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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD7FF8CB6C6446F4390204E" bold="true" box="[151,464,351,377]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="48">Ophiomegistus spectabilis</emphasis>
Klompen &amp; Austin
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(
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD7FF8CB6C644E2434F20DB" bold="true" box="[151,271,466,492]" pageId="1" pageNumber="48">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Female with two small setae on each latigynial shield. Ventral opisthosoma of both adults with a few very small setiform setae anterior on the ventri­anal shield and 15–22 large, translucent, leaf­like setae covering most of the posterior parts of that shield. Metapodal shields broadly fused with peritrematal shields. Marginal setae well developed, including long rod­like setae interspersed among larger numbers of distinctly shorter, rounded, and blade­like setae.
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD7FF8CB6C643CC43592623" bold="true" box="[151,281,1788,1812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="48">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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(male). Dorsum. Open circles: presumed glands; filled circles: presumed lyrifissures.
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(
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). Idiosomal length 741 (681–767), width 604 (568–640), N=5. Dorsum covered by a single shield with slightly crenulate patterning (
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); pattern more of less striate near the margin, uniform in the center of the shield. One pair of anterior marginal setae (
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?) long (108 [90–118]) and rod­like with small barbs near the tip; other dorsal setae minute. Setal patterns are not completely regular and symmetrical, but hypertrichy appears limited; nearly all setae observed can be accommodated within the standard model for 
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Mesostigmata (
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. With respect to other cuticular structures (glands, lyrifissures) assignment is tentative, due to the difficulty of distinguishing consistently between gland­like structures and lyrifissures (only anterior lyrifissure 
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is quite distinct). Even so, the patterns appear generally symmetrical and surprisingly regular. Specialized marginal setae (
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and 
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setae?) surround the entire opisthosoma. They include two 
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of setae, long, rod­like ones and much shorter, blade­like setae with rounded tips. The rodlike setae are generally smooth, with a few very small barbs near the tip, the blade­like setae have rounded tips and are somewhat flattened. The total number and interspersion pattern of these setae is variable between individuals and even between the left and right side of single individuals (
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). Lateral blade­like setae smaller than the posterior ones, with the median posterior pair longest [84 (73–90)]. Most rod­like setae of similar size, 231 (211–250) for posterior lateral ones, but the most anterior lateral pair of rod­like setae much shorter [94 (81–102)], and the pair flanking the median posterior pair of blade­like setae somewhat shorter [167 (150–184)].
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD4FF8FB6C642B1435926AE" bold="true" box="[151,281,1921,1945]" pageId="2" pageNumber="49">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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(male). A, venter; B, detail metapodal area.
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB6C645A7434A2198" bold="true" box="[151,266,151,175]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Individual variability in pattern of marginal setae for 
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Format: number of short, blade­like setae between long, rod­like setae; listing following margin starting anterior left side to right side; posterior median group in brackets.
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<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B253445A46E220B6" box="[1026,1186,362,385]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">51</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B284445A472720B6" box="[1237,1383,362,385]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE44A54727209B" box="[159,1383,405,428]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE44A54366209B" box="[159,294,405,428]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4137</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B73F44A54136209B" box="[366,886,405,428]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­2­2­3­2­3­1­1­3­1­3­(2)­2­2­2­2­2­2­4­2­2­1</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B25344A546E2209B" box="[1026,1186,405,428]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">45</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B28444A54727209B" box="[1237,1383,405,428]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">24</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE44F0472720E0" box="[159,1383,448,471]" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE44F0436620E0" box="[159,294,448,471]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4138</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B73F44F0413620E0" box="[366,886,448,471]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­2­2­3­2­2­2­1­2­2­2­(1)­2­2­2­2­2­2­3­2­3­2­1</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B25344F046E220E0" box="[1026,1186,448,471]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">45</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B28444F0472720E0" box="[1237,1383,448,471]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">25</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE44DA47272336" box="[159,1383,490,513]" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE44DA43662336" box="[159,294,490,513]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4586a</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B73F44DA41362336" box="[366,886,490,513]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­2­2­3­2­2­2­2­2­2­(2)­2­2­2­2­3­4­3­2­1</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B25344DA46E22336" box="[1026,1186,490,513]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">43</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B28444DA47272336" box="[1237,1383,490,513]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">22</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE47254727231B" box="[159,1383,533,556]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE47254366231B" box="[159,294,533,556]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Female</th>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE477047272360" box="[159,1383,576,599]" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE477043662360" box="[159,294,576,599]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4136</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B73F477041362360" box="[366,886,576,599]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­2­3­3­3­3­2­2­2­3­2­(2)­2­2­2­1­2­3­4­4­1­1</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B253477046E22360" box="[1026,1186,576,599]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">50</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B284477047272360" box="[1237,1383,576,599]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">23</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD5FF8EB697479846AF2595" blockId="3.[151,1437,680,1186]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
Venter (
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) with a distinct anterior sclerite carrying sternal setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB5B44798464823F6" box="[997,1032,680,705]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">st1</emphasis>
and one pair of lyrifissures (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB30B479847CB23F6" box="[1370,1419,680,705]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">stp1</emphasis>
). Genital opening midsternal, covered by two small shields, and including a pair of small (eu)genital setae. Sternito­ventri­anal shield with pronounced patterning anteriorly, less distinct posteriorly. In the sternal region this shield carries four pairs of small setae, two pairs of lyrifissures (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB5C746104187220E" box="[918,967,800,825]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">stp2</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB58646104648220E" box="[983,1032,800,825]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">stp3</emphasis>
) and one pair of small pores; two additional pairs of small setae and one pair of pores posterior to coxae IV. Posterior portion of shield with 15– 19 pairs of large, translucent, and leaf­like setae, arranged in four rows. As with the marginal setae, patterns are variable (
<tableCitation id="C6B8037EFFD5FF8EB76446A843D32285" box="[309,403,920,946]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,239,1239,1263]" captionTargetBox="[159,1097,1330,1695]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="TABLE 2. Individual variability in pattern of opisthogastral leaf­like setae for Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. Format: row 1 (most anterior), row 2, row 3, row 4." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" tableUuid="DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426">Table 2</tableCitation>
). One pair of small preanal, and two pairs of small postanal setae surround the anus. Unpaired postanal seta absent. Metapodal areas each with well developed shields, fused broadly to peritrematal (anterior), and weakly to sternito­ventri­anal shields (antero­lateral). Each metapodal shield usually with two subulate setae (
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD5FF8EB7D141204387251D" box="[384,455,1040,1066]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1921,1945]" captionTargetBox="[174,1412,754,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1412,754,1897]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, venter; B, detail metapodal area." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175145/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B); occasionally with one additional, setiform seta (1 of 8 sides examined), or with one subulate and 1 setiform seta (3 of 8 sides examined). Metapodal shield surface with distinct crenulated patterning near the posterior tip. Peritremes surrounded by relatively small shields, extending anteriorly to the level of coxae I. Tritosternum without subapical spines (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD5FF8EB57841B841E52595" author="Goff" box="[809,933,1160,1186]" pageId="3" pageNumber="57" refString="Goff, M. L. (1979) Four new species of Ophiomegistus (Acari: Paramegistidae) from skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Papua New Guinea, a new record of Ophiomegistus keithi, and a key to the species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 16, 512 - 523." type="journal article" year="1979">Goff 1979</bibRefCitation>
) on the tritosternal laciniae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" ID-Table-UUID="DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" targetBox="[159,1097,1330,1695]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" blockId="3.[151,1364,1239,1297]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB6C641E7434A25D8" bold="true" box="[151,266,1239,1263]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Individual variability in pattern of opisthogastral leaf­like setae for 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB58E41E846B825D8" box="[991,1272,1240,1263]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Ophiomegistus spectabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D57ACFFD5FF8EB2AF41E7471425D8" box="[1278,1364,1239,1263]" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Format: row 1 (most anterior), row 2, row 3, row 4.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD5FF8EB6CE4002460927A8" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<table id="F93AC465FFD50072B6CE4002460927A8" box="[159,1097,1330,1695]" gridcols="3" gridrows="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE40024609247E" box="[159,1097,1330,1353]" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE40024367247E" box="[159,295,1330,1353]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Individual</th>
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D400240FB247E" box="[588,699,1330,1353]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">right</th>
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A840024609247E" box="[1017,1097,1330,1353]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">left</th>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE406D46092443" box="[159,1097,1373,1396]" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE406D43672443" box="[159,295,1373,1396]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Male</th>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE40B8460924A8" box="[159,1097,1416,1439]" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE40B8436724A8" box="[159,295,1416,1439]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4135</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D40B840FB24A8" box="[588,699,1416,1439]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A840B8460924A8" box="[1017,1097,1416,1439]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE4082460924FE" box="[159,1097,1458,1481]" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE4082436724FE" box="[159,295,1458,1481]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4137</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D408240FB24FE" box="[588,699,1458,1481]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­2(3)­5­6</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A84082460924FE" box="[1017,1097,1458,1481]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­4­6­6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE40ED460924C3" box="[159,1097,1501,1524]" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE40ED436724C3" box="[159,295,1501,1524]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4138</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D40ED40FB24C3" box="[588,699,1501,1524]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A840ED460924C3" box="[1017,1097,1501,1524]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE433846092728" box="[159,1097,1544,1567]" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE433843672728" box="[159,295,1544,1567]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4586a</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D433840FB2728" box="[588,699,1544,1567]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A8433846092728" box="[1017,1097,1544,1567]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­5­6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE43024609277E" box="[159,1097,1586,1609]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE43024367277E" box="[159,295,1586,1609]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4586b</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D430240FB277E" box="[588,699,1586,1609]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­3­6­6</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A843024609277E" box="[1017,1097,1586,1609]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­4­5­5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE436D46092743" box="[159,1097,1629,1652]" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE436D43672743" box="[159,295,1629,1652]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Female</th>
</tr>
<tr id="350A3487FFD50072B6CE43B8460927A8" box="[159,1097,1672,1695]" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<th id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B6CE43B8436727A8" box="[159,295,1672,1695]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">OSAL4136</th>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B41D43B840FB27A8" box="[588,699,1672,1695]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­4­7­8</td>
<td id="76DB5DFBFFD50072B5A843B8460927A8" box="[1017,1097,1672,1695]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">1­5­6­7</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<subSubSection id="C320654EFFD5FF88B69743DB43292095" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD5FF89B69743DB473F204D" blockId="3.[151,1437,1770,2036]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,152,378]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB69743DB439A2633" box="[198,474,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD5FF8EB69743DB431C2633" box="[198,348,1771,1796]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="3" pageNumber="50" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">Gnathosoma</taxonomicName>
and palps
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD5FF8EB7BA43DA40732633" box="[491,563,1770,1796]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,450,1657]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[217,1369,434,1675]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175146/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Chelicera (
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD5FF8EB49F43DA41532633" box="[718,787,1770,1796]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,450,1657]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[217,1369,434,1675]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175146/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A) with long cheliceral seta, and distinct lyrifissue 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB32843DB47C12633" box="[1401,1409,1771,1796]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">i</emphasis>
; lyrifissure 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB7494223436E261B" box="[280,302,1811,1836]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">id</emphasis>
not observed. Cheliceral digits edentate, inside movable digit fimbriate. Fixed digit with one basal, movable digit with three terminal extensions; interdigital membranous extension present. Gnathotectum triangular with a smooth anterior edge and a very weakly developed, or absent, keel (
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD5FF8EB2D64252468D264B" box="[1159,1229,1890,1916]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,450,1657]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[217,1369,434,1675]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175146/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B). Subcapitulum with a poorly developed deutosternal groove. Subcapitular setae (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB5F642BB41FF2693" box="[935,959,1931,1956]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">sc</emphasis>
) and setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB21B42BB46C22693" box="[1098,1154,1931,1956]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">hyp2</emphasis>
short blunt spines with minute barbs, setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB72C428343F726FB" box="[381,439,1971,1996]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">hyp1</emphasis>
long, smooth spines, and setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD5FF8EB5744283411E26FB" box="[805,862,1971,1996]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">hyp3</emphasis>
small and setiform (
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD5FF8EB21C428246D226FB" box="[1101,1170,1970,1996]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,450,1657]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[217,1369,434,1675]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175146/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="50">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C). Lateral lips fringed on outside, labium and paralaciniae brush­like. Designation of brushy, dorsally inserted structures as “paralaciniae” (pl in 
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD2FF89B76945A843352185" box="[312,373,152,178]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1699,1723]" captionTargetBox="[241,1347,450,1657]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[217,1369,434,1675]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175146/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig 3</figureCitation>
C) tentative. Corniculi unclear in all specimens examined, apparently largely membranous and with a shape resembling that illustrated for 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD2FF89B4B845F0463C21ED" authority="Banks (Voss 1966)" authorityName="Banks (Voss" authorityYear="1966" box="[745,1148,192,218]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B4B845F041CB21EE" box="[745,907,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. luzonensis</emphasis>
Banks (
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)
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B2EF45F0476821EE" box="[1214,1320,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. keithi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD2FF89B36545F043192035" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" refString="Domrow, R. (1978) The genus Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 113 - 124." type="journal article">Domrow (Domrow 1978)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Palp (
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D). Palp setation for the basal segments follows the standard pattern for 
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, 2 setae on the trochanter, 5 on the femur, and 7 on the genu. Posterior lateral and posterior dorsal setae on the femur and genu thickened, rod­like and barbed. Tibia and tarsus completely fused, with a total of 24 sensilla, 1 more than listed by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD2FF89B4704450409F204D" author="Domrow" box="[545,735,352,378]" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" refString="Domrow, R. (1978) The genus Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 113 - 124." type="journal article" year="1978">Domrow (1978)</bibRefCitation>
for 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B55E44504134204E" box="[783,884,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. keithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD2FF89B5FC4450460B204E" box="[941,1099,352,377]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B5FC4450460B204E" box="[941,1099,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Pretarsal claw two­tined.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD2FF89B6C64393464D27ED" blockId="4.[151,1436,1699,1754]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B6C643934359278C" bold="true" box="[151,281,1699,1723]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B7704393407A278D" box="[289,570,1699,1722]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Ophiomegistus spectabilis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B410439340D7278C" bold="true" box="[577,663,1699,1723]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(male). A, chelicera; B, gnathotectum; C, subcapitulum; D, palp, dorsal view. Scale for A, B and D identical. Abbreviations: co, corniculus; pl, paralacinia.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B697422142BE261D" box="[198,254,1809,1834]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Legs</emphasis>
(
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). Coxae I with small anterior spur (
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD2FF89B5524220410B261D" box="[771,843,1808,1834]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="2.[151,255,1921,1945]" captionTargetBox="[174,1412,754,1897]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[174,1412,754,1897]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 2. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (male). A, venter; B, detail metapodal area." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175145/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A). Setation pattern generally as for 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD2FF89B2AD4221431A2665" authority="Domrow 1978" authorityName="Domrow" authorityYear="1978" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="4" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzonensis">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B2AD422147DC261D" box="[1276,1436,1809,1834]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. luzonensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD2FF89B6CE420843112665" author="Domrow" box="[159,337,1848,1874]" pageId="4" pageNumber="57" refString="Domrow, R. (1978) The genus Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 113 - 124." type="journal article" year="1978">Domrow 1978</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, but without tibial setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B4D4420940F12665" box="[645,689,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
pd 
<date id="FF841005FFD2FF89B4F5420940F12665" box="[676,689,1849,1874]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">3</date>
</emphasis>
I and 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B5534209416C2665" box="[770,812,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
pv 
<date id="FF841005FFD2FF89B54E4209416C2665" box="[799,812,1849,1874]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">2</date>
</emphasis>
IV, losses shared with 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B217420946EE2665" box="[1094,1198,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">O. keithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Legs laterally flattened, most lateral setae poorly developed. Femoral seta 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B51D42514136264D" box="[844,886,1889,1914]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
pv 
<date id="FF841005FFD2FF89B53A42514136264D" box="[875,886,1889,1914]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">1</date>
</emphasis>
IV a rounded spine. Anterior dorsal setae of genua, tibiae, and (basi)tarsi III–IV blade­like with fimbriations along one side (less prominent on legs II), posterior dorsal and posterior ventral setae generally longer, rod­like with terminal barbs. Genual and tibial setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B68842E942BE26C5" box="[217,254,2009,2034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
pl 
<date id="FF841005FFD2FF89B6A242E942BE26C5" box="[243,254,2009,2034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">1</date>
</emphasis>
II–III long, rod­like; genual and tibial 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B49742E940AB26C5" box="[710,747,2009,2034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">
pl 
<date id="FF841005FFD2FF89B4B142E940AB26C5" box="[736,747,2009,2034]" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">1</date>
</emphasis>
IV small, setiform. Tarsi II–IV with seta 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD2FF89B28042E946B726C5" box="[1233,1271,2009,2034]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="51">al3</emphasis>
present. setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B6C645A842832186" box="[151,195,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">ad1</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B68045A842BD2186" box="[209,253,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">pd1</emphasis>
poorly developed, very thin. Ventrodistal spurs on tarsi II–IV absent. Pretarsi I absent, pretarsi II–IV large, with vestigial claws. Chaetotactic formula’s: Coxae 2­2­2­1. Trochanters I: 2 1/2 1; II: 1 0/3 1; III: 1 1/3 0; IV: 1 1/3 0. Femora I: 2 3/3 1/2 1; II: 2 2/2 2/1 1; III: 1 2/1 2/1 0; IV: 1 2/1 2/1 1. Genua I: 2 3/1 3/1 1; II: 2 3/2 3/1 1; III: 2 3/1 2/1 1; IV: 2 3/1 2/1 0. Tibiae I: 2 2/2 2/2 2; II: 2 2/2 2/1 1; III: 2 2/1 2/1 1; IV: 2 2/1 2/1 1. Tarsi II–III with 19 setae (seta 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B7AD440840612066" box="[508,545,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">al3</emphasis>
present), tarsi IV with 21 (setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B5CC440841872066" box="[925,967,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">av4</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B587440846402066" box="[982,1024,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">pv4</emphasis>
present). Chaetotactic formula’s as noted are slightly different from those proposed by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD3FF88B4A7445041F5204D" author="Domrow" box="[758,949,352,378]" pageId="5" pageNumber="57" refString="Domrow, R. (1978) The genus Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 113 - 124." type="journal article" year="1978">Domrow (1978)</bibRefCitation>
for 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B5B7445046C4204E" box="[998,1156,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">O. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but this may an artifact of leg orientation.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD3FF88B6C642024031265E" blockId="5.[151,1436,1842,1897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B6C64202435A267D" bold="true" box="[151,282,1842,1866]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B7734202407C267E" box="[290,572,1842,1865]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Ophiomegistus spectabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B415420240DB267D" bold="true" box="[580,667,1842,1866]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D57ACFFD3FF88B415420240DB267D" box="[580,667,1842,1866]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(male). Legs, anterolateral view; A, leg I (setae of distal sensory complex omitted); B, leg II; C, leg III; D, leg IV.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C320654EFFD3FF8BB6974282408223D5" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD3FF8BB697428243FD2375" blockId="5.[151,1438,1970,2036]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1439,152,738]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD3FF88B6974282436226FB" bold="true" box="[198,290,1970,1996]" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Female</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13012A40FFD3FF88B7604282433826FB" box="[305,376,1970,1996]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,255,2011,2035]" captionTargetBox="[217,1369,807,1988]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[217,1369,794,1988]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. (female). A, dorsum; B, detail metapodal area." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/175148/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="52">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Idiosomal length 868, width 718 (N=1). Dorsum as in male. Marginal setae slightly more numerous and slightly longer than in male, but pattern very similar (
<tableCitation id="C6B8037EFFD3FF88B58542EA466F26C3" box="[980,1071,2010,2036]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,239,151,175]" captionTargetBox="[159,1383,277,599]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="TABLE 1. Individual variability in pattern of marginal setae for Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. Format: number of short, blade­like setae between long, rod­like setae; listing following margin starting anterior left side to right side; posterior median group in brackets." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C645A740E021C3" pageId="5" pageNumber="52" tableUuid="DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C645A740E021C3">Table 1</tableCitation>
). Blade­like setae in posterior median pair 98 long. Anterior pair of rod­like long setae (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB51A45A841222186" box="[843,866,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">j1</emphasis>
) 122, anterior lateral pair 113, longest 265, and pair flanking posterior median pair of blade­like setae 197. Peritremes as in male. Metapodal areas sclerotized, shields broadly fused to peritrematal shields (anterior); each with two subulate and one setiform seta (
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B). Ventri­anal shield with 17–20 pairs of large leaf­like setae, arranged in 4 rows (
<tableCitation id="C6B8037EFFD0FF8BB2814420476C201D" box="[1232,1324,272,298]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="3.[151,239,1239,1263]" captionTargetBox="[159,1097,1330,1695]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="TABLE 2. Individual variability in pattern of opisthogastral leaf­like setae for Ophiomegistus spectabilis sp. nov. Format: row 1 (most anterior), row 2, row 3, row 4." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" tableUuid="DF45664DFFD5FF8EB6C641E740FC2426">Table 2</tableCitation>
). Preanal and postanal setae as in male. Unpaired postanal seta absent. Sternal region anteriorly with two pairs of shields: anterior pair carrying one seta (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB436445040C9204E" box="[615,649,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">st1</emphasis>
) and one lyrifissure (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB5D4445041F6204E" box="[901,950,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">stp1</emphasis>
) each; second pair carrying three pairs of setae (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB6B344B843752096" box="[226,309,392,418]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">st2–st4</emphasis>
) and one lyrifissure (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB47F44B8401F2096" box="[558,607,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">stp2</emphasis>
) each. Sternogynial shield also paired, with one small lyrifissure (
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB33044B847D22096" box="[1377,1426,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">stp3</emphasis>
) on each shield. Genital area with separate and well developed latigynial shields, each carrying two small setae and one small gland pore. Mesogynial shield fused posteriorly with ventri­anal shield, without setae, lyrifissures or pores. Endopodal shield remnants fused to sternal and latigynial shields. Small exopodal shieldlets between coxae II and III.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD0FF8BB697476046D0238D" blockId="6.[151,1439,152,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB69747604397235E" box="[198,471,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD0FF8BB6974760431C235E" box="[198,348,592,617]" class="Secernentea" family="Gnathostomatidae" genus="Gnathosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirurida" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" phylum="Nematoda" rank="genus">Gnathosoma</taxonomicName>
and palps
</emphasis>
. Gnathotectum triangular with a smooth anterior edge. Chelicera as in male. Subcapitulum, corniculi, subcapitular and hypostomal setae as in male. Palp with tibia and tarsus completely fused; pretarsal claw two­tined. Palp setation (number, position, and shape) as in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD0FF8BB69747F8408223D5" blockId="6.[151,1439,152,738]" box="[198,706,712,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB69747F842BD23D6" box="[198,253,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Legs</emphasis>
. Leg shape and chaetotaxy as in male.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD0FF8BB6C642EB46CC26C4" blockId="6.[151,1164,2011,2035]" box="[151,1164,2011,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB6C642EB435A26C4" bold="true" box="[151,282,2011,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB77142EC407826C4" box="[288,568,2012,2035]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">Ophiomegistus spectabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD0FF8BB46E42EB40D426C4" bold="true" box="[575,660,2011,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A27D57ACFFD0FF8BB46E42EB40D426C4" box="[575,660,2011,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="53" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(female). A, dorsum; B, detail metapodal area.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C320654EFFD1FF8AB69745A740DD20DC" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB69745A746C02041" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB69745A743FE2186" bold="true" box="[198,446,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Material examined.</emphasis>
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: Manus, Rambutyo Island, NE of Penchal Village, Elev 
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, 
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, coll. Austin, C. C., 
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, ex 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB5AF458F474621EF" box="[1022,1286,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus pratti</emphasis>
(Scincidae)
</taxonomicName>
, host coll. no. 
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89480, specimens numbers 
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004135­338 (3M, 1F); same collection data, ex 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB30845D643272010" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus pratti</emphasis>
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, host coll. no. 
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89481, spec. no. 
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013822 (1M); 
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<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB375443D47D92010" box="[1316,1433,269,295]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">GUINEA</collectionCode>
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: Manus, Penchal Village, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE0E5002FFD1FF8AB792440440092079" box="[451,585,308,334]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" precision="15" value="-2.3283334">02°19'42&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE0E5002FFD1FF8AB403440440AA2079" box="[594,746,308,334]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" precision="15" value="147.76666">147°46'00&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, coll. Austin, C. C., 
<date id="FF841005FFD1FF8AB5B5440446212079" box="[996,1121,308,334]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" value="2001-09-01">1 IX 2001</date>
, ex 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB2C54405435F2041" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Sphenomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pratti">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB2C5440547DC2079" box="[1172,1436,309,334]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus pratti</emphasis>
(Scincidae)
</taxonomicName>
, host coll. no. 
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89479, spec. no. 
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB4AA446C41072041" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[763,839,348,374]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
004586 (2M on one slide).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB69744B240DD20DC" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB69744B243FA20AB" bold="true" box="[198,442,386,412]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
Deposition of 
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.
</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54818867FFD1FF8AB79344B3406F20AA" box="[450,559,387,413]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male in Ohio State Acarology Collection (
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB27244B3463320AA" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[1059,1139,387,413]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
) (
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB2DB44B3469A20AA" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[1162,1242,387,413]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
4135), 
<typeStatus id="54818867FFD1FF8AB37A44B347DB20AA" box="[1323,1435,387,413]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
in Australian National Insect Collection (
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB4FE449A40BC20F3" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" box="[687,764,426,452]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">ANIC</collectionCode>
), Canberra (2M, 
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB5B4449A467520F3" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[997,1077,426,452]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
004137­38), and 
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB341449A471D20F3" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[1296,1373,426,452]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
(1F, 
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004136, 3M, 
<collectionCode id="ED2BAE00FFD1FF8AB7D044E1438E20DC" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" box="[385,462,465,491]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34094" name="Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">OSAL</collectionCode>
004586, 013822).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C320654EFFD1FF8AB69744C840622446" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB69744C842B4230D" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB69744C843132325" bold="true" box="[198,339,504,530]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name, 
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or showy, refers to the striking pattern of marginal setae in this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB697477746FC22F5" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB6974777438B2356" bold="true" box="[198,459,583,609]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Systematic affinities.</emphasis>
Generic assignment of this species to 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB5C7477746062357" box="[918,1094,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is based on the combination of presence of a longitudinally split sternal shield and stout subulate setae on the posterior end of the metapodal shields. It is also consistent with host association, as all known 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB5EB47A646292398" box="[954,1129,662,687]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are associated with squamates (snakes or skinks). The one record of 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB4CC478D417B23E1" box="[669,827,701,726]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. luzonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from a host other than a squamate, in this case a rat in New 
<collectingCountry id="F32D7655FFD1FF8AB6A547D4430923C9" box="[244,329,740,766]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Guinea</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD1FF8AB70947D4404023C9" author="Gunther" box="[344,512,740,766]" pageId="7" pageNumber="57" refString="Gunther, C. E. M. (1942) New parasitid mites from New Guinea (Acarina: Parasitidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 67, 87 - 89." type="journal article" year="1942">Gunther 1942</bibRefCitation>
), is almost certainly an artifact. In this assignment we noticed a flaw in the latest key to the genera of 
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Paramegistidae (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD1FF8AB42D463B41E52212" author="Kim" box="[636,933,779,805]" pageId="7" pageNumber="57" refString="Kim, C. - M. &amp; Klompen, H. (2002) A new genus and species of Paramegistidae (Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida) associated with millipedes from Mexico. Acarologia, Paris, 42, 39 - 52." type="journal article" year="2002">Kim and Klompen 2002</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The couplet in that key separating 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB306463B434C227C" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB70B460243AF227C" box="[346,495,818,843]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
uses the number of setae on each latigynial shield as the primary distinction, with 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB6844669432B2245" box="[213,363,857,882]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
females carrying only two setae per shield, while 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB586466946C72245" box="[983,1159,857,882]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB586466946C72245" box="[983,1159,857,882]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
females carry three or more. However, females of 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB7BB46B1410522AC" authority="Voss, 1966" authorityName="Voss" authorityYear="1966" box="[490,837,897,923]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brachymeleus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7BB46B140F422AD" box="[490,692,897,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. brachymeleus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD1FF8AB4EE46B1410522AC" author="Voss" box="[703,837,897,923]" pageId="7" pageNumber="57" refString="Voss, W. J. (1966) Three trigynaspid mites from Philippine reptiles (Acarina: Paramegistidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 3, 261 - 268." type="journal article" year="1966">Voss, 1966</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB50446B1463622AC" authority="Voss, 1966" authorityName="Voss" authorityYear="1966" box="[853,1142,897,923]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mabuyae">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB50446B141A622AD" box="[853,998,897,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. mabuyae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD1FF8AB5A046B1463622AC" author="Voss" box="[1009,1142,897,923]" pageId="7" pageNumber="57" refString="Voss, W. J. (1966) Three trigynaspid mites from Philippine reptiles (Acarina: Paramegistidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 3, 261 - 268." type="journal article" year="1966">Voss, 1966</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB2EA46B1429422F5" authority="Domrow, 1978" authorityName="Domrow" authorityYear="1978" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="keithi">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB2EA46B1476422AD" box="[1211,1316,897,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. keithi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAB4B34FFD1FF8AB37F46B1429422F5" author="Domrow" pageId="7" pageNumber="57" refString="Domrow, R. (1978) The genus Ophiomegistus Banks (Acari: Paramegistidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 113 - 124." type="journal article" year="1978">Domrow, 1978</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as the female of 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7AA469840DC22F6" box="[507,668,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. spectabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
carry only two setae on each latigynial shield.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB69746FF468A25E3" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
That being said, 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7D946FF407822DF" box="[392,568,975,1000]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB52546FF464A22DF" box="[884,1034,975,1000]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of foliate setae on the venter (absent in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB7DE46C640642538" box="[399,548,1014,1039]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Neomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7DE46C640642538" box="[399,548,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the lack of fusion of the latigynial and ventri­anal shields (partially fused in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB6E4412E430A2500" box="[181,330,1054,1079]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Neomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB6E4412E430A2500" box="[181,330,1054,1079]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the presence of subulate setae on the metapodal shields (absent in 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB2CA412E47702500" box="[1179,1328,1054,1079]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Neomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB2CA412E47702500" box="[1179,1328,1054,1079]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Cheol­ Min Kim, pers. comm.). The above emphasizes that 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB4AB417541E92569" box="[762,937,1093,1118]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB5B3417546372569" box="[994,1143,1093,1118]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
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are quite similar, despite being associated with phylogenetically unrelated host groups. This close relationship of squamate (
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB376415C429B259B" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and millipede (
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB7FD41A34002259B" box="[428,578,1171,1196]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Neomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7FD41A34002259B" box="[428,578,1171,1196]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Neomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) associated taxa mirrors the situation in the family 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB29741A347D7259A" box="[1222,1431,1171,1197]" class="Arachnida" family="Heterozerconidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Heterozerconidae</taxonomicName>
, which also includes squamate (
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB454418A408325E4" box="[517,707,1210,1235]" class="Arachnida" family="Heterozerconidae" genus="Amheterozercon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB454418A408325E4" box="[517,707,1210,1235]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Amheterozercon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and millipede (all other genera) associates.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB69741D140622446" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
The new species differs from 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB46541D140BE25CD" box="[564,766,1249,1274]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. brachymeleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB54141D141E125CD" box="[784,929,1249,1274]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mabuyae">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB54141D141E125CD" box="[784,929,1249,1274]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. mabuyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB5B941D1461025CD" box="[1000,1104,1249,1274]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="keithi">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB5B941D1461025CD" box="[1000,1104,1249,1274]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. keithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having the foliate setae restricted to the posterior half of the ventri­anal shield (rather than covering nearly all of the ventri­anal shield). In addition, the striking dimorphism in shape of the marginal setae far exceeds that found in any other described 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB75F406743FE2447" box="[270,446,1367,1392]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB75F406743FE2447" box="[270,446,1367,1392]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Ophiomegistus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C320654EFFD1FF8AB697404E471B26D3" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB697404E43CA2670" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB697404E437F24AF" bold="true" box="[198,319,1406,1432]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Remarks.</emphasis>
We also studied two additional females from skinks collected in Milne Bay province (
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: Milne Bay, Saga AHO River, Bush Camp, Cloudy Mountains, Elev 
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, 
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, coll. Austin, C. C., 
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, ex 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB49440FD418924D1" box="[709,969,1485,1510]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus pratti</emphasis>
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, host coll. no. LSUMZ 89483, spec. no. OSAL004134 (1F); same collection data, ex 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB4E540C441A2273A" box="[692,994,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus jobiensis</emphasis>
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, host coll. no. LSUMZ 89482, spec. no. OSAL004133 (1F)). While superficially similar to 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB574432B41872703" box="[805,967,1563,1588]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. spectabilis</emphasis>
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in the relative size and arrangement of the marginal and opisthogastral setae, these two females are slightly larger, and differ by having (1) only 3 (not 4) rows of opisthogastral setae, (2) bifid tips on the long rod­like marginal setae (rounded in 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB35D435942F3279D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. spectabilis</emphasis>
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), (3) metapodal shields that are distinctly pointed posteriorly, (4) the coxal IV seta shaped as a thick, blunt spine, and (5) having setae 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7874388405027E6" box="[470,528,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">hyp2</emphasis>
, 
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB44F4388401727E6" box="[542,599,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">hyp3</emphasis>
, and the subcapitular setae of similar shape (distinctly different sizes in 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB6C643EF437827CF" box="[151,312,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. spectabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Given the small number of available specimens from that locality, and the lack of males, it is not possible to establish whether these differences are local variations or whether the specimens represent another new species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8536C5FFD1FF8AB6974264471B26D3" blockId="7.[151,1439,151,2020]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">
A single male recovered at the same locality but from a different host species (
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: Milne Bay, Saga AHO River, Bush Camp, Cloudy Mountains, Elev 
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, 
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, coll. Austin, C. C., 
<date id="FF841005FFD1FF8AB75F429343CB268A" box="[270,395,1955,1981]" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" value="2001-10-18">18 X 2001</date>
, ex 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB7E842934091268B" box="[441,721,1955,1980]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">Sphenomorphus mulleri</emphasis>
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, host coll. no. LSUMZ 89484, spec. no. OSAL004132), does not match 
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<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB74242FA43F326D4" box="[275,435,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. spectabilis</emphasis>
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or the females from Milne Bay. Instead it closely resembles 
<taxonomicName id="4C3A4D46FFD1FF8AB22D42FA471726D3" authority="Goff, 1979" authorityName="Goff" authorityYear="1979" box="[1148,1367,1994,2020]" class="Arachnida" family="Paramegistidae" genus="Ophiomegistus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="7" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaii">
<emphasis id="B94EEAD7FFD1FF8AB22D42FA468C26D4" box="[1148,1228,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="54">O. kaii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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