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Karsch, 1881
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Karsch, 1881: 219
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: Kraepelin, 1903: 109
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:
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, ®gures 177±180
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Tergites marginate at least from 17. Basal three antennomeres glabrous dorsally. Sternites with complete paramedian sutures. End leg prefemur with one lateral row three to ®ve spines.
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAE4E54FFEB7D040F71FA58" box="[79,291,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="436">Material examined</emphasis>
Rennell Island Galathea Expedition 1950±52 (
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). Spms 4 and 5; 35 and mm, Stn no. L352, Lavanggu, 11ss39¾S, 160ss14¾E,
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. Spm 21; mm, Stn no. L379, Niupani, 11ss41¾S 160ss22¾E,
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. Spm 20;
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,
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no. L372, Lanvanggu,
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. Rennell Island, Torben Wol leg 1965 (
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). Spm 12;
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, Hutuna,
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. Spm 14;
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, with six adolescens, from soil in primary forest,
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. Rennell Island, Noona Dan Expedition 1961±62 (
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). Spm 18 and 19; 41
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, Niupani,
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. IGS 11±19.
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; (11) dorsal view of head, spm 4; (12) forcipular coxosternal toothplates, spm 4; (13) forcipular prefemoral process, spm 4; (14) tergite 12, spm 4; (15) dorsal view of tergite 21 and end leg prefemur, spm 4; (16) sternite 14, spm 4; (17) sternite 21, spm 21; (18) sternite 21 and coxopleuron, spm 4; (19) lateral view terminal segments, spm 18. Scale line=
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.
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAD4E57FFEB7D470FA9FA98" box="[79,507,1321,1345]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="437">Description of Rennell Island material</emphasis>
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Maximum length
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. Head capsule ®nely punctate. Antennae with 17, 18 or
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<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAD4E57FFD07D070CE0FA78" blockId="6.[79,1035,1321,1696]" pageId="6" pageNumber="437">antennomeres, the basal three glabrous dorsally (®gure 11). Of the 15 antennae examined three were damaged and three regenerated.</paragraph>
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Tergites with paramedian sutures complete from 5 or 7, marginate from 6 or 7, without keels or spines, lateral longitudinal corrugations indistinct (®gure 14). Tergite 21 with posterior median groove (®gure 15). Sternites with complete paramedian sutures, a longitudinal median pit and a round posterior pit (®gure 16). The posterior pit absent in specimen 1. In small specimens (22 and
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) sternite 21
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<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FF2B78E30C51FF1C" blockId="7.[79,1035,142,418]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">sides converging posteriorly (®gure 17), less so in larger ones of 32 + mm gure 18). The hind border incurved.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FFDC78A00E9EFE9A" blockId="7.[79,1035,142,418]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">Coxopleural process with three end spines, one lateral spine and one dorsal spine gure 19). End legs: prefemur typically with four ventrolateral, two or three ventromedial, one to four medial and one or two dorsomedials and a corner spine gure 15).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FFDC79260A58FEBB" blockId="7.[79,1035,142,418]" box="[120,1034,331,355]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">Legs without femoral spines, a tibial spine on leg one in specimens 5 and 18.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FF2779E70F1EFE7B" blockId="7.[79,1035,142,418]" box="[131,332,394,418]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">lack tarsal spines.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FFEB79A40EE3FE38" box="[79,177,457,481]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">Remarks</emphasis>
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Kraepelin (1903) re-examined the
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material from
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and apparently, material from Burma,
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,
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and?
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.
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distinguished three forms.
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from
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with a dorsal coxopleural spine, those from
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without. The coxopleural process three-spined in Chinese, two-spined New
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specimens. The Rennell Island material is very similar to
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FC397A0A0A5BFDA6" box="[925,1033,615,639]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. politus</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FFD47AEB0A59FD04" blockId="7.[79,1035,457,1392]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">described by Kraepelin. The characters of his material (Rennell Island in parentheses) are: Antennomeres 17, 18 (17±19). Forcipular coxosternal teeth four or ®ve four). Tergite paramedian sutures complete 4 or 5 (5 or 7), marginate from 9 or</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FFD07A890A59FCC5" blockId="7.[79,1035,457,1392]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">(6 or 7). Coxopleural process with two or three end spines (three), one lateral spine (one), mostly without dorsal spine (always one). First four or ®ve pairs of legs</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FF2B7B490EE1FC82" blockId="7.[79,1035,457,1392]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">two tarsal spines (one and two only). Leg 20 lacks tarsal spines (may be present).</paragraph>
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The data on
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FEA87B0F0F25FCA3" box="[268,375,866,890]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. politus</emphasis>
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are confusing.
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distinguished three subspe-
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, the nominate from
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and two from
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;
<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FD7B7BEF0DFBFC43" box="[735,937,898,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. p. pigmentatus</emphasis>
Attems,
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<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FF347BCF0A59FC63" blockId="7.[79,1035,457,1392]" box="[144,1035,930,954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">with a three-spined coxopleural process and a dorsal coxopleural spine and</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FFD67BAF0F40FC00" box="[114,274,961,985]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">p. australianu s</emphasis>
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for Kraepelin s (1916)
<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FD137BAC0C98FC00" box="[695,714,961,985]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O</emphasis>
. cfr
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FD5B7BAC0D15FC00" box="[767,839,961,985]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">politus</emphasis>
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, a small (
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) specimen from
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, with the coxopleural process two-spined and with no dorsal spine, sternite 21 quadrate and tergites marginate from 17 or 19. The latter subspecies di ers markedly from other
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FDB77C720CD2FBEE" box="[531,640,1055,1079]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. politus</emphasis>
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and should be re-assessed. So too should
<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FF057C530F20FB8F" box="[161,370,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. p. mandschuriu s</emphasis>
Verhoe, 1942, details of which are incomplete.
<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FC297C530A58FB8F" box="[909,1034,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">Otostigm us</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FFD77C330E8EFBAF" box="[115,220,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">schindleri</emphasis>
WuÈrmli, 1972 from East Sumba with 2.6 rather than three basal antennomeres glabrous and an extremely long coxopleural process runs down to
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FFD77CF00EE5FB6C" box="[115,183,1181,1205]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">glaber</emphasis>
Chamberlin,
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in Attems (1930) key if it is considered to have a dorsal coxopleural spine. It is certainly a very distinct form. Lewiss (1991) specimen from Krakatau with two end spines, two or three lateral spines and two or three dorsal spines should be re-examined: his ®gure shows a single dorsal spine and could be regarded as having three end spines and two lateral spines. Unlike other
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<emphasis id="73CF787FFFAC4E56FC397D770A5BFAEB" box="[925,1033,1306,1330]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">O. politus</emphasis>
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has short paramedian sutures on anterior sternites, these almost complete from
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4104A46DFFAC4E56FFD87D350F34FAA9" blockId="7.[79,1035,457,1392]" box="[124,358,1368,1392]" pageId="7" pageNumber="438">mid-body region on.</paragraph>
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