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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FF54F90EFEA15CBE" bold="true" box="[151,304,1697,1723]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Uranotaenia</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FE82F90FFE655CBE" bold="true" box="[321,500,1696,1723]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Pseudoficalbia</emphasis>
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Dyar
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FEC9F94AFEF05CF8" bold="true" box="[266,353,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">anhydor</emphasis>
Dyar, 1907
</taxonomicName>
—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FD15F949FC235CF8" box="[726,946,1765,1789]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Uranotaenia anhydor</emphasis>
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. Distribution:
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(
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),
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States (Arizona, southern California, Nevada) (
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;
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Belkin &amp;
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1956
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).
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subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FECEF88DFEF55D3F" bold="true" box="[269,356,1826,1850]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">syntheta</emphasis>
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—original combination:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FCA5F88CFBD45D3E" box="[870,1093,1827,1851]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Uranotaenia syntheta</emphasis>
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(subspecific status by
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1956). Distribution:
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(eastern and central),
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(
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,
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,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BAB10AD5FB05F8EEFA935D5C" box="[1222,1282,1857,1881]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Texas</collectingRegion>
) (
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;
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;
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Belkin &amp;
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1956
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).
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FF54F808FE1A5DC5" box="[151,395,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Uranotaenia anhydor</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB10AD5FE00F808FDDB5DC5" box="[451,586,1958,1984]" italics="true" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">Ur. syntheta</emphasis>
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were both originally described as distinct species, the former from a single larva taken from a swamp at Sweetwater Junction near San Diego,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BAB10AD5FC55F865FB995DE1" box="[918,1032,1994,2020]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="130" pageNumber="131">California</collectingRegion>
and the latter from an adult female collected at Mission,
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BAB00AD4FE44FF38FE5D5AB4" box="[391,460,151,177]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">Texas</collectingRegion>
. The authors of the latter species (
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FC88FF38FBDF5AB4" author="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Shannon, R. C." box="[843,1102,151,177]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" pagination="187 - 192" refId="ref152840" refString="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Shannon, R. C. (1924) The American species of Uranotaenia (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 12 (10 - 12), 187 - 192." type="journal article" year="1924">Dyar &amp; Shannon 1924</bibRefCitation>
), prior to describing
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FAFBFF38FA045AB4" box="[1336,1429,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, noted that
<taxonomicName id="59B24D58BAB00AD4FED2FF14FEFF5AD0" box="[273,366,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Culicidae" genus="Uranotaenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anhydor">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FED2FF14FEFF5AD0" box="[273,366,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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was “not yet known outside of southern
<collectingRegion id="5C76F839BAB00AD4FC8BFF14FC515AD0" box="[840,960,187,213]" country="United States of America" name="California" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">California</collectingRegion>
”. The two nominal forms continued to be recognized as separate species by
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FDE6FF70FD255AFC" author="Dyar, H. G." box="[549,692,223,249]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" refId="ref152545" refString="Dyar, H. G. (1928) The mosquitoes of the Americas. Publication No. 387. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C., 616 pp." type="book" year="1928">Dyar (1928)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FD07FF70FC185AFC" author="Edwards, F. W." box="[708,905,223,249]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" refId="ref154128" refString="Edwards, F. W. (1932 a) Genera Insectorum. Diptera, Fam. Culicidae. Fascicle 194. V. Verteneuil &amp; L. Desmet, Bruxelles [Brussels], 258 pp., 5 pls." type="book" year="1932">Edwards (1932a)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FC5BFF70FBAC5AFC" author="Dampf, A." box="[920,1085,223,249]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" pagination="147 - 169" refId="ref150046" refString="Dampf, A. (1943) Distribucion y ciclo anual de Uranotaenia syntheta Dyar &amp; Shannon en Mexico y descripcion del hipopigio masculino (Insecta, Diptera). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 4 (3 - 4), 147 - 169, 1 pl." type="journal article" year="1943">Dampf (1943)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FB88FF70FA095AFC" author="Yamaguti, S. &amp; LaCasse, W. J." box="[1099,1432,222,249]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" pagination="1 - 85" refId="ref185613" refString="Yamaguti, S. &amp; LaCasse, W. J. (1951) Mosquito fauna of North America. Part II - Genera Megarhinus, Wyeomyia, Uranotaenia and Culiseta. Office of the Surgeon, HQ, APO Japan Logistical Command, 343, i + 1 - 85." type="journal article" year="1951">Yamaguti &amp; LaCasse (1951)</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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Galindo
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FDFEFEACFDFC5B18" box="[573,621,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">et al</emphasis>
. (1954)
</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FD3BFEACFBAB5B18" author="Carpenter, S. J. &amp; LaCasse, W. J." box="[760,1082,258,285]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" refId="ref147571" refString="Carpenter, S. J. &amp; LaCasse, W. J. (1955) Mosquitoes of North America (north of Mexico). University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, vii + 360 pp., 127 pls." type="book" year="1955">Carpenter &amp; LaCasse (1955)</bibRefCitation>
; however, the authors of the last three articles observed that the two forms are so similar morphologically that they may constitute two subspecies or a single species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBAB00AD4FF04FEC0FE3C5984" blockId="131.[151,1437,151,1365]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">
The two forms remained as separate species until
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Belkin &amp;
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(1956)
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formally treated
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FACAFEC0FAF75B8C" box="[1289,1382,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FEF7FE3CFE005BA8" box="[308,401,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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based on comparisons of all life stages of specimens from a population sampled at Saratoga Springs in Death Valley (San Bernardino County,
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) with populations of “
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FBE9FE18FB165BD4" box="[1066,1159,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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from San Diego County, Baja
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and
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, and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FDCAFE74FDF75BF0" box="[521,614,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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from several localities in
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.” They noted “…that the Saratoga Springs population is distinct from both
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FDD2FE50FDFF581C" box="[529,622,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FD6FFE50FC98581C" box="[684,777,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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and that it is in no way intermediate between the two.” Despite these findings, they concluded “that all these populations are so close morphologically that they should be considered to form one species…. The populations in the
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east of the Continental Divide, and in all probability those in eastern and central
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, constitute the subspecies
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FC14FDC4FBA55880" box="[983,1076,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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, easily recognizable only in the adult stage by the thoracic ornamentation. The Saratoga Springs population cannot be considered to be in any way intermediate between the typical
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FDD5FD1CFDE258C8" box="[534,627,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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from San Diego Co. and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FC60FD1CFB9158C8" box="[931,1024,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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but rather an extreme development of the former. It is suggested that the Saratoga Springs population, which is quite distinct morphologically and ecologically from the other western populations, has been isolated in the Amargosa drainage of the Death Valley System since late Pleistocene times… and that it may represent a third subspecies in the
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FB4AFCB0FB77593C" box="[1161,1254,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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complex.” This concept subsequently has been accepted in all later works (
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9E0D36DBBAB00AD4FF04FC24FE4F5F50" blockId="131.[151,1437,151,1365]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">
All published treatments of
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FE3BFC24FDC459A0" box="[504,597,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FD4AFC24FD7759A0" box="[649,742,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
agree that the adults of the two forms are reliably distinguished by the development of a line (single row) of iridescent blue scales along the lateral margins of the scutum. In
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FAFBFC00FA0459CC" box="[1336,1429,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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, this line is distinct (conspicuous) from the scutal fossa to the base of the wing, with a narrow gap at mid-length, whereas in
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FEDBFC58FEE45E14" box="[280,373,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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the line is faint or obsolete (indistinct) with a wide gap in the middle (
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;
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;
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Galindo
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FEB9FBB4FE3B5E30" box="[378,426,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">et al</emphasis>
. 1954
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;
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;
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;
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Belkin &amp;
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1956
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). In contrast, the Saratoga Springs form has an elongate patch of several rows of iridescent light blue scales on each side of the scutum (
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Belkin &amp;
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1956
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). Based on the morphological distinction and lack of evidence for gene flow across the Continental Divide, we believe molecular data will show that
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FBE6FB28FB135EA4" box="[1061,1154,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">anhydor</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FB75FB28FA825EA4" box="[1206,1299,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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are separate species, and for that reason we hereby restore
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FD62FB04FD6F5EC0" box="[673,766,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">syntheta</emphasis>
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to its original specific rank:
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FB86FB04FD9F5EED" bold="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FB86FB04FB465EC0" bold="true" box="[1093,1239,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">Uranotaenia</emphasis>
(
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)
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<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FF3DFB60FD9F5EED" author="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Shannon, R. C." box="[254,526,1230,1257]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" pagination="187 - 192" refId="ref152840" refString="Dyar, H. G. &amp; Shannon, R. C. (1924) The American species of Uranotaenia (Diptera, Culicidae). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 12 (10 - 12), 187 - 192." type="journal article" year="1924">Dyar &amp; Shannon, 1924</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FDD8FB60FC9F5EEC" box="[539,782,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">Uranotaenia syntheta</emphasis>
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is currently listed as a species in the Encyclopedia of Life. Contrary to
<bibRefCitation id="FA234B2ABAB00AD4FEE3FB5CFDCD5F08" author="Belkin, J. N. &amp; McDonald, W. A." box="[288,604,1266,1293]" pageId="131" pageNumber="132" pagination="105 - 132" refId="ref144996" refString="Belkin, J. N. &amp; McDonald, W. A. (1956) A population of Uranotaenia anhydor from Death Valley, with descriptions of all stages and discussion of the complex (Diptera, Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 49 (2), 105 - 132. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 49.2.105" type="journal article" year="1956">
Belkin &amp;
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(1956)
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, we believe the morphological and ecological distinctions of the Saratoga Springs form are a clear indication that it is a genetically distinct species,
<emphasis id="ACC6EAC9BAB00AD4FC31FAB8FB845F35" box="[1010,1045,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="131" pageNumber="132">i.e.</emphasis>
it is an unnamed species pending formal taxonomic validation.
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