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species
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.
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.
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A genus of minute, pallid
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with 19 segments including epiproct, adult body dimensions ca. 5.6 mm in length and 0.7 mm in width; body noticeably broader with wider metaterga from segments 1014. 6th antennomere distinctly swollen. Collum slightly narrower than succeeding tergites, not covering epicranium, setae scattered subuniformly across surface. Dorsum slightly convex, metaterga lightly papillate with dense coverings of parallel­sided setae, latter arranged in four rows on segments 29, five rows on segments 1017, and four rows again on segments 1819; paranota present on all segments, margins variably dentate. Sterna without modifications. Legs with prefemora noticeably swollen through segment 10, becoming progressively narrower caudad; tarsal claws inconspicuous. Gonopodal telopodite relatively long, curving ventrad for most of length, divided distad into tibiotarsus and endomerite, with variable expansion proximal to division point and rounded or oblong pulvillus proximal to expansion; tibiotarsus curving variably dorsad, countering axis of stem; endomerite located laterad, length and configuration variable.
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. Two are known,
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and
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, n. spp., but others may exist in nearby areas.
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. Western
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and
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,
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, most sites being in the lower Columbia River Valley (
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[6], 2).
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<emphasis id="B97E646A3A16FFF1F452FD2E4DE8C0B8" box="[312,435,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Etymology</emphasis>
. The generic name denotes the retrorse curvature of the tibiotarsus, the most distinctive feature.
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. The species of
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are the smallest known polydesmids in western North America, smaller than even the species of
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, which are over
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in length (
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). They are thus comparable in size to representatives of the
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and
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, and their gonopods are only microns in length, mere specks in a watch­glass of alcohol.
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. Distribution of
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;
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dots,
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<emphasis id="B97E646A3A16FFF1F791F8F14F2FC577" box="[763,884,1803,1826]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">R. leonardi</emphasis>
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; triangles,
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. OR, Oregon; WA, Washington.
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is related to
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, whose closest known locality is in the Henry Mountains, Garfield County,
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(
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) to the southeast (
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[3]). The telopodal division point is distal in both genera, and the endomerites arise there along with long, terminal tibiotarsi. This configuration contrasts with that exhibited by
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and
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<emphasis id="B97E646A3A11FFF6F48DFE464E33C380" box="[487,616,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Calianotus</emphasis>
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, in which the endomerites arise basally and are subequal in lengths to the tibiotarsi (
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,
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). The tibiotarsus is coaxial with the telopodal stem in
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, whereas it curves dorsad and counters the general curvature in
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.
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The pulvillus in
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is a cupulate, perpendicular projection located distad at the bases of the endomerite and tibiotarsus; it is located near 1/3 length in
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. The oblong structure in
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<emphasis id="B97E646A3A11FFF6F487FD7E4ED7C0C8" box="[493,652,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. benedictae</emphasis>
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is intermediate between the condition in
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and the small, rounded structure in
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<emphasis id="B97E646A3A11FFF6F714FD564F58C090" box="[638,771,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">R. leonardi</emphasis>
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. This affinity between
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and
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suggests that isolated populations of related polydesmids may inhabit intervening areas in the Great Basin Physiographic Province, particularly the Blue Mountains in eastern
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, the Ruby and Shell Creek Mountains and Wheeler Peak (Great Basin National Park),
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, and the Deep Creek Mountains in western
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, which are forested and relatively moist at high elevations.
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