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<paragraph id="0F7D6F3E9F15F92BF6BF70218F0AEF2D" pageNumber="12">(Figs 12, 13, 23, 27, 32, 33)</paragraph>
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worker.
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,
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,
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, Leg.
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[
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].
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<paragraph id="F5CEBCFB86B052D942C93FCBAB33E8D8" country="Italy" pageNumber="12">
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<materialsCitation id="3EB07383F10D9BC5F6121B9EB5D2584C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1416639155" collectingDate="1994-04-12" collectionCode="SMNG, MHNG, MCSN, PCAS" collectorName="M. Sanetra" country="ITALY" location="Gran Sasso, 6 km NE. Castel del Monte, 1600 m. a. s. l." stateProvince="Abruzzi, Prov. L ’ Aquila" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<typeStatus id="F9F2A9D65E0137C572B765ABE32B7C1E">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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. 8 workers and 1 gyne, same data as holotype [
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.
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<paragraph id="F2FF0625F93EDAA047E836DEDD066C46" pageNumber="12">Etymology. The Latin word means “between the rocks,” a tribute to the name of the type locality, Gran Sasso.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="83170C6933D3EF4D1418CF5423D93A56" pageNumber="12">Description of worker. Measurements and indices [holotype] (n=10): HL [0.637] 0.62±0.02 (0.59-0.66), HW [0.532] 0.51±0.02 (0.48-0.54), SL [0.428] 0.42±0.02 (0.38-0.43), FCD [0.214] 0.21±0.01 (0.20-0.22), ML [0.822] 0.77±0.03 (0.72-0.82), MW [0.399] 0.37±0.02 (0.35-0.40), PSL [0.081] 0.08±0.01 (0.07-0.10), PEL [0.261] 0.25±0.02 (0.23-0.28), PEW [0.176] 0.16±0.01 (0.14-0.18), PEH [0.228] 0.21±0.01 (0.19- 0.23), PPW [0.228] 0.21±0.01 (0.20-0.23), HS 0.56±0.02 (0.53-0.59), HW/HL 0.82±0.02 (0.78-0.84), SL/ HS 0.74±0.02 (0.67-0.77), FCD/HS 0.37±0.01 (0.35-0.39), MW/ML 0.46±0.01 (0.48-0.50), PSL/ML 0.11±0.01 (0.09-0.12), PEH/PEL 0.84±0.05 (0.76-0.90), PEW/PEL 0.64±0.04 (0.59-0.68), PEW/PPW 0.75±0.03 (0.71-0.79).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="ACF78622BA65CA09C2C8BEBBE4FC9D34" pageNumber="12">Head slender, narrower anterior to eyes than posteriorly, vertexal corners evenly rounded, posterior vertexal margin medially slightly concave. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly convex, medially with a shallow depression or straight. Frontal carinae short, nearly parallel-sided. Scapes short. Mesosoma relatively narrow, in lateral view moderately high, with the dorsal margin mainly straight, or slightly convex. Propodeal spines short, broadly attached, nearly triangular, in dorsal view nearly linear and only slightly divergent distally, with rounded tips. Petiole pedunculate, average high and broad, in lateral view with a broadly rounded node. Anterodorsal petiolar node weakly angulate, anterior petiolar face concave. In dorsal view the node is evenly rounded, without angles or a crest. In dorsal view the postpetiole is subrectangular, slightly broader anteriorly than posteriorly.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0D2A258C5C6666658516A1182A29B65B" lastPageNumber="13" pageNumber="12">Mandibles partially rugoreticulate, lucid. Frontal triangle faintly granulate, lateral parts of clypeus irregularly striate to rugoreticulate, medially faintly granulate, with one superimposed shallow carina, surface subopaque. Frons reticulate with some striae, sublucid. Genae rugoreticulate, around the eyes, and whole vertex mainly reticulate. Larger specimens more rugoreticulate. Ventral surface of head faintly reticulate, medially lucid. Entire mesosoma densely reticulate, with a few superimposed rugulae on dorsum and pronotum. Propodeum between the propodeal spines and postpetiole reticulate, petiolar dorsum rugoreticulate, dorsal face of propodeum reticulate. Gaster lucid. Colour dark ferrugineus to brown; head darker than gaster and appendages. Antennal clubs dark brown. Standing pilosity of head, mesosoma and gaster sparse, transparent, with blunt tips.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="007B1EE1AF2153C88EAD37AD2F4B137D" pageNumber="13">Description of gyne. Measurements and indices (n=1): HL 0.74, HW 0.67, SL 0.50, FCD 0.26, ED 0.20, ML 1.33, MW 0.76, PSL 0.05, PEL 0.31, PEW 0.23, PEH 0.28, PPL 0.20, PPW 0.30, HS 0.72, HW/HL 0.94, SL/HS 0.70, FCD/HS 0.36, ED/HS 0.28, MW/ML 0.57, PSL/ML 0.04, PEH/PEL 0.89, PEW/PEL 0.73, PPL/ PPW 0.68, PEW/PPW 0.76.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C1CDD446D6914448DEE982EEF2C9A04" pageNumber="13">Head in relation to the mesosoma large and broad, especially behind the eyes. Genae weakly convex and convergent. Behind the eyes the margins are convex, vertexal margin broadly rounded, medially nearly linear. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly convex, medially with a shallow depression. Frontal triangle negligibly impressed. Eyes very small. Frontal carinae short and widely separated. Scapes short. Mesosoma in lateral view flat. Scutellum distinctly broader than long, posterior margin straight. Propodeal spines very short, dentiform.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="385E781618F0E3FF4D00BDC06E444238" pageNumber="13">Petiole pedunculate, average high, but broad, node with a truncated and rounded apex. Anterior-dorsal margin is slightly concave in profile. Subpetiolar process inconspicuous, nearly triangular. In dorsal view with narrow peduncle, strongly divergent, from midlength the sides are nearly parallel. The node apex has rounded, weak lateral corners, in dorsocaudal view. Postpetiole of same shape as in workers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="205371D8EACA5E58F03E8FF5952824A4" pageNumber="13">Mandibles longitudinally striate, lucid. Frontal triangle lucid, clypeus carinate. A small strip of frons nearly unsculptured, lucid, bordered by longitudinal carinae, which are connected by shallow transverse strigae. Each frontal carina fades to less stronger carinae posteriorly. Posterior part of frons reticulo-striate. Genae, surface around the eyes and vertex more strongly rugose, with reticulate interstices. Ventral surface of head reticulo-striate. Lateral parts of mesosoma rugose to carinate with scattered reticulate interstices. Pronotum rugose, mesonotum irregularly and densely carinate with some anastomoses, anterior surface unsculptured medially. Scutellum lucid medially, lateral surface striate. Dorsum of propodeum and surface between the spines transversely carinate. Petiole rugoreticulate, with transverse strigae on dorsum, dorsal petiolar surface and entire postpetiole irregularly reticulate. Dark brown, unicoloured, with the gaster somewhat lighter testaceus to brown. Appendages orange-brown, darker scapes, antennal clubs, and femora.</paragraph>
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Differential diagnosis. The workers of
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are distinguishable from most Italian
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by the brown colour in combination with a conspicuously truncated and robust petiole. In comparison to
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<taxonomicName id="790DDE0CA9F5765CC3C432EB1C5FB75C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="388181ADA240F7602F4623E704CC3C21" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183351" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="nigriceps">T. nigriceps (Mayr</taxonomicName>
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, 1855) (Fig. 14, 15, 24) has longer scapes and is usually bicoloured with ferruginous mesosoma and waist and contrastingly darker head and gaster. Additionally, the sculpture is much rougher and more visible especially on the head and mesosoma. Workers of
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<taxonomicName id="0F69BA1562A7C62F0267CBC85481AE9A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183404" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="tuberum">T. tuberum (Fabricius</taxonomicName>
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, 1775) (Fig. 16, 17, 25) always have a distinctly lighter mesosoma and head, and also stronger sculpture on dorsal head surface, than in
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<taxonomicName id="E61889C0342E1F37CBF5DD63CBF65613" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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. Other Mediterranean dark coloured
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species are
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<taxonomicName id="CDB48864D0A22D9B23A9EEF0F4B39FB8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183331" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax laestrygon (Santschi)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="laestrygon">T. laestrygon (Santschi</taxonomicName>
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, 1931),
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<taxonomicName id="3F611F7E6668A1F76FFE49CD0BC8DD7E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183350" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax niger (Forel)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="niger">T. niger (Forel</taxonomicName>
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, 1894) and the usually lighter, but sometimes equally dark coloured
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<taxonomicName id="F20FC6B6B03FE572DFF8FC9AC2D79663" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183303" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax exilis (Emery)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="exilis">T. exilis (Emery</taxonomicName>
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, 1869). The petiole of all three species is lower, triangular, and with a more or less distinct apical crest in lateral view. Furthermore, these species occur only at lower elevations with Mediterranean climate. The arboreal species
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<taxonomicName id="9F5A6F7539B28159B7942A7DE7133D7C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183252" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax affinis (Mayr)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="affinis">T. affinis (Mayr</taxonomicName>
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, 1855) (Fig. 20 & 21) is similar, when specimens are darker than usual, but they differ by distinctly longer propodeal spines. Very rarely specimens of
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may have shorter spines in combination with darker reddish brown colour. In such cases, these specimens have a more triangular petiolar node and a more evenly reticulate head, without superimposed rugae. A morphologically similar species outside Italy is the tentatively determined
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, 1985) (Fig. 18 & 19) from Transcaucasia and a probably isolated population on high mountains of southern Greece.
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from Greece can be distinguished from
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by longer scapes, shorter propodeal spines, lower waist (Table 3) dark brown to nearly black colour, coarser rugose sculpture, and truncated, weakly rounded dorsum/apex of petiolar node.
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For comparison only one gyne of
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<taxonomicName id="3012C396CE23176EE4BB098A99E9C1FA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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is available. The gyne of
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<taxonomicName id="65932ACED337239FBEB21E82D422D5D3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183351" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax nigriceps (Mayr)" pageNumber="13" rank="species" species="nigriceps">T. nigriceps</taxonomicName>
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has longer propodeal spines, more triangular petiolar node in lateral view, and more coarsely sculptured head and mesosoma. Temnothorax
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<taxonomicName id="55EAC7C50A96425A91530D0374F72CB3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183404" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="tuberum">tuberum</taxonomicName>
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is a morphologically variable species, but has a smaller head and somewhat shorter propodeal spines. Furthermore, in
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<taxonomicName id="0D8028305CE864947FEC425355052911" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183404" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="tuberum">T. tuberum</taxonomicName>
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, the mesosoma and especially the scutellum is more densely rugose, and the legs are evenly yellowish, whereas the legs of
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<taxonomicName id="949B891A9488643E4FF6516D6A1A4F59" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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are somewhat bicoloured, mostly brown with ferrugineous patches. The gyne of
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<taxonomicName id="C0598623A5643FD114E99662850255BE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183252" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax affinis (Mayr)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="affinis">T. affinis</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 36 & 37) is normally lighter coloured than in
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<taxonomicName id="81965340ED008497B271B0B76800F740" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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, but darker specimens occur. The propodeal spines are usually longer and the petiole is lower in profile. Head sculpture of
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<taxonomicName id="F2B029FFBBA320B896079DD5A6E9E300" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183252" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax affinis (Mayr)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="affinis">T. affinis</taxonomicName>
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(Fig. 37) is more reticulate and less rugulose, than in
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<taxonomicName id="A537D356B79A160D48EF7C6C01E060D2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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. The brownish to black gynes of
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<taxonomicName id="F07576EBEBB1C6B9BB9641E72BB88419" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183303" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax exilis (Emery)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="exilis">T. exilis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="41E818E791C3D4806B5BEAE22CFD05DE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183331" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax laestrygon (Santschi)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="laestrygon">T. laestrygon</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="B0966F4EEA72CBE7C3B4EF9BD49B1F38" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183350" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax niger (Forel)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="niger">T. niger</taxonomicName>
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are distinctive in their low petiole with a triangular and acute petiolar node in profile. The morphometric differentiation of gynes of
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<taxonomicName id="5446F7D7B30214195BBF0572E72DFCEA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223427" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax saxatilis Schulz, Heinze & Pusch" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="saxatilis">T. saxatilis</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="21A477480A5EDC8AF130766AFDEEA550" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183261" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax anodontoides (Dlussky & Zabelin)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="anodontoides">T. anodontoides</taxonomicName>
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from Greece is difficult; only one gyne each is available for comparison.
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<taxonomicName id="4C3F4B59D636016341AA97A646536988" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:183261" genus="Temnothorax" lsidName-HNS="Temnothorax anodontoides (Dlussky & Zabelin)" pageNumber="14" rank="species" species="anodontoides">Temnothorax anodontoides</taxonomicName>
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has a distinctly lower and truncated petiolar node in profile. In addition, in this species the sculpture is mainly rugose and coarser.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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