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, J. Janák lgt. (
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<subSubSection id="739D6544AD07FFEFFF566115FE5AFC57" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="671" pageId="24" pageNumber="669" type="description">
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD07FFEDFF566115FC5AFB25" blockId="24.[151,1127,842,1569]" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD07FFEDFF566115FEF6FC85" bold="true" box="[151,283,842,865]" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Description</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD07FFEDFEED6115FE72FC85" box="[300,415,842,865]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[113,144,1420,1439]" captionTargetBox="[111,1088,219,1387]" captionTargetId="figure-12@7.[111,1088,219,1387]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 2. Variability in elytral scales in three species.Epistomius colonnellii sp. nov.(A lateral view, B, C variability in dorsal view); Epistomius natalensis sp. nov. (D lateral view, E, F variability in dorsal view); Epistomius niger sp. nov. (G lateral view, H, I variability in dorsal view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318673" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318673/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Figs 2GI</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD07FFEDFE6C6115FDEDFC85" box="[429,512,842,865]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">10AG</figureCitation>
). Body length
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. Body blackish, basal two thirds on antennal scape, funicle and short apical part of tibiae reddish brown, tarsi yellowish brown. Elytra, pronotum and head with rostrum sparsely covered with appressed oval to drop-shaped scales, 34 across width of one interval, leaving between scales distance only slightly shorter than width of one scale. Appressed scales on femora and tibiae identical to elytral ones but smaller. Setae on basal half of elytra semiappressed, short, inconspicuous, on apical half erect, conspicuous, slender, widest at midlength, narrowly apically rounded, only slightly shorter than width of one interval, distance between two setae on posterior declivity more than twice as long as length of one seta. Setae on pronotum and head with rostrum subspatulate, short, about equal to those of basal half of elytra, semiappressed, hardly prominent in lateral view. Scape, femora and tibiae with short, long-oval semiappressed setae, hardly prominent from outline. Scales and setae light greyish brown.
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD07FFEDFF746695FF02FB05" box="[181,239,1226,1249]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Head</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD07FFEDFF3A6695FE6CFB05" box="[251,385,1226,1249]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Figs 10AD</figureCitation>
). Rostrum in males (
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD07FFEDFD976695FD5FFB05" box="[598,690,1226,1249]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Fig. 10B</figureCitation>
) extremelly enlarged in apical half, apical part distinctly prominent laterally, 1.151.19× as wide as long, at apex 1.171.19× as wide as at base and 0.9× as wide as head including eyes; in females (
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD07FFEDFCC46755FC8EFAC5" box="[773,867,1290,1313]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="669">Fig. 10C</figureCitation>
) evenly weakly enlarged apicad with weakly concave sides, 1.061.08× as wide as long, at apex 1.041.08× as wide as at base, 0.8× as wide as head including eyes. Epifrons with weakly concave sides, when cleared of scales shiny, smooth, unpunctured, with deep and well developed longitudinal median stria reaching to middle of vertex and with two inconspicuous lateral longitudinal keels. Frons deepened, smooth. Epistome in males distinctly wider than width of epifrons at midlength, in females narrower, only slightly wider than epifrons at midlength. Head when cleared of scales shiny and smooth, with several very fine, almost indistinct longitudinal striae. Eyes convex, somewhat prominent from outline of head.
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Fig. 10.
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A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F).
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF746283FEF7FF17" box="[181,282,220,243]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Antennae</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFEEB6283FE62FF17" box="[298,399,220,243]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
). Antennal scape 5.86.1× as long as wide and 1.51.6× as long as funicle, at apex 0.8× as wide as club. Funicle segment I 1.61.7× as long as wide and twice as long as segment II, which is 1.11.2× as long as wide; segments IIIVI 1.3× as wide as long; segment VII 1.41.5× as wide as long. Club 1.61.7× as long as wide.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF746303FEF2FE97" box="[181,287,348,371]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Pronotum</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFEEC6303FE60FE97" box="[301,397,348,371]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
) in males 1.431.49× as wide as long, in females 1.351.39× as wide as long, widest behind midlength, with rounded sides, more tapered anteriad than posteriad, constricted behind anterior margin. When cleared of scales regularly convex, shiny, densely coarsely punctured, with 67 punctures along the length, punctures large, distance of punctures shorter than their semidiameter. Pronotum in lateral view weakly convex, behind anterior border lowered.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF746043FF15FDD7" box="[181,248,540,563]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Elytra</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFEC76043FE8AFDD7" box="[262,359,540,563]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Fig. 10A</figureCitation>
) in males short, globular, 1.091.11× as long as wide, in females longer, oval, 1.161.19× as long as wide.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF746003FC5AFD77" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF746003FF0AFD97" box="[181,231,604,627]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Legs</emphasis>
(
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). Tarsomere II 1.61.7× as wide as long; tarsomere III 1.5× as wide as long and 1.3× as tarsomere II; onychium 1.92.1× as long as tarsomere III.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF7460C3FD0BFD17" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF7460C3FEA3FD57" box="[181,334,668,691]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Male genitalia</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFE9B60C3FE47FD57" box="[346,426,668,691]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="9.[111,142,898,917]" captionTargetBox="[126,1043,222,867]" captionTargetId="figure-264@9.[114,1088,208,890]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Fig. 3. Apex of penis.A Epistomius bulirschi sp. nov.; B Epistomius colonnellii sp. nov.; C Epistomius janaki sp. nov.; D Epistomius natalensis sp. nov.; E Epistomius ngomiensis sp. nov.; F Epistomius niger sp. nov.; G Epistomius wanati sp. nov." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318677" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318677/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Figs 3F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFE7260C3FE09FD57" box="[435,484,668,691]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="25.[112,143,1547,1566]" captionTargetBox="[117,1087,218,1519]" captionTargetId="figure-12@25.[117,1087,217,1519]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="Fig. 10. Epistomius niger sp. nov. A habitus, dorsal view, holotype, male; B rostrum, male, dorsal view; C rostrum, female, dorsal view; D rostrum, male, lateral view; E protibia, male; F spermatheca; G aedeagus. Scale bars: 1 mm (A), 0.5 mm (G) and 0.2 mm (F)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318697" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318697/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">10G</figureCitation>
). Penis short, weakly longer than wide, widest at base, slightly evenly tapered apicad, apex subtriangular; in lateral view weakly irregularly curved, equally wide, tapered only at apex, with slender lengthened tip.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF7460A3FE5AFC57" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF7460A3FECBFCF7" box="[181,294,764,787]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Variability</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFEF260A3FE4EFCF7" box="[307,419,764,787]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[113,144,1420,1439]" captionTargetBox="[111,1088,219,1387]" captionTargetId="figure-12@7.[111,1088,219,1387]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 2. Variability in elytral scales in three species.Epistomius colonnellii sp. nov.(A lateral view, B, C variability in dorsal view); Epistomius natalensis sp. nov. (D lateral view, E, F variability in dorsal view); Epistomius niger sp. nov. (G lateral view, H, I variability in dorsal view)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318673" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318673/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Figs 2GI</figureCitation>
). Typical population from Ongoye has elytral setae on apical declivity slender, widest at midlength, apically shortly rounded, slightly shorter than width of one interval, while population from Entumeni has the same setae lancet-shaped, narrower, sharply apically pointed, weakly longer than width of one interval. The material from Entumeni was not included in the
<typeStatus id="E43C886DAD05FFEFFEA76123FE79FC77" box="[358,404,892,915]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">type</typeStatus>
series to conserve the typical characters (see the variability chapter in
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF7261C3FEC7FC57" box="[179,298,924,947]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Epistomius</emphasis>
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description).
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<subSubSection id="739D6544AD05FFEFFF5661E3FE84FC17" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF5661E3FEF5FC37" bold="true" box="[151,280,956,979]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Etymology.</emphasis>
The blackish colour of antennae, legs and integument suggested the Latin name of this new species.
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<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF5661A3FBC6FBF7" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" box="[151,1067,1020,1043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF5661A3FF1EFBF7" bold="true" box="[151,243,1020,1043]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Biology.</emphasis>
The
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specimens were sifted from leaf litter in native broad-leaved forest.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="739D6544AD05FFEFFF566643FD27FBD7" box="[151,714,1052,1075]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF566643FD27FBD7" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" box="[151,714,1052,1075]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF566643FEC7FBD7" bold="true" box="[151,298,1052,1075]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="4390765FAD05FFEFFEF16643FE56FBD7" box="[304,443,1052,1075]" name="South Africa" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">South Africa</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="F943F82DAD05FFEFFE046643FD81FBD7" box="[453,620,1052,1075]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
(
<figureCitation id="A3BC2A4AAD05FFEFFDBA6643FD50FBD7" box="[635,701,1052,1075]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[151,182,963,982]" captionTargetBox="[151,1126,220,931]" captionTargetId="figure-199@10.[151,1126,215,949]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 4. Distribution of Epistomius species in South Africa; Epistomius bulirschi sp. nov. (yellow circle); Epistomius colonnellii sp. nov. (brown circles); Epistomius janaki sp. nov. (violet circles); Epistomius natalensis sp. nov. (blue circles); Epistomius ngomiensis sp. nov. (red circles); Epistomius niger sp. nov. (green circles); and Epistomius wanati sp. nov. (orange circle)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5318679" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5318679/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="739D6544AD05FFEFFF566663FE68FA97" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="3B3836CFAD05FFEFFF566663FE68FA97" blockId="26.[151,1127,220,1395]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF566663FE7CFBB7" bold="true" box="[151,401,1084,1107]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FC874D4CAD05FFEFFE566663FDA0FBB7" authority="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec, 2017" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec" authorityYear="2017" box="[407,589,1084,1107]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Epistomius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="niger" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFE566663FDA0FBB7" box="[407,589,1084,1107]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">Epistomius niger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="12C057A6AD05FFEFFD926663FD4BFBB7" box="[595,678,1084,1107]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is by conspicuously enlarged rostrum and globular elytra in males similar to
<taxonomicName id="FC874D4CAD05FFEFFDCC6603FD66FB97" authority="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec, 2017" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec" authorityYear="2017" box="[525,651,1116,1139]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Epistomius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bulirschi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFDCC6603FD66FB97" box="[525,651,1116,1139]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">E. bulirschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="12C057A6AD05FFEFFD536603FD05FB97" box="[658,744,1116,1139]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, from which it can be easily distinguished by erect setae on posterior declivity, in males also by penis not enlarged in apical third and in females by rostrum weakly enlarged apicad with epistome wider than epifrons at midlength. In view of the variability of elytral erect setae it could be confused mainly with
<taxonomicName id="FC874D4CAD05FFEFFB8E66E3FEE4FB17" authority="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec, 2017" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Epistomius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colonnellii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFB8E66E3FEE4FB17" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">E. colonnellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="12C057A6AD05FFEFFED16683FE89FB17" box="[272,356,1244,1267]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
as it has similar shape of setae and rostrum in males distinctly enlarged apicad, but it is distinguishable mainly by slenderer tibiae and tarsi with longer onychium, blackish antennal funicle and penis 1.61.7× as long as wide, tapered apicad with small tip, while
<taxonomicName id="FC874D4CAD05FFEFFF186763FE84FAB7" authority="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec, 2017" authorityName="Borovec &amp; Skuhrovec" authorityYear="2017" box="[217,361,1340,1363]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Epistomius" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="colonnellii" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="09F3EADDAD05FFEFFF186763FE84FAB7" box="[217,361,1340,1363]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="671">E. colonnellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="12C057A6AD05FFEFFEAE6763FE2FFAB7" box="[367,450,1340,1363]" pageId="26" pageNumber="671" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has penis shorter and wider, 1.31.4× as long as wide, parallelsided, apically obtuse.
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