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Genus
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de Saussure &amp; Zehntner, 1902: 20 (first description);
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: 119 (list);
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: 60 (list);
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: 28 (list);
<bibRefCitation id="1B2D2276E7C6301AB1598CE7779CB3B8" author="Jeekel, CAW" journalOrPublisher="Symposia of the Zoological Society of London" pageId="28" pageNumber="95" pagination="41 - 52" title="The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda)." volume="32" year="1974">Jeekel 1974</bibRefCitation>
: 45 (classification);
<bibRefCitation id="41DBFF4B7ED847DF75678EC0404797A1" author="Hoffman, RL" journalOrPublisher="Geneva" pageId="28" pageNumber="95" title="Classification of the Diplopoda" year="1980">Hoffman 1980</bibRefCitation>
: 63 (list);
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: 8 (catalogue, discussion);
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: 618 (list);
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: 557 (redescription, additional species);
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Wesener and
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2007
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: 147 (ecology);
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: 8 (key);
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: 548 (morphological phylogenetic analysis);
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: 1185 (molecular phylogenetic analysis);
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: (morphological phylogenetic analysis).
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<paragraph id="DE701C26C5E993D258147F461FC4AD26" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Type species.</paragraph>
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de Saussure &amp; Zehntner, 1897, by monotypy.
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<paragraph id="623A9C7BB58DC0BCEE714DDB89EC26B0" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Other species included (9).</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="5E79E9BE5A81AAEA4019B28E9C9C8A2C" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus splendidus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="splendidus">Sphaeromimus splendidus</taxonomicName>
Wesener &amp; Sierwald, 2005
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<taxonomicName id="D3747DABA8ACB623EAFC8691A53D6A89" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus inexpectatus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inexpectatus">Sphaeromimus inexpectatus</taxonomicName>
Wesener &amp; Sierwald, 2005
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<taxonomicName id="18D4CBF268548F7A908C2FD53F4E38EA" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus titanus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="titanus">Sphaeromimus titanus</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="32D853467F96041A6A477D8F3CC9FA30" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="0519563647CE2DC04BC5E24C7EC9C8B6" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus lavasoa" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lavasoa">Sphaeromimus lavasoa</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="B2590907E004643471BFC3106B37BB08" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus andohahela" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andohahela">Sphaeromimus andohahela</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="A94CB48FFC5573C49E1C5B6C7F74AF9F" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus ivohibe" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ivohibe">Sphaeromimus ivohibe</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="DE614E0FB25C98BE00F6B69D80007D9A" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus saintelucei" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saintelucei">Sphaeromimus saintelucei</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<taxonomicName id="B28C040CC29DBFEC6EA83DA0C52A0A79" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus andrahomana" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="4" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andrahomana">Sphaeromimus andrahomana</taxonomicName>
sp. n. Wesener
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<paragraph id="0710402BDEEF8C0762D85A5224B2C4D6" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">Remarks.</paragraph>
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See
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for a detailed revision of the genus. A phylogeny, highlighting the close relationship of
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to the Indian
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Pocock, 1895 is available based on morphological (
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;
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), and molecular characters (
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). A short re-diagnosis is presented so that fewer characters need to be mentioned in the species descriptions.
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<paragraph id="25B37815AB673CF6D574026F2B7E9760" pageId="4" pageNumber="71">New diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Genus of small to medium-sized (15-45 mm length)
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. Colour variable, rarely pink or with a reddish-black pattern (Fig. 1A), but usually black to brown (Fig. 1B). Head with short antennae consisting of well-rounded antennomeres lacking cuticular scales. Antennomere 6 massive, only antennomere carrying sensilla basiconica. Apical disc with numerous apical cones (≫20), number of cones sexual dimorphic, males with twice or even three times as many cones as females. Eyes consisting of 55-95 ocelli. Mandible with six or seven pectinate lamellae and a
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-combed internal tooth. Gnathochilarium typical of the order, rudimentary lateral palpi carrying three or four sensory cones. Tergites with a smooth surface, in some species polished. Legs short and broad, tarsus usually 2.5-4 times longer than wide. Leg pair 1 and 2 lacking an apical spine. Femur often with a well-developed toothed ridge. Coxae with a more or less well-developed sharp process carrying small triangular spines. Anal shield usually well-rounded, underside carrying a single, short, black locking carina located closely to the margin.
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Figure 1. Photographs of living
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. A
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(de Saussure &amp; Zehntner, 1897) from Tsimelahy, upper left to lower left: red colour morph, black colour morph, normal colour morph, the similar looking sympatric
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(de Saussure &amp; Zehntner, 1902) B
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sp. n. C
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sp. n. cave specimen. Not to scale.
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<paragraph id="66643D866A2952B3FC7416306FC82EA5" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Male gonopore typical of
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, covered by a simple sclerotized plate.
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<paragraph id="EADB39E3A26AC0E41E5BFAA18F0A34BE" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">Anterior telopod consisting of syncoxite plus four telopoditomeres. First telopoditomere enlarged, carrying the male stridulation organ (harp) consisting of 3-6 stridulation ribs, number of ribs independent of the size of the male, species specific. Second telopoditomere posteriorly with a process protruding up to the start of telopoditomere 4. Third telopoditomere short, sometimes with a spine juxtaposed to process of telopoditomere 2. Telopoditomere 4 larger than 3 and 4 combined, conical, basally with a field of sclerotized spots juxtaposed to process of telopoditomere 2, apically with a large, triangular lobe-like spine, usually three smaller spines distributed across the joint.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EDDAE7D26F93E4C8521B2B63FDD4E4D5" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Posterior telopods always consisting of syncoxite with inner horns and inner lobes and pair of telopodites each consisting of three telopoditomeres forming chelae. First telopoditomere unremarkable, second telopoditomere forming the immovable finger of the chela. Immovable finger basally wide, apically tapering, always curved toward telopoditomere 3 (movable finger). Immovable finger as long as, or in some species overlapping movable finger. Membrane of telopoditomere 2 often extended into lobe, an anterior side juxtaposed to telopoditomere 3 with a dense field of sclerotized spots. Telopoditomere 3 curved or straight, relatively slender, margin juxtaposed to immovable finger with 20-40 small black crenulated teeth, three or four spines, and one, rarely two (
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sp. n.) large membranous lobes.
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<paragraph id="2226EB83408B243E9569A56802314B0B" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
Female vulva atypical for
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, with external and inner plate standing below operculum, not extending mesally. Operculum large and well-rounded, protruding at least up to basal half of prefemur. Female subanal plate greatly enlarged, in some species almost divided into two plates. Subanal plate carrying a washboard with 3-8 stridulation ribs on each side, number of ribs depending on female body size.
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Key to species of
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<paragraph id="59E48C354116C3FC1D9A9D33BFC31AAB" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="73" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<table id="33B41DC4DE1307F27D31F701759609EB" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="73" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
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<td id="736F4D648EEE1819D4FF82288C70BC16" colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" rowspan="1">Fig. 2E</td>
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<tr id="C7766E7C508C4D3E41135A2D0E281C56" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<td id="D3E50C100D46D1651D7D8C1DB27B5FB4" colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" rowspan="1">Fig. 9A</td>
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<tr id="26C5AB1A65D54163293B4F3C98F65590" pageId="5" pageNumber="72">
<td id="CE29564D7FB2615A43939734897A4118" colspan="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="72" rowspan="1">Fig. 17AFig. 16BFig. 17F</td>
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Fig. 2CFig. 12A
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titanus
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Fig. 3B
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<taxonomicName id="43EF0333965D3BA9CF0A4DE2172F2EC7" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus inexpectatus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inexpectatus">Sphaeromimus inexpectatus</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="53B4B32C5809BE414F3B96A414588ADA" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="D4A843EF48937C32EA0E12ECDCECC09B" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 17B</td>
<td id="3D11B3E76C3EA2C7EB70F6BAA6A09BC0" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="2BAE20F392449CF159059058D8928B33" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus saintelucei" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="saintelucei">Sphaeromimus saintelucei</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="4545F868609A490FBA6A02ADB3637BC6" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="C4DA7AF7099C6BC1B6B279E66DBFFE73" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 5AFig. 3B</td>
<td id="D39F315410B2CCDE3C071771CA60C738" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="FD9C2EC3C2EFAB70268F12486C7FD17F" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus titanus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="titanus">Sphaeromimus titanus</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="58053E6B489975CC9B7DC8976FBBB71D" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="2E48588874ABF2BC8D53BFB4087606EB" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 12AFig. 11D</td>
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<tr id="4AC9FC67B74C48BC1E62CF6631A2A7EA" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="305D4C3CD839904CD678F585AD0895FE" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="D96D07CF5E20DE57E0BD8EF1DAFD8542" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus splendidus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="splendidus">Sphaeromimus splendidus</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="D1D3C2F2C7F1F3AAC6CDF2D12E8A38E8" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="C06EF4D7FD25FE855E05AD3643129AB1" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 11A</td>
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<tr id="B560BD3299F91B3BDBFBD605D862DFFA" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="D20E7C36FC9780E8473641383A37495E" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 12AFig. 14D</td>
<td id="1FC69A5B3839873CB90F857BD83A49E5" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="AA211D045341F25725D21613137222CF" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus andohahela" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andohahela">Sphaeromimus andohahela</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="3219E4F2754031BCA005ED1C862440F0" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="0ED1B38EE9F07F564BF1831D4B2CE89D" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 16CFig. 18F</td>
<td id="110F54051E2C0B93785310F109C7FD33" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="7E6F8537FBD2A391914958FDCAD5F12E" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus andrahomana" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andrahomana">Sphaeromimus andrahomana</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="79448180499A7E5FE27174C3DC882BD2" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="6A36414CF3E91E565D3863C349917171" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 1A</td>
<td id="4088D589638C737DD86458B2A8B51B37" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9E1B76E34771AC0D7DCD020549E22B98" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus musicus" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="musicus">Sphaeromimus musicus</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="442526DB765160015B494AD105AE8C4A" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="5593FFB0CD4B04B84BD350FA345002D2" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 1B</td>
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<tr id="442D901C3076D5B3ADDD8DBF910DA8AC" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="7D60DFE312669F649BDC6D900F15F401" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 11BFig. 12AFig. 11F</td>
<td id="2BC4FA3B27A819099C08D441E4D59DF3" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A2571B022B2BBAABFC4A4A8852C5F37C" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus lavasoa" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lavasoa">Sphaeromimus lavasoa</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="4666DBCAD8A43C1F4F67D1DBEA995DE2" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="0D2FFDBD81E42A2AC0579B925BFA2FC0" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 9AFig. 5B</td>
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<tr id="E235AD52E41E3EB030D6206D0BA403A2" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="8B485CD2222868FB58235562F9FE3931" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 9AFig. 5BFig. 9FFig. 9E</td>
<td id="DF4092B808AAB31456FAFAC9BE275DFE" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="647348DF0146713175BB42D09A748ED1" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus vatovavy" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vatovavy">Sphaeromimus vatovavy</taxonomicName>
</td>
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<tr id="ABD0B98B59AB683701CB4C51EF621E9D" pageId="6" pageNumber="73">
<td id="FDC1B73EC3ACD8517F242EEE92000FF9" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">Fig. 15DFig. 16AFig. 15H</td>
<td id="2DAFEC6633389895A31E958ECACA2E3A" colspan="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A94A9FE07F55B0CACD66242301F6D316" class="Diplopoda" family="Arthrosphaeridae" genus="Sphaeromimus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphaeromimus ivohibe" order="Sphaerotheriida" pageId="6" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ivohibe">Sphaeromimus ivohibe</taxonomicName>
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