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<figureCitation id="137A2A04FFEFFF90FF50FAA71D51B432" box="[151,284,1376,1403]" captionStart="FIGURES 4345" captionStartId="22.[151,264,1247,1272]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,183,1216]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[227,1361,181,1221]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURES 4345. Nylanderia metacista worker USNMENT00921158. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3375960/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Figs. 4345</figureCitation>
(worker); 4651 (male)
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worker,
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:
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,
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, elev.
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, cloud forest, nest under bark of rotting, fallen tree,
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,
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&amp;
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEFFF90FC64FA001801B4A9" box="[931,1100,1478,1504]" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">S.A. Schneider</collectorName>
(
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) (
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).
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,
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with same locality data as
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(specimens are from the same nest as
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) (
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&amp;
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFEFFF90FEB7F9C81D88B761" box="[368,453,1550,1576]" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">MCZC</collectionCode>
).
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FF00F9F41DEEB705" bold="true" box="[199,419,1585,1612]" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
Brown head, mesosoma, and gaster contrasting with yellow legs and antennae; gastral tergites I &amp; II with a dense layer of pubescence.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEFFF90FF00F9BF1F5EB7DD" blockId="21.[151,1437,1441,2045]" box="[199,787,1657,1685]" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FF00F9BF1D31B7DD" bold="true" box="[199,380,1657,1684]" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Compare with:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEFFF90FE44F9BD1DB7B7DD" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[387,506,1658,1684]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="422" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bibadia">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FE44F9BD1DB7B7DD" box="[387,506,1658,1684]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">N. bibadia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEFFF90FDC0F9BD1E19B7DD" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[519,596,1659,1684]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="422" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pini">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FDC0F9BD1E19B7DD" box="[519,596,1659,1684]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEFFF90FDA6F9BD1F5EB7DD" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[609,787,1658,1684]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="422" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FDA6F9BD1F5EB7DD" box="[609,787,1658,1684]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">N. fuscaspecula</emphasis>
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WORKER.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FE96F9591E70B7F0" box="[337,573,1695,1721]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Measurements (n=7)</emphasis>
: TL: 2.502.80; HW: 0.530.59; HL: 0.640.68; EL: 0.170.19; SL: 0.74 0.78; WL: 0.800.89; GL: 0.901.30. SMC: 1825; PMC: 36; MMC: 2.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FC34F9041800B795" box="[1011,1101,1730,1756]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 8388; REL: 2528; SI: 132142; SI2: 2224.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FF00F8CC1D4EB66D" box="[199,259,1802,1828]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Head</emphasis>
: sides of head in full face view nearly parallel; posterolateral corners rounded; posterior margin straight, occasionally very slight emarginated medially; anterior clypeal margin emarginate; ocelli absent; eye well-developed.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FF50F8951D43B625" box="[151,270,1875,1900]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: in lateral view, pronotum convex; anterior margin of mesonotum raised slightly above posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area without short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum slightly convex; dorsal face of propodeum and mesonotum approximately the same height in lateral view.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEFFF90FBF2F85C18B2B6FD" box="[1077,1279,1946,1972]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="422">Color and pilosity</emphasis>
: body brown; mandible, scape, legs, mesocoxa and metacoxa lighter brown; cephalic pubescence sparse; pronotum, mesonotum, anterior portion of propodeum with sparse pubescence; gastral tergites I &amp; II with dense pubescence dorsally.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FF50FB191D19B5B1" bold="true" box="[151,340,1247,1272]" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">FIGURES 4345.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFECFF93FE9DFB261E7EB5BE" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[346,563,1248,1272]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="423" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FE9DFB261E7EB5BE" box="[346,563,1248,1272]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Nylanderia metacista</emphasis>
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worker USNMENT00921158. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFECFF93FF00FAE0183CB4C1" blockId="22.[151,1437,1318,1993]" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">
QUEEN.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FEF2FAE11E6CB409" box="[309,545,1318,1344]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Measurements (n=1)</emphasis>
: TL: 4.80; HW: 0.86; HL: 0.87; EL: 0.3; SL: 0.92; WL: 1.6; GL: 2.3. SMC: 8; PMC: 5; MMC: 27.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FEB0FA8C1D9CB42D" box="[375,465,1354,1380]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 98; REL: 34; SI: 107. Generally, as in worker with modifications expected for caste and with the following noted difference: lighter brown (to yellow) than seen in workers.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFECFF93FF00FA541EA7B499" blockId="22.[151,1437,1318,1993]" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">
MALE.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FEE3FA551E49B4E5" box="[292,516,1426,1452]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Measurement (n=1)</emphasis>
: TL: 2.40; HW: 0.53; HL: 0.56; EL: 0.23; SL: 0.85; WL: 0.85; GL: 1.00. SMC: 4; PMC: 0; MMC: 8. Indices: CI: 94; REL: 41; SI: 161.
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFECFF93FF00FA1C1820B670" blockId="22.[151,1437,1318,1993]" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FF00FA1C1D49B4BD" box="[199,260,1498,1524]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Head</emphasis>
: sides of head in full face view nearly parallel becoming distinctly broader posterior to eyes; clypeus evenly rounded anteriorly; mandible with distinct apical tooth and much smaller subapical tooth adjacent to apical tooth; basal angle rounded and indistinct.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FDA9F9E51EABB775" box="[622,742,1571,1596]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: in lateral view, dorsal margin of mesoscutum same as height as dorsal margin of mesoscutellum; propodeum steeply sloping without distinct dorsal and declivitous faces.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FA9BF9811C87B7CD" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Genitalia</emphasis>
: gonopod apex coming to triangular point in lateral view; in dorsal view, gonopod margin curves away from penial sclerite; digitus with pointed apex that bends away from penial sclerite; cuspis tubular, rounded at apex bending sharply towards digitus; anteroventral process of penial sclerite comes to a point with ventral margin of process emarginate; valvura of penial sclerite placed ventral to midline (fig. 105).
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FC0BF91018DBB7B9" box="[972,1174,1750,1776]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Color and pilosity</emphasis>
: yellow to light brown; head darker than remainder of body; head, scapes, mesosomal notum, legs and gastral dorsum with a layer of short pubescence; fine, wispy, silvery pubescence between the ocelli and the compound eyes.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFECFF93FF00F8871E49B615" bold="true" box="[199,516,1857,1884]" pageId="22" pageNumber="423">Other material examined:</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEDFF92FF50FA001F43B74A" blockId="23.[151,1437,1478,1539]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FF50FA001D1EB496" bold="true" box="[151,339,1478,1503]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">FIGURES 4651.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FE9EFA011E7CB496" box="[345,561,1479,1503]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Nylanderia metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
male USNMENT00754794. Full-face and lateral of the body; SEM images of external genitalia: ventral, close-up vollsellar lobes, dorsal, and lateral.
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEDFF92FF00F9901F50B7DA" blockId="23.[151,1437,1621,2044]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FF00F9901D1FB739" bold="true" box="[199,338,1622,1648]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Etymology:</emphasis>
Species epithet is a combination of
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FD36F9901F6BB726" box="[753,806,1622,1647]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">cista</emphasis>
(L. = box) with the prefix
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FB9AF99018D0B726" box="[1117,1181,1622,1647]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">meta-</emphasis>
(L. = end), named for thickened tips of the penial sclerites found in this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEDFF92FF00F9581D5AB6FD" blockId="23.[151,1437,1621,2044]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FF00F9581D5EB7F1" bold="true" box="[199,275,1694,1720]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Notes:</emphasis>
Workers of this species can usually be separated from
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEDFF92FCB5F958186EB7FE" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[882,1059,1693,1719]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuscaspecula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FCB5F958186EB7FE" box="[882,1059,1693,1719]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. fuscaspecula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FB9FF95818E9B7FE" box="[1112,1188,1694,1719]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on the presence of dense pubescence of the first gastral tergite. Males of
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FCD4F9041FD2B792" box="[787,927,1730,1755]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males have a fine, wispy, silvery pubescence between the ocelli and the compound eyes. In contrast,
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FCC9F9201F16B7B6" box="[782,859,1766,1791]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. pini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has short, thick, dark brown pubescence and some pubescence free areas between the ocelli and the compound eyes. Separating
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FBDEF8CC18E5B66A" box="[1049,1192,1802,1827]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FB35F8CC1921B66A" box="[1266,1388,1801,1827]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. bibadia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can generally be done with color:
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FE25F8E81E20B60E" box="[482,621,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. metacista</emphasis>
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has lighter brown workers, with distinct yellow antennae and legs, which contrasts against the darker workers of
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FD99F8941E9AB622" box="[606,727,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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. However, color is not always reliable and can be difficult to qualitatively assess.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FEBBF8B31E21B6C6" box="[380,620,1909,1935]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Nylanderia metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is overall smaller than
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FCB7F8B01FAAB6C6" box="[880,999,1909,1935]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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(especially with regards to head length and width).
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Male morphology provides some further characters for separating the two species. Males of
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FB23F878193CB69E" box="[1252,1393,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. metacista</emphasis>
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are brownish-yellow whereas
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FE06F8241E74B6B2" box="[449,569,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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are dark brown. Additionally, in
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEDFF92FC74F824180DB6B2" box="[947,1088,2018,2043]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">N. metacista</emphasis>
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the gastral pubescence is very appressed against the cuticle. In contrast
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFDB7FF5C1EA4B1FA" box="[624,745,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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possess gastral pubescence that is less appressed, the gaster having a shaggy appearance. The anteroventral process of the penial sclerites in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFBCDFF7818D9B19E" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[1034,1172,190,215]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFBCDFF7818D9B19E" box="[1034,1172,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. metacista</emphasis>
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is distinctly emarginate in contrast to the broadly rounded anteroventral process of
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFCEBFF241FEFB1B2" box="[812,930,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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. Uniquely among West Indian
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFB39FF271CA0B056" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFB39FF271931B1B2" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2010" box="[1278,1404,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nylanderia</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFA44FF241CA0B056" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bibadia">N. bibadia</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF3BFEC01DC4B056" box="[252,393,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. metacista</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFE05FEC01E7EB056" box="[450,563,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. pubens</emphasis>
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have rather elongated penial sclerites. The valvurae of the penial sclerites in all three species are also ventral to the midline of the penial sclerites (fig. 105). It is not surprising that
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFE2FF9DFAD6FEEC19D1B00A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[1297,1436,298,323]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFAD6FEEC19D1B00A" box="[1297,1436,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. metacista</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFE2FF9DFF01FE881D71B02E" box="[198,316,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">N. bibadia</emphasis>
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workers can be challenging to separate from each other because molecular analyses indicate they are sister taxa (
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