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<mods:title>Four new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from southwestern Taiwan with re-description of Amynthas tungpuensis Tsai, Shen and Tsai, 1999</mods:title>
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Shen and Chih, sp. nov.
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(
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Figure
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)
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<typeStatus box="[160,216,370,395]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Type</typeStatus>
material
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<typeStatus box="[160,267,405,430]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
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Clitellate (mature) specimen (
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in length, dissected) collected
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April
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from roadside slopes and ditches around Dinghu (elevation
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), Alishan, Chiayi by H.T. Fang (TESRI-O-H-
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) (voucher number: Ali032).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,283,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">
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.
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Four clitellates (same collection data as
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, TESRI-O-P-
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).
</paragraph>
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<heading bold="true" box="[160,336,620,645]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" reason="0">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,336,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Other material</emphasis>
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One clitellate collected
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August
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from roadside slopes and ditches around Dinghu (elevation
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), Alishan, Chiayi by H.T. Fang (coll. no.
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<number box="[917,930,690,714]" pageId="14" pageNumber="14" value="8.0">8</number>
) (voucher number: Ali024); one clitellate collected
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April
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from roadside ditches around a parking lot at south end of a hiking trail in Longyun Farm (elevation
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), Jhuci, Chiayi by H.T. Fang (coll. no.
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) (voucher number: Ali044).
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,276,867,892]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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Small earthworm; length (clitellates)
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41
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52 mm
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. Segments numbering
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75
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87
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. Setae
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26
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35 in
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VII,
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31
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34 in
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XX, and
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6
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8
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between male pores. First dorsal pore in
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/
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or
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/
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. Spermathecal pores four pairs in
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/
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6
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8
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/
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,
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0.26
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0.28
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body circumference ventrally apart. Paired genital papillae usually present in presetal VIII. Male pores
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body circumference ventrally apart in XVIII, each on the depressed centre of a round porophore about
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in diameter. Two pairs of genital papillae medial to male porophores in postsetal XVII and presetal XIX. Spermathecae four pairs in VI
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IX. Seminal vesicles large, two pairs in XI and XII. Prostate glands in XVI
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XX, smooth, lobed. Prostatic duct S-shaped in XVIII, stouter toward distal end. Accessory glands absent.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,294,1286,1311]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="14">Description</emphasis>
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Total length (clitellates)
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41
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52 mm
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. Weight
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0.08
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0.13 g
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. Segments numbering
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75
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87
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. Clitellum XIV
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XVI, setae and dorsal pores absent, length
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1.71
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2.16 mm
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and width
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1.78
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1.98 mm
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. Prostomium epilobous. Setal number
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26
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35 in
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VII,
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31
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34 in
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XX, and
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6
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8
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between male pores in XVIII. First dorsal pore in
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/
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or
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/
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. Spermathecal pores four pairs in intersegmental furrows of
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/
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6
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8
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/
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, distance between paired pores
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0.26
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0.28
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body circumference ventrally apart (
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Figure
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a). Paired genital papillae usually present in presetal VIII or VIII
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IX, about five intersetal distances apart, each papilla round, about
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in diameter. Preclitellar papillae absent in one specimen. Female pore single, mid-ventral in XIV.
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Male pores paired in XVIII, about
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body circumference ventrally apart, each on the depressed centre of a round porophore about
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in diameter (
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Figure
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b). Two pairs of genital papillae medial to male porophores, one pair in postsetal XVII and the other in presetal XIX. Each papilla round, about
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in diameter with concave centre. Papillae in presetal XIX absent in one specimen.
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Holotype (TESRI-O-H-50) (voucher number: Ali032). (a) Ventral view of spermathecal pore region (gp, genital papilla; sp, spermathecal porophore). (b) Ventral view of male pore region (mp, male porophore). (c) Dorsal view of right spermathecae (amp, ampulla; dv, diverticulum; ag, accessory gland). (d) Dorsal view of right prostate gland (pd, prostatic duct). Scale bar 1 mm.
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13
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thick,
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absent. Nephridial tufts on anterior faces of
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. Gizzard large in VIII
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X. Intestine enlarged from XVI. Intestinal caeca paired in XXVII, extending anteriorly to XXII, each simple with a round, white end. Oesophageal hearts in XI
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XIII.
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Spermathecae four pairs in VI
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IX, varied in sizes and shapes (
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c). Each ampulla elongated oval-shaped, surface wrinkled,
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1.00 mm long and
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0.20
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0.53 mm
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wide, with a stout spermathecal stalk of
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0.30
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0.52 mm
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in length. Diverticulum with a slender stalk of
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0.30
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0.45 mm
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in length and an iridescent, oval-shaped seminal chamber of
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0.25
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0.30 mm
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long. Accessory glands stalked, about
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in total length, each corresponding to external genital papilla.
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Holandry: testes large, oval, two pairs in ventrally joined sacs in X and XI. Seminal vesicles large, two pairs in XI and XII, occupying an entire segmental compartment. Prostate glands in XVI
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XX (
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d), smooth, lobed. Prostatic duct S-shaped in XVIII, stouter toward distal end. Accessory glands absent.
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barcodes
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GenBank accession numbers
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KU
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(Ali032,
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KU
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KU
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(Ali024 and Ali044, respectively).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,285,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Etymology</emphasis>
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The name
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is given to this species with reference to its
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locality at Dinghu, Alishan, Chiayi, southwestern
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[160,262,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[160,433,1114,1138]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Amynthas dinghuensis</emphasis>
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is an octothecate earthworm belonging to the
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ff
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(=
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) species-group (
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Sims and Easton
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). Its genital papilla arrangement in the male pore area is most similar to
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<emphasis box="[711,959,1183,1207]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Amynthas micronarius</emphasis>
(
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Goto and Hatai
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)
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from
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when compared with other members of this group. However,
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has two pairs of papillae with one pair in postsetal XVII and the other in presetal XIX whereas the two pairs of papillae are in XVIII for
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. Also,
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is larger with body length
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4.0 mm wide, and has less developed seminal vesicles and spermathecae without diverticula or with minute diverticula (
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Ohfuchi
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).
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The papilla arrangement in the male pore area of
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also looks similar to that of the peregrine
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<emphasis box="[405,635,1460,1484]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Amynthas hupeiensis</emphasis>
(
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Michaelsen
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)
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Amynthas tetrapapillatus</emphasis>
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Quan and Zhong,
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from Hainan Island,
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. Both
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and
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are much larger, and have much higher setal number and paired genital papillae in the intersegmental furrows of
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and
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. In addition, the former has three pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegmental furrows of
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7
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8
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and very long diverticula (
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Chen
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;
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Tsai
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), and the latter has a pair of spermathecal pores on the dorsal side of the intersegmental furrow of
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/
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. Therefore,
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<emphasis box="[974,1131,1668,1692]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">A. dinghuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguishable from the two species.
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