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(Description &amp; illustration of ♂ and ♀).
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:
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'09''N
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'
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leg.
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.
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.II.
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,
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(
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SB
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the village,
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,
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''E
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°
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'00''N,
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''E, ca.
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, entrance area and inner part of cave,
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leg.
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.IV.
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,
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(
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SB
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),
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juveniles
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(
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SB
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,274,836,858]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[280,503,836,858]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Psechrus khammouan</emphasis>
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, female SB 1255, SMF 63850 from Ban Tathot,
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Prov., Laos: copulatory organ. A. Epigyne, ventral view. B. Vulva, dorsal view. CD: Copulatory duct; SB: Spermathecal base; SH: Spermathecal head.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,450,928,953]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
The females examined in the present study have corresponding spination-patterns, cheliceral dentition, colouration and their measurements are within the limits of the size spectrum listed in
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Bayer (
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)
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. However, there is significant variation in female copulatory organs with different structures/different orientation of structures of the vulva, as mentioned and discussed in
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Bayer (
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, p.
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)
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. The present material was useful in the assessment of the overall extent of this variation. SB
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from Tham Kamouk (Ban Tathot area) (
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,
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C,
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C) was examined in the present study. Tham Kamouk is ca.
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northeast of the
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locality of
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(area of Thakek). The position of the spermathecal heads and the direction of the initial part of the copulatory duct of SB
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(namely from lateral with a slight incline to antero-medial) are very similar to those of females from the Thakek area as illustrated in
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Bayer (
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, fig.
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d)
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. From the Ban Tathot area, in particular from Tham Kamouk,
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only recognised females with differently positioned spermathecal heads (
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Bayer
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, fig.
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b
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) and differently directed initial part of the copulatory duct (namely from anterio-lateral with a decline to medial). If the above-mentioned different forms of females represented two different species, they would not appear syntopically at the same spot within the same cave (according to the competitive exclusion principle). Consequently, SB
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provides the evidence that these different vulva character states in all likelihood represent intraspecific variation. Thus, the present results corroborate the notion of
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Bayer (
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in treating these different character states of the vulva as intraspecific variation of
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and rejecting the possible existence of two different species in the area of Thakek on one hand and in the area of Ban Tathot on the other hand. Unfortunately, to date, no males have been recorded from the region of Ban Tathot.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,821,1576,1601]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Intraspecific variation of female copulatory organs.</emphasis>
In some specimens (
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Fig
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A,
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C) the anterior part of the median septum may be broader than in others (e.g.
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Jäger,
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, fig.
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;
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Bayer,
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, fig.
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a). The direction of the initial part of the copulatory duct may be from the lateral with a slight incline to the anterio-medial (
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Fig.
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B;
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, fig.
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d) or from the anterio-lateral with a decline to the medial (
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Bayer
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, fig.
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b
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). The positions of the spermathecal heads may differ (
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Fig.
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B
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, fig.
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b
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, fig.
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d).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,352,1756,1781]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution.</emphasis>
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.
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