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<figureCitation id="64A2E420D41B9CAB4D9089E0B4FDC147" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">, 8</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="02EC304028DD7CEF7ECAF0743DC46B8F" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="98A4D9D8E109282E1155516FB2FC4AEB" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Holotype</emphasis>
male on slide, Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte state,
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Floresta municipality, &quot;Floresta Nacional de
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Floresta&quot; (
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), 02/VI/2022, Xavier M.D. col., pitfall traps.
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on slides: one male and one female, with the same data as the holotype.
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<paragraph id="075D1337864C09C15F673371EF902D3C" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Specimens mostly bluish. Ant. IV with 11 subsegments, with at least six capitate chaetae; Ant. III with 21 chaetae other than the sensory clubs, including two peculiar small sensilla within cavities; Ant. II undivided, with 15 chaetae, four of them slightly longer than the others; Ant. I with six chaetae. Eyepatches with two small interocular chaetae. Head vertex with a total of 18 large spines, two of them unpaired; unpaired chaeta
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present and regular (not spine-like); secondarily reduced chaetae near the spines absent. Trochanters I-III with 2,1,1 spines, respectively, trochanters I and II spines capitate, III blunt; trochanter III with five regular chaetae other than the spine. Ungues with a one inner tooth, with tunica and weak pseudonychia; unguiculus I with the internal tooth; unguiculus III filament thin and not reaching the tip of the unguis III. Large abdomen dorsally with ~ 26+26 long capitate mac. Female with a long subanal appendage (surpassing the apex of the ventral anal valves), slightly curved at the apex, acuminate, and apically serrated on its internal face. Manubrium with 7+7 dorsal chaetae; dens ventral chaetotaxy formula from the apex to the base as: 3,2
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1, dorsal chaetotaxy with 16 chaetae; mucronal notch prominent.
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<emphasis id="C02711231BB0D25A29699B315536B69F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. habitus in ethanol (lateral view).
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<paragraph id="B046BEB36D946CBBFB3BB4A23704BB0E" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Description.</paragraph>
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Body (head + trunk) length of the type series ranging between 551 and 818
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, holotype with 624
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average size = 588
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average size = 818
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. Specimens entirely dark bluish (Fig.
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Head (Fig.
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in the holotype. Holotype antennal segment ratio I:II:III:IV as 1:1.3:2.3:5.2. Ant. IV with 11 subsegments, subsegment I with two or three, II with four, III with three or four, IV with five or six, V with eight, VI-X with ten each, and XI with ~ 19 chaetae, respectively, subsegments I+II with six or seven capitate chaetae (Fig.
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). Ant. III with 21 chaetae other than the sensory clubs, including two peculiar small sensilla within cavities and one small sensillum without cavity, regular chaetae sizes variable but none remarkably longer than the others, most chaetae capitate, sensory rods inside two separate shallow cavities (Fig.
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). Ant. II undivided, with 15 capitate chaetae, four of them slightly longer than the others (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4CF5104E9FBE4998A4E65D9494BE7D1B" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8B</figureCitation>
). Ant. I with six chaetae, one of them ventral (Fig.
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). Eyes 8+8, with 2+2 small interocular chaetae, head capsule normal (not elongated) (Fig.
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). Clypeal area
<emphasis id="BC637A0601D45973930E61B14D012E1D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
-
<emphasis id="B7F62FFF024DC7A149E2187B6A586162" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">f</emphasis>
lines with 7-8/7/5/6/5(+1)/3 dorsal + ventral chaetae, respectively,
<emphasis id="C093ABBEFE85FA0257A974C055AB0AF8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">e1</emphasis>
chaeta present, zones without cuticular granulation and oval organs only seen in the ventral side (Fig.
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). Interantennal area
<emphasis id="CB653E9B6CC735034146A21114BBF66E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
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and
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<normalizedToken id="22ED92B6509374F048EF526D47FEA53E" originalValue="γ">γ</normalizedToken>
</emphasis>
lines with 1/2 regular chaetae, respectively; frontal area
<emphasis id="A2812B117CFBA172505DBC26CE06448D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
-
<emphasis id="A9469C2B6CD2666F53CF6E4445655DE5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
lines with a total of 18 large smooth spines, chaetotaxy following the formula: 1(+1)/2/1(+1)/2(+1)/3, respectively, without secondarily reduced spines,
<emphasis id="8A82C53F89684705AFEECC628FF91D96" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A1</emphasis>
chaeta present (Fig.
<figureCitation id="FC053EF155973FAE0D6BD5DD19408419" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8C</figureCitation>
). Labial basomedian field with four, basolateral field with five chaetae, respectively (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2222DE7F6869DE6CAC2636C9AE12E1A2" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8D</figureCitation>
). Maxillary outer lobe with apical chaeta subequal to the basal chaeta, none barbed, sublobal plate with one chaeta-like appendage (Fig.
<figureCitation id="085081A274CC7C71CE4ADEAEDFE39611" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8E</figureCitation>
). Labial palp with six proximal chaetae, formula of the guards:
<emphasis id="902DA332FFA5F182D5139A531798066F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">H</emphasis>
(2),
<emphasis id="9CC9D23F6E948C3518C255A0FF0BE31E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
(0),
<emphasis id="614ECDDA3D289C5B7A6E96B0FF7F4053" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">B</emphasis>
(5),
<emphasis id="C35B77BA7158675B0BB2F79D5294F098" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
(0),
<emphasis id="B2B5086FDB7EF034ED77E09F8A7F074B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
(4),
<emphasis id="3122EFD549349770B44788898595676C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
(5) plus the lateral process (Fig.
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). Six prelabral chaetae present (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C6A9B8BA6DDB1AD3A159CE381925AF40" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8C</figureCitation>
); labral
<emphasis id="5F269683B071A8A42709C0F9FDA95A30" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="DD80FF638FF0C4C1455C7868EDD6E841" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">m</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="7E54931AFCB1229001A5203C41F07414" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
lines with 5, 5, 4 chaetae, respectively,
<emphasis id="601FEBBD6AD0FACDF3E33EC164E8349C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p2</emphasis>
longer than the others, labral intrusions present, labral papillae absent, labrum apically without clear modifications (Fig.
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). Mandibles normal (not elongated), with 5+4 incisive apical teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E9248394DFCEF0AB87B5BDDD6E2D828C" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. head A dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent) B dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III C anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes D labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent E maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side) F labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side) G labrum H mandibles apexes I maxilla capitulum (left side)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951426" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">8H</figureCitation>
). Maxilla capitulum elongate (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="003B9B24E9041537970AC08C73ACE16E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. head
<emphasis id="D53EBF2AE6F1E76A8D3B58C88EF032BB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
dorsal Ant. IV (white arrows point to chaetae present or absent)
<emphasis id="07A613503DBAD6BE47B8E19446BE662E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">B</emphasis>
dorsal Ant. I-III, detail shows the ventral apical organ and the small sensilla in cavities on Ant. III
<emphasis id="F7B21EA98E362D6DD7BD30529B6B0722" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
anterior head chaetotaxy and eyes
<emphasis id="99A6290BD7500D3BE91CAF6DD6A4728D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
labial and postlabial (ventral) chaetotaxy (left side), white arrow points to chaeta present or absent
<emphasis id="D46BC43EBD9C5A418C0BEF6F2E1C625F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
maxillary outer lobe and sublobal plate (left side)
<emphasis id="0892D6FD938AD7AD7477FCAD3FE599C8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">F</emphasis>
labial papillae and proximal chaetae alveoli (left side)
<emphasis id="AA1B121FA001A867F4D6F90CB8081CAE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">G</emphasis>
labrum
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mandibles apexes
<emphasis id="CC776CA6C993A0EEDAB955345ACF8BC5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">I</emphasis>
maxilla capitulum (left side).
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<paragraph id="E6CD9F9D8B1AACA146FC51C74A0CD481" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
Trunk (Fig.
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). Large abdomen: thorax continuous with the abdomen, without segmentations. Th. II with one
<emphasis id="685DC7D458C9190766A5F4E6C93C2AFE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
small chaeta and three blunt spines on
<emphasis id="C26D455EC606D592A68C77A81149DDF1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">m</emphasis>
line; Th. III with one capitate
<emphasis id="18B6F84187D0CC07E695F45211EAECF9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
, two
<emphasis id="9FC324D66068FBD1F942310B07C280F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">m</emphasis>
and one
<emphasis id="048ACC4A286C893E96D61590C7365A65" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p</emphasis>
chaetae,
<emphasis id="96D4C5F9C79AA5FFFBEA33CE9A8AB46D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p</emphasis>
reduced in males and elongate in females; Abd. I with one
<emphasis id="848769CCD24A80CC4577A1B4066493B1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
, one
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and one
<emphasis id="C82CC3BAD115FDA6F1C0E590439985D7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p</emphasis>
chaetae; Abd. II bothriotricha
<emphasis id="6F0807F1F659B8572B57F08CBAD8640D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="FAEE0A84E58C813F6AF777FD0E4D360B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">B</emphasis>
, and
<emphasis id="7C401A8ED8EC946DE746BE64ED4393F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
slightly misaligned,
<emphasis id="40B543449FF96DA467B1CF1B126F9E15" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
clearly longer than
<emphasis id="D3968EFA849708B2336B5A1FED4F90AB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="06A83EA999299EF262C6ED98EB3B8A48" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">B</emphasis>
, with three
<emphasis id="8C667B8C7AE75EEFCB2099E4B3F6AE3F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">a</emphasis>
, five
<emphasis id="655268AA0ED19533CACD30FD9CC72A24" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">m</emphasis>
, and seven
<emphasis id="0393A25662DEBFBCAFC9BE8D2C678BF2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">p</emphasis>
chaetae of different shapes near the bothriotricha, at least two of them clearly shorter in males; Abd. II with seven long capitate mac. Abd. III and IV with four main lines of chaetae above the bothriotrichum
<emphasis id="911929FFA86A0FA0512D89FDC9474492" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
:
<emphasis id="360374DF2FECEED7B88BF056930128C8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">dI-1</emphasis>
with five,
<emphasis id="9606D45B69813A4465CBA7C7F6FB40CF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">dII-1</emphasis>
with six,
<emphasis id="FCF8B72130D80259CD238B15C77F3D17" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">dIII-1</emphasis>
with three and
<emphasis id="DBE75268167BCF082C40DF617BDD74F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">dIV-1</emphasis>
with one capitate chaetae, respectively, female with some chaetae longer than on male (Fig.
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). Parafurcal area with four rows of chaetae, with three, three, two or three and four chaetae, respectively, neosminthuroid chaeta present. Three extra capitate chaetae between the bothriotrichum
<emphasis id="2FC0148D90C9CB1F77AFD800E3FB6B28" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
and the parafurcal area (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B9FE6BACEB383A47C2296AA4C566119F" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk chaetotaxy A male large abdomen, details show the neosminthuroid chaeta and its alveolus and longer chaetae of the female B female small abdomen C female genital plate D male small abdomen E male genital plate." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951427" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">9A</figureCitation>
). Small abdomen: including Abd. V-VI in both sexes. Abd. V chaetae smooth, with bothriotrichum
<emphasis id="4F94F371EF9599D79A20456BE7860E69" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
with one small accessory chaeta, chaeta above bothriotrichum
<emphasis id="2CE426B3E4762416757764359390E375" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
elongate in females, absent in males (Fig.
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), Abd. VI chaetae apparently smooth. Female Abd. VI: dorsal anal valve with
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-
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,
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,
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,
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-
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, and
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chaetae,
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,
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,
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, and
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unpaired; each ventral anal valve with
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,
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(as an oval organ),
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-
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,
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-
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, and
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-
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chaetae,
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as the subanal appendage, long (surpassing the apex of the ventral anal valves), slightly curved at the apex, acuminate, and apically serrated on its internal face (Fig.
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). Female genital plate with 4+4 ventral chaetae (Fig.
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). Male Abd. VI: dorsal anal valve with
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-
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,
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-
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,
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, and
<emphasis id="C7E50F57D0494A6E1F62DC404FE8F1F6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">ps1</emphasis>
-
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chaetae,
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and
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unpaired; each ventral anal valve with
<emphasis id="E8B9F2F219A2EF1D1F065FE5446BBA0D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">ai1</emphasis>
-
<emphasis id="54CC144C33D9B477E3C87F47169DF75F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">4</emphasis>
,
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(as an oval organ),
<emphasis id="F65FC725027B2A9E1E74EBE021F88CC6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">mi1</emphasis>
-
<emphasis id="CAF23DE1A917293F83D4E3EBB11132F8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">5</emphasis>
,
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, and
<emphasis id="B53F281E3AF64599A80972F79D839923" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">pi1</emphasis>
-
<emphasis id="F64BF916F35C5D4E516F330F0EE6A6DF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">3</emphasis>
chaetae (Fig.
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). Male genital plate with 14+14 chaetae (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F2EC42027346F25CFC4E61855EE5B936" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
Abdominal appendages (Fig.
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). Ventral tube with 1+1 chaetae on the lateral flaps, sacs long and warty. Tenaculum ramus with three teeth each plus an apically rounded basal appendix, corpus with 2+2 chaetae. Manubrium with 7+7 dorsal chaetae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E5D47EFC05C13BC491D0E32285196086" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10A</figureCitation>
); dens ventrally (anteriorly) with six chaetae, following the formula from the apex to the basis: 3,2...1 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="706155A73C0A23E739E33DB77FB3E522" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10B</figureCitation>
); dens dorsally without basal appendages, with 16 dorsal (posterior) chaetae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="29DC34704673C05E0E9EB5F0A0112FB0" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10C</figureCitation>
); Mucro short, apically split, external lamella serrated (with 12-18 serrations), internal with two distal weak crenulations, ending in a prominent apical notch (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8195C165243BFBEFD75B20D94787BA52" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10C</figureCitation>
). Manubrium:dens:mucro ratio of the holotype = 1.05:2.4:1.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E3FEA34750B0FE902A2673D2DBD215EF" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
Legs (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="398E22F98CAF57B4305A27504A9F3207" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11</figureCitation>
). Leg I: epicoxa with one chaeta, subcoxa and coxa without chaetae; trochanter with two capitate spines plus two capitate chaetae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A817BAD7101BEDF1DEF070EE93D674A3" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10D</figureCitation>
); femur with one oval organ, one acuminate large curved spine and ten regular chaetae; tibiotarsus with two oval organs and 46-47 chaetae, nine or ten of them in the apical whorl (Fig.
<figureCitation id="15437DC4850118EA23E828C65A717B3B" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11A</figureCitation>
); pretarsus with anterior chaeta longer than the posterior one, unguis with one internal, two lateral and one dorsal teeth, with tunica and weak pseudonychia, unguiculus with the tooth, apical filament thin and surpassing the tip of the unguis (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3C107283A0AE4114AE0A5E23F19E458A" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11B</figureCitation>
). Leg II: epicoxa and subcoxa with one chaeta each, coxa with two chaetae, one of them curved, other capitate; trochanter with one thick capitate spine and four regular chaetae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6E050C2B43F29ECE2B8FEB1BDDABCF60" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10E</figureCitation>
); femur with one oval organ, two reduced and 10-11 regular chaetae; tibiotarsus with two oval organs and 47 chaetae, ten of them in the apical whorl (Fig.
<figureCitation id="1B5582DE179AA37647985E1CE698E2B3" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11C</figureCitation>
); pretarsus with anterior chaeta longer than the posterior one, unguis with one internal, two lateral and one dorsal teeth, with tunica and weak pseudonychia, unguiculus with the tooth, apical filament thin and surpassing the tip of the unguis (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2C9AE8B11DF115183785A0FADBF9F71E" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11D</figureCitation>
). Leg III: epicoxa and subcoxa with one chaeta each, coxa with four chaetae; trochanter with one thick blunt spine, one oval organ and five regular chaetae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2A07128309A8D5F177A3E07B37374817" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. trunk appendages A manubrium B ventral dens C dorsal dens and mucro D epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I E epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II F epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951428" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">10F</figureCitation>
); femur with one oval organ, two reduced and 12 regular chaetae; tibiotarsus with two oval organs and 50 chaetae, ten of them in the apical whorl (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0D21D4E50DD993140BEDE390A066714F" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11E</figureCitation>
); pretarsus with anterior chaeta longer than the posterior one, unguis with one internal, two lateral and one dorsal teeth, with tunica and weak pseudonychia, unguiculus with the tooth, apical filament thin and not reaching the tip of the unguis (Fig.
<figureCitation id="63634560E604DFDBB6D9F5A6D95C8F0D" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Szeptyckitheca cyanea sp. nov. legs A femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) B foot complex I C femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) D foot complex II E femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum) F foot complex III." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1186.111837.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/951429" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">11F</figureCitation>
); tibiotarsi oval organs with reduced inner sensilla (Fig.
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). Ratio of ungues I-III in the holotype = 1:1.05:1.04.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B46AB99F187BC16BE11A49118236DF49" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. trunk chaetotaxy
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male large abdomen, details show the neosminthuroid chaeta and its alveolus and longer chaetae of the female
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female small abdomen
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female genital plate
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male small abdomen
<emphasis id="0554FBE305A8ECBE1E1B69A2E6DE61C7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
male genital plate.
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sp. nov. trunk appendages
<emphasis id="31ACABD1EC66B0C784358C6F070814DB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
manubrium
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ventral dens
<emphasis id="95FF1E42414FDC54D2E8D9135A9535B3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
dorsal dens and mucro
<emphasis id="9FBCE5081068029DB6558F920C77F625" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg I
<emphasis id="E2AD6AFAA60F343B2AD917417A2D051F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg II
<emphasis id="B60BCBD90E18763019B3DFF28DAB7E11" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">F</emphasis>
epicoxa, subcoxa, and coxa of leg III.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="5DF633E430D5D4E2CCCC84D72946FC24" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0584FB9FD4F7B4AAE1AD865D1AEE1AD9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Szeptyckitheca cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov. legs
<emphasis id="B12563ED6F7AC6111FFF4D5A5D003D0A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">A</emphasis>
femur and tibiotarsus I (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum)
<emphasis id="677B5AE6A0A35441B0B06E14278A3E53" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">B</emphasis>
foot complex I
<emphasis id="303801D059E30613C073E7B1E6A6413F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">C</emphasis>
femur and tibiotarsus II (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum)
<emphasis id="6CE8104892535DDCB13B7681152D27C3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">D</emphasis>
foot complex II
<emphasis id="11CE12825F4FC61B83722F2BB091C534" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">E</emphasis>
femur and tibiotarsus III (detail shows oval organs with internal small sensillum)
<emphasis id="B2FB0795BA6F0A8C5B60DAED5232F4F9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">F</emphasis>
foot complex III.
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<subSubSection id="415DDDF11D04B44C3CAD8DCC9574C085" pageId="0" pageNumber="139" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="A164E09005519B05E537E065B75BE290" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E0B27C514E9972CDDBAFB4C6BB3F3E4" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
The species was named after its color pattern;
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<emphasis id="7C6DE89B3ADEE3D16C03AE379B1A1429" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Szeptyckitheca cyanea</emphasis>
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from Latin means dark blue.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AD82CD9308CE7E8ADA1676830C47C9D3" pageId="0" pageNumber="139" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="A08AD2B1A7E6D773DC82048F31676BCE" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED07A7E058BB7706BB96BDD4B9DA2576" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="7D6F00AF72120EB1FF8E20DA58A8C70E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov. were found in two localities ~ 30 km apart in the Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil: in the central campus of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal municipality, and the National Forest of
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Floresta,
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Floresta municipality (Fig.
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). Both localities are inserted in the Atlantic Forest phytogeographic domain. The specimens were collected from the forest litter covering sandy soils in shady areas. The climate of the sampled municipalities is
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following the
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system, which means an equatorial climate with dry summer (
<bibRefCitation id="58D5F17912516BD66E226EBFD0762380" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130" author="Kottek, M" journalOrPublisher="Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Berlin)" pageId="0" pageNumber="139" pagination="259 - 263" refId="B29" refString="Kottek, M, Grieser, J, Beck, C, Rudolf, B, Rubel, F, 2006. World map of the Koeppen-Geiger climate classification updated. Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Berlin) 15 (3): 259 - 263, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130" title="World map of the Koeppen-Geiger climate classification updated." url="https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130" volume="15" year="2006">Kottek et al. 2006</bibRefCitation>
). The specimens were collected during the raining season of 2022.
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<subSubSection id="4820DA86A23A66AECE9FF4FE20CF551C" pageId="0" pageNumber="139" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="5ED15A00BDA4C10DE63B8896868B745C" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="26147CD474356102D00727337A4D830A" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">
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<emphasis id="A1085C463E06D1E3F6A5A085BF0B9BDC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Szeptyckitheca cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is the sole species of the genus with 18 spines on the head vertex. It is also the only Neotropical
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<emphasis id="7279C8697651789A4E9FA6DE85216BE4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">Szeptyckitheca</emphasis>
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with the frontal head A1 chaeta (see Table
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). Considering the Neotropical fauna, it is somewhat similar to
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<emphasis id="4289831360F0DDC8E7FB88BA1C82838C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. andrzeji</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in the number of Ant. IV subsegments (11), Ant. I chaetae (6), and the presence of two capitate trochanteral spines on the leg I. However, they differ in the previously mentioned features, as well as the presence of secondarily reduced chaetae on the head frons of
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<emphasis id="D7CB668860BEA49A6ED7C8DF03BC3DDD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. andrzeji</emphasis>
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sp. nov. (absent in
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<emphasis id="C65DA8741A9F693A71848750E7AC8CB5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov.), female subanal appendage morphology (short and spoon-like in
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<emphasis id="2143393AB7670D758D7E43C8DA082D8B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. andrzeji</emphasis>
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sp. nov., long and acuminate in
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<emphasis id="E0C0344662C7FE5BA165C12794E9672D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov.) and ventral dens chaetotaxy formula (3
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1 in
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<emphasis id="7DB1E1628734F2E283F989E34B55D089" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. andrzeji</emphasis>
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sp. nov., 3,2
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1 in
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<emphasis id="41E6C70546D5A389C010958186CAA068" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="139">S. cyanea</emphasis>
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sp. nov.), among other characteristics. Further comparisons are presented in Tables
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and
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.
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