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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D974FFA7FF51F8D69DE8F885" box="[192,437,1792,1815]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Akentrobuthus atakora</emphasis>
Vignoli et Prendini, 2008: 6170
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, figs. 117, tab. 1.
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Rossi et Lourenço, 2015: 39
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, figs. 115.
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MATERIAL EXAMINED.
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of
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D974FFA7FAC6F97C9830F972" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Microananteroides mariachiarae</emphasis>
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(
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Scorp-26,
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.
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Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015) did not cite any characters that could differentiate
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from
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D974FFA7FAC8F8EB9FF9F8E1" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Akentrobuthus</emphasis>
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. They only compared
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D974FFA7FB21F88A9921F8E1" box="[1200,1404,1884,1907]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="4">Microananteroides</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FF51FA749D13FA2B" box="[192,334,1442,1465]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Ananteroides</emphasis>
Borelli, 1911
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, and also cited the African genus
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FE9AFA169DCBFA45" box="[267,406,1472,1495]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Lychasioides</emphasis>
Vachon, 1974
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without mentioning any diagnostic differences. However, they completely ignored the genus
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, and the species
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FC9AFA2C9D4EF9BD" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">A. atakora</emphasis>
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whose description is virtually identical to that of
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, with the exception of a few characters that were incorrectly interpreted by Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015) (see below).
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FF51FA819D1CFAFC" bold="true" box="[192,321,1367,1390]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Figures 16:</emphasis>
Map showing distribution of
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FDCFFA8F9F66FAFC" box="[606,827,1369,1390]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Akentrobuthus atakora</emphasis>
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.
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<figureCitation id="88972A70D977FFA4FF61F95B9D0FF936" box="[240,338,1677,1700]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Figure 4</figureCitation>
shows the right pedipalp chela of the
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of
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FED6F97D9DA2F950" box="[327,511,1707,1730]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">M. mariachiarae</emphasis>
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, and in
<figureCitation id="88972A70D977FFA4FDCFF97D9EF6F950" box="[606,683,1707,1730]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4a</figureCitation>
its correct trichobothrial pattern is indicated.
<figureCitation id="88972A70D977FFA4FDDEF91E9EFCF94D" box="[591,673,1736,1759]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4b</figureCitation>
shows the same pattern as depicted by Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 7, fig. 10, herein reproduced unmodified from the original description). There are several glaring discrepancies in this figure:
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(i) manus
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is marked at the same distance from the base as
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; in fact,
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FBFFFA1598D1FA48" box="[1134,1164,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Eb</emphasis>
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is distal to
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FA9EFA159970FA48" box="[1295,1325,1475,1498]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Eb</emphasis>
<subScript id="8C2834B0D977FFA4FABCFA1B996BFA4E" attach="left" box="[1325,1334,1485,1500]" fontSize="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">3</subScript>
(
<figureCitation id="88972A70D977FFA4FAD2FA1599D2FA48" box="[1347,1423,1475,1498]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4a</figureCitation>
); (ii) manus
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FC76FA349854FA6B" box="[999,1033,1506,1529]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Est</emphasis>
and
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are marked at the same vertical level; in fact
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FBD2F9D49838F98B" box="[1091,1125,1538,1561]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Est</emphasis>
is situated below
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FAA8F9D4993CF98B" box="[1337,1377,1538,1561]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Esb</emphasis>
(
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);
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(iii) manus
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FC7FF997984DF9CA" box="[1006,1040,1601,1624]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Est</emphasis>
,
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and
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are marked at positions equidistant from each other; in fact,
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FB68F9B69946F9E5" box="[1273,1307,1632,1655]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Est</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FAC0F9B69924F9E5" box="[1361,1401,1632,1655]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Esb</emphasis>
are much closer to each other, than to
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D977FFA4FB61F9569955F905" box="[1264,1288,1664,1687]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Et</emphasis>
, i.e. less than half the distance (
<figureCitation id="88972A70D977FFA4FBBAF9769827F925" box="[1067,1146,1696,1719]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="6" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4a</figureCitation>
); and
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="101336F5D977FFA4FCFFF969993FF8C6" blockId="6.[878,1441,1443,1876]" pageId="6" pageNumber="5">
(iv) fixed finger
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is marked only slightly distal to
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, i.e. only about one-fourth of the distance between
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and
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; in fact,
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is much more distally located, with
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,
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and
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being about equidistant from each other along the finger axis (
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).
</paragraph>
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Moreover, on the pedipalp patella (Rossi &amp; Lourenço, 2015: 7, fig. 13),
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is marked distinctly closer to
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and
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, than to
<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D976FFA5FDBDFED29E17FE89" box="[556,586,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="6">est</emphasis>
and
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; in fact the converse is true (
<figureCitation id="88972A70D976FFA5FE12FEF59D89FEA8" box="[387,468,291,314]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="7" pageNumber="6">Fig. 8a</figureCitation>
). In each of these points, our map of the trichobothrial configuration of the
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also agrees with corresponding configurations documented in both
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and
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="743D4B04D976FFA5FF51FE489D3CFE27" author="LAMORAL" box="[192,353,414,437]" pageId="7" pageNumber="6" pagination="681 - 691" refId="ref2798" refString="LAMORAL, B. H. 1976. Akentrobuthus leleupi, a new genus and species of humicolous scorpion from eastern Zaire, representing a new subfamily of the Buthidae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22 (3): 681 - 691." type="journal article" year="1976">Lamoral, 1976</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="101336F5D976FFA5FF61FE6A9EA3FCFA" blockId="7.[192,803,199,1853]" pageId="7" pageNumber="6">
<figureCitation id="88972A70D976FFA5FF61FE6A9D04FE41" box="[240,345,444,467]" captionStart="Figures 413" captionStartId="4.[192,278,1742,1765]" captionTargetBox="[203,1414,205,1703]" captionTargetId="figure-40@4.[192,1439,192,1713]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figures 413: Akentrobuthus atakora. Figures 412. Holotype of Microananteroides mariachiarae. Pedipalp chela, dorsal (4), external (5) and ventral (6) views. Pedipalp patella, dorsal (7), external (8), and ventral (9) views. Pedipalp femur internal (10) and femur and trochanter dorsal (11) views. Movable finger (12).The trichobothrial pattern is indicated in Figures 4a, 6a8a, 10a11a. Figure 4b. Drawing of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 10 in Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 11). Figure 13. Akentrobuthus atakora, holotype, photo of pedipalp chela dorsoexternal trichobothrial pattern published as fig. 12 in Vignoli &amp; Prendini, (2008: 68)." pageId="7" pageNumber="6">Figure 13</figureCitation>
shows the chelal trichobothrial pattern of
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as correctly marked by Vignoli &amp; Prendini (2008: 68, fig. 12). It is readily apparent that this pattern is identical to the true pattern of the
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of
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D976FFA5FC94FDCE9D0CFDDC" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="6">M. mariachiarae</emphasis>
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(
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) (see also
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, fig. 3). We further note that Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 7, figs. 10, 12, 14) incorrectly showed petite trichobothria (chela
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,
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and
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; patella
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; femur
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) with areolar diameters and shaft lengths equal to those of non-petite trichobothria. The same mistake recurs in many recent publications of these authors. This anatomical disinformation creates confusion because, in buthids, petite trichobothria have much smaller areolae and much shorter shafts than non-petite trichobothria.
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Another character that was inaccurately described by Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015: 5) is the carination of the carapace in the
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, which they characterized as “anterior median and posterior median carinae weak”. However, their own figure 3 (Rossi &amp; Lourenço, 2015: 6) does not depict these carinae, which suggests that they were too weakly developed to be resolved. In fact, our examination of the
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confirmed that the carapace lacks clearly defined carinae, except for the superciliary carinae. This is consistent with the absence of carinae on the carapace of
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.
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, as revealed in fine detail by
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fluorescence imaging (Vignoli &amp; Prendini, 2008: 67, fig. 6).
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Vignoli &amp; Prendini (2008: 63, fig. 2) accurately described the true color of a fresh specimen, both
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and immediately after preservation. In contrast, Rossi &amp; Lourenço (2015) described altered coloration of a specimen poorly preserved after over 40 years of storage in alcohol (see our
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herein), but they did not mention this caveat.
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Apart from the above points, the
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of
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and
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match each other precisely in the following key characters: size, structure of sternum and genital operculum, pectinal tooth count and lamellar structure, proportions, setation, carination and sculpture of pedipalps, carapace, tergites, sternites, and metasoma, shape and armature of the telson, as well as armature of chelicerae and pedipalp fingers.
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The inevitable conclusion is that
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<emphasis id="22D8EAE7D976FFA5FDC4F91C9D0CF892" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="6">Microananteroides mariachiarae</emphasis>
Rossi et Lourenço, 2015
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is a junior synonym of
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Vignoli et Prendini, 2008
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.
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