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,
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,
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, coll
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,
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;
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,
<collectingMunicipality id="E03BACFD2304CA59FDE7FAB0FD8BFD65" box="[546,613,721,746]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Arico</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<date id="745E10472304CA59FC93FAB3FC33FD65" box="[854,989,722,746]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-08-08">8.VIII.1998</date>
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, coll
<collectorName id="AD1553512304CA59FBDCFAB0FB2BFD66" box="[1049,1221,721,746]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Garcia Becerra</collectorName>
,
<specimenCount id="16E6FD0E2304CA59FB15FAB3FB15FD66" box="[1232,1275,722,746]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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; Tenerife, Las Lagunetas,
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,
<date id="745E10472304CA59FE46FA97FDE1FC81" box="[387,527,758,782]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-07-30">30.VII.1998</date>
, coll Garcia Becerra, 1 ♂; Tenerife, Las Lagunetas,
<quantity id="C7189B622304CA59FBB5FA94FB24FC82" box="[1136,1226,757,782]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
,
<date id="745E10472304CA59FB1CFA97FA8AFC81" box="[1241,1380,758,782]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-07-30">30.VII.1998</date>
, coll Garcia Becerra, 1 ♂;
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<collectingCounty id="E93E4E0B2304CA59FE54FB78FE1FFCBD" box="[401,497,793,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Tenerife</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="E03BACFD2304CA59FE3AFB78FDACFCBD" box="[511,578,793,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Arico</collectingMunicipality>
,
<location id="053F605C2304CA59FD8AFB7BFD91FCBE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:884987912304CA59FF52F92DFDDFF8E5:053F605C2304CA59FD8AFB7BFD91FCBE" box="[591,639,794,817]" country="Spain" county="Tenerife" municipality="Arico" name="Bco" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" stateProvince="Canary Islands">Bco</location>
,
<location id="053F605C2304CA59FD48FB78FD35FCBD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:884987912304CA59FF52F92DFDDFF8E5:053F605C2304CA59FD48FB78FD35FCBD" box="[653,731,793,818]" country="Spain" county="Tenerife" municipality="Arico" name="El Rio" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" stateProvince="Canary Islands">El Río</location>
,
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<quantity id="C7189B622304CA59FD2CFB78FCDBFCBE" box="[745,821,793,818]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.2" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" unit="m" value="620.0">620 m</quantity>
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,
<collectingDate id="641AE9AF2304CA59FC86FB7BFC24FCBD" box="[835,970,794,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-08-08">
<date id="745E10472304CA59FC86FB7BFC24FCBD" box="[835,970,794,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-08-08">8.VIII.1998</date>
</collectingDate>
, coll
<collectorName id="AD1553512304CA59FBC9FB78FB54FCBE" box="[1036,1210,793,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Garcia Becerra</collectorName>
,
<specimenCount id="16E6FD0E2304CA59FB0DFB7BFB1BFCBE" box="[1224,1269,794,818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
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; Tenerife, Las Lagunetas,
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,
<date id="745E10472304CA59FE46FB5FFDE1FCD9" box="[387,527,830,854]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-07-30">30.VII.1998</date>
, coll Garcia Becerra, 1 ♂; Tenerife, Las Lagunetas,
<quantity id="C7189B622304CA59FBB5FB5CFB24FCDA" box="[1136,1226,829,854]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
,
<date id="745E10472304CA59FB1CFB5FFA8AFCD9" box="[1241,1380,830,854]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="1998-07-30">30.VII.1998</date>
, coll Garcia Becerra, 1 ♂; Tenerife, Las Canadas, purchased from dealer in 2000, coll. Bragg, 1 ♂;
<materialsCitation id="B0883CDA2304CA59FB69FB00FD9CFC12" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1806155444" collectingDate="2006-10-21" collectorName="P. Oromi &amp; Oromi" country="Spain" location="Tenerife Fuente Joco" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Canary Islands">
<location id="053F605C2304CA59FB69FB00FA76FCF6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:884987912304CA59FF52F92DFDDFF8E5:053F605C2304CA59FB69FB00FA76FCF6" box="[1196,1432,865,890]" country="Spain" name="Tenerife Fuente Joco" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" stateProvince="Canary Islands">Tenerife Fuente Joco</location>
,
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<date id="745E10472304CA59FF52FBE4FEE1FC11" box="[151,271,901,926]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" value="2006-10-21">21.X.2006</date>
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, leg
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, coll.
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="005F36872304CA59FF02FBC8FA83FAA6" blockId="4.[151,1437,469,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FF02FBC8FE7FFC4D" bold="true" box="[199,401,937,962]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Taxonomic notes</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FE65FBC8FDA1FC4D" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[416,591,937,962]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FE65FBC8FDA1FC4D" box="[416,591,937,962]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Ameles gracilis</emphasis>
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is a rare endemic mantid from the
<collectingRegion id="C224F8652304CA59FC26FBCBFB61FC4D" box="[995,1167,937,962]" country="Spain" name="Canarias" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Canary Islands</collectingRegion>
. This species is distinct for having flight organs longer than the pronotum, but much shorter than the abdomen, never reaching the terminalia.
<bibRefCitation id="64714B762304CA59FED9FB90FE57FB85" author="Brulle" box="[284,441,1009,1034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" refString="Brulle, M. (1840) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries par M. Webb et Berthelot, 2, 1 - 119." type="journal article" year="1840">Brullé (1840)</bibRefCitation>
related
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FDDAFB93FD77FB85" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[543,665,1009,1034]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FDDAFB93FD77FB85" box="[543,665,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to other Canary
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FCA9FB90FC53FB85" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1838" box="[876,957,1009,1034]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FCA9FB90FC53FB85" box="[876,957,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Ameles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, such as
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FBF1FB93FA8CFB85" authority="(Brulle, 1840)" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1840" box="[1076,1378,1009,1034]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limbata">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FBF1FB93FB41FB85" box="[1076,1199,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. limbata</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="64714B762304CA59FB06FB90FAB4FB85" author="Brulle" box="[1219,1370,1009,1034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" refString="Brulle, M. (1840) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries par M. Webb et Berthelot, 2, 1 - 119." type="journal article" year="1840">Brullé, 1840</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, and distinguished them by a single character: flight organs of
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FCF3FC77FC43FBA1" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[822,941,1045,1070]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FCF3FC77FC43FBA1" box="[822,941,1045,1070]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. gracilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males slightly infumated (&quot;organes du vol d'une nuance enfumée&quot;). This character is clearly represented in the colour drawing accompanying the original description (herein reproduced in
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). Kaltenbach (1979) reported short wings in this species for the first time, stating that these do not reach the end of the abdomen and that the forewings were only from 2.1 to 2.5 times longer than the pronotum. Kaltenbach (1979) also reported hyaline to barely infumated wings in males.
<bibRefCitation id="64714B762304CA59FB1DFCC4FEEBFB6D" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" refString="Garcia Becerra, R., De La Nuez Torres, R. I. &amp; Perez Sanchez, J. M. (2001) Mantis y cucarachas de Canarias. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Caja General de Ahorro de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 160 pp." type="book">
Garcia Becerra
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FA4DFCC7FF5AFB6D" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
(2001)
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provided a complete description of other anatomical structures of
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FC2FFCABFBB0FB6D" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1838" box="[1002,1118,1225,1250]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gracilis">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FC2FFCABFBB0FB6D" box="[1002,1118,1225,1250]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. gracilis</emphasis>
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and distinguished it from
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FA41FCABFF02FA89" baseAuthorityName="Brulle" baseAuthorityYear="1840" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limbata">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FA41FCABFF02FA89" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. limbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the only other species of
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FDDFFC8CFD85FA89" box="[538,619,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Ameles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabiting the
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, on the basis of its spherical eyes without apical spine, and its slender pronotum that is two times longer than wide, thus retaining it in the genus
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FAD0FD70FA88FAA5" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1838" box="[1301,1382,1297,1322]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FAD0FD70FA88FAA5" box="[1301,1382,1297,1322]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Ameles</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="48FA650C2304CA59FF02FD54FD1FFA52" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="005F36872304CA59FF02FD54FD1FFA52" blockId="4.[151,1437,469,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FF02FD54FED4FAC1" bold="true" box="[199,314,1333,1358]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Similar to
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FE06FD57FDD7FAC1" baseAuthorityName="Charpentier" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[451,569,1333,1358]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FE06FD57FDD7FAC1" box="[451,569,1333,1358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FDB6FD57FCF1FAC1" box="[627,799,1333,1358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. paradecolor</emphasis>
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but flight organs shorter, never reaching the terminalia, where hindwings might be more or less infumated in the anal area. Male genitalia with different shape (
<figureCitation id="98DB2A022304CA59FA82FD38FA60FAFD" box="[1351,1422,1369,1394]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1489,1511]" captionTargetBox="[170,1435,819,1452]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[150,1436,819,1467]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Ameles gracilis, male genitalia (dorsal view). Left: left epiphallus with titillator and pseudophallus Centre: distal process of the hypophallus.Right: right epiphallus in ventral view.Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1163210/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
), with the two apical teeth of the hypophallus forming a more acute angle between, as opposed to the more obtuse angle that the same structures form in
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FD9EFDC3FD3CFA35" baseAuthorityName="Charpentier" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[603,722,1441,1466]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FD9EFDC3FD3CFA35" box="[603,722,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FCD5FDC3FC55FA35" box="[784,955,1441,1466]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paradecolor">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FCD5FDC3FC55FA35" box="[784,955,1441,1466]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. paradecolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Also, similar to
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FB4EFDC3FAC4FA36" authorityName="Battiston &amp; Correas &amp; Lombardo &amp; Mouna &amp; Payne &amp; Schütte" authorityYear="2018" box="[1163,1322,1442,1465]" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maroccana">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FB4EFDC3FAC4FA36" box="[1163,1322,1442,1465]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. maroccana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C7E04D042304CA59FAA2FDC3FF1FFA51" authorityName="Battiston &amp; Correas &amp; Lombardo &amp; Mouna &amp; Payne &amp; Schütte" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Mantidae" genus="Ameles" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mantodea" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="spallanzania" subSpecies="obscura">
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FAA2FDC3FF1FFA51" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. s. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but pronotum relatively longer and narrower.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FF02FD88FEDAF98D" bold="true" box="[199,308,1513,1538]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Remarks</emphasis>
. The dark-infumated nature of the flight organs, a character historically attributed to
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FAE6FD8BFA75F98D" box="[1315,1435,1513,1538]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. gracilis</emphasis>
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males, was not observed in any of the specimens examined. However, in few specimens not directly examined by us, the hind wings exhibited a slightly darker quality (Rafael Gracia Becerra and Roger Roy pers. comm.). This latter characteristic is barely recognisable when compared to other species, but is otherwise markedly different from the evident dark tone described and depicted by
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. Even though the general habitus of
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FAE5FE1BFA7AF91D" box="[1312,1428,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A. gracilis</emphasis>
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, with its slender pronotum and rounded eyes, suggests some affinity to the
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FBE5FEFCFB9BF939" box="[1056,1141,1693,1718]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">decolor</emphasis>
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group, the shape of the hypophallus places this species near the
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FDA8FEA0FD12F955" box="[621,764,1729,1754]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">spallanzania</emphasis>
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group. This species is however well known to have wide intraspecific morphological variability (
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Wieland
<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FD0DFE87FCEDF971" box="[712,771,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
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) and its relationships with other
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<emphasis id="3294EA952304CA59FB14FE84FACCF971" box="[1233,1314,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Ameles</emphasis>
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should be investigate at the molecular level.
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<paragraph id="005F36872304CA59FF02FF4CFDDFF8E5" blockId="4.[151,1437,469,1898]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">The female holotype of this species is probably lost, as Brullés specimens could not be located in the MNHN collection (Roger Roy pers. comm.).</paragraph>
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