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(
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,
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)
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB18695CFF47FE7DFEF3FE2B" bold="true" box="[151,383,438,463]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Material examined</emphasis>
.
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: Apkonu stream, downstream of falls, 6º
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, 0º
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, alt.
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asl.,
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, Smit, 1/0/0 (mounted).
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB18695CFF17FE35FEEDFDF3" bold="true" box="[199,353,510,535]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">Morphology.</emphasis>
Male.
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—Idiosoma elongated-oval; dorsal shield elongated with frontal platelets much shorter than shoulder platelets (
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,
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); frontal margin medially convexly rounded, between large anterolaterally pointed protrusions (
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); Cxgl4 located far anteriorly, near tips of Cx-I; gnathosomal bay Ushaped and moderately deep; medial margin of Cx-II/III relatively short; genital field small and roundish; suture line of Cx-IV strongly extending posteriorly beyond posterior margin of genital field, laterally curved, medially closer together (
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,
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); excretory pore slightly away from the line of primary sclerotization, excretory pore anterior to Vgl2; palp: ventral seta on P-4 short (
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).
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB18695CFF47F8A4FEDDF861" bold="true" box="[151,337,1903,1925]" pageId="69" pageNumber="70">FIGURE 47AE.</emphasis>
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sp. 1, male, Apkonu stream: A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view; C = frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; D = palp, medial view; E = I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 Μm.
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB1B695FFF17FF52FEFDFF54" box="[199,369,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Measurements.</emphasis>
Idiosoma (ventral view:
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,
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) L 656, W 425; dorsal shield (
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,
<figureCitation id="132D71F3AB1B695FFAC1FF53FACFFF54" box="[1297,1347,152,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 49 A E" captionStartId="72.[151,250,1931,1953]" captionTargetBox="[171,1399,195,1877]" captionTargetId="figure@72.[171,1400,195,1878]" captionTargetPageId="72" captionText="FIGURE 49 A E. Photographs of: A B Monatractides sp. 1, male, Apkonu stream: A = dorsal shield; B = idiosoma, ventral view. C E Monatractides sp. 2, male, Kintampo Falls: C = dorsal shield; D = idiosoma, ventral view; E = inner side of genital field (arrow showing ejaculatory complex reduced to sclerotized framework)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286352/files/figure.png" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">49A</figureCitation>
) L 548, W 366, L/W ratio 1.5; dorsal plate L 500; shoulder platelets L 161163, W 5963, L/W ratio 2.62.7; frontal platelets L 111114, W 5963, L/W ratio 1.81.9; shoulder/frontal platelets L ratio 1.431.45. Gnathosomal bay L 125, Cx-I total L 247, Cx-I mL 122, Cx-II+III mL 68; ratio Cx-I L/Cx-II+III mL 3.6; Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 1.8. Genital field L/W 108/102103, ratio 1.05; distance genital field-excretory pore 167, genital field-caudal idiosoma margin 231. Gnathosoma vL 149; chelicera total L 164; palp total L 142, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 2122/18, 1.19; P- 2, 40/28, 1.44; P-3, 29/24, 1.23; P-4, 37/17, 2.18; P-5, 15/9, 1.7; P-2/P-4 ratio 1.08; dL of I-L-26: 53, 71, 92, 100, 101102; I-L-6 H 40, dL/H I-L-6 ratio 2.54.
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB1B695FFF17FE7CFEC9FE34" bold="true" box="[199,325,439,464]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Discussion</emphasis>
. Due to the relatively small and more roundish genital field and suture line of Cx-IV strongly extending back beyond genital field (
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), the single male from Apkonu stream resembles
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<emphasis id="B962B164AB1B695FFB29FE17FEAAFDFC" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Monatractides dolichosoma</emphasis>
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, a species known from several sites in
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(
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). The latter species is notably smaller and can easily be distinguished by a very slender idiosoma (L/W ratio 1.8, data calculated from
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). It is very likely that the specimen from Apkonu stream represent a taxon new for science. However, a final decision can be given only when larger series are available.
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. The male ejaculatory complex was not found but the sclerotized framework immediately above the genital field can be visible.
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