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5. 
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Gusarov
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Haywood Co. / Jackson Co.: junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road, 
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(
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. Abdominal segments 7­8 of 
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Gusarov
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Haywood Co. / Jackson Co.: 
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, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074ED5FE30FCD1FE7F" box="[752,825,396,421]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Rubus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074F6CFE30FC7DFE7F" box="[841,917,396,421]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Oxalis</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
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, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFBA39074875FE30FB56FE7C" box="[1104,1214,396,422]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" value="2001-06-02">2.vi.2001</date>
(
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, 
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); Haywood Co.:, Blue Ridge Parkway, Browning Knob Mt. [
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], 
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(A.Smetana), 
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(
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listed this specimen as a 
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in the 
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series of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074F2EFE40FC41FDCF" box="[779,937,508,533]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">G. bicarinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)(
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).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074D2DF919FE36F967" bold="true" box="[264,478,1701,1725]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">FIGURES 126­133</emphasis>
. Aedeagus of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074E5BF919FCA6F966" box="[638,846,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Geostiba pluvigena</emphasis>
Gusarov
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, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBA39074F9FF919FC1DF967" bold="true" box="[954,1013,1701,1725]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">sp. n.</emphasis>
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(paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126­129, 132­133) and Waterrock Knob (130­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133).
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<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFBB39064D1DFEA7FBBEFD34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064D1DFEA7FE50FEEF" bold="true" box="[312,440,283,309]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064DE9FEA0FD5CFEEF" box="[460,692,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Geostiba pluvigena</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from other Nearctic species of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064D2DFEF8FE9AFE87" box="[264,370,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Geostiba</emphasis>
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by having small eyes (temple length to eye length ratio 2.7­3.8), pronotal pubescence of 
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V, reduced wings, short elytra (pronotum length to elytron length ratio 1.3), the presence of two short parallel carinae in the middle of abdominal tergum 
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front of posterior margin, the shape of the aedeagus (
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) and the shape of the spermatheca (
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).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064D1DFDB0FDF5FDFF" box="[312,541,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Geostiba pluvigena</emphasis>
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is closely related to 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064F2BFDB0FC4FFDFF" box="[782,935,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBB39064F93FDB0FBB4FDFF" box="[950,1116,524,549]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nebuligena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064F93FDB0FBB4FDFF" box="[950,1116,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. nebuligena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB390648B1FDB0FEB9FD97" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. crepusculigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064D48FD88FDBCFD97" box="[365,596,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Geostiba pluvigena</emphasis>
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differs from 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064ED2FD88FC7AFD97" box="[759,914,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. nimbicola</emphasis>
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in having shorter and broader (in ventral view) apex of median lobe with weak apical denticle (in lateral view) (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064897FDE0FEDEFD44" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 126­ 133</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064D63FD38FE44FD44" box="[326,428,644,670]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">100­107</figureCitation>
); from 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064E2DFD38FD5AFD47" box="[520,690,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. nebuligena</emphasis>
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in having weaker apical denticle of median lobe of aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064DA3FD10FDC6FD1C" box="[390,558,684,710]" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 128­129</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064E18FD10FD4AFD1C" box="[573,674,684,710]" captionStart="FIGURES 152 ­ 156" captionStartId="41.[264,383,1456,1480]" captionTargetBox="[369,1217,460,1420]" captionTargetId="figure@41.[361,1225,449,1430]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 152 ­ 156. Aedeagus of Geostiba nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Highways 441 &amp; 71, Tennessee (152, 154 ­ 156) and Appalachian National Scenic Trail W of Clingmans Dome (153), Tennessee / North Carolina). 152 – median lobe, ventral view; 153 ­ 154 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 155 – median lobe, lateral view; 156 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (152, 155), 0.1 mm (153 ­ 154, 156)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155723/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">155­156</figureCitation>
); from 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064ED9FD10FC3DFD1F" box="[764,981,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">G. crepusculigena</emphasis>
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in lacking obtuse projection on the ventral side of the apex of median lobe (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064F15FD68FC3FFD34" box="[816,983,724,750]" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 128­129</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064FC6FD68FBA1FD34" box="[995,1097,724,750]" captionStart="FIGURES 174 ­ 177" captionStartId="45.[264,383,1766,1790]" captionTargetBox="[317,1274,1164,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[305,1283,1154,1742]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 174 ­ 177. Aedeagus of Geostiba crepusculigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratype from Snake Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 174 – median lobe, ventral view; 175 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 176 – median lobe, lateral view; 177 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (174, 176), 0.1 mm (175, 177)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155726/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">176­177</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFBB39064D1DFD47FD96F894" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="description">
<paragraph id="D3465800FFBB39064D1DFD47FDDEFCBC" blockId="37.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBB39064D1DFD47FE38FCCF" bold="true" box="[312,464,763,789]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Description.</emphasis>
Length 
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. Brown, pronotum, elytra and apex of abdomen often lighter, antennae brownish yellow or light brown, legs and mouthparts brownish yellow. Body parallel­sided.
</paragraph>
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Head as wide as long, surface on disk with fine isodiametric microsculpture, puncturation very fine, distance between punctures equal to 3­4 times their diameter. Temple length to eye length ratio 2.7­3.8. Antennal article 2 longer than article 3, article 4 transverse (width to length ratio 1.6), articles 5­10 strongly transverse (ratio 1.7­1.9), last article as long as 9 and 10 combined (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064E56FBA8FD22FBF4" box="[627,714,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 ­ 17" captionStartId="6.[264,383,1709,1733]" captionTargetBox="[307,1277,321,1687]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[297,1289,310,1697]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 8 ­ 17. Mouthparts of Geostiba circellaris (Gravenhorst) (8, Moscow Region, Russia), G. infirma (Weise) (9, Ivano­Frankovsk Region, Ukraine), G. carteriensis Pace (10 ­ 15, Tennessee), G. appalachigena Gusarov, sp. n. (16, paratype from West Virginia) and G. pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (17, paratype from North Carolina). 8 ­ 10, – prementum; 11 – hypopharynx; 12 – left maxilla, ventral view; 13 – left galea, dorsal view; 14 – left lacinia, dorsal view; 15 – mentum; 16 ­ 17 – right antenna. Scale bar 0.1 mm (8 ­ 15), 0.2 mm (16 ­ 17). L – Length of antennal article." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155703/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFBB39064D1DFB80FDC3FA9C" blockId="37.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
Pronotum as wide as long, width 
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, wider than head (pronotal width to head width ratio 1.1); microsculpture and puncturation as on head. Pronotal pubescence of 
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V. Elytra measured from humeral angle shorter than pronotum (pronotal length to elytral length ratio 1.3), wider than long (1.5), with fine isodiametric microsculpture and fine asperate puncturation, distance between punctures equals 2­3 times their diameter. Elytral suture behind scutellum slightly raised in both sexes. Wings reduced to short vestiges, shorter than elytra.
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFBB39064D1DFAE8FB22FA64" blockId="37.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Abdominal terga with fine microsculpture of transverse meshes, with fine and sparse puncturation, puncturation becoming finer towards abdomen apex, on terga 3­5 distance between punctures equals 2­5 times their diameter. Tergum 7 without white edge.</paragraph>
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Male tergum 7 with two medial carinae in front of posterior margin. Male tergum 8 with two or four weak and short carinae in front of posterior margin, posterior margin convex (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064D66F9A0FE41F9EC" box="[323,425,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURES 120 ­ 125" captionStartId="35.[264,382,1745,1769]" captionTargetBox="[305,1280,668,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[302,1286,668,1727]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURES 120 ­ 125. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Waterrock Knob (120 ­ 121, 125) and junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (122 ­ 124), North Carolina). 120 – male tergum 8; 121 – male sternum 8; 122 – female tergum 8; 123 – female sternum 8, 124 – apex of female sternum 8; 125 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (120 ­ 123, 125), 0.1 mm (124)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155719/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 120</figureCitation>
). Male sternum 8 with convex posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064FCAF9A0FBBDF9EC" box="[1007,1109,1564,1590]" captionStart="FIGURES 120 ­ 125" captionStartId="35.[264,382,1745,1769]" captionTargetBox="[305,1280,668,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[302,1286,668,1727]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURES 120 ­ 125. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Waterrock Knob (120 ­ 121, 125) and junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (122 ­ 124), North Carolina). 120 – male tergum 8; 121 – male sternum 8; 122 – female tergum 8; 123 – female sternum 8, 124 – apex of female sternum 8; 125 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (120 ­ 123, 125), 0.1 mm (124)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155719/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 121</figureCitation>
).
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Female tergum 8 with convex posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064F51F9F8FC32F984" box="[884,986,1604,1630]" captionStart="FIGURES 120 ­ 125" captionStartId="35.[264,382,1745,1769]" captionTargetBox="[305,1280,668,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[302,1286,668,1727]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURES 120 ­ 125. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Waterrock Knob (120 ­ 121, 125) and junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (122 ­ 124), North Carolina). 120 – male tergum 8; 121 – male sternum 8; 122 – female tergum 8; 123 – female sternum 8, 124 – apex of female sternum 8; 125 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (120 ­ 123, 125), 0.1 mm (124)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155719/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 122</figureCitation>
), sternum 8 with emarginate posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064DFFF9D0FD6AF95C" box="[474,642,1644,1670]" captionStart="FIGURES 120 ­ 125" captionStartId="35.[264,382,1745,1769]" captionTargetBox="[305,1280,668,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[302,1286,668,1727]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURES 120 ­ 125. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Waterrock Knob (120 ­ 121, 125) and junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (122 ­ 124), North Carolina). 120 – male tergum 8; 121 – male sternum 8; 122 – female tergum 8; 123 – female sternum 8, 124 – apex of female sternum 8; 125 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (120 ­ 123, 125), 0.1 mm (124)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155719/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 123­124</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFBB39064D1DF928FD2FF8FC" blockId="37.[264,1324,283,1870]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
Aedeagus as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064DD4F928FCE1F974" box="[497,777,1684,1710]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStart-1="FIGURES 134 ­ 145" captionStartId-0="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionStartId-1="38.[264,383,1559,1583]" captionTargetBox-0="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetBox-1="[315,1274,655,1520]" captionTargetId-0="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetId-1="figure@38.[307,1279,649,1533]" captionTargetPageId-0="36" captionTargetPageId-1="38" captionText-0="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." captionText-1="FIGURES 134 ­ 145. Genitalia of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (134, 139 ­ 141) and Waterrock Knob (135 ­ 138, 142 ­ 145), North Carolina). 134 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 135 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 136 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 137 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 138 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 139 – spermatheca; 140 ­ 141 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 142 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 143 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 144 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 145 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (134, 138, 140 ­ 141, 144), 0.1 mm (135 ­ 137, 139, 142 ­ 143, 145)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/155721/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 126­138, 140­145</figureCitation>
. Apex of median lobe in ventral view narrow, its outline convex or doubly emarginate apically (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064F76F900FB85F90C" box="[851,1133,1724,1750]" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 126­127, 130­133</figureCitation>
), in lateral view strait, with weak apical denticle ventrally (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064ED9F958FC4CF924" box="[764,932,1764,1790]" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 128­129</figureCitation>
), distal diverticula of internal sac in ventral view broad (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064E37F8B0FD53F8FC" box="[530,699,1804,1830]" captionStart="FIGURES 134 ­ 145" captionStartId="38.[264,383,1559,1583]" captionTargetBox="[315,1274,655,1520]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[307,1279,649,1533]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURES 134 ­ 145. Genitalia of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (134, 139 ­ 141) and Waterrock Knob (135 ­ 138, 142 ­ 145), North Carolina). 134 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 135 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 136 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 137 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 138 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 139 – spermatheca; 140 ­ 141 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 142 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 143 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 144 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 145 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (134, 138, 140 ­ 141, 144), 0.1 mm (135 ­ 137, 139, 142 ­ 143, 145)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155721/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 137­138</figureCitation>
).
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Spermatheca as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBB39064E30F888FD92F894" box="[533,634,1844,1870]" captionStart="FIGURES 134 ­ 145" captionStartId="38.[264,383,1559,1583]" captionTargetBox="[315,1274,655,1520]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[307,1279,649,1533]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="FIGURES 134 ­ 145. Genitalia of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (134, 139 ­ 141) and Waterrock Knob (135 ­ 138, 142 ­ 145), North Carolina). 134 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 135 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 136 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 137 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 138 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 139 – spermatheca; 140 ­ 141 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 142 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 143 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 144 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 145 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (134, 138, 140 ­ 141, 144), 0.1 mm (135 ­ 137, 139, 142 ­ 143, 145)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155721/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 139</figureCitation>
.
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<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFB839054D1DFEA7FC98FE74" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054D1DFEA7FE30FEEF" bold="true" box="[312,472,283,309]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known from the Plott Balsams – Cataloochee Divide massif (North Carolina) (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFB839054DA2FEF8FE10FE84" box="[391,504,324,350]" captionStart="FIGURE 338" captionStartId="79.[264,367,1838,1862]" captionTargetBox="[346,1237,315,1825]" captionTargetId="figure@79.[344,1238,312,1827]" captionTargetPageId="79" captionText="FIGURE 338. Geographical distribution of twelve species of Geostiba in the Southern Appalachians. Isohypses 1200 m and 1500 m are shown. Areas above 1500 m are solid black." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155750/files/figure.png" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Figs. 338</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFB839054E21FEF8FDDDFE84" box="[516,565,324,350]" captionStart="FIGURE 340" captionStartId="82.[264,368,1747,1771]" captionTargetBox="[322,1272,508,1726]" captionTargetId="figure@82.[319,1275,508,1728]" captionTargetPageId="82" captionText="FIGURE 340. Detailed geographical distribution of Geostiba bicarinata Lohse &amp; Smetana (2), G. graveyardensis Pace (3), G. nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (4), G. pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (5), G. nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. (6), G. crepusculigena Gusarov, sp. n. (7), G. balsamensis Pace (8), G. nubigena Lohse &amp; Smetana (9), G. coeligena Gusarov, sp. n. (10) in the Southern Appalachians. Isohypses 1200 m and 1500 m are shown. Areas above 1500 m are solid black." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155752/files/figure.png" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">340</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054D1DFED7FDEDFE5F" bold="true" box="[312,517,363,389]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054E30FED0FD13FE5F" box="[533,763,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was collected at altitudes above 
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in leaf litter in mixed forest with red spruce (
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054EE0FE28FCB7FE77" box="[709,863,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Picea rubens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFB839054D1DFE07FDDBFDFC" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="D3465800FFB839054D1DFE07FDDBFDFC" blockId="38.[264,1324,283,550]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054D1DFE07FE2DFE0F" bold="true" box="[312,453,443,469]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective 
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(rainy) and the verb 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFB839054D56FE58FE5EFE27" box="[371,438,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">gigno</emphasis>
(to be born, to arise). It refers to the rains in the Southern Appalachians where the species occurs.
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