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material.
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: male dissected and slide mounted in Hoyer's fluid,
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Highlands, 4°
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101°
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, alt.
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,
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.
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101°
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, alt.
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,
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.
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Idiosoma &lt;
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males, &lt;
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females (dorsal plate dorsal plate
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male,
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female); dorsal shield with four dorsoglandularia in the area of primary sclerotization of the dorsal plate; P-4 shorter than P-2 (L P-2/P-4 1.2), P-4 with well visible denticle near the insertion of the ventral setae; ejaculatory complex as illustrated in
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Fig.
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.
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.
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, male: A = dorsal shield; B = ventral shield. Scale Bar = 100 μm.
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFF93C578BCA072AFEE9FAA5" bold="true" box="[198,350,1368,1394]" pageId="8" pageNumber="27">Description.</emphasis>
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(
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, in parentheses specimen from Jerian stream): Idiosoma (ventral view:
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) L 647 (669), W 472 (481); dorsal shield (
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) L 528 (547), W 397 (419), L/W ratio 1.33 (1.31); dorsal plate 481 (506); frontal plate L 119 (123), W 58 (53), L/W ratio 2.1 (2.3); shoulder plate L 140 (141), W 59 (61), L/W ratio 2.4 (2.3); shoulder/frontal plate L ratio 1.18 (1.15); gnathosomal bay L 159 (161), Cx-1 total L 248 (266), Cx-1 medial L 88 (105), Cx-2+3 medial 59 (47); ratio Cx-1 L/Cx-2+3 medial L 4.2 (5.7); Cx-1 medial L/Cx-2+3 medial L 1.5 (2.2); genital field L/W 131 (130)/103 (100), L/W ratio 1.27 (1.3), ejaculatory complex as illustrated in
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, L 187 (175); distance genital fieldexcretory pore 142 (156), genital fieldcaudal idiosoma margin 208 (225); capitulum (
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) ventral L 146 (151); chelicera L 179 (181); palp (
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) total L 166 (155), dL: P-1, 25 (23); P-2, 48 (45); P-3, 34 (32); P-4, 41 (39); P-5, 18 (16); %L: P-1, 15.1 (14.8); P-2, 28.9 (29.0); P-3, 20.5 (20.6); P-4, 24.7 (25.2); P-5, 10.8 (10.3); L P-2/P-4 ratio, 1.17 (1.15); P-4 with well visible denticle near the insertion of the ventral setae; L I-Leg-4-6 (
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): 70 (66), 74 (720, 68 (68).
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFF93C578BC8056AFEAAF8E6" box="[196,285,1816,1841]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="27">Female</emphasis>
(from Jerian stream): Idiosoma (ventral view:
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) L 709, W 513; dorsal shield (
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) L 588, W 438, L/W ratio 1.34; dorsal plate 534; frontal plate L 134, W 63, L/W ratio 2.1; shoulder plate L 143, W 66, L/W ratio 2.2; shoulder/frontal plate L ratio 1.09; gnathosomal bay L 169, Cx-1 total L 275, Cx-1 medial L 105, Cx-2+3 medial 31; ratio Cx-1 L/Cx-2+3 medial L 8.9; Cx-1 medial L/Cx-2+3 medial L 3.4; genital field L/W 148/131, L/W ratio 1.13; egg maximum diameter L 191; distance genital fieldexcretory pore 178, genital fieldcaudal idiosoma margin 253; capitulum ventral L 168; chelicera L 195; palp total L 166, dL and %L (in parentheses): P-1, 25 (15.1); P-2, 48 (28.9); P-3, 34 (20.5); P-4, 41 (24.7); P-5, 18 (10.8); L P-2/P-4 ratio, 1.17; L I-Leg-4-6: 73, 78, 72.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BFA36B7FFF83C568B9B05FFFA97F83C" blockId="9.[151,1436,1933,2027]" pageId="9" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFF83C568B9B05FFFEFFF872" bold="true" box="[151,328,1933,1957]" pageId="9" pageNumber="28">FIGURE 7AK</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFF83C568A5805FCFD3FF872" box="[340,648,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="28">Monatractides cameronensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFF83C56898205FFFD53F872" bold="true" box="[654,740,1933,1957]" pageId="9" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20257DEFFF83C56898205FFFD53F872" box="[654,740,1933,1957]" pageId="9" pageNumber="28" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(A, C, EI, K = male; B, D, J = female): AB = dorsal shield; C D = ventral shield; E = I-Leg-5-6; F = ejaculatory complex; G = palp, lateral view; H = palp, medial view; E = palp, medial view; IJ = anterodorsal portion of ventral shield; K = capitulum and chelicera. Scale Bars = 100 μm.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35F653CFFFB3C558BC802E5FB7FFF65" box="[196,1224,151,178]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558BC802E5FEFEFF66" bold="true" box="[196,329,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species is named after the
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Highlands, where it was collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35F653CFFFB3C558BC802CFFC9DFBAB" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFA36B7FFFB3C558BC802CFFC9DFBAB" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1186]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558BC802CFFEF5FF00" bold="true" box="[196,322,189,215]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species belongs to the
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5589AE02CFFC58FF01" box="[674,1007,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Monatractides macroporus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
species-complex, characterized by the presence of an anteriorly slender and elongated Cx-1, a relatively short medial suture line of Cx-2+
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both sexes, and a narrower capitular bay (
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). For a discussion on the
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558E70037AFE92FE91" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macroporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species-complex see
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. Males of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5588A1035FFAB3FE91" box="[941,1284,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Monatractides cameronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558E07035FFADDFE90" bold="true" box="[1291,1386,301,327]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
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</emphasis>
can be easily distinguished from the known males of other species in this group by the shape of the ejaculatory complex (conventional in shape with well-developed proximal horns in
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5588D3030AFB25FE46" box="[991,1170,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macroporus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see:
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558B9B03EFFEDDFE61" box="[151,362,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macrognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see:
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C55898A03EFFC9FFE61" box="[646,808,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. lativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
see:
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). Due to the presence of four dorsoglandularia in the area of primary sclerotization of the dorsal plate,
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558F6C03B0FA86FE0C" box="[1120,1329,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. cameronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558E3503B0FA2BFE0B" bold="true" box="[1337,1436,450,476]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
resembles
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558A1F039AFE37FDD6" box="[275,384,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B46FFFB3C558A9D039AFD8CFDD5" author="Viets" box="[401,571,488,514]" pageId="10" pageNumber="34" refString="Viets, K. (1935) Die Wassermilben von Sumatra, Java und Bali nach den Ergebnissen der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 13, Tropische Binnengewasser, 5, 484 - 594." type="journal article" year="1935">K. Viets, 1935</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558970039AFD5EFDD6" box="[636,745,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. minor</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B46FFFB3C5589FD039AFC37FDD5" author="Wiles" box="[753,896,488,514]" pageId="10" pageNumber="34" refString="Wiles, P. R. (1991) Rheophilic watermites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from mainland Malaysia. Acarologia, 32, 41 - 56." type="journal article" year="1991">Wiles, 1991</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B46FFFB3C558887039AFBAAFDD5" author="Viets" box="[907,1053,488,514]" pageId="10" pageNumber="34" refString="Viets, K. (1935) Die Wassermilben von Sumatra, Java und Bali nach den Ergebnissen der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, Supplement, 13, Tropische Binnengewasser, 5, 484 - 594." type="journal article" year="1935">Viets (1935)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558F97039AFABFFDD6" box="[1179,1288,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a form of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558B9B007FFEDBFDF1" box="[151,364,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macrognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Java.
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considered
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C55886C007FFB82FDF1" box="[864,1077,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macrognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558F7E007FFA2BFDF1" box="[1138,1436,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D34FFFB3C558F7E007FFA20FDF1" box="[1138,1431,525,550]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Monatractides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="macrognathus" subSpecies="major">M. macrognathus major</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
synonymous with
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558A700040FDF4FD9C" box="[380,579,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D34FFFB3C558A700040FD89FD9C" box="[380,574,562,587]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Monatractides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macroporus">M. macroporus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
but
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B46FFFB3C5589700040FCA9FD9B" author="Wiles" box="[636,798,562,588]" pageId="10" pageNumber="34" refString="Wiles, P. R. (1991) Rheophilic watermites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from mainland Malaysia. Acarologia, 32, 41 - 56." type="journal article" year="1991">Wiles (1991)</bibRefCitation>
raised
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5588770040FB10FD9C" box="[891,1191,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. macrognathus major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in ranking to a full species.
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described
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558938002AFD1DFDA6" box="[564,682,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on four female specimens from the Sungai Gombak, Selangor,
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.
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558A9A000FFD2CFD41" box="[406,667,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Monatractides minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C55884F000FFC01FD41" box="[835,950,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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idiosoma dimensions and the anterior dorsoglandularia on the dorsal plate lying near the anterior end of the medial muscle scar. Moreover, the anterior margins of the posterior platelets are more swollen (
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) and P-4 is somewhat shorter in
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558B9B009FFEBBFCD1" box="[151,268,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. According to
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, it may well be that
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558871009FFC44FCD1" box="[893,1011,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a variety of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558FBB009FFA9AFCD1" box="[1207,1325,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
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and that intermediate specimens may be found.
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C55897C0160FCD8FCFC" box="[624,879,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Monatractides minor</emphasis>
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differs in its
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idiosoma and gnathosoma dimensions (e.g., dorsal plate L 306, palp total L 132146) which lie clearly below the minimum values for both sexes of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558A31012FFDB0FCA1" box="[317,519,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. cameronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558903012FFDD9FCA0" bold="true" box="[527,622,861,887]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20257DEFFFB3C558903012FFDD9FCA0" box="[527,622,861,887]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(collected about 50 kilometres from the
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558F54012FFB45FCA1" box="[1112,1266,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">locus typicus</emphasis>
of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558E10012FFA3CFCA1" box="[1308,1419,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. minor</emphasis>
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). Furthermore, the anterior dorsoglandularia of the dorsal plate in
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5588BB01F0FB3FFC4C" box="[951,1160,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. cameronensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558F9C01F0FB44FC4B" bold="true" box="[1168,1267,898,924]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20257DEFFFB3C558F9C01F0FB44FC4B" box="[1168,1267,898,924]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
lie below the anterior end of the medial muscle scar. On the other hand,
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C55888D01DAFC41FC16" box="[897,1014,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
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differs in its
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idiosoma and gnathosoma dimensions (e.g., dorsal plate L
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,
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female, genital field L
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male,
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female L 132146, palp total L
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male) which are clearly above the maximum values for both sexes of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558B9B066AFED6FBE6" box="[151,353,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. cameronensis</emphasis>
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A further difference is found in the somewhat shorter P-
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558FAA066AFAD8FBE6" box="[1190,1391,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. cameronensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558E750665FF7CFB80" bold="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20257DEFFFB3C558E750665FF7CFB80" pageId="10" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Some important characters such as the shape of the ejaculatory complex cannot be discussed because these are lacking in the original description of
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C5589B40611FC94FBAB" box="[696,803,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B931EAA5FFFB3C558BCA06F5FED0FB76" bold="true" box="[198,359,1159,1185]" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F3527627FFFB3C558A6206FAFE69FB75" box="[366,478,1160,1186]" name="Malaysia" pageId="10" pageNumber="29">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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