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Habitus of holotype. ♀
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in having narrowed part of hind tibia 0.4× as long as hind tibia; ivory part of ovipositor sheath 0.52× as long as its dark apical part; area behind eyes in dorsal view smooth; mesopleuron smooth with setigerous pits. The new species runs close to
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</taxonomicName>
in key to Chinese
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFC8AFABCA5EAFA69" box="[803,925,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Megischus</emphasis>
(
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Hong
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFC5DFABDA251FA69" box="[1012,1062,1402,1428]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">et al</emphasis>
. 2010
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
in having temple slightly convex behind eye; head largely blackish or dark brown; widened part of hind tibia of female distinctly concave ventrally. But it differs from
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFE48FA05A419FA21" box="[481,622,1475,1500]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. ptosimae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having vein 1-M of fore wing 6.8× as long as 1-SR and 0.8× as long as vein m-cu (in
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFEFDFA21A797F9FD" box="[340,480,1511,1536]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. ptosimae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
1-M 4.25.5× as long as vein 1-SR and 1.11.3× vein m-cu); ovipositor sheath with subapical ivory band 0.52× dark apical band (in
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</taxonomicName>
subapical ivory band 0.72× dark apical band). The new species varies from the previously reported Indian specimen
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A4BFFACFC38F9E9A35FF9B5" authority="van Achterberg, 2004" authorityName="van Achterberg" authorityYear="2004" box="[913,1320,1582,1609]" class="Insecta" family="Stephanidae" genus="Megischus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alveolifer">
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van Achterberg,
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in having head black (in
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</taxonomicName>
, head orange red); head in frontal view with striae subparallel, converging medioventrally from sides); vertex with two strong and two weak more or less straight carinae (in
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A4BFFACFB10F9B1A33AF96D" box="[1209,1357,1654,1680]" class="Insecta" family="Stephanidae" genus="Megischus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alveolifer">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFB10F9B1A33AF96D" box="[1209,1357,1654,1680]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. alveolifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vertex with three deeply emarginated carinae); hind coxa robust (in
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A4BFFACFCD9F95DA270F949" box="[880,1031,1690,1716]" class="Insecta" family="Stephanidae" genus="Megischus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alveolifer">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFCD9F95DA270F949" box="[880,1031,1690,1716]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. alveolifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
hind coxa rather slender, spindleshaped); subapical ivory part of ovipositor sheath 0.52× as long as dark apical part (in
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</taxonomicName>
ivory part 1.3× as long as dark apical part); and petiole reddish brown (in
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFCD9F925A273F901" box="[880,1028,1762,1788]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">M. alveolifer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
petiole brownish black).
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFF6EF8C0A72BF8DD" bold="true" box="[199,348,1798,1824]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Description.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54F37ACF5A4BFFACFECAF8C0A7A6F8DD" box="[355,465,1798,1824]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
,
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. Body length
<quantity id="4CB069885A4BFFACFD3DF8C0A57BF8DC" box="[660,780,1798,1825]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.706" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" unit="mm" value="17.06">17.06 mm</quantity>
; ovipositor length
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; fore wing length
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A4BFFACFF6EF8ECA2A0F84D" blockId="31.[151,1437,1186,1968]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A4BFFACFF6EF8ECA768F8B8" bold="true" box="[199,287,1834,1861]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Colour.</emphasis>
Black with the following parts as follows: tegulae apically with a reddish brown patch; fore and mid coxae black with a reddish tint apically; fore and mid trochanters, femur, tibia and tarsi deep reddish; hind trochanters, tibia and tarsi red; petiole basally and apically brownish red with medial portion bright reddish; apex of second metasomal tergite reddish brown; ovipositor sheath black with subapical ivory band.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A74FF93FF3EF851A721F852" bold="true" box="[151,342,1943,1967]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURES 5865.</emphasis>
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Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar
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Holotype ♀. 58. Habitus, lateral view (excluding ovipositor); 59. Head and anterior part of pronotum, lateral view; 60. Head, frontal view; 61. Head, dorsal view; 62.
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, dorsal view; 63.
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, lateral view; 64. Fore wing; 65. Hind coxa.
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A75FF92FF3EF9D9A724F9CA" bold="true" box="[151,339,1567,1591]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURES 6671.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93C187F5A75FF92FEF1F9D9A461F9CA" box="[344,534,1567,1591]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Megischus ranjithi</emphasis>
Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A75FF92FCD9F9D9A5C8F9CA" bold="true" box="[880,959,1567,1591]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
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Holotype ♀. 66. Hind femora &amp; tibia; 67. Hind leg; 68. First metasomal tergite; 69. Metasoma (except first tergite), lateral view; 70. Last metasomal tergite showing metasomal protuberances, lateral view; 71. Ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, lateral view.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A75FF92FF6EF96BA26AF815" blockId="33.[151,1437,1709,2024]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A75FF92FF6EF96BA77AF935" bold="true" box="[199,269,1709,1736]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Head.</emphasis>
Antenna with 41 distinct antennomeres; first antennal segment 1.6× as long as wide and 2× as long as second segment; clypeus rugose with moderate pubescence; mandibles strong with thick setae arising from above and below teeth; ventrally more setose; three anterior coronal teeth large and acute, both posterior ones short and wider; frons finely and transversely rugate; rugae sub parallel sided almost forming a medial carina on lower face; coronal area with smooth areolate rugose channels enclosing the anterior ocellus (
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); vertex rugose-carinate with three carinae beyond the posterior ocelli; area behind the eye in dorsal view, smooth and shiny; temples non angulate (
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); face with scattered golden yellow setae along vertex and frons; clypeus rugate with moderate pubescence; thick yellowish brown setae arising from above and below mandibles; gena smooth with dense setigerous micropunctures halfway up the temple (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFF51A4EBFD0F" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFF51A73CFF4C" bold="true" box="[199,331,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicName id="4C48BFEE5A76FF91FF6EFF51A730FF4C" box="[199,327,151,177]" class="Arachnida" family="Sclerosomatidae" genus="Mesosoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opiliones" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mesosoma</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Pronotum stout with neck less emarginate, weakly convex in level with middle part of pronotum (
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); anteriorly with three strong carinae (prominent laterally), posteriorly smooth with few setigerous punctures, laterally produced as shoulders, ending near propleura as buttressing ridges (
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); propleura with a row of setae along the margin; mesoscutum with oblique rows of irregular punctae forming with a median bare foveate line; scutellum and axillae smooth, shiny with few punctae; axillae separated by a large fovea; mesopleura smooth with scattered setigerous pits, more concentrated ventrally, dorso posteriorly smooth and shiny; metapleura dorsally and ventrally smooth and shiny, medially with irregular setigerous areola (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FB4AFEA9A34DFE77" box="[1251,1338,367,394]" captionStart="FIGURES 5865" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[189,1401,183,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-17@32.[186,1401,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 5865. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 58. Habitus, lateral view (ex- cluding ovipositor); 59. Head and anterior part of pronotum, lateral view; 60. Head, frontal view; 61. Head, dorsal view; 62. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 63. Mesosoma, lateral view; 64. Fore wing; 65. Hind coxa." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403440" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403440/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 63</figureCitation>
); propodeum two thirds foveolate with inside of fovea and interstices smooth, a median rugose stripe present, posteriorly fovea turning into irregular rugae (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FD8CFE71A40BFE2F" box="[549,636,439,466]" captionStart="FIGURES 5865" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[189,1401,183,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-17@32.[186,1401,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 5865. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 58. Habitus, lateral view (ex- cluding ovipositor); 59. Head and anterior part of pronotum, lateral view; 60. Head, frontal view; 61. Head, dorsal view; 62. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 63. Mesosoma, lateral view; 64. Fore wing; 65. Hind coxa." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403440" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403440/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 62</figureCitation>
); fore wing with vein 2-1 A and 3-CU 1 present; pterostigma elongate and acutely ending posteriorly; 1-M straight, 6.8× as long as vein 1-SR, 0.8× vein m-cu (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FB13FE1DA364FE0B" box="[1210,1299,475,502]" captionStart="FIGURES 5865" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[189,1401,183,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-17@32.[186,1401,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 5865. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 58. Habitus, lateral view (ex- cluding ovipositor); 59. Head and anterior part of pronotum, lateral view; 60. Head, frontal view; 61. Head, dorsal view; 62. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 63. Mesosoma, lateral view; 64. Fore wing; 65. Hind coxa." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403440" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403440/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 64</figureCitation>
); hind coxa smooth, strong broken striae to tuberculate sculpture anteriorly, posteriorly trans striate with thick setae arising from strong pits along the length (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FDB0FDE5A419FDC0" box="[537,622,546,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 5865" captionStartId="32.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[189,1401,183,1918]" captionTargetId="figure-17@32.[186,1401,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="32" captionText="FIGURES 5865. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 58. Habitus, lateral view (ex- cluding ovipositor); 59. Head and anterior part of pronotum, lateral view; 60. Head, frontal view; 61. Head, dorsal view; 62. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 63. Mesosoma, lateral view; 64. Fore wing; 65. Hind coxa." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403440" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403440/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 65</figureCitation>
); hind femur smooth, with many setigerous pits on outer and inner disc, setae arising from the pits long and variable in colour (brown and white), a pair of strong tooth ventrally, basal one wider, a denticle near the ventral apex; hind tibia robust, narrowed part 0.45× as long as hind tibia; expanded part micropitted with long setae similar to that on hind femur, below widened part distinctly concave (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FA91FD49A3F8FD57" box="[1336,1423,655,682]" captionStart="FIGURES 6671" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1567,1591]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,185,1541]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1543]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 6671. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 66. Hind femora &amp; tibia; 67. Hind leg; 68. First metasomal tergite; 69. Metasoma (except first tergite), lateral view; 70. Last metasomal tergite showing metasomal protuberances, lateral view; 71. Ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403442/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 66</figureCitation>
); apex of hind tibia and hind tarsi ventrally densely setose with thick yellow setae extending till the second tarsal segment; hind telotarsi almost bare (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FD90FD11A4F8FD0F" box="[569,655,727,754]" captionStart="FIGURES 6671" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1567,1591]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,185,1541]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1543]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 6671. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 66. Hind femora &amp; tibia; 67. Hind leg; 68. First metasomal tergite; 69. Metasoma (except first tergite), lateral view; 70. Last metasomal tergite showing metasomal protuberances, lateral view; 71. Ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403442/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 67</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFD3DA744FC10" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFD3DA731FCE8" bold="true" box="[199,326,763,789]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFD3DA748FCE8" bold="true" box="[199,319,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Metasoma</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
First metasomal tergite anteriorly rugose carinate, regularly annulated along the length with a medio-lateral groove, sparsely setose ventrally (
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); 9.8× as long as its maximum width, 2.98× as long as second tergite and 1.3× as long as remainder of metasoma; post-petiolar tergites largely smooth to weakly reticulate, scattered setae ventro-laterally; seventh and eighth tergites microreticulate (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FC12FCA1A267FC7F" box="[955,1040,871,898]" captionStart="FIGURES 6671" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1567,1591]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,185,1541]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1543]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 6671. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 66. Hind femora &amp; tibia; 67. Hind leg; 68. First metasomal tergite; 69. Metasoma (except first tergite), lateral view; 70. Last metasomal tergite showing metasomal protuberances, lateral view; 71. Ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403442/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 69</figureCitation>
); pygidial area distinctly differentiated, pygidial impression moderate, reverse V-shaped with a pair of nodes with three pairs of setae arising from it (
<figureCitation id="1373D8E85A76FF91FF09FC69A683FC34" box="[160,244,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURES 6671" captionStartId="33.[151,264,1567,1591]" captionTargetBox="[152,1435,185,1541]" captionTargetId="figure-17@33.[151,1436,181,1543]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 6671. Megischus ranjithi Binoy, Santhosh &amp; Girish Kumar sp. nov. Holotype ♀. 66. Hind femora &amp; tibia; 67. Hind leg; 68. First metasomal tergite; 69. Metasoma (except first tergite), lateral view; 70. Last metasomal tergite showing metasomal protuberances, lateral view; 71. Ovipositor and ovipositor sheath, lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4403442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4403442/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Fig. 70</figureCitation>
); length of ovipositor sheath 0.54× as long as body length, with a subapical ivory band, 0.52× apical dark part (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFC31A7FFFBEC" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" box="[199,392,1015,1041]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFC31A773FBEC" bold="true" box="[199,260,1015,1041]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Male</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35297E65A76FF91FF6EFBDCA4C6FBCB" box="[199,689,1050,1078]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFBDCA4C6FBCB" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" box="[199,689,1050,1078]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFBDCA716FBC9" bold="true" box="[199,353,1050,1076]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Distribution.</emphasis>
Oriental:
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35297E65A76FF91FF6EFBF9A7F4FBA4" box="[199,387,1087,1113]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFBF9A7F4FBA4" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" box="[199,387,1087,1113]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFBF9A771FBA4" bold="true" box="[199,262,1087,1113]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Host.</emphasis>
Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35297E65A76FF91FF6EFBA5A2E4FB5C" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BF7C46D5A76FF91FF6EFBA5A2E4FB5C" blockId="34.[151,1437,151,1186]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B93C187F5A76FF91FF6EFBA5A739FB80" bold="true" box="[199,334,1123,1149]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after M. Ranjith (Research Scholar, Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga), who collected the
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specimen.
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