150,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. longicaeca</emphasis>
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, the new species has a smaller body size; (2) the spermathecal pores have tumid epidermis for the new species, but not for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22B1DFD22FD03388B" box="[638,759,661,686]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. arenulus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22A4CFD22FC34388B" box="[815,960,661,686]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. longicaeca</emphasis>
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; (3) the intestinal caeca of the new species are complex; however, they are simple for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22AD5FD0FFBC538F4" box="[950,1073,696,721]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. arenulus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22D0DFD0FFEE138D6" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. longicaeca</emphasis>
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; (4) the duct of spermathecae is stout for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA22B95FD6DFC8438D6" box="[758,880,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. arenulus</emphasis>
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, and the diverticulum is very small with ovate knob for
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<emphasis id="B946EACDCA69FFA2289EFD4AFD7A3933" box="[509,654,765,790]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2503">A. longicaeca</emphasis>
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, which are both very different from the new species.
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