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Locus typicus:
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, West Indies.
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Aragua State, Parco Henri Pittier, leg MGP: 1 ad [largest spec
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], [loc.2], Rancho Grande, Bds,
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, N 7169; 1 sad, [loc.3], N 18, Portachuello, selva nublada,
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, BR, 0 2.1987, N 7172. Miranda State, [loc.10], Guatopo [National Park], Los Alpes [del Tuy], N 32, bosque humedo tropical,
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, r[otten] log, 0 2.1987, 1 sad, leg MGP, N 7171.
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, St. Cristobal, 1 spec, N 7075.
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, Amazônas, km 10 of Manaos, 1 spec, N 7173. E
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of adult N 7172. Length of body
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(maximal length for this species up to
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according to
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). Color in ethanol: dark-yellow with cephalic plate + tergite 1 and ultimate segment somewhat darker; forcipular segment brown. The body with very sparse minute setae, tarsi of legs somewhat more setose. Tarsus of legs 22 with some quite long setae; femur of ultimate legs setose dorsally, tibia and (especially) tarsus of these legs densely covered with quite long setae.
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<paragraph id="8B84955BFF8D9378FF3BFCE9FBEDFC0A" blockId="3.[151,1437,417,1990]" pageId="3" pageNumber="154">Antennae composed of 17 articles; 10 basal articles are flattened dorso-ventrally, the following articles are cylindrical. 6 basal articles with a few long setae, subsequent articles densely pilose.</paragraph>
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Cephalic plate without any sutures, coarsely and sparsely punctate (
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), with sides practically parallel to each other and with both anterior and posterior corners considerably rounded; it is relatively narrow, so the forcipules are clearly visible in dorsal view.
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Forcipular segment: ventral surface of coxosternite and trochanteroprefemora coarsely and sparsely punctate. Coxosternite with long median suture which reaches middle; some transverse sutures (
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) cross the median one in anterior third of coxosternite. Short chitin-lines well-developed; they are homologous with those of Geophilomorpha and have been already reported for
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by
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and
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. Anterior margin of coxosternite strongly sclerotised (dark brown or practically black in color), concave and forming a very obtuse angle (
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). Anterior margin clearly divided by a median diastema into two very low lobes, without setae or sutures. A weakly pigmented triangular area of cuticle just behind anterior margin of coxosternite. Trochanteroprefemur with large obtuse process, with a well-developed basal suture (
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). Tarsungula normal, their internal surface with three well-developed longitudinal ridges (
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).
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Tergites: very sparsely punctate. Tergite 1 (
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) with curved anterior transverse suture and very short fine paramedian sutures just behind it; these sutures branching widely posteriorly. Anterior margin of tergite 1 is covered by the cephalic plate, which covers anterior transverse suture. Tergite 2 very short (as long as 1/3-1/2 of tergite 3), with some transverse sutures anteriorly and rudiments of paramedian sutures anterior to them. Tergites 3- 21 with complete paramedian sutures, tergites 22-23 without sutures. Only tergites (6)7-21 marginate. Tergite 23 nearly as long as wide, somewhat narrowed towards the convex posterior margin. All tergites lack lateral longitudinal sutures and median keel.
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Sternites coarsely and sparsely punctate. Sternites 2-17 practically rectangular (
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), sternites 18-22 trapeziform. Sternites 2 and 4 with very short anterior median suture, this suture much longer on sternite 3 (up to 1/ 3 of the length of this sternite). Paramedian sutures and transverse sutures/depressions absent. Ultimate sternite somewhat wider than long and narrowed towards practically straight posterior margin; its sides curved (
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).
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Legs: with a few short setae, tarsi of legs 1-21 undivided (
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). Legs 1-18 with lateral and ventral tibial spurs (which are approximately of the same size) and a tarsal spur. Legs 19 with tarsal spur only, legs 20-22 without spurs. Pretarsi of normal length, thin and sharply pointed. Only legs 1-13 with minute accessory spines; in legs 9- 13 these spines are rudimentary.
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8A937FFF6BF9AEFE9FF9FF" bold="true" box="[151,315,1585,1607]" pageId="4" pageNumber="155">FIGURES 25.</emphasis>
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adult N 7169: forcipular tarsungula, ventral view
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adult N 7172: forcipular segment and segment 1, ventral view
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adult N 7172: cephalic plate and segments 12, dorsal view
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adult N 7172: segments of anterior body half, ventral view; (
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)—forcipular tarsungulum, (
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)—mesal longitudinal ridges of forcipular tarsungulum, (
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)—forcipular coxosternite, (
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)—trochanteroprefemur of forcipules, (
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)—median suture of forcipular coxosternite, (
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)—transverse sutures, (
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)—chitin-lines, (
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)—anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, (
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)—median diastema, (
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)—process of forcipular trochanteroprefemur, (
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)—basal suture, (
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)—less pigmented triangular area of coxosternite, (
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)—tergite 1, (
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)—sternite, (
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)—undivided tarsus of leg.
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Coxopleuron (
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) more than twice as long as sternite 23. Coxopleural processes cylindrical, definitely longer than sternite 23 and diverging slightly. Tip of process pointed but not harpoon-like as in
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(see below). Nearly all surface of coxopleuron with coxal pores of various size—only coxopleural process and a relatively wide area bordering the posterior margin of coxopleuron poreless. Coxopleural surface without setae. Posterior margin of pleuron (=pleural part of coxopleuron) of ultimate leg-bearing segment forming an acute angle, its tip rounded (
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); a minute additional dark spine at dorsal side of this angle.
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Ultimate legs: long and slender (
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),
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long, width of prefemur
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; all articles cylindrical in cross-section. Prefemur slightly flattened dorsally, its distal part is somewhat thicker than basal part. Prefemur with two conical pointed spinous processes at mid length—a large ventral and a much smaller dorso-medial one (
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). Accessory spines absent. Distal part of femur, tibia and tarsus densely setose.
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFF3BFEB8FEBEFEF8" bold="true" box="[199,282,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Range.</emphasis>
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recorded this species for
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, Central
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(
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,
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,
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to
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),
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in Greater Antilles,
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,
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,
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in Lesser Antilles and South
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(
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,
<collectingCountry id="F32CD5CBFF8B937EFDEAFEF0FD23FE30" box="[534,647,367,392]" name="Colombia" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Colombia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32CD5CBFF8B937EFD6BFEF0FD52FE30" box="[663,758,367,392]" name="Ecuador" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F32CD5CBFF8B937EFCFBFEEFFC99FE3F" box="[775,829,368,391]" name="Peru" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Peru</collectingCountry>
,
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). He also recorded it from Australasia (
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) and Indo-Malaysia (
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,
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),
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,
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,
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and
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. I add to this list
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(
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in Greater Antilles) and West
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(New
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).
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In
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. Aragua State, Municipio Mario Briceño Iragorry, Henri Pittier National Park. Miranda State, Municipio Acevedo, Guatopo National Park. Zulia State, “Gegend von Ayapaina”.
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFF3BFDBBFEE9FD85" bold="true" box="[199,333,548,573]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Variability.</emphasis>
Compared to the specimens of
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFD4CFDBBFCE1FD85" box="[688,837,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">melanostoma</emphasis>
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from West
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, Venezuelan specimens are smaller but have the coxopleural process comparatively longer (somewhat longer than ultimate sternite) and much more slender.
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFF3BFD10FEE8FD10" bold="true" box="[199,332,655,680]" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">Discussion.</emphasis>
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wrote that
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFD04FD0FFC09FD10" box="[760,941,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">S. melanostoma</emphasis>
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has pretarsi of legs with poorly-developed accessory spines or totally without these spines, using this condition as the diagnostic character for this species in the key. All specimens of
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<emphasis id="B94F4949FF8B937EFE4BFD48FDE8FD48" box="[439,588,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="156">melanostoma</emphasis>
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studied show accessory spines normally developed on legs of anterior body half (usually at legs 113), on the remaining legs these spines are rudimentary and sometimes hardly visible.
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