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B &2B)
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locality
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.
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, Western Cape, Langeberg mountains, wet rock face along R324 road in Tradouw Pass ca.
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S. of Barrydale, D.T. Bilton leg.
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(male): “
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WC// Stream and wet rock face along// R324 road in Tradouw Pass, Langeberge// Ca.
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S. Of Barrydale// D T Bilton leg.” (genitalia extracted and mounted on same card) and red
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WC// Stream and wet rock face along// R324 road in Tradouw Pass, Langeberge// Ca.
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S. Of Barrydale// D T Bilton leg.” (
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,
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,
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, 1 ♀ “
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<date id="FFC1100DE35E0C12BB8F890AFECC9D41" box="[161,293,788,813]" pageId="5" pageNumber="443" value="2013-12-31">31/xii/2013</date>
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<collectingCountry id="F368765DE35E0C12BA00890AFE289D41" box="[302,449,788,813]" name="South Africa" pageId="5" pageNumber="443">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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WC// Outeniquaberg Robinson Pass// wet rock face beside stream// D T Bilton leg.” (
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). All with red
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. Size:
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; EL
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<quantity id="4C879B28E35E0C12BBB98961FECA9DFB" box="[151,291,895,920]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" metricValueMax="1.5" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="443" unit="mm" value="1.45" valueMax="1.5" valueMin="1.4">1.4–1.5 mm</quantity>
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. ♀s BL
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; EL
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<quantity id="4C879B28E35E0C12B81C8961FC339DFB" box="[818,986,895,920]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" metricValueMax="1.55" metricValueMin="1.45" pageId="5" pageNumber="443" unit="mm" value="1.5" valueMax="1.55" valueMin="1.45">1.45–1.55 mm</quantity>
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; EW
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. Dorsum (
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B) dark brown to black with a dark metallic sheen on head, pronotum and elytra; particularly marked on elytra. Maxillary palpi black, legs chestnut to pitchy brown; femora and tarsi darker than tibiae. Venter predominantly dark piceous, with silvery hydrofuge pubescence.
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Pronotum: Distinctly cordate, relatively arched, with strongly explanate sides. Anterior angles obtusely rounded. Sides weakly crenulated and weakly to sharply arcuate over anterior 0.75, then almost straight to rectangular posterior angles (
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<figureCitation id="13442A48E35E0C12BACF8FFAFDCB9B90" box="[481,546,1508,1533]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1872,1894]" captionTargetBox="[181,1409,220,1827]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,193,1851]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Habitus of Pterosthetops holotypes. A) P. coriaceus sp. nov.; B) P. indwei sp. nov.; C) P. swartbergensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253024/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="443">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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B). Anterior margin almost straight, with very weak hyaline border in middle, which is scarcely visible. Posterior margin weakly bisinuate to centre. Upper surface, with the exception of raised areas between posterior coarse punctures, with weak, isodiametric microreticulation; meshes transverse towards anterior and posterior margins. Median longitudinal sulcus foveate anteriorly and posteriorly; posterior fovea approx.
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<date id="FFC1100DE35E0C12BBD78C6AFEFD98E0" box="[249,276,1652,1676]" pageId="5" pageNumber="443">2x</date>
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depth of anterior fovea. Anterior fovea elongate; posterior more rounded. Sides of sulcus raised posteriorly and anteriorly. Anterior admedian fovea shallow, transverse and open towards the front and sides. Posterior admedian fovea deep, elongate, well-marked and orientated anteriolaterally. Adlateral fovea small, rounded and deep, opening somewhat anteriorly. Posterior adlateral fovea deeper than anterior ones. Front and rear of pronotal disc with transverse fields of coarse, setose punctures, most bearing a small flat, decumbent seta. Punctures becoming larger towards posterior margin. Lateral and central areas of pronotum with short decumbent setae; anterior rims of setal sockets elevated.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35E0C11BBE98D71FAB59F71" blockId="5.[151,1437,535,2037]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="444" pageId="5" pageNumber="443">
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Elytra: Elongate, with rounded shoulders and apex. Sides straight and parallel-sided in middle 0.3; rounded to apex in apical 0.3. Broadest just behind middle. Narrow explanate lateral margin present from shoulder to apex. Apices truncately rounded. Each elytron 10-seriate punctate, and with a shallow, transverse depression (saddle) just behind middle, occupying intervals 2–4. Additional, very shallow depression adjacent to saddle, occupying intervals 5–7. Punctures of elytral striae each bearing a small seta. Puncture rows 1–2 more irregular in saddle; confluent on right elytron but not left in
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<typeStatus id="54C4886FE35D0C11B95A8AA2FD339EB9" box="[628,730,188,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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. Intervals raised, particularly towards elytral apex. Interval 8 more prominently raised than adjacent intervals. Each interval with a row of short, decumbent setae, these usually being situated on a small, apically-directed tubercle. Entire elytral surface shining; lacking microreticulation.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98B36FC8F9D31" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Venter: Mentum rather shining, with open microreticulation. Submentum also shining, with weaker microreticulation. Genae with open, obsolete microreticulation in front of weak transgenal ridges; more marked and strongly transverse towards sides and rear. Gular region with well-impressed, isodiametric reticulation. Pronotal hypomeron shining, lacking microreticulation, with scattered stout setae towards anterior margin. Prosternum finely rugose, with a well-marked central ridge, and distinct hydrofuge vestiture, particularly towards lateral margins. Meso and metaventrites with well-developed squamose hydrofuge vestiture; vestiture shorter and less dense towards lateral and hind margins. Mesoventral plaques visible, glabrous, but dull. Border between mesoventrite and anepisternum 2 marked by a glabrous ridge. Metaventrite with distinct longitudinal depression over rear 0.6 of sternite; depression of even depth—not foveate. Elytral pseudepipleurs shining and lacking microreticulation. Epipleurs narrow and ridge-like; shining. Abdominal ventrites 1–4 fringed with long, closely-set squamiform setae at hind margins. Ventrites 1–5 with a triangular patch of hydrofuge setal vestiture anteriolaterally. Ventrite 1 also with hydrofuge setae below hind coxae, and narrowly along much of anterior margin; these setae resembling those on lateral and hind margins of metaventrite. Central area of ventrites smooth and generally lacking microreticulation. Ventrites 5 & 6 with transverse row of long, adpressed hair-like setae, positioned 0.75 of the way down the sternite. Posterior part of ventrite 5, behind the transverse setal row, with open, transverse microreticulation. Similar reticulation also present on ventrite 6.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98979FF219A7C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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Aedeagus: Elongate, sinuous in lateral view, with parameres attached near base, and extending well beyond apex of main piece. Main piece characteristically shaped, long, medially situated, ventrally-directed apical process, resembling a bird’s beak, and a distinct raised shoulder to the left of this process in ventral view. Distal lobe elongate and sinuous, curved in lateral and ventral view, and extending slightly beyond apices of parameres (
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<figureCitation id="13442A48E35D0C11BE4189CAFF4E9A7C" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1947,1969]" captionTargetBox="[244,1311,220,1894]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[220,1337,193,1922]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Aedeagi of Pterosthetops holotypes. A) P. coriaceus sp. nov.; B) P. indwei sp. nov.; C) P. swartbergensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253025/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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B).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98E02FCF99A59" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" box="[199,784,1052,1077]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Female: Without significant differences from males.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98E21FAE09A11" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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Variation: The male
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<typeStatus id="54C4886FE35D0C11BA9F8E5EFDF89A34" box="[433,529,1088,1112]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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from the Outeniquaberg has the ventral projection of the aedeagus slightly less upturned at the apex in lateral view. Otherwise
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<typeStatus id="54C4886FE35D0C11B9868E7BFCFA9A11" box="[680,787,1125,1149]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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differ slightly in size, as documented above.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98E99FCCD9B5C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11BBE98E99FE269ACC" bold="true" box="[199,463,1159,1184]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
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||
Recognized by a combination of the shining elytra, which lack microreticulation, the short, single elytral saddle, the strong microreticulation and lack of distinct punctures on the pronotal disc and (compared to
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D4EE35D0C11BA1D8ECEFD949A84" box="[307,637,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Hydraenidae" genus="Pterosthetops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="swartbergensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11BA1D8ECEFD949A84" box="[307,637,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Pterosthetops swartbergensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23857A4E35D0C11B9AA8ECFFD309A84" box="[644,729,1232,1256]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" rank="species">sp. nov</taxonomicNameLabel>
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), the relatively arched pronotum with deeper sulcus and fovea. Male genitalia characteristic; differing from
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<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D4EE35D0C11B9A18EEBFCA29B60" box="[655,843,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Hydraenidae" genus="Pterosthetops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="swartbegensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11B9A18EEBFCA29B60" box="[655,843,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">P. swartbegensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11B87A8EEAFC479B61" bold="true" box="[852,942,1268,1293]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23857A4E35D0C11B87A8EEAFC479B61" box="[852,942,1268,1293]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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in the shape of the apex of the main piece, and the attachment site of the apical process (see
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||
<figureCitation id="13442A48E35D0C11B9EE8F09FCEA9B5C" box="[704,771,1303,1328]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1947,1969]" captionTargetBox="[244,1311,220,1894]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[220,1337,193,1922]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Aedeagi of Pterosthetops holotypes. A) P. coriaceus sp. nov.; B) P. indwei sp. nov.; C) P. swartbergensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 0.5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253025/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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B).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3656546E35D0C11BBE98F22FD009B14" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98F22FD009B14" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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||
<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11BBE98F22FEB09B39" bold="true" box="[199,345,1340,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Distribution</emphasis>
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||
. Known to date only from the Langeberg and Outeniquaberg, adjacent east-west orientated mountain ranges in the Western Cape region (
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||
<figureCitation id="13442A48E35D0C11B9B98F41FD329B14" box="[663,731,1375,1400]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1108,1130]" captionTargetBox="[216,1370,177,1086]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[216,1370,177,1086]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 8. Distribution of Pterosthetops species in the Western Cape: red symbols P. br i nc k i, green symbols P. equestrius, yellow symbols P. hawequas, white symbols P. indwei sp. nov., blue symbol P. swartbergensis sp. nov. Basemap source: ESri, GigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, Swisstopo and the GIS User Community." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253031/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
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).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C3656546E35D0C11BBE98F9AFE219B89" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BC036CDE35D0C11BBE98F9AFE219B89" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11BBE98F9AFEAF9BF1" bold="true" box="[199,326,1412,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Etymology</emphasis>
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||
. Named after the Blue Crane (
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7F4D4EE35D0C11B9B08F9AFB8A9BF1" authority="Lichtenstein" authorityName="Lichtenstein" box="[670,1123,1412,1437]" class="Aves" family="Gruidae" genus="Anthropoides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Gruiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradiseus">
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<emphasis id="B90BEADFE35D0C11B9B08F9AFC5F9BF0" box="[670,950,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Anthropoides paradiseus</emphasis>
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||
(
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||
<collectingCountry id="F368765DE35D0C11B8EA8F9AFBBB9BF1" box="[964,1106,1412,1437]" name="Liechtenstein" pageId="6" pageNumber="444">Lichtenstein</collectingCountry>
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||
))
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
- the Indwe in isiXhosa - in reference to the bird-like shape of the aedeagus in lateral view, and the cranes seen below the Langeberg on the day the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54C4886FE35D0C11BBEE8FD2FECB9B89" box="[192,290,1484,1509]" pageId="6" pageNumber="444" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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was collected.
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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