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(
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,
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,
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sur lile de
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(
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, La Reunion, Plaine DAffouches,
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, Georges Orhant leg., gen. slide No.: LG 5048 (
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G 20998), DNA barcode/BOLD process id.: BC
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Lep 74428/GWORK1356-15 (
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57A55484FE29FC1E" bold="true" box="[199,398,896,922]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Taxonomic note.</emphasis>
The authors of this paper could not locate the primary
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specimen of
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, however, they examined a single female non-type specimen from
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. In the DNA barcode analyses, the species is recovered as a sister of the
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linegae. The female genitalia configuration (
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) also supports the distinct taxonomic position of the species expressed by the lack of a sclerotised globular protuberation of the cervix bursae which is typical for the
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF54455314FC01FBAE" box="[807,934,1040,1066]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
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complex. However, due to the fact that only a single female specimen was available for the authors to study, and without any knowledge of the male genital morphology, we assign
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF56CF535CFDCAFBF6" box="[429,621,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. incompletaria</emphasis>
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tentatively to the
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF542A535CFC6CFBF6" box="[840,971,1112,1138]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
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species-group until a male specimen is found.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C358A6B65D2EFFAF57A553A4FE66FA5E" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D2EFFAF57A553A4FE26FA32" blockId="19.[151,1437,823,1715]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57A553A4FEE5FB3E" bold="true" box="[199,322,1184,1210]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Forewing length
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.
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF551A53A4FB99FB3E" box="[632,1086,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Afroracotis incompletaria incompletaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a sister taxon of
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF527453A4FA32FB3E" box="[1302,1429,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, endemic to
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island. It is markedly smaller than
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF547953C0FC3AFB5A" box="[795,925,1220,1246]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with less speckled wings and a less sharply defined discal spot of the forewing. The discal spot is dark and contrasting on the hindwing, but much narrower than in
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57D65208FE94FAA2" box="[180,307,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The hindwing margin of
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF55385208FC1DFAA2" box="[602,954,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. incompletaria incompletaria</emphasis>
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is moderately scalloped, in contrast to that of
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57D75234FE93FACE" box="[181,308,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
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which is evenly arcuate. In the female genitalia,
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF543B5234FB1FFACE" box="[857,1208,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. incompletaria incompletaria</emphasis>
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substantially differs from
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57B55250FEFFFAEA" box="[215,344,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
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in the broader, more heavily sclerotised antrum, the much shorter but markedly broader ductus bursae and the lack of a globular protuberation of the cervix bursae substituted by a short sclerotised distal section of the corpus bursae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D2EFFAF57A552C4FE66FA5E" blockId="19.[151,1437,823,1715]" box="[199,449,1472,1498]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">The male is unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C358A6B65D2EFFAF57A552E0FE1EF9EE" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D2EFFAF57A552E0FE1EF9EE" blockId="19.[151,1437,823,1715]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57A552E0FE66FA7A" bold="true" box="[199,449,1508,1534]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Genetic information.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF56AA52E0FD4BFA7A" box="[456,748,1508,1534]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Afroracotis incompletaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been assigned the BIN URI: ACY3424. As only a single specimen was sequenced in this study, the intraspecific variability could not be calculated. The nearest neighbour of the species is
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF56335128FE77F9C2" box="[337,464,1580,1606]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. squalida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
at a pairwise distance of 4.084.20%. The genetically next-closest species is
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF52555128FA3BF9C2" box="[1335,1436,1580,1606]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. aliena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57F55154FF70F9EE" bold="true" box="[151,215,1616,1642]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20594545D2EFFAF57F55154FF70F9EE" box="[151,215,1616,1642]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differing by 4.76%.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C358A6B65D2EFFAF57A55170FE51F937" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFDF53D5D2EFFAF57A55170FE51F937" blockId="19.[151,1437,823,1715]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF57A55170FEFEF90A" bold="true" box="[199,345,1652,1678]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Distribution</emphasis>
(
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). The nominotypical subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B936292F5D2EFFAF54125170FB94F90A" box="[880,1075,1652,1678]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">A. incompletaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described from
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, representing an endemic taxon.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</subSection>
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