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<figureCitation box="[574,673,775,802]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStart-3="Fig" captionStart-4="Fig" captionStartId-0="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionStartId-1="5.[181,214,631,653]" captionStartId-2="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionStartId-3="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionStartId-4="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetBox-1="[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetBox-2="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetBox-3="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetBox-4="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId-0="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetId-1="figure-127@5.[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetId-2="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetId-3="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId-4="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId-0="4" captionTargetPageId-1="5" captionTargetPageId-2="5" captionTargetPageId-3="7" captionTargetPageId-4="8" captionText-0="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." captionText-1="Fig. 2. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396): (A) prosomal and first opisthosomal tergites in dorsal view; (B) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating ctenidia on first postgenital sternite (third opisthosomal sternite). Arrows indicate paired tracheal spiracles on third and fourth opisthosomal sternites. Abbreviations: ot – ocular tubercle; meso – mesopeltidium; meta – metapeltidium; pro – propeltidium; 1st–5th – opisthosomal segment number." captionText-2="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." captionText-4="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914376" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" figureDoi-3="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" figureDoi-4="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7914376/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Figs 1–5</figureCitation>
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sp.
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Bird
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, 81, 103, 122, 139, 188, figs 6B, 10B, 26, plates 36I, 154G, H, 157. Etymology:The species is named in honour of distinguished South African arachnologist,
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, for her contribution to arachnology in Africa, and mentor to varioUs stUdents in this field, inclUding to the first aUthor in the present stUdy. NoUn (name) in apposition.
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Affinities:This species shows closest affinities with
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. It is separated from
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,
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, and most
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by the presence of two tarsomeres on leg IV. Males are distinguished from
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by the presence of a distinct
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C setiform flagellar complex (
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) (
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Bird
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), and from
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<emphasis box="[256,393,1110,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Lawrencega</emphasis>
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by the presence of a prominent
<emphasis box="[764,960,1109,1135]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">sfc principal seta</emphasis>
(
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), i.e. the dorsalmost seta in the flagellar complex, which is long, strongly differentiated and dorsodistally directed, similar to other species of
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(
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), compared to the short, weakly differentiated and more distally directed
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in
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. Diagnosis: Males differ from all other known melanoblossiine species by the elaborate modifications distally on the fixed (dorsal) finger, comprising a prominent, cUrved retrolateral flange and a strong ventral dip in the dorsal margin of the finger (
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,
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). The flagellar homolog (as defined by
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Bird
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) is distinct and clearly visible in prolateral view, similar to most
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species
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but different from other known
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, which have this modified seta more hidden behind the proximal row of setae in the
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. Conversely, the
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is prominent in this species, similar to other known
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but different from that of
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(
<figureCitation box="[240,309,1499,1525]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,1105,734,1677]" box="[144,283,1539,1565]" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Description:</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="2.[144,1105,734,1677]" box="[144,209,1579,1605]" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">
<emphasis box="[144,209,1579,1605]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Male.</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="2.[144,1105,734,1677]" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">
<emphasis box="[144,241,1619,1645]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Habitus.</emphasis>
Division between prosoma and opisthosoma broad; opisthosoma tapering posteriorly (
<figureCitation box="[280,402,1651,1677]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="517">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[181,312,204,230]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Coloration.</emphasis>
Propeltidium and chelicerae dark yellowish brown. Ocular tubercle black. Opisthosomal tergites reddish brown with dark purplish bands on posterior margins, which are wider in anterior four segments that are visible in dorsal view. Lateral opisthosoma purple with whitish longitudinal folds in the intersegmental membrane. Opisthosomal sternites light cream brown, changing to purplish posteriorly. Anal segment completely reddish brown. Legs and pedipalps yellowish brown dorsally, similar to propeltidium, cream brown ventrally, similar to opisthosomal sternites; coxae, trochanters and genital sternite lighter cream brown (
<figureCitation box="[775,897,429,455]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="3.[181,1142,204,1677]" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">
<emphasis box="[181,289,462,487]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Prosoma.</emphasis>
Median longitudinal furrow of propeltidium incomplete (
<figureCitation box="[943,1035,461,487]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Figs 1C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation box="[1049,1084,461,487]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">3D</figureCitation>
) and sUperficial (
<figureCitation box="[316,408,493,519]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,631,653]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396): (A) prosomal and first opisthosomal tergites in dorsal view; (B) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating ctenidia on first postgenital sternite (third opisthosomal sternite). Arrows indicate paired tracheal spiracles on third and fourth opisthosomal sternites. Abbreviations: ot – ocular tubercle; meso – mesopeltidium; meta – metapeltidium; pro – propeltidium; 1st–5th – opisthosomal segment number." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914376" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914376/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
); anterolateral propeltidial lobes partially fUsed to propeltidiUm; lateral eyespots long and narrow, hidden from lateral view on ventral side of anterolateral propeltidial lobe along margin of lobe (
<figureCitation box="[601,685,557,583]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 3C</figureCitation>
, arrow indicates position); median plagula narrower than ocular tubercle (
<figureCitation box="[526,612,589,615]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 1C</figureCitation>
); mesopeltidium and metapeltidium wider than long, mesopeltidium boatshaped, metapeltidium rectangular (
<figureCitation box="[871,962,621,648]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,631,653]" captionTargetBox="[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[189,1134,204,608]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig. 2. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396): (A) prosomal and first opisthosomal tergites in dorsal view; (B) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating ctenidia on first postgenital sternite (third opisthosomal sternite). Arrows indicate paired tracheal spiracles on third and fourth opisthosomal sternites. Abbreviations: ot – ocular tubercle; meso – mesopeltidium; meta – metapeltidium; pro – propeltidium; 1st–5th – opisthosomal segment number." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914376" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914376/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
); coxae densely covered with bifid setae. Widely spaced reddish brown, long, bifid setae on propeltidiUm and retrodorsally on the chelicera, on propeltidium more numerous in anterior third (
<figureCitation captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 3B, C</figureCitation>
), interspersed with shorter, less pigmented setae extending across the surface of chelicera and propeltidium.
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<emphasis box="[181,326,782,808]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Opisthosoma</emphasis>
. Tergites and pleUrites sparsely covered in relatively long, bifid, transparent setae. Similar setae on sternites, but slightly longer and slightly more dense. Fleshy ctenidia on first post-genital sternite (third opisthosomal segment), 3–4 largest ones on each side reddish brown, interspersed with 4–5 slightly smaller cream-coloured ctenidia. Dense patch of slightly thickened setae on fourth post-genital sternite (sixth opisthosomal segment); less distinct in some specimens.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[181,299,975,1001]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Chelicera.</emphasis>
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Shape: Fixed finger scUlptUred distally (
<figureCitation box="[751,819,975,1001]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), with prominent retrolateral flange and strong ventral dip in dorsal margin of finger (
<figureCitation box="[819,909,1007,1033]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
, arrow); fixed finger medioventral excrescence (
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) pronounced (
<figureCitation box="[713,800,1039,1065]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
); gnathal edge (=cutting edge) strongly retrolaterally compressed; sUbterminal flange (
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) present on fixed finger mUcron, sitUated directly distal to fixed finger distal (
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) tooth, if present;
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is a prominent toothlike flange originating distally on the gnathal edge and proximally merging into the retrolateral side of the finger; movable finger gradUally cUrving dorsally, mUcron approximately one third length of finger. Dentition (
<figureCitation box="[858,949,1200,1226]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
): Movable finger dentition with well developed proximal tooth (
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) and slightly larger medial tooth (
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; most distal tooth on finger) separated by one (
<figureCitation box="[759,845,1264,1290]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="5.[181,214,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[191,1134,799,1335]" captionTargetId="figure-57@5.[189,1134,788,1335]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="Fig.3. Melanoblossia ansie sp.n., ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera:(A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachmentof chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle; sfc – setiform flagellar complex." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914378" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914378/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 3B</figureCitation>
), sometimes two (
<figureCitation box="[1047,1133,1264,1290]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="518">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
) secondary teeth (movable finger sUbmedial teeth,
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) increasing in siZe proximal to distal if two
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. Fixed finger median series dentition redUced, with small bUt distinct proximal tooth (
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), and smaller than
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bUt distinct secondary tooth (fixed finger sUbmedial tooth,
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) directly distal to
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; other primary teeth (fixed finger medial,
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; fixed finger distal,
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) absent, to present in highly vestigial form; if present, barely visible as a slight, often darkened short (
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) or elongated (
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) protuberances. Fixed finger fondal teeth well developed in prolateral row with distinct, tall and narrow profondal medial (
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) and profondal proximal (
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) tooth, both larger than
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; not possible to examine
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row in
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for risk of damage, but profondal subdistal (
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) tooth present in another specimen examined.
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(
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) row with four teeth, distalmost tooth in fixed finger retrofondal (
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) row (pUtative retrofondal medial tooth,
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row teeth small and insignificant, barely visible, with second most proximal tooth (retrofondal proximal tooth,
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) slightly larger than the one distal (profondal submedial,
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.
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Fig.1.
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<emphasis box="[202,383,1161,1182]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
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, (A–D) ♂ holotype (NMNW 14227), (E) ♂ paratype (SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis box="[144,356,1393,1419]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">Flagellar complex.</emphasis>
Setiform flagellar complex (
<emphasis box="[674,705,1393,1419]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">sfc</emphasis>
),
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C (see
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Bird
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. 2015
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). Well defined clUster of modified
<emphasis box="[457,497,1425,1451]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">pvd</emphasis>
setae (
<figureCitation box="[579,650,1425,1451]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Two rows of setae emerge from slight linear elevation into a broad flagellar complex depression (
<figureCitation box="[772,856,1457,1483]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="7.[181,214,1205,1227]" captionTargetBox="[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetId="figure-217@7.[181,1141,204,1188]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 4. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (sfc) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from Bird et al. (2015: 91, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth; pvd – proventral distal setae; pvsd – proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth; sfc – setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914384" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914384/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
). Distal row comprises three setae with limited plumosity; distalmost seta in row is the hypothesised setiform flagellUm homolog, which is laterally compressed and smooth with limited plUmosity ventrally and distally. Second (proximal) row of setae in
<emphasis box="[801,832,1553,1579]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">sfc</emphasis>
uniformly and strongly plumose throughout, curve dorsally along margin of MVE, except for
<emphasis box="[914,1104,1585,1611]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">sfc principal seta</emphasis>
(dorsalmost setae in the proximal row of
<emphasis box="[603,634,1617,1643]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="519">sfc</emphasis>
), which is strongly plumose, especially at base, resulting in a general triangular-shaped seta.
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Fig. 2.
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, ♂ (NMNW 13396): (A) prosomal and first opisthosomal tergites in dorsal view; (B) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating ctenidia on first postgenital sternite (third opisthosomal sternite). Arrows indicate paired tracheal spiracles on third and fourth opisthosomal sternites. Abbreviations: ot – ocular tubercle; meso – mesopeltidium; meta – metapeltidium; pro – propeltidium; 1
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–5
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– opisthosomal segment number.
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Fig. 3.
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<emphasis box="[242,426,1353,1375]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="520">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
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, ♂ (AMNH [LP 9857]), chelicera: (A, B) dextral chelicera in (A) prolateral and (B) retrolateral view; (C, D) chelicerae and propeltidium in (C) lateral and (D) dorsal view, indicating attachment of chelicera to propeltidium in the anterolateral propeltidial lobe.Abbreviations: les – lateral eyespot; MVE – medioventral excrescence; ot – ocular tubercle;
<emphasis box="[939,964,1425,1446]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="520">sfc</emphasis>
– setiform flagellar complex.
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</caption>
<paragraph blockId="5.[181,1142,1554,1677]" pageId="5" pageNumber="520">
<emphasis box="[181,284,1555,1580]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="520">Rostrum.</emphasis>
Approximately 1.5× longer than wide; dorsal margin of epistosomo-labral plate weakly sinuous; interlocked anastomosed setae form rigid sieve; median setae in sieve shortest, and dorsal setae longer than ventral setae. Lateral lip flagella distinctly but not densely plumose, one situated on each lip dorsally at base of lip.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,253,204,230]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Pedipalp.</emphasis>
TelotarsUs immovably fixed to basitarsUs, together Uniformly cylindrical throughout (
<figureCitation box="[275,358,236,263]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 5C</figureCitation>
); tibia curved proventrally; femur more or less cylindrical (
<figureCitation box="[977,1091,236,262]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig.1A, B</figureCitation>
). Spiniform setae absent. Flexible apparent bifid setae of varioUs lengths on all segments, those situated proventrally longer and more ridged; few very long hairlike setae, longest ones medially on dorsal side of tarsus (basitarsus + telotarsus) and tibia. Dorsal to retrolateral femur with dense cover of short, transparent setae. Clubbed seta medioventrally on telotarsus (
<figureCitation box="[478,594,397,424]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 5E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,207,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Leg I.</emphasis>
Patella, tibia and basitarsus cylindrical throughout, telotarsus slightly broadening towards apex. Concentration of bifid setae at apex. Narrow prodorsal field of tarsal pores (
<figureCitation box="[220,310,495,522]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
). Slit sensilla at least on telotarsus (
<figureCitation box="[712,801,495,522]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
, arrow). Trochanter, femur and patella covered with short, transparent setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[144,1104,204,1050]" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">
<emphasis box="[144,294,562,588]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Walking legs.</emphasis>
Claws long in all walking legs, longer than telotarsus in legs II and III. Second (distal) segment of claw approximately eighth the length of first (proximal) claw segment.Trochanter, femur and patella covered with short, transparent setae (
<figureCitation box="[974,1090,626,652]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="4.[144,176,1161,1183]" captionTargetBox="[151,1096,204,1144]" captionTargetId="figure-219@4.[151,1096,204,1153]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Fig.1.Melanoblossia ansiesp.n., (A–D)♂ holotype(NMNW 14227),(E) ♂paratype(SAM-ENW-C006956): (A, B) habitus in (A) dorsal and (B) ventral view; (C) propeltidium and chelicerae in dorsal view; (D, E) anterior opisthosomal sternites in ventral view, indicating (D) malleoli and (D, E) ctenidia. Arrow indicates socket of ctenidium broken off." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914372" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914372/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
). Legs II and III: Telotarsus not divided into tarsomeres; spiniform pattern of telotarsus 2.2.2.1, with four setae on proventral and three on retroventral side (
<figureCitation box="[909,997,690,717]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="8.[144,177,1306,1328]" captionTargetBox="[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetId="figure-192@8.[146,1102,204,1288]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="Fig.5. Melanoblossia ansie sp. n., ♂ (NMNW 13396), appendages:(A) leg ItelotarsUs,indicating clUster of setae at apex and longitUdinal pore field.Short arrow indicates slit sensillUm; (B) leg II telotarsUs in retroventral view,indicatingpaired ventralspiniform setae,four on proventral and three on retroventral side, and tarsal claws; (C–F) pedipalp, ventral view, indicating (C) tarsus (basi- plus telotarsus), (D) distal close-up of telotarsus with suctorial organ, and (E, F) close-up of clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Arrows indicate clubbed seta ventrodistal on palpal telotarsus. Abbreviations: bt – basitarsUs; pf – pore field; so – sUctorial organ; tt – telotarsUs." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914386" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7914386/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
). Leg IV: Telotarsus divided into two tarsomeres; spiniform pattern of tarsomeres 2.2 /2.2.2.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[144,306,758,783]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Measurements</emphasis>
(from
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; in millimetres). Total length 9.27; propeltidium length 1.47, width 1.96; ocular tubercle length 0.20, width 0.39; eye (ocellus) diameter 0.14; CL 2.42;
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0.75, CW 0.75. Appendages (segment length): Palp total length 5.84, femur 1.95, tibia 1.79, basitarsus + telotarsus 2.10; leg I total length 5.84, patella 1.75, tibia 1.60, basitarsus 1.00, telotarsus 0.74; leg II total length 4.92, patella 1.44, tibia 1.17, basitarsus 1.10, telotarsus 0.61, claw 0.73 (distal claw segment 0.10); leg IV total length 9.95, patella 2.73, tibia 2.38, basitarsus 2.06, telotarsus 1.39, claw 0.79 (distal claw segment 0.09).
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<emphasis box="[144,235,1024,1050]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Female.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="6.[144,1105,1066,1676]" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">
<materialsCitation collectionCode="MP, MM, MSM, FP, FM, FD, STF" country="Micronesia" county="Except" location="Variation" municipality="The" pageId="6" pageNumber="521" specimenCount="1">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:335B87953046612FFE4FFD4DFCA72D27:BE2D605830426120FF07FBB9FF6A2845" box="[144,251,1066,1092]" country="Micronesia" county="Except" municipality="The" name="Variation" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Variation</location>
:
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:335B87953046612FFE4FFD4DFCA72D27:BE2D605830426120FE92FBB9FEC62845" box="[261,343,1066,1092]" country="Micronesia" county="Except" municipality="The" name="Twelve" pageId="6" pageNumber="521">Twelve</location>
males (24 chelicerae) were examined for variation in dentition.
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the movable finger
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and
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present in all specimens, single
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present in 14 chelicerae, second
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, smaller than and sitUated proximal to the first
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, present in 10 chelicerae.
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variation in size in the second (proximal)
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, from denticlesized to only slightly smaller than distal
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.
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were present with little variation in size and shape, in all chelicerae,
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was absent in 14 chelicerae and present as a slight, generally darkened protuberance in all other specimens.
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for the
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, which was difficUlt to evalUate in chelicerae where the jaws were closed, bilateral asymmetry in absence/presence of teeth was found only in
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. In one a retrofondal tooth was absent on the left chelicera, and in the other two a second movable finger sUbmedial (
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) tooth was present on the left, bUt not on the right chelicera. One fixed finger was deformed towards the apex, resUlting in the loss of the
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. Ctenidia variable in nUmber, bUt difficUlt to evalUate as these seem to easily break off
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.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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, old transport route (
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,
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9 Expedition. Deposited in the
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,
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(
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(
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/3479);
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(
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(
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(
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(
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.
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<materialsCitation box="[144,878,1654,1676]" collectionCode="AMNH" pageId="6" pageNumber="521" specimenCode="LP 9857" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
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(
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[
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.
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Fig. 4.
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<emphasis box="[249,438,1205,1226]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="522">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
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, ♂ (NMNW 13396), dextral chelicera and setiform flagellar complex (
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) in prolateral view, indicating (A) dentition and (B) setiform flagellar complex in fUll view and (C) close-up of origin of distal row of laterally compressed, weakly plumose, and proximal row of densely plumose setae, from
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Bird
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. (2015: 91
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, fig. 26). Arrow indicates ventral dip in dorsal margin of fixed (dorsal) finger. Abbreviations: FD – fixed finger, distal tooth; FM – fixed finger, medial tooth; FP – fixed finger, proximal tooth; FSM – fixed finger, sUbmedial tooth; MM – movable finger, medial tooth; MP – movable finger, proximal tooth; MSM – movable finger, sUbmedial tooth;
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– proventral distal setae;
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– proventral subdistal setae; RFM – retrofondal medial tooth;
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– setiform flagellar complex; STF – sUbterminal flange.
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Distribution: Known only from the
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locality at the foot of the Tsaukhaib Mountain in the Sperrgebiet National Park, situated in the southern Namib Desert in the southwestern corner of
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.
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Biology: The
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locality of
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<emphasis box="[525,758,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="522">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is classified as a sUccUlent steppe vegetation zone, which falls within the Succulent Karoo biome (
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;
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Mendelsohn
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. 2002
</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis box="[578,825,1651,1677]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="522">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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was only collected during one pittrap cycle at the beginning of a three-year long pittrap survey of the Sperrgebiet National Park, during a year of particularly high rainfall. Soon after this pittrap cycle, pittraps moved approximately 50 metres further, and
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<emphasis box="[928,1028,1587,1612]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="523">M. ansie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1039,1103,1587,1613]" pageId="8" pageNumber="523" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was not collected again. Targeted collection attempts later for this species did not deliver any specimens.
<taxonomicName authority="Bird &amp; Wharton, 2015" authorityName="Bird &amp; Wharton" authorityYear="2015" box="[415,649,1651,1677]" class="Arachnida" family="Melanoblossiidae" genus="Melanoblossia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Solifugae" pageId="8" pageNumber="523" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ansie" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[415,649,1651,1677]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="523">Melanoblossia ansie</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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seems to have a restricted range of microhabitat and seasonal preference. These species are probably restricted to sandy habitats, as indicated by their long claws, and are likely diurnal, similar to other melanoblossiids, as indicated by their dark pigmentation.
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