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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFF03F69DFE2F3CA1" bold="true" box="[151,387,474,499]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">Material examined.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFF53F501FEED3F0D" bold="true" box="[199,321,582,607]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Genital field with four pairs of acetabula on one side, but with aberrant number on the other side. Dorsum of female with one large, unpaired anteromedial plate and two pairs of posterolateral platelets; male with one large, unpaired anteromedial plate and one pair of posterolateral platelets; palp with a large, rounded anteroventral extension in the female, but male without such extension.
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFF53F591FEF53FBD" bold="true" box="[199,345,726,751]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">Description.</emphasis>
Coxal suture lines obliterated. Cx-I extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Cxgl-4 extending onto Cx-III. Legs without swimming setae. Female: Idiosoma yellowish, dorsally 636 long and 591 wide, ventrally 721 long. Dorsum with a large, unpaired anteromedial plate with two pairs of glandularia and the postocularia and two pairs of lateral platelets, each with one pair of glandularia. Anteromedial dorsal plate 535 long, anterior lateral dorsal plate 239 long. Genital field with four pairs of acetabula, but in the
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two acetabula on one side are lacking or obliterated. Gonopore 110 long and 96 wide. Length of P1-5: 24, 102, 76, 130, 40. P2 with a large, rounded anteroventral extension. P4 slender, with two small setal tubercles. Length of I-leg-4- 6: 170, 160, 102. Length of IV-leg-4-6: 200, 198, 120.
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFF53F3EDFEE23991" bold="true" box="[199,334,1194,1219]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named for the imperfect state of the genital field of both the
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.
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFF53F389FE9739B5" bold="true" box="[199,315,1230,1255]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">Remarks.</emphasis>
Although some acetabula of the
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are lacking, all other characters are not aberrant. Moreover, the lack of one or more acetabula is found also in other
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). Most similar to the new species are
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dgl-1 and dgl-2 are at equal distance from each other (dgl-1 more distanced than dgl-
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the new species) and dgl-1 are closer to the postocularia (more distanced in the new species). Moreover, the excretory pore is located closer to the genital field in
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. The male of
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFBCDF2C4FB6A38C9" box="[1113,1222,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">A. aethes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has two pairs of posterolateral platelets (one pair in the new species). The male of
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFC1CF2E0FBB138EC" box="[904,1053,1447,1470]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">A. wittenoom</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has P2 with a large anteroventral extension (with a small anteroventral extension in the new species), P4 is more slender in the new species (also in the female) and the genital field is flanked by a pair of glandularia (lacking in the male of
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFB1CF2A8FAB03B54" box="[1160,1308,1519,1542]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">A. wittenoom</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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The male of the new species co-occurred with
<taxonomicName id="C1894D57FF84FFAAFD5AF154FC313B78" authority="Smit, 2019" authorityName="Smit" authorityYear="2019" box="[718,925,1555,1578]" class="Arachnida" family="Hygrobatidae" genus="Aspidiobates" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="117" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neogeometricus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFD5AF154FC313B78" box="[718,925,1555,1578]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">A. neogeometricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="2FCE57BDFF84FFAAFC30F155FC4E3B78" box="[932,994,1554,1579]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117" rank="species">
<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFC30F155FC773B79" bold="true" box="[932,987,1554,1579]" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">n. sp</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, which has also four pairs of acetabula. However, the palp of the
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male is similar to palp of the
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of
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<emphasis id="34FDEAC6FF84FFAAFBA5F170FB7B3B1D" box="[1073,1239,1591,1615]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="117">A. imperfectus</emphasis>
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, with a rounded anteroventral extension (although smaller than in the female), and is therefore assigned to that species.
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