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[
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[remaining specimens, in ethanol])
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.
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Etymology — Noun in apposition, from the Latin
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, uncovered or exposed, and
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, buttocks, in reference to the small posterior sclerites.
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Diagnosis — In the key to Australasian
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provided by
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Taylor
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(2013)
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,
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would key out with
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,
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF03FC60663D84EC" box="[206,318,896,920]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. luxtoni</emphasis>
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and
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. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF52FC45663F84CF" box="[159,316,931,955]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. imperfectus</emphasis>
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in having the enlarged setae on femur I clavate rather than spinose, and from
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD4BFC2665FA84AA" box="[646,761,966,990]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. luxtoni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF18FC0B66298375" box="[213,298,1002,1025]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">M. pica</emphasis>
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in lacking seta
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. It also differs from
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in the lower number of setae on the legs and epimeres, in having the setae
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located on the anterior edge of the aspidosomal sclerite rather than ventral to the anterior edge, and in lacking the strikingly contrasting coloration of
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB6DFF9AFDBBFB7865ED83C5" author="Otto J. C." box="[630,750,1177,1201]" pageId="7" pageNumber="353" pagination="3 - 13" refId="ref5138" refString="Otto J. C. 1993 - A new species of Microcaeculus from Australia (Acarina: Caeculidae), with notes on its biology and behaviour - Internat. J. Acarol., 19, 1: 3 - 13. doi: 10.1080 / 01647959308683533 doi: 10.1080 / 01647959308683533" type="journal article" year="1993">Otto 1993</bibRefCitation>
)
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. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFE85FB5D66DA83A0" box="[328,473,1212,1236]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. knoepffleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB6DFF9AFE2BFB5D659083A0" authorityName="Coineau and Enns" authorityYear="1969" box="[486,659,1212,1236]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bornemisszai">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFE2BFB5D659083A0" box="[486,659,1212,1236]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. bornemisszai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB6DFF9AFD6DFB5D67D78382" authorityName="Coineau" authorityYear="1974" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="johnstoni">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD6DFB5D67D78382" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. johnstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB6DFF9AFEDCFB3E66AD8383" authorityName="Coineau" authorityYear="1974" box="[273,430,1247,1271]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="353" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="womersleyi">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFEDCFB3E66AD8383" box="[273,430,1247,1271]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">N. womersleyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the bothridial setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF05FAE367E3826E" box="[200,224,1282,1306]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">bo</emphasis>
globose-capitate.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3486535BB6DFF97FF08FAD067EE84D6" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="356" pageId="7" pageNumber="353" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB6DFF9AFF08FAD0649C844E" blockId="7.[159,762,406,1949]" lastBlockId="7.[826,1429,311,1948]" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">
Dorsum — Idiosoma length 608-667; width 358- 400. Dark brown sclerites separated by light brown striated integument. Aspidosomal sclerite with median depression poorly demarcated; setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD52FA7B65B882C5" box="[671,699,1434,1457]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Pa</emphasis>
situated at anteriormost corners of sclerite; setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD7AFA5C65DF82A0" box="[695,732,1469,1492]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Pm</emphasis>
at 0.3 on anterior lateral corners of sclerite; setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD72FA0165DE8283" box="[703,733,1504,1527]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Pp</emphasis>
at about 0.7 towards posterior lateral margins of sclerite, which are distinctly rounded rather than angular; aspidosomal sclerite length 192-249, width 166-177. Two pairs of eyes on accessory sclerite lateral to rear of aspidosomal sclerite; anterior margin of anterior eyes roughly level with setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD18F95265F081BE" box="[725,755,1715,1738]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Pp</emphasis>
. Centrodorsal sclerite with paired setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD4BF934659C8199" box="[646,671,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">a1</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD7EF93465CE8199" box="[691,717,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">b1</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFD2CF93465F98199" box="[737,762,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">c1</emphasis>
present; posterior margin of centrodorsal sclerite distinctly emarginate; centrodorsal sclerite length 196-276, width 185-223. Lateral sclerites not distinctly subdivided by emarginations; paired setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF52F86467BB80E9" box="[159,184,1925,1949]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">a2</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF0BF86567E380E8" box="[198,224,1924,1948]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">b2</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFF23F864660480E9" box="[238,263,1925,1949]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">c2</emphasis>
present roughly level with corresponding setae on centrodorsal sclerite; lyrifissure
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFAEAFED66239863A" box="[1319,1338,311,334]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">ia</emphasis>
angled slightly laterally forwards, about one-fifth width of lateral sclerite, placed about midway between setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFCF7FE41645086CC" box="[826,851,416,440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">a2</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC42FE4164AA86CC" box="[911,937,416,440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">b2</emphasis>
; lyrifissure
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFBF9FE40635386CC" box="[1076,1104,417,440]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">im</emphasis>
angled laterally rearwards, similar in size to
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFBC9FE25631486AF" box="[1028,1047,452,475]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">ia</emphasis>
, placed at about 0.6 between setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFCAEFE07647E868A" box="[867,893,486,510]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">b2</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC75FE0764D3868A" box="[952,976,486,510]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">c2</emphasis>
. Opisthosoma with broadly separated medial sclerites bearing setae pairs
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFB10FDE863FB8555" box="[1245,1272,521,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">d1</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFACBFDE862238555" box="[1286,1312,521,545]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">d2</emphasis>
, with unpaired seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC0FFDCD64D98530" box="[962,986,556,580]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">ds</emphasis>
present medially on soft integument; broadly separated posterior sclerites bearing setae pairs
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFCB0FD92649785FF" box="[893,916,627,651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">e1</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC69FD9264BF85FF" box="[932,956,627,651]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">e2</emphasis>
; and two lateral pluriposterior sclerites bearing seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC06FD7464DB85D9" box="[971,984,661,685]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">h</emphasis>
medially, together with single median pluriposterior sclerite bearing seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFB00FD5963E685A4" box="[1229,1253,696,720]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">hs</emphasis>
. Seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFAE5FD58623E85A4" box="[1320,1341,697,720]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">es</emphasis>
absent. Lyrifissure
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC0CFD3D64D58587" box="[961,982,732,755]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">ip</emphasis>
oval in shape, positioned on side of body in line with division of medial and posterior sclerites.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB6DFF9AFCADFCB0637E8177" blockId="7.[826,1429,311,1948]" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">
Venter — Epimeres dark brown; surrounded by darker cream integument; venter of idiosoma largely darker cream except sclerites dark brown. Median eye present below anterior projection of aspidosomal sclerite, seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFB9EFC3F636C8481" box="[1107,1135,990,1013]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Po</emphasis>
reduced to minute spine above median eye; bothridial setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFB17FBE163F1836C" box="[1242,1266,1024,1048]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">bo</emphasis>
lateral to median eye globose-capitate. Infracapitulum bearing two pairs of setiform setae, median pair slightly anterior to lateral pair. Epimeres I and II fused; epimere I bearing four elongate setae; epimere II bearing one elongate seta. Epimeres III and IV fused, each bearing one elongate seta. Genital valves with six pairs of setiform setae; genital opening length 76-104. Nine pairs of clavate aggenital setae present, four pairs on aggenital sclerites; anteriormost pair level with epimere IV; one pair just anterior, two pairs exterior and one pair just posterior to aggenital sclerites. Adanal setae absent; pseudanal sclerites with three pairs of clavate setae; anal opening length 95-138.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB6DFF9AFCADF9FB622D8070" blockId="7.[826,1429,311,1948]" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">Gnathosoma — Gnathosoma uniformly dark brown. Palp with four segments; fused femur-genu with three dorsal barbed setae; tibia with one prolateral setiform seta, and three dorsal and one terminal barbed setae; tarsus with recessed solenidion proximodorsally, three setiform setae around halfway, and paired eupathidia terminally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB6DFF97FCADF8FD67EE84D6" blockId="7.[826,1429,311,1948]" lastBlockId="10.[159,762,311,1949]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="356" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">
Legs — Legs black bearing white clavate setae. All femora undivided. All legs with anterior tarsal claw much smaller than posterior claw. Elongate bothridial seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB6DFF9AFC3EF865630B80E8" box="[1011,1032,1924,1948]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="353">bt</emphasis>
absent on legs I and II, present dorsally at about 0.6 on tarsi III and IV. Clavate setae present dorsally on all legs. Trochanter I with elongate prolateral tubercle bearing clavate seta; femur I with large proventral and retroventral seta, paired dorsolateral eupathidia present distally; genu I with two large proventral and one retroventral spinose setae, paired dorsolateral eupathidia present distally; tibia I with two proventral and two retroventral spinose setae, retrodorsal eupathidium present distally with recessed solenidion and seta
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE9AFD74667385D9" box="[343,368,661,685]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">k&quot;</emphasis>
slightly more ventrodistal; tarsus I with recessed prolateral solenidion at about halfway, setae
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE82FD3D66678587" box="[335,356,732,755]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">er</emphasis>
claw-like and directed parallel to tarsus. Leg II with large proventral clavate setae on femur and genu, remaining ventral setae not enlarged; arrangement of eupathidia as for leg I; prolateral solenidion also present at about halfway on tarsus.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB62FF95FF52F90565118066" blockId="8.[159,1429,1763,1810]" pageId="8" pageNumber="354">
FIGURE 4:
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB62FF95FEC9F90266CE8182" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" box="[260,461,1763,1782]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="8" pageNumber="354" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB62FF95FEC9F90266CE8182" box="[260,461,1763,1782]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="354">Neocaeculus nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, labels as for figure 2: A Dorsal view; B diagram of dorsum of idiosoma; C venter of idiosoma; D lateral view of anterior of idiosoma.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB63FF94FEA0F99863C481FF" blockId="9.[365,1223,1656,1676]" box="[365,1223,1656,1676]" pageId="9" pageNumber="355">
FIGURE 5: Legs of the left side of
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB63FF94FD6BF999646C81FF" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" box="[678,879,1656,1675]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="9" pageNumber="355" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB63FF94FD6BF999646C81FF" box="[678,879,1656,1675]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="355">Neocaeculus nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dorsal view; labels as for figure 3.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C3486535BB60FF97FF08FC5B63168530" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB60FF97FF08FC5B66178227" blockId="10.[159,762,311,1949]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">
Comments — Other species of
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with clavate rather than spinose enlarged leg setae are known to be diggers in sandy substrates (Coineau and Enns, 1969;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB60FF97FEACFBC26514834F" author="Coineau Y." box="[353,535,1059,1083]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" pagination="1 - 299" refId="ref4675" refString="Coineau Y. 1974 a - ElOments pour une monographie morphologique, Ocologique et biologique des Caeculidae (Acariens) - MOmoires du MusOum National d'Histoire Naturelle, SOrie A, Zoologie, 81: 1 - 299, pls 1 - 24." type="journal article" year="1974">Coineau, 1974a</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB60FF97FDE9FBC265A3834F" author="Otto J. C." box="[548,672,1059,1083]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" pagination="3 - 13" refId="ref5138" refString="Otto J. C. 1993 - A new species of Microcaeculus from Australia (Acarina: Caeculidae), with notes on its biology and behaviour - Internat. J. Acarol., 19, 1: 3 - 13. doi: 10.1080 / 01647959308683533 doi: 10.1080 / 01647959308683533" type="journal article" year="1993">Otto, 1993</bibRefCitation>
), and it seems likely that
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FEA1FBA7656B832A" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" box="[364,616,1094,1118]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FEA1FBA7656B832A" box="[364,616,1094,1118]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Neocaeculus nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar in habits. Barrow Island is therefore inhabited by two likely fossorial species,
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FE71FB6C655383D0" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" box="[444,592,1164,1188]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE71FB6C655383D0" box="[444,592,1164,1188]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FD5DFB6C67EC83B3" authorityName="Coineau and Enns" authorityYear="1969" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bornemisszai">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FD5DFB6C67EC83B3" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. bornemisszai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Data are currently inadequate to determine whether these two species exhibit any differences in habitat preference, though it may be noted that
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FF52FAF8664D8245" authorityName="Coineau and Enns" authorityYear="1969" box="[159,334,1305,1329]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bornemisszai">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FF52FAF8664D8245" box="[159,334,1305,1329]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. bornemisszai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more heavily sclerotised than
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FD13FAF8660D8220" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FD13FAF8660D8220" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB60FF97FF08FA8A656E81CA" blockId="10.[159,762,311,1949]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">
The reduced opisthosomal sclerotisation of
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FD13FA8A660D82D2" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FD13FA8A660D82D2" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
immediately distinguishes it from all other Australasian caeculids, most of which have the posterior sclerites in particular tending to become fused into a single transverse sclerite (as in
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). The species most similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C524D3DBB60FF97FD86F9FA65DF8146" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="2014" box="[587,732,1562,1586]" class="Arachnida" family="Caeculidae" genus="Neocaeculus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Prostigmata" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nudonates">
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FD86F9FA65DF8146" box="[587,732,1562,1586]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. nudonates</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in this regard is
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE8FF9DC65138121" box="[322,528,1597,1621]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Microcaeculus pica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which, as noted by
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Taylor
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FF3CF9806625810C" box="[241,294,1632,1656]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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, may prove more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FF0CF962664481EF" box="[193,327,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Neocaeculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
once the relationship of this genus with
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FF16F947667481CA" box="[219,375,1702,1726]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Microcaeculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is better established.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BED36BEBB60FF97FF08F93463168530" blockId="10.[159,762,311,1949]" lastBlockId="10.[826,1429,309,580]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">
Together with
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE4EF93465598199" box="[387,602,1749,1773]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Microcaeculus pica</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FDB9F93467EE8064" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Neocaeculus luxtoni</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FEFCF91866D08064" box="[305,467,1784,1808]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. imperfectus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FE2AF918657E8064" box="[487,637,1784,1808]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">N. nudonates</emphasis>
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is part of a group of species that are distinctive in the possession of a strongly globose-capitate bothridium
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FF52F88067B4800D" box="[159,183,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">bo</emphasis>
.
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Taylor
<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FED3F8836657800D" box="[286,340,1889,1913]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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believed that this bothridial morphology had not been recorded outside Aus- tralasian species; however,
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB60FF97FBB6FED46216863B" author="AndrO M." box="[1147,1301,309,335]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" pagination="79 - 127" refId="ref4459" refString="AndrO M. 1936 - Notes sur le genre Caeculus Dufour (Acariens) avec description d'espLces nouvelles africaines - Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. de l'Afrique du Nord, 26: 79 - 127." type="journal article" year="1936">AndrØ (1936)</bibRefCitation>
illustrated a similar bothridium for the Italian species
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FA86FEBA64F086E1" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Microcaeculus pisanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB60FF97FBC8FE9A639E86E1" author="AndrO M." box="[1029,1181,379,405]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" pagination="79 - 127" refId="ref4459" refString="AndrO M. 1936 - Notes sur le genre Caeculus Dufour (Acariens) avec description d'espLces nouvelles africaines - Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. de l'Afrique du Nord, 26: 79 - 127." type="journal article" year="1936">AndrØ, 1936</bibRefCitation>
). Unfortunately,
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FAB8FE9F648E86CC" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">M. pisanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described (in the genus
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FB24FE41624886CC" box="[1257,1355,416,440]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Caeculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from the larva only, and
<bibRefCitation id="EFC34B4FBB60FF97FBE3FE2263F286AF" author="Coineau Y." box="[1070,1265,451,475]" pageId="10" pageNumber="356" pagination="1 - 299" refId="ref4675" refString="Coineau Y. 1974 a - ElOments pour une monographie morphologique, Ocologique et biologique des Caeculidae (Acariens) - MOmoires du MusOum National d'Histoire Naturelle, SOrie A, Zoologie, 81: 1 - 299, pls 1 - 24." type="journal article" year="1974">Coineau (1974a)</bibRefCitation>
listed it as a species of
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<emphasis id="B926EAACBB60FF97FC75FE076357868A" box="[952,1108,486,510]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="356">Microcaeculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without further comment. Its relationship with other caeculid species therefore remains uncertain.
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