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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377C3F1FFCD6F88F91CB336F" bold="true" box="[835,957,1795,1819]" pageId="26" pageNumber="135">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Both sexes: body sub-ovate, ventral surface with distinct dark marks; fore femur clearly longer than mesosternum. Male: fore femur moderately slender (ratio length/width: 5.666.49), proximal half about as wide as distal half, ventral surface with a distinct notch near the middle, pilosity denser and longer at proximal half (
<figureCitation id="137A2A66377C3F1FFA03F828910733A8" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="27.[113,157,1537,1559]" captionTargetBox="[115,1452,191,1521]" captionTargetId="figure-210@27.[97,1466,177,1533]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs. 108116. Morphological features of Metrocoris monticola, new species. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502664" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4502664/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="135">Fig. 108</figureCitation>
); genitalia of medium size, abdominal segment 8 clearly longer than sternum 7; pygophore simple, on ventral view apex of pygophore broadly rounded, postero-lateral surface with sparse long yellowish hairs; proctiger simple, slightly broadened at basal two-fifths, with long hairs on lateral margins (
<figureCitation id="137A2A66377D3F1EFEB1F92B93F232B4" box="[292,388,1703,1728]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="27.[113,157,1537,1559]" captionTargetBox="[115,1452,191,1521]" captionTargetId="figure-210@27.[97,1466,177,1533]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs. 108116. Morphological features of Metrocoris monticola, new species. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502664" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4502664/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Fig. 109</figureCitation>
); paramere not extending beyond genital segment but prominent, curved dorsad at distal half, apex broadened and rounded, curved outwards and posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="137A2A66377D3F1EFF60F88B93E23354" box="[245,404,1799,1824]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="27.[113,157,1537,1559]" captionTargetBox="[115,1452,191,1521]" captionTargetId="figure-210@27.[97,1466,177,1533]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs. 108116. Morphological features of Metrocoris monticola, new species. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502664" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4502664/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Figs. 110112</figureCitation>
); endosoma: dorsal sclerite long and recurved proximally, apical accessory sclerite large but weakly sclerotised, lateral sclerite slender and short, thin accessory lateral sclerite present (
<figureCitation id="137A2A66377D3F1EFE76F8EB90F333F4" box="[483,645,1895,1920]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="27.[113,157,1537,1559]" captionTargetBox="[115,1452,191,1521]" captionTargetId="figure-210@27.[97,1466,177,1533]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs. 108116. Morphological features of Metrocoris monticola, new species. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502664" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4502664/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Figs. 113, 114</figureCitation>
). Female: fore femur simple and slender (ratio length/width 6.947.53); hind trochanter elongated, without long hairs (
<figureCitation id="137A2A66377D3F1EFDEAF82B909433CB" box="[639,738,1959,1983]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="27.[113,157,1537,1559]" captionTargetBox="[115,1452,191,1521]" captionTargetId="figure-210@27.[97,1466,177,1533]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="Figs. 108116. Morphological features of Metrocoris monticola, new species. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4502664" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4502664/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Fig. 115</figureCitation>
); abdomen shortened, tip of abdomen not surpassing apex of hind trochanter; sternum 7 large, clearly longer than previous sterna together, constricted laterally, posterior part producing a median lobe with broadly rounded apical margin, directed dorsad, and completely enclosing genitalia on ventral view (
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).
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Figs. 108116. Morphological features of
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377D3F1EFD9DF98D90AF3262" box="[520,729,1537,1558]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Metrocoris monticola</emphasis>
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,
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. 108: right fore leg of male. 109: proctiger of male. 110112: left paramere, three different views. 113, 114: endosomal sclerites, lateral and dorsal views. 115: hind coxa and trochanter of female. 116: sternum 7 of female, ventral view (110114 same scale; 115, 116 same scale).
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377D3F1EFCB8F96B91B3328B" bold="true" box="[813,965,1767,1791]" pageId="27" pageNumber="136">Description.</emphasis>
Size: apterous males: length 5.806.00 (
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5.88), width 2.532.75 (
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2.66); apterous females, length 5.135.44 (
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5.13), width 2.752.84 (
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2.75).
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Colour (
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): Apterous morph: Interocular area with dark brown mark medially. Antenna: segment 1 yellowish at proximal part and brown at distal part; segments 24 brown or lightly brown. Dorsum of thorax yellowish with black markings. Pronotum with median black T-shaped mark at anterior margin and confluent with two black marks on anterolateral areas, which run to propleura. Mesonotum: black mark on anterior margin connected with lateral stripes and median longitudinal stripe; lateral stripes slender, reaching posterior margin of mesonotum; sublateral marks slender broadened posteriorly, confluent with black mark on anterior margin; mesopleura with a longitudinal brown stripe. Metanotum with broad black mark running along anterior and lateral margins, confluent with medial longitudinal mark and metacetabular black marks, bordering yellowish background; metacetabula with broad black marks usually reaching posterior margin of metacetabula; yellow areas on meso- and metacetabula covered with silvery pubescence. Fore femur with apical dark ring and a distinct longitudinal mark on external side usually connected with ring, inner and ventral surface either dark brown or light brown; fore tibia and tarsus brown or dark brown. Middle and hind legs: coxae and trochanters chiefly yellowish; middle femur mostly yellow, dorsal surface with a longitudinal slender brown mark, ventral surface sometimes with indistinct longitudinal brown mark; hind femur only yellowish proximally; tibiae and tarsi dark brown. Abdomen mostly black dorsally. Venter of body with distinct dark marks: pro-, meso-, and metasternum with broad longitudinal black mark medially; mesosternum with addtional broad black or dark brown marks on antero-lateral and postero-lateral areas; abdominal sterna chiefly brown, terminal segments usually yellowish.
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Apterous male (
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): Head width 1.49, interocular width 0.67, eye size 0.64. Lengths of antennal segments 14: 2.81: 1.15: 0.95: 0.80. Pronotum length 0.55, mesonotum length 1.55. Lengths of leg segments (femur: tibia: tarsus 1: tarsus 2): fore leg: 2.72: 2.43: 0.14: 0.90; middle leg: 6.90: 4.85: 2.50: 0.41; hind leg: 7.00: 4.15: 0.35: 0.40. Fore femur: width 0.44, other characteristics as in Diagnosis above. Abdomen length on ventral view: 2.00, pregenital length 0.74; sternum 7 about as long as sterna 46 combined, length 0.27. Genital segments medium size: segment 8 not distinctly broadened posteriorly, length 0.58, width 0.81; characteristics of pygophore, proctiger, paramere, and endosoma as in Diagnosis above.
</paragraph>
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Apterous female (
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): Head width 1.42; interocular width 0.64; eye size 0.63. Lengths of antennal segments 14: 2.30: 1.05: 0.95: 0.79. Pronotum length 0.49, mesonotum length 1.59. Lengths of leg segments: fore leg: 2.56: 2.28: 0.09: 0.86; middle leg: 6.40: 4.45: 2.45: 0.40; hind leg: 6.40: 3.75: 0.39: 0.44. Fore femur simple and slender, width 0.34. Hind coxae simple, without apical projection, hind coxa and trochanter without long hairs, length of hind trochanter 0.68. Abdominal venter length 1.53, length of tergum 7: 0.09, length of sternum 7 (caudal view): 0.92; shape of sternum 7: see Diagnosis above.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36E3377A3F19FF1DF8D293A83301" blockId="28.[136,478,1885,1909]" box="[136,478,1885,1909]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Macropterous morph unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35B6568377A3F19FF1DF811967F31E1" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFE36E3377A3F19FF1DF81196A23761" blockId="28.[136,775,1949,2101]" lastBlockId="28.[834,1475,189,789]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FF1DF811928E33C1" bold="true" box="[136,248,1949,1973]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B12377A3F19FE97F811938B33C1" author="Chen PP &amp; Nieser N" box="[258,509,1949,1973]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" pagination="45 - 82" refId="ref41516" refString="Chen PP &amp; Nieser N (1993) A taxonomic revision of the Oriental water strider genus Metrocoris Mayr (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Part I and Part II. Steenstrupia, 19 (1 - 2): 1 - 43, 45 - 82." type="journal article" year="1993">Chen &amp; Nieser (1993)</bibRefCitation>
defined the
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FD18F812917033C1" box="[653,774,1950,1973]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. compar</emphasis>
species group on the basis of the following character states: usually darkened ventral surface of the body; male fore femur slender and simple; male paramere hook-shaped or falciform; male endosoma with a long ventral sclerite; hind coxa and trochanter of female usually modified (e.g., elongated and covered with very long hairs); sternum 7 of female constricted, with a median lobe on posterior margin. Both
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FC14FE9296653541" box="[897,1043,285,309]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB74FE9297F23541" box="[1249,1412,286,309]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. nigriventris</emphasis>
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,
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clearly belong to the
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBEDFEB2969A3521" box="[1144,1260,318,341]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. compar</emphasis>
species group. This new species is similar in many respects to
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FA8EFED297CD3501" box="[1307,1467,350,373]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. nigriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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, but differs from the latter by the combination of the following characteristics: longer fore femur (in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FA30FE1291DB35A1" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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clearly longer than the mesosternum in both sexes, while in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FC32FE52963F3581" box="[935,1097,478,501]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. nigriventris</emphasis>
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only subequal to the length of the mesoternum); shape of the fore femur of the male (in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FA30FE7291D83641" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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with the notch in the middle of the ventral surface more distinct); relatively larger genitalia; the shape of the male paramere; the shape of pygophore on ventral view; the pilosity of pygophore (in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBC3FDF2969336E1" box="[1110,1253,637,661]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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with sparse hairs, in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD1FD12919436C1" box="[836,994,670,693]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. nigriventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with longer and denser hairs); slightly longer abdomen in the female (in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBFFFD32968C36A1" box="[1130,1274,701,725]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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clearly surpassing the apex of hind coxae); and the median lobe of sternum 7 of female (broader in
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBA3FD7296B23761" box="[1078,1220,765,789]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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).
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<paragraph id="8BFE36E3377A3F19FCD6FCB1967F31E1" blockId="28.[835,1476,829,1429]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">
The shape of paramere of
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBCBFCB2969B3721" box="[1118,1261,829,853]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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is relatively similar to that of
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<taxonomicName id="4C414D60377A3F19FC2FFCD296433701" box="[954,1077,862,885]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Metrocoris</taxonomicName>
compar
</emphasis>
(
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) from
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and
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, and
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB82FCF296F337E1" box="[1047,1157,893,917]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. pardus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B12377A3F19FB18FCF1977937E1" author="Zettel H" box="[1165,1295,893,917]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" pagination="109 - 114" refId="ref42232" refString="Zettel H (2011) Metrocoris pardus sp. n. (Heteroptera: Gerridae) aus Westmalaysien. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen, 63 (2): 109 - 114." type="journal article" year="2011">Zettel, 2011</bibRefCitation>
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from Peninsular
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, but other characters show significant differences between the these species:
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBF2FC32968137A1" box="[1127,1271,957,981]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FAB9FC3297ED37A1" box="[1324,1435,957,981]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. pardus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are distinctly different in the colour pattern of dorsum; and the female of
<taxonomicName id="4C414D60377A3F19FC22FC72965F3061" authorityName="Zettel" authorityYear="2011" box="[951,1065,1021,1045]" class="Insecta" family="Gerridae" genus="Metrocoris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pardus">
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FC22FC72965F3061" box="[951,1065,1021,1045]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. pardus</emphasis>
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has a distinctly shortened abdomen, with the apex of the abdomen only reaching the base of the hind coxa, while in the female of
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB26FBB297353021" box="[1203,1347,1085,1109]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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the apex of the abdomen reaches the apex of the hind coxa. Comparing
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD1FBF291A430E1" box="[836,978,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB91FBF2960F30E1" box="[1028,1145,1150,1173]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. compar</emphasis>
, the paramere of
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FAA1FBF297B430E1" box="[1332,1474,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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has no long hairs as seen in that of the latter;
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FAA1FB1297B230C1" box="[1332,1476,1181,1205]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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has a longer sternum 7 (about 1.5 times as long as the preceeding abdominal sterna, versus only about 1.1 times in
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCF5FB7291A33161" box="[864,981,1278,1301]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. compar</emphasis>
, see
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B12377A3F19FB9BFB71968E3161" author="Chen PP &amp; Nieser N" box="[1038,1272,1277,1301]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137" pagination="45 - 82" refId="ref41516" refString="Chen PP &amp; Nieser N (1993) A taxonomic revision of the Oriental water strider genus Metrocoris Mayr (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Part I and Part II. Steenstrupia, 19 (1 - 2): 1 - 43, 45 - 82." type="journal article" year="1993">Chen &amp; Nieser, 1993</bibRefCitation>
). It is notable that, among taxa in the
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB84FA9296FE3141" box="[1041,1160,1310,1333]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. compar</emphasis>
species group,
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FAA1FA9297B23141" box="[1332,1476,1309,1333]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">M. monticola</emphasis>
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has probably the simplest hind coxa and trochanter in the female, being elongated but without significant modification and no long hairs.
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD6FA3191BA31A1" bold="true" box="[835,972,1469,1493]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FBC1FA3196B231A1" box="[1108,1220,1469,1493]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">monticola</emphasis>
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, treated as a noun in apposition, meaning inhabiting (-
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FB46FA5197723181" box="[1235,1284,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">cola</emphasis>
) mountain area (
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD8FA7291FB3261" box="[845,909,1534,1557]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">monti</emphasis>
-), is given to this species, as it was found in a montane stream.
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<paragraph id="8BFE36E3377A3F19FCD0F9D1976B3201" blockId="28.[837,1309,1629,1653]" box="[837,1309,1629,1653]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">
<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD0F9D191AE3201" bold="true" box="[837,984,1629,1653]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Distribution.</emphasis>
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:
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FCD6F91191DA32C1" bold="true" box="[835,940,1693,1717]" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Habitats.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EAF1377A3F19FC20F91296E932C1" box="[949,1183,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="137">Metrocoris monticola</emphasis>
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has been collected from a small montane stream, at elevation ca.
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.
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