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. Anterior margin of epistome with a median pointed (sometimes subdivided distally for a very short distance) or convex projection, smooth. Ratio of lengths of hypostomatic and
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setae variable; usually either
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longest and
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shortest, or setae of similar lengths; insertion of
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very close to insertion of
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, anterior or well anterior to it. Inner palp trochanter seta not elongate. Deutosternum moderately wide, with delimiting lateral lines and seven rows of 57 denticles each. Corniculi often difficult to distinguish, 13 times as long as their basal widths, with pointed tips, distally convergent; in some species so much so that apices cross each other distally in mounted specimens. Palp tarsal apotele two-tined. Cheliceral digits short; fixed digit with 13 teeth in addition to apical tooth and a distinct membranous lobe instead of setiform pilus dentilis; movable digit edentate and with a ventral mucro (apparently lacking in some species).
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. Ovoid.
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: podonotal and opisthonotal shields generally fused (separate in
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.
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.
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Naskrecki &amp; Colwell
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), usually well ornamented over entire shield or near margins, with distinct lateral incisions at region of fusion, with or without line connecting the incisions; incision also commonly present between insertions of
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and
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; without delineated strip along lateral margins; anterior end of dorsal shield not strongly deflexed. No supernumerary setae on dorsal shield. Podosomal region of the shield usually with 17 pairs of setae (rarely 16 pairs, when
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is inserted off the shield, 18 or 19 setae;
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absent;
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present). Opisthonotal region of shield with 15 pairs of setae (
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, because
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absent; some specimens of
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without
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). Unsclerotised lateral cuticle with 922 pairs of setae (when supernumerary setae present, located near posterior opisthogastric setae), including
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, which is similar to neighbouring setae. Usually most dorsal idiosomal setae of similar lengths, short, acicular and smooth; in a few species, some dorsal shield setae minute or
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distinctly longer than other setae (and stout in
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.
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Naskrecki &amp; Colwell
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); lateral idiosomal setae usually similar to dorsal shield setae (in some species, distinctly longer and stouter).
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCCD4643DCD219A70" box="[1234,1302,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Ve n t e r</emphasis>
: presternal platelets indistinct; with a pair of prominent lobes connected to anterior margin of sternal shield. Sternal shield with three pairs of setae of similar lengths (
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; the original description of
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.
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shows only two pairs of setae (
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) on the shield;
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equidistant to
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and
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or slightly closer to
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; posterior shield margin usually concave, sometimes slightly concave to truncate. Third pair of sternal lyrifissures (
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) and
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inserted on unsclerotised cuticle. Genital shield of some species broadened posteriorly, but not sufficiently to include
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;
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inserted on the margin of the shield; anterior hyaline region tapered or broadly rounded, never with median indentation; posterior region slightly to distinctly convex. A pair of elongate to triangular metapodal plates. Usually with no platelets between genital and anal shields; rarely 12 pairs of platelets. Opisthogaster usually with ten pairs of setae (rarely eight or nine pairs or 12 supernumerary setae between
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) on unsclerotised cuticle, in addition to circumanal setae; anal shield usually small and ovoid (round or subquadrate in some species; broad and subquadrate in
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.
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; para-anal setae inserted between levels of anterior margin and mid-length of anal opening, usually much shorter than post-anal seta, the latter often stout. Anal opening small, 1/5 to 1/9 of shield length, in shield centre or behind it, separated from posterior shield margin. Anterior section of endopodal shield fused with sternal shield; section behind sternal shield indistinct or reduced to elongate or V-shaped platelet beside coxae IIIIV. Exopodal shield usually lightly sclerotised and difficult to distinguish; in some species conspicuous, extending along coxae IIIV, curving behind coxa IV.
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC8916258C9399C15" bold="true" box="[151,270,1124,1149]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Peritreme</emphasis>
. Extending from stigma to level of
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCAD76258CADE9C14" box="[721,745,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">z1</emphasis>
; in some species shorter, but extending well beyond
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCD7A6258CDA29C14" box="[1404,1429,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">s1</emphasis>
. Peritrematic shield relatively narrow, fused with dorsal shield at level of
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCBEA62B4CC329CC8" box="[1004,1029,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">s1</emphasis>
and by narrow bridge to exopodal shield beside coxa IV.
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC89162F3C8F89C80" bold="true" box="[151,207,1231,1256]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Legs</emphasis>
. Setation of legs IIV, genu: 13, 11, 9, 9; tibia: 13, 10, 9, 10. Leg II not distinctly different from other legs or slightly stouter. Leg setae generally short.
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC891632BC9F69D58" bold="true" box="[151,449,1303,1328]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Spermathecal apparatus</emphasis>
. Usually seen as a long tube of varying diameter and without infundibulum (with rudimentary infundibulum in
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC9E56301C9C79D3C" box="[483,496,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC9F86301CA599D3C" box="[510,622,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">erioxynon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<paragraph id="8BC6761CFF81D35FC89163B8C8D19DF4" blockId="56.[151,230,1412,1436]" box="[151,230,1412,1436]" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">MALE</paragraph>
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Epistome similar to female, but usually with central projection longer; fixed cheliceral digit with 12 teeth in addition to apical tooth (rarely edentate) and membranous lobe; movable digit edentate, shorter than fixed digit; spermatodactyl variously shaped, 25 times as long as movable digit, almost straight or variously bent, directed forward at least at the base. Dorsal shield usually with distinct lateral incisions between podonotal and opisthonotal regions, often connected by a transverse line; occasionally without incisions or podonotal and opisthonotal shields not fused; ornamentation similar to female, but usually broader, including a larger number of
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCCAC60BDCC899EFF" box="[1194,1214,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">r -</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCCB860BDCCF89EF0" box="[1214,1231,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">R</emphasis>
setae
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; in addition, within each species, dorsal idiosomal setae often of widely variable lengths, many often much longer than in female. Presternal platelets absent. Sternogenital shield with five pairs of setae (
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCC1960F4CC599E88" box="[1055,1134,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">st1st5</emphasis>
; the latter off the shield in
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC89160D1C8939F6C" box="[151,164,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC8B460D0C8C19F6D" box="[178,246,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">berryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FC92B60D1C90D9F6C" box="[301,314,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">T</emphasis>
.
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Naskrecki &amp; Colwell
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) and three pairs of lyrifissures (
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCC1D60D0CC5A9F6C" box="[1051,1133,1772,1796]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">iv1iv3</emphasis>
</date>
); not fused with ventrianal or peritrematic shields; posterior margin truncate or convex (undulating in
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCC09612DCC2A9F40" box="[1039,1053,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCC36612DCC899F40" box="[1072,1214,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">peregrinator</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F36E368CFF81D35FCCCC6133CD3A9F40" box="[1226,1293,1807,1832]" name="United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">Baker</collectingCountry>
&amp; Yunker
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). Endopodal shield totally fused with sternogenital shield anteriorly to coxa IV; section of endopodal shield beside coxa IV fused with sternal shield by anterior end, or atrophied, so that sternogenital shield with a pronounced constriction in this region in some species. Ventrianal shield subtriangular to subrectangular, longer than wide, often eroded laterally or anteriorly, bearing 45 pairs of setae (rarely 23 pairs; none in
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCC83619DCCA59FD0" box="[1157,1170,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF81D35FCCA4619CCD2D9FD1" box="[1186,1306,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="56" pageNumber="57">chazdonae</emphasis>
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, which has oval anal shield, similar to female) in addition to circumanal setae. A pair of metapodal plates of variable shapes and sizes (no metapodal plate in
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.
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(Fain &amp; Hyland)
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, known only from male
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). Opisthogastric setae often much longer than in female. Peritrematic shield fused or not to exopodal shield beside coxa IV. Peritreme usually reaching level of
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35EC9B966DCC9EF9890" box="[447,472,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">z1</emphasis>
but sometimes only level of
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECB3466DCCB7C9890" box="[818,843,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">s1</emphasis>
. Leg II distinctly enlarged and curved; setae
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECD6666DDCD4C9890" box="[1376,1403,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">av</emphasis>
of femur, genu, and usually also tibia enlarged, spine- or knob-shaped; setae
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECBF36738CC639974" box="[1013,1108,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">av1av3</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECC976738CC8E9974" box="[1169,1209,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">pv1</emphasis>
of tarsus modified, knob- or spine-shaped; dorsal setae of femur, genu and tibia sometimes distinctly longer than width of respective segments; setae
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35EC9506770C948990D" box="[342,383,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">ad1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35EC9C66770C9DE990D" box="[448,489,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">pd1</emphasis>
sometimes barbed. Tarsus of leg III with
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECBE76770CC3D990C" box="[993,1034,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">av2</emphasis>
always, and
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECCAC6770CCE5990C" box="[1194,1234,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">pv1</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECD146770CD0D990C" box="[1298,1338,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">av3</emphasis>
usually, modified, knob-shaped. Leg setation as in female.
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NOTE: dimorphism of adult males reported for
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<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECAED67A9CACF99C4" box="[747,760,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">T</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B90DAA0EFF80D35ECB0E67A9CB4F99C4" box="[776,888,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">erioxynon</emphasis>
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, involving mostly variation in ornamentation of idiosomal setae (smooth or ornamented) and lengths of setae (idiosomal setae shorter than distance to subsequent setae or most idiosomal setae longer than distance to subsequent setae).
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</subSubSection>
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