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<mods:title>The Hercules pseudoscorpions from Madagascar: A systematic study of Feaellidae (Pseudoscorpiones: Feaelloidea) highlights regional endemism and diversity in one of the &quot; hottest &quot; biodiversity hotspots</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Lorenz, Michelle</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Loria, Stephanie F.</mods:namePart>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Type species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
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is morphologically unique by having the following characters, which differ from other feaelloid members in Madagascar: 5 specialized setae on the retrolateral face of the movable chelal finger arranged in a group between trichobothrium
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and terminal teeth (arranged in a row in
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); smaller overall size than
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Antsirananaella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antsirananaella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
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; stronger granulate cuticle than
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; all four anterior lobes of carapace with the same distance to each other (smaller distance between anteriomedial lobes than to anteriolateral ones in
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). Like
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and
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, it differs from
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by having platelets on the pleural membrane (absent in
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), from
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by the presence of specialized setae on the movable chelal finger (absent in
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), from
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and
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by the presence of four anterior carapaceal lobes (two and six, respectively), from
<taxonomicName authority="" class="Arachnida" family="Feaellidae" genus="Feaella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Feaella (Tetrafeaella)" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Tetrafeaella">Feaella (Tetrafeaella)</taxonomicName>
in continental Africa by having a less pronounced depression on the base of coxa I and on top of coxa II (distinctly more pronounced in
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), and from the Australian species presently attributed to
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by having fewer coxal spines (one pair versus three or four in the Australian taxa).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">The genus is named after the former Mahajanga Province, where many of these feaellids occur. The gender is feminine.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Description.</paragraph>
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The following description is based on holotype and allotype of
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-
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(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Drawings of Mahajanganella heraclis sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782006" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">14A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Drawings of Mahajanganella fridakahloae sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782007" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">15A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Drawings of Mahajanganella schwarzeneggeri sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782008" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">16A</figureCitation>
): Moderate granulate and all four anterior lobes with same distance to each other. -
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(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Mahajanganella gen. nov., scanning electron micrographs. Specimens used for imaging: A M. heraclis sp. nov. male paratype (ZMH-A 0016701); B M. fridakahloae sp. nov. male paratype (ZMH-A 0016715); C M. schwarzeneggeri sp. nov. male paratype (ZMH-A 0016717). A right chela from ventral with specialized setae in a group in detail (highlighted in red); B left chela with double trichobothrium dt in detail (highlighted in red); C left chela from medial with terminal teeth in a compact group in detail. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782005" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">13A, B, C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Drawings of Mahajanganella heraclis sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782006" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">14C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Drawings of Mahajanganella fridakahloae sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782007" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">15C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Drawings of Mahajanganella schwarzeneggeri sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782008" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">16C, D</figureCitation>
): Trichobothrial pattern:
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between
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and
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on the sagittal level with
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slightly more distal and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">st</emphasis>
slightly more proximal than
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;
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distinctly closer to
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than to
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;
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distinctly closer to
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than to
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;
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on the fixed finger between
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and
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distinctly closer to
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than to
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Movable finger with five specialized setae on the ventral face, arranged in a group and slightly more distally situated than
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(Fig.
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). Terminal teeth varying in number, both in fixed and the movable fingers each with 7-8 terminal teeth (one large tooth included on fixed finger). -
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: Most specimens were too dirty to get secure information about characters.
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Coxal region</emphasis>
(Fig.
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),
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(Figs
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,
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Drawings of Mahajanganella fridakahloae sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782007" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">15B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Drawings of Mahajanganella schwarzeneggeri sp. nov.: A carapace from dorsal; B leg IV; C left chela from dorsal with trichobothrial pattern; D right pedipalp from dorsal. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A - C); 0.4 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782008" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">16B</figureCitation>
),
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Mahajanganella gen. nov., habitus. Specimen used for imaging: M. schwarzeneggeri sp. nov. allotype (ZMH-A 0016716). A dorsal; B ventral; C lateral. Scale bar: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782003" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">11A, B, C</figureCitation>
) and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">genital region</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Mahajanganella gen. nov., scanning electron micrographs. Specimens used for imaging: A M. fridakahloae sp. nov. female paratype (ZMH-A 0016709); B, C M. schwarzeneggeri sp. nov. male paratype (ZMH-A 0016717). A carapace, dorsal; B sternum ventral; C coxal spines (highlighted in red). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A, B); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782004" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">12B</figureCitation>
) with the same characters as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Antsirananaella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Antsirananaella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Antsirananaella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">gen. nov.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782003" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" start="Figure 11" startId="F11">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Figure 11.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">gen. nov.</emphasis>
, habitus. Specimen used for imaging:
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. schwarzeneggeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="schwarzeneggeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. schwarzeneggeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
allotype (ZMH-A0016716).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
dorsal;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
ventral;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
lateral. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782004" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Figure 12.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">gen. nov.</emphasis>
, scanning electron micrographs. Specimens used for imaging:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. fridakahloae" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="fridakahloae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. fridakahloae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
female paratype (ZMH-A0016709);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. schwarzeneggeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="schwarzeneggeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. schwarzeneggeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
male paratype (ZMH-A0016717).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
carapace, dorsal;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
sternum ventral;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
coxal spines (highlighted in red). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/asp.80.e90570.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/782005" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Figure 13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">gen. nov.</emphasis>
, scanning electron micrographs. Specimens used for imaging:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. heraclis" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="heraclis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. heraclis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
male paratype (ZMH-A0016701);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. fridakahloae" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="fridakahloae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. fridakahloae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
male paratype (ZMH-A0016715);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. schwarzeneggeri" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="schwarzeneggeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">M. schwarzeneggeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
male paratype (ZMH-A0016717).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">A</emphasis>
right chela from ventral with specialized setae in a group in detail (highlighted in red);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">B</emphasis>
left chela with double trichobothrium
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">dt</emphasis>
in detail (highlighted in red);
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">C</emphasis>
left chela from medial with terminal teeth in a compact group in detail. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="included species">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Included species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella fridakahloae" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="fridakahloae">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella fridakahloae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella heraclis" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="heraclis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella heraclis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
; and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella schwarzeneggeri" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="species" species="schwarzeneggeri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella schwarzeneggeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">sp. nov.</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="649" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="649">
Specimens of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lorenz &amp; Loria &amp; Harvey &amp; Harms" authorityYear="2022" family="Feaellidae" genus="Mahajanganella" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mahajanganella" order="Pseudoscorpiones" pageId="0" pageNumber="649" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">Mahajanganella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="649">gen. nov.</emphasis>
have been found in dry localities (dry tropical forests) in the Boeny and Menabe Regions (formerly Mahajanga and Toliara Provinces) along the western coast of Madagascar.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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