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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D01FFFCFF54F8D66200F8E7" bold="true" box="[151,261,1848,1874]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">B. nyathi</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="13272A236D01FFFCFF54F8B463E6F8C1" box="[151,227,1882,1908]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. B" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1323,1347]" captionTargetBox="[305,1289,386,1305]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[294,1303,376,1316]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. B. nyathi sp. nov. (NMZ / D 747). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176290/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
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material (examined):
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: 1 ɗ, Mudzwiru River [2030B4],
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, F.
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(NMZ/D747)
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Etymology: Named after Mr Francis
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(Natural History Museum, Bulawayo,
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) in recognition of his contribution to the collection and study of invertebrates in
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05FF066238FEB4" box="[198,317,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: Apical telocoxite with a lateral and median process resulting in an oval shape (
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a); subapically, the median leaf has a raised subapical process (
<figureCitation id="13272A236D02FFFFFCDDFEFE6072FE9F" box="[798,887,272,298]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. B" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1323,1347]" captionTargetBox="[305,1289,386,1305]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[294,1303,376,1316]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. B. nyathi sp. nov. (NMZ / D 747). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176290/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 8b</figureCitation>
). A laterally deflected aboral lateral leaf lobe, more tapered than rounded, is present (
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).
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF54FAC56219FAF6" bold="true" box="[151,284,1323,1347]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFEE7FAC56282FAF7" box="[292,391,1323,1346]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">B. nyathi</emphasis>
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(NMZ/D747).
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFD57FAC561ADFAF6" bold="true" box="[660,680,1323,1347]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">a,</emphasis>
oral view of gonopods;
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aboral view of gonopods;
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFB3FFAC5660DFAF6" bold="true" box="[1276,1288,1323,1347]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">c</emphasis>
, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs;
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFD95FAA36169FAD0" bold="true" box="[598,620,1357,1381]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">d,</emphasis>
lateral view of collum.
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<paragraph id="8BA336A66D02FFFFFF54FA9E61EEFA1A" blockId="14.[151,1436,1323,1455]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Abbreviations: cf, collum fold; fl, femoral lobe; llb, lateral leaf lobe; lp, lateral process; ml, median leaf; mp, median process; pc, paracoxite; pfl, prefemoral lobe; tp, telopodite.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA336A66D02FFFFFF05FA07625DF9B6" blockId="14.[151,1436,1513,2021]" box="[198,344,1513,1539]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description:</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F9FF63F0F99F" box="[198,245,1553,1578]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Size</emphasis>
: Body length
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; minimum and maximum body width 45 and
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; antenna length
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F98F62C3F9CF" box="[198,454,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Number of body rings</emphasis>
: 52
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F967621CF917" box="[198,281,1673,1698]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Colour</emphasis>
: Body black; legs and antennae brown.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F95F6219F97F" box="[198,284,1713,1738]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Collum</emphasis>
: With three complete folds and an incomplete fold (
<figureCitation id="13272A236D02FFFFFC43F95F60C3F97E" box="[896,966,1713,1739]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. B" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1323,1347]" captionTargetBox="[305,1289,386,1305]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[294,1303,376,1316]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. B. nyathi sp. nov. (NMZ / D 747). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176290/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
d).
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<paragraph id="8BA336A66D02FFFFFF05F93263C6F8A8" blockId="14.[151,1436,1513,2021]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F93261C8F940" box="[198,717,1752,1781]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Pre-femoral process of 1st pair of male legs</emphasis>
: Subtriangular, proximally parallel, with a rounded tip (
<figureCitation id="13272A236D02FFFFFAAEF93563A3F8A8" captionStart="FIGURE 8. B" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1323,1347]" captionTargetBox="[305,1289,386,1305]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[294,1303,376,1316]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. B. nyathi sp. nov. (NMZ / D 747). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176290/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
c).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F8C262B5F8F0" box="[198,432,1836,1861]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D256D02FFFFFF05F8C26216F8F0" box="[198,275,1836,1861]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Sigilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sigilla</taxonomicName>
on body ring
</emphasis>
: Three irregular rows, reduced to one ventrally.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D02FFFFFF05F8BA6236F8D8" box="[198,307,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Gonopod</emphasis>
: Orally, apical telocoxite oval. A median process is present, directed distally, not overlapping the opposite one. Aborally, apex of median leaf slightly raised (
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). An aboral, lateral leaf lobe extending from apical telocoxite (below the level of the apex of the median leaf) deflected laterally, more tapered than rounded. The telopodite forms an incomplete loop distally (
<figureCitation id="13272A236D02FFFFFC93F8256090F850" box="[848,917,1995,2021]" captionStart="FIGURE 8. B" captionStartId="14.[151,255,1323,1347]" captionTargetBox="[305,1289,386,1305]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[294,1303,376,1316]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 8. B. nyathi sp. nov. (NMZ / D 747). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176290/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
a)
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Distribution: Known from Mudzwiru River, south of Gweru,
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(
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). Specimen found under a granite rock.
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Remarks: The apical telocoxite is oval and simple, unlike other species. However, it resembles
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D256D03FFFEFF07FEFE624DFE9C" box="[196,328,272,297]" class="Diplopoda" family="Spirostreptidae" genus="Bicoxidens" kingdom="Animalia" order="Spirostreptida" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigerrimus">nigerrimus</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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and
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by having an aboral lobe on the lateral leaf. However, in
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the lobe is smaller, deflected laterally and is more tapered than rounded.
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