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<emphasis id="43E3EAD1D248FFF2159E352175D99022" box="[151,407,829,851]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Sphaeropoeus variegatus</emphasis>
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(first description).—
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<emphasis id="43E3EAD1D248FFF215CE35B8751190CC" bold="true" box="[199,351,932,957]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Re-diagnosis</emphasis>
. The unique denticulate margin of the femur of the walking legs separates
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from any known congeneric species. Small-bodied, tergites densely setose; thoracic shield without a deep groove; anal shield with single locking carina of medium length. Antennae axe-shaped with&gt;70 apical cones. Femur of walking legs wide, with 14 ventral spines and a conspicuous femur with a denticulate mesal margin (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2117A321370F89759" box="[1139,1206,1039,1064]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A). Anterior telopod podomere 2 posteriorly not only with a long process (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF217F93228777F973D" box="[752,817,1076,1101]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B) but additionally with a large membranous lobe (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF21066322874EB9701" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C). Podomere 4 bends posteriorly. Posterior telopod with 15 tiny, rectangular teeth on podomere 3.
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<emphasis id="43E3EAD1D248FFF215CE3260752397E4" bold="true" box="[199,365,1148,1173]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Redescription</emphasis>
. Measurements: male
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: 30.1 long, 12.4 (2nd = widest) wide, 7.7 (2nd = highest) height.
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<paragraph id="712836C3D248FFF215CE3283772497C9" blockId="11.[151,1437,895,2037]" box="[199,874,1183,1208]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Coloration completely faded to light brown, only eyes green</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="712836C3D248FFF215CE334871C2961C" blockId="11.[151,1437,895,2037]" box="[199,1420,1364,1389]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Collum anterior margin with 45 rows, posterior margin with 12 rows of longer setae, central part glabrous.</paragraph>
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Thoracic shield covered with fine hair. Grooves wide, lacking striae or ledges; not as deep as in
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. Tergites 312 covered in fine hair, posterior half sometimes with surface resembling orange. Paratergite tips of midbody tergites projecting posteriorly.
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<paragraph id="712836C3D248FFF215CE33F877AF9551" blockId="11.[151,1437,895,2037]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Anal shield well-rounded, completely covered in fine hair, posterior margin thickened. Underside carrying single locking carina of medium length located close to anal shield margin.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="712836C3D248FFF215CE305377359519" blockId="11.[151,1437,895,2037]" box="[199,891,1615,1640]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Stigmatic-plate 1 well-rounded, slightly curved towards coxa.</paragraph>
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Leg 1 with 2 or 3, 2 with 4 or 5, 3 with 8 ventral and a single apical spine. Leg pairs 421 with 1315 ventral spines. Coxa process visible, well-rounded (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2179030A0769195A5" box="[665,735,1724,1749]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A). Femur 2.2, tarsus 5.7 times longer than wide (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2103830A0713695A5" box="[1329,1400,1724,1749]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A). Femur with a strongly dentate mesal margin (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2179D30C376999589" box="[660,727,1759,1784]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A).
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<paragraph id="712836C3D248FFF215CE311875079431" blockId="11.[151,1437,895,2037]" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Male gonopore opening covered by a single, apically membranous plate. Apically of opening is a sclerotized, triangular plate.</paragraph>
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Anterior telopod (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2149C315075939415" box="[405,477,1868,1893]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Figs 3</figureCitation>
BD): four podomeres, first two of equal length, 3 half as long as 2, 4 &lt;3, curved posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2142F3173752194F9" box="[294,367,1903,1928]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B). Telopoditomere 2 with a strong, curved process, process in mesal view with a large membranous lobe. Telopoditomere 3 posteriorly with a shorter process juxtaposed to apex process of telopoditomere 2 (
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C, D).
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Posterior telopod (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D248FFF2149031C075AF9485" box="[409,481,2012,2037]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="152">Figs 3</figureCitation>
E, F): Podomere 3 &amp; 4 longer than process of podomere 2. Podomere 4 short, with membranous ledge and two spines. Podomere 3 3.2 times longer than wide (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D24FFFF516F2368B707193C1" box="[1019,1087,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="153">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
E). Hollowed-out inner margin with a membranous ledge, posterior aspect with 15 small crenulated teeth and two spines (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D24FFFF511A736A070BD93A5" box="[1198,1267,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="153">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F). Immovable finger wide, straight, membranous area apically with two large membranous lobes (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D24FFFF5115536C370EF9389" box="[1116,1185,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="153">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
E). Podomeres
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anterior view with numerous setae (
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E), in posterior view with few setae mainly located at the margins. Podomere
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both aspects glabrous (
<figureCitation id="E9AC2A46D24FFFF5174B373B76CA9231" box="[578,644,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1902,1924]" captionTargetBox="[282,1290,406,1873]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[282,1291,401,1873]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 3. Sphaeropoeus variegatus Pocock, 1895, holotype, NHML. A: left leg 9, posterior view; B: right anterior telopod, anterior view; C: anterior telopod, mesal view; D: anterior telopod, lateral view; E: left posterior telopod, anterior view; F: left posterior telopod, posterior view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Abbreviations: numbers refer to podomere number above syncoxite; Cx = coxa; Fe = femur; IH = inner horn; IL = inner lobes; PFe = postfemur; Pre = prefemur; syn = syncoxite; Ta = tarsus; Tib = tibia." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/164538/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="153">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F). Inner horns with a 2-tipped extension.
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