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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,813,1847,1873]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="838">Torrenticola brachypalpis</emphasis>
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D-I
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,754,1969,1993]" pageId="18" pageNumber="838">Material examined</emphasis>
— 
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,222,1889,1910]" pageId="19" pageNumber="839">Figure 12</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,221,1944,1965]" pageId="20" pageNumber="840">Figure 13</emphasis>
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, ♀ paratype, MG4 Takabi Chhu: A – dorsal shield; B – ventral shield; C – palp, medial view (P-1 lacking). Scale bars = 100 μm.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,221,1992,2013]" pageId="21" pageNumber="841">Figure 14</emphasis>
Photographs of selected structures. A, B, D, E, G, Dorsal shield; C, F, Ejaculatory complex; H, frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; I, gnathosoma and chelicera. 
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(A, C – ♂, B – ♀), MG5 Dakpay Chhu. 
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1203,1242,2019,2040]" pageId="21" pageNumber="841">D–I</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[1248,1402,2018,2040]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="841">T. brachypalpis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1402,1475,2019,2040]" pageId="21" pageNumber="841">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(D–F – ♂, G–I – ♀): D, F – MG3 Bipgang Chhu; E, G–I – MG4 Takabi Chhu.
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Bipgang Chhu, 
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4 Takabi Chhu, 
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4
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Takabi Chhu, 
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(damaged, dorsal shield lacking), 
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5 Dakpay Chhu, 
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asl, 
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,647,401,425]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Diagnosis</emphasis>
— Gnathosomal rostrum long and very slender; P-2 ventral seta relatively long (reaching almost width of the segment) and slightly below the ventrodistal projection, P-3 with a very long seta located at the base of the projection, P-4 relatively short and stout, L ratio P-2/P-4 1.5–1.6.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,662,538,562]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Description</emphasis>
— 
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– Idiosoma oval-elongated (dorsal shield L/W ratio 1.3-1.4); dorsal shield without a colour pattern (as photographed in 
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D-E); area of primary sclerotization of the dorsal plate with two dorsoglandularia; gnathosomal bay U-shaped, proximally pointed; Cxgl-4 subapical; suture lines of Cx-IV distinctly extending posteriorly beyond posterior margin of genital field, laterally curved; excretory pore and Vgl-2 located close to the margin of primary sclerotization; gnathosoma with a curved ventral margin, rostrum elongated and slender (
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); P-2 ventral margin straight, ventral seta slightly below the ventrodistal projection, P-2 and P-3 ventrodistal protrusions small and bluntly pointed, P-3 with a very long seta located at the base of the projection, P-4 relatively short and stout, P-4 with a ventral tubercle bearing one longer and three shorter setae (
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, 
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). 
<emphasis box="[491,550,879,903]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Male</emphasis>
– Medial suture line of Cx-II+III relatively short; genital field subrectangular; ejaculatory complex conventional in shape (with well-developed anterior keel and proximal arms, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="21.[119,190,1992,2013]" captionTargetBox="[168,1429,221,1938]" captionTargetId="figure-2@21.[167,1429,221,1938]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figure 14 Photographs of selected structures. A, B, D, E, G, Dorsal shield; C, F, Ejaculatory complex; H, frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; I, gnathosoma and chelicera.A–C Torrenticola longisetasp. nov. (A, C – ♂, B – ♀), MG5 Dakpay Chhu.D–I T. brachypalpissp. nov. (D–F – ♂, G–I – ♀): D, F – MG3 Bipgang Chhu; E, G–I – MG4 Takabi Chhu." pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Figure 14F</figureCitation>
). 
<emphasis box="[554,638,948,972]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Female</emphasis>
– Genital field wider than in male and slightly tapering posteriorly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[531,1467,982,1006]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<emphasis box="[531,685,983,1006]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Measurements</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[705,764,982,1006]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Male</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus box="[775,872,982,1006]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">holotype</typeStatus>
) – Idiosoma (ventral view: 
<figureCitation box="[1184,1307,982,1006]" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="19.[119,190,1889,1910]" captionTargetBox="[108,1487,272,1818]" captionTargetId="figure-2@19.[103,1494,272,1833]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 12 Torrenticola brachypalpissp. nov., ♂ holotype, MG3 Bipgang Chhu: A – frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; B – dorsal shield; C – ventral shield; D – palp, medial view; E – gnathosoma and chelicera; F – I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 μm." pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Figure 12C</figureCitation>
) L 752, W 531;
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
dorsal shield (
<figureCitation box="[664,790,1016,1040]" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="19.[119,190,1889,1910]" captionTargetBox="[108,1487,272,1818]" captionTargetId="figure-2@19.[103,1494,272,1833]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 12 Torrenticola brachypalpissp. nov., ♂ holotype, MG3 Bipgang Chhu: A – frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; B – dorsal shield; C – ventral shield; D – palp, medial view; E – gnathosoma and chelicera; F – I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 μm." pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Figure 12B</figureCitation>
) L 591, W 445, L/W ratio 1.33; dorsal plate L 550; shoulder plate L 188–195, W 68–69, L/W ratio 2.77–2.84; frontal plate L 150, W 63, L/W ratio 2.4; shoulder/frontal plate L 1.25–1.3. Gnathosomal bay L 175, Cx-I total L 322, Cx-I mL 146, CxII+III mL 94; ratio Cx-I L/Cx-II+III mL 3.43; Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 1.55. Genital field L/W 138/109, ratio 1.26; distance genital field-excretory pore 142, genital field-caudal idiosoma margin 198. Ejaculatory complex L 168. Gnathosoma vL 334, chelicera L 394; palp total L
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,1430,1221,1245]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">244, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 28/27, 1.03; P-2, 86/41, 2.1; P-3, 58/39, 1.48; P-4, 55/27, 2.1; P-5,</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,1433,1256,1280]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">17/13, 1.3; L ratio P-2/P-4 1.57. dL of I-L-2–6: 75, 75, 102, 102, 87; I-L-6 H 28; dL/H I-L-6</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,583,1290,1314]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">ratio 3.1.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[531,1480,1324,1348]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<emphasis box="[531,615,1324,1348]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Female</emphasis>
(
<typeStatus box="[626,715,1324,1348]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">paratype</typeStatus>
from Takabi Chhu, n = 1) – Idiosoma (ventral view: 
<figureCitation box="[1324,1448,1324,1348]" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="20.[119,190,1944,1965]" captionTargetBox="[109,1477,222,1876]" captionTargetId="figure-2@20.[103,1494,221,1889]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figure 13 Torrenticola brachypalpissp. nov., ♀ paratype, MG4 Takabi Chhu: A – dorsal shield; B – ventral shield; C – palp, medial view (P-1 lacking). Scale bars = 100 μm." pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Figure 13B</figureCitation>
) L
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
884, W 575; dorsal shield (
<figureCitation box="[790,916,1358,1382]" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="20.[119,190,1944,1965]" captionTargetBox="[109,1477,222,1876]" captionTargetId="figure-2@20.[103,1494,221,1889]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Figure 13 Torrenticola brachypalpissp. nov., ♀ paratype, MG4 Takabi Chhu: A – dorsal shield; B – ventral shield; C – palp, medial view (P-1 lacking). Scale bars = 100 μm." pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Figure 13A</figureCitation>
) L 659, W 478, L/W ratio 1.38; dorsal plate L 613; shoulder plate L 203, W 72, L/W ratio 2.8; frontal plate L 156–159, W 64–66, L/W ratio
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,1459,1427,1451]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">2.4–2.5; shoulder/frontal plate L 1.27–1.3. Gnathosomal bay L 197, Cx-I total L 359, Cx-I mL</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">163, Cx-II+III mL 69; ratio Cx-I L/Cx-II+III mL 5.2; Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 2.36. Genital field L/W 160/141, ratio 1.14; distance genital field-excretory pore 188, genital field-caudal idiosoma margin 269. Gnathosoma vL 363, chelicera L 438; palp total L 278, dL/H, dL/H ratio:</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,1401,1563,1587]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">P-1, 30/31, 0.97; P-2, 98/50, 1.97; P-3, 67/45, 1.5; P-4, 66/30, 2.21; P-5, 17/14, 1.23; L ratio</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[491,1271,1598,1622]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">P-2/P-4 1.5. dL of I-L-4–6: 108, 108, 91; I-L-6 H 27; dL/H I-L-6 ratio 3.4.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[531,1087,1632,1656]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[531,1087,1632,1656]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,658,1632,1656]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Etymology</emphasis>
— Named for the relatively short palp.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="22" pageNumber="842" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,651,1666,1690]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Discussion</emphasis>
— In regard to the similar shape of gnathosoma and a P-4 shortened and stout, the new species resembles 
<taxonomicName authority="Gu, Jin &amp; Guo, 2020" authorityName="Gu, Jin &amp; Guo" authorityYear="2020" box="[778,1269,1700,1724]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yunnanensis">
<emphasis box="[778,1054,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Torrenticola yunnanensis</emphasis>
Gu, Jin &amp; Guo, 2020
</taxonomicName>
, a species described from a single female from 
<collectingRegion box="[788,970,1734,1758]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
(Mengla, 
<collectingCountry box="[1089,1162,1734,1758]" name="China" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">China</collectingCountry>
). In regard to the shape of the genital field (subrectangular as illustrated in figure 3B in 
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Gu 
<emphasis box="[1158,1217,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">et al.</emphasis>
2020b
</bibRefCitation>
) it is likely that the illustrated female of 
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<emphasis box="[753,916,1804,1827]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">T. yunnanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
represent a male specimen. 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gu, Jin &amp; Guo" authorityYear="2020" box="[1218,1497,1803,1827]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yunnanensis">
<emphasis box="[1218,1497,1803,1827]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Torrenticola yunnanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs in having a shorter ventral setae on P-2 and P-3, and the ventral seta on P-2 is located proximally to the ventral extension in 
<taxonomicName authority="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K, 2022" authorityName="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K" authorityYear="2022" box="[897,1068,1871,1895]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachypalpis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[897,1068,1871,1895]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">T. brachypalpis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1069,1158,1872,1896]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1069,1158,1872,1896]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[531,931,1905,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="22.[491,1560,229,1930]" box="[531,931,1905,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,670,1906,1930]" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Distribution</emphasis>
— 
<collectingCountry box="[710,791,1905,1929]" name="Bhutan" pageId="22" pageNumber="842">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
(this study).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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