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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFC6069FF6FFDA02CB2E721" bold="true" box="[151,440,567,593]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Chordodes albibarbatus</emphasis>
Montgomery, 1898
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFC6069FF21FD372CD6E7C7" box="[217,476,672,695]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Chordodes albibarbatus</emphasis>
Zool
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1 partial male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFC6069FF3DFC902C80E651" bold="true" box="[197,394,775,801]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Other material:</emphasis>
1 partial female
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFC6069FF3DFCBD2CB1E634" bold="true" box="[197,443,810,836]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Material examined:</emphasis>
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mid-body, and anterior and posterior ends of a partial specimen of adult male
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WM4525 and partial specimen of adult female WM4526 deposited by Montgomery in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
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locality:
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Unknown location in the Ogoou River in
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, west central Africa, with tributaries reaching into the
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,
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and
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.
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Unknown location around the
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River in West Africa.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFC6069FF3DFC6D2C03E164" bold="true" box="[197,265,1018,1044]" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Host:</emphasis>
Undetermined orthopteran reported by
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.
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Redescription of
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The body color is brown with mottled darker spots and prominent white tufts of filaments corresponding to crowned areoles cover most of the body (
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A &amp; C). The anterior end is lighter in color and no dark collar is present (
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A). Lighter coloration blends into the normal coloration of the remaining body. Body length according to
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is
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and the midbody diameter is
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. The anterior end is distinctly tapering (
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A); the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes and the cloacal opening is subterminal and oval (
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B).
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The body cuticle contains five
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of areoles. Simple areoles are the most abundant, they are low (67 µm), oval and 10
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x 79 µm in length and width, with a warty surface (blackberry
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) (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FB2DFA87281DE05A" box="[1237,1303,1296,1322]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
D). Simple areoles are separated by interareolar furrows, 25 µm apart. Scattered among the simple areoles are bulging, tubercle, and pairs of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FBEEFAC2296EE01F" box="[1046,1124,1365,1391]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F &amp;
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FB35FAC22817E01F" box="[1229,1309,1365,1391]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,256,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,869,1840]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,869,1841]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Cuticular structures of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) NICM surface view of pair of crowned areoles showing filaments. Scale bar = 30 μm. (B) NICM pair of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (C) NICM lateral view of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (D &amp; Inset) NICM club shaped tubercle areole among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198354/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A, 2B, 2C, 2D). Bulging areoles form clusters of two, three or four areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FC76FAEF2ED6E0E2" box="[910,988,1400,1426]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F). Bulging areoles are taller (11 18 µm) then simple areoles and are 13
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x 1014 µm in length and width (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FBB1FA0D2991E0C4" box="[1097,1179,1434,1460]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F). Filaments on tubercle areoles are club shaped 14 µm (1315) in length and approximately 12 µm in width at the base and become wider 34 µm distally (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FDD8FA772F61E08A" box="[544,619,1504,1530]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,256,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,869,1840]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,869,1841]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Cuticular structures of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) NICM surface view of pair of crowned areoles showing filaments. Scale bar = 30 μm. (B) NICM pair of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (C) NICM lateral view of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (D &amp; Inset) NICM club shaped tubercle areole among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198354/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
D). Crowned areoles occur in pairs (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FBD3FA772977E08A" box="[1067,1149,1504,1530]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F &amp;
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FB14FA77284BE08A" box="[1260,1345,1504,1530]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,256,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,869,1840]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,869,1841]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Cuticular structures of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) NICM surface view of pair of crowned areoles showing filaments. Scale bar = 30 μm. (B) NICM pair of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (C) NICM lateral view of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (D &amp; Inset) NICM club shaped tubercle areole among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198354/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A, 2B). Crowned areoles are 1525 µm tall, 1722 µm in length and 1517 µm wide and contain apical filaments that are 3560 µm in length on top (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FDE3F9B22F65E34F" box="[539,623,1573,1599]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,256,1862,1886]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,869,1840]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,869,1841]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Cuticular structures of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) NICM surface view of pair of crowned areoles showing filaments. Scale bar = 30 μm. (B) NICM pair of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (C) NICM lateral view of crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 30 μm. (D &amp; Inset) NICM club shaped tubercle areole among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198354/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 2</figureCitation>
A &amp; 2C). Crowned areoles are surrounded by 1922 circumcluster areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FF01F9DF2C4CE312" box="[249,326,1608,1634]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F &amp;
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A, 2B, 2C). These areoles are taller (1125 µm) than simple areoles, with small bristles on top; the tallest and thickest in diameter circumcluster areoles are positioned next to the crowned areoles, and decrease in length and diameter away from the central crowned areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FB82F91A29CDE3D7" box="[1146,1223,1677,1703]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,255,1564,1588]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,567,1543]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Holotype of male Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198353/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
E, 1F &amp;
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A, 2B, 2C).
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The body color is dark brown with the anterior and posterior ends being lighter in color; with no dark collar present on the anterior end (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FCCDF9622E8FE27F" box="[821,901,1781,1807]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
A, 3B). The lighter coloration blends into the normal coloration of the remaining body. Body length according to
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, and the diameter is
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midbody. The anterior end is distinctly tapered (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FC38F8AD2902E224" box="[960,1032,1850,1876]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A); the posterior end is distinctly swollen, and the cloacal opening is terminal (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFC6069FD52F8CA2FFAE207" box="[682,752,1885,1911]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="39">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
B).
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Unlike the males, the body cuticle of the female contains six
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of areoles. Simple areoles are the most abundant, they are low (47 µm), oval and 10
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x 78 µm in length and width; with a warty surface (blackberry
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D). Simple areoles are separated by interareolar furrows, 25 µm apart. Scattered among the simple areoles are bulging, tubercle, thorn, and crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFB606EFF03FF2A2C47E5A7" box="[251,333,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
E, 3F, 3G, 3H). Bulging areoles are single or form clusters of two, three or four areoles (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFB606EFA94FF2A2DAFE58C" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
E). Bulging areoles are taller (1417 µm) then simple areoles and are 13
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x 810 µm in length and width. Filaments on tubercle areoles of the female are less club-shaped than in the male; they are 10 µm (912) in length and approximately 2 µm in width at the base and become wider 34 µm distally (
<figureCitation id="13642A52FFFB606EFB20FEBA2828E437" box="[1240,1314,301,327]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,255,1192,1216]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,194,1170]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,194,1171]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Cuticular structures of female Chordodes albibarbatus. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Steriomicroscope, posterior end. Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “ blackberry ” areoles. Scale bar = 5 μm. (E) NICM showing a close up of a cluster of three bulging areoles (black arrows) among simple areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (F) NICM showing a pair of crowned areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles. Scale bar = 10 μm. (G) NICM showing a close up of a thorn areole. Scale bar = 10 μm. (H) NICM showing a close up of a tubercle areole. Scale bar = 5 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/198355/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
H). Thorn areoles are 2830 µm tall and 910 µm in diameter at the base (
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G). Crowned areoles occur in pairs (
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F). Crowned areoles are 2123 µm tall, 1523 µm in length and 1117 µm wide and contain apical filaments that are 60120 µm in length on top. Crowned areoles are surrounded by 1422 circumcluster areoles. These areoles are taller (1520 µm) than simple areoles, with small bristles on top; circumcluster areoles are thinner than in the male being 48 µm in length and 37 µm in width.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFF6FF98B2C10E344" bold="true" box="[151,282,1564,1588]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Holotype of male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFE1DF98A2FE0E344" box="[485,746,1565,1588]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Chordodes albibarbatus</emphasis>
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. (A) Tapering anterior end with a white cap, and no dark collar. Note the white tufts representing crowned areoles. Scale bar = 500 μm. (B) Posterior end. Note the posterior end is round with the indication of two lobes; oval cloaca (arrow). Scale bar = 500 μm. (C) Steriomicroscope, overview of midbody region showing the spotted pattern and distribution of crowned areoles. Scale bar = 750 μm. (D) NICM showing close up of simple “blackberry” areoles. Scale bar = 14 μm. (E &amp; F) NICM overview of cuticle showing simple areoles and clusters of bulging areoles (black arrows) and crown areoles surrounded by circumcluster areoles (white arrows). Scale bar = 90 μm.
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<subSubSection id="C345655CFFFB606FFF3DF8B52E1BE65C" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="41" pageId="4" pageNumber="40" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFF3DF8B52C5CE24C" bold="true" box="[197,342,1826,1852]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Comments:</emphasis>
Our reinvestigation of
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFD95F8B42E2DE24C" box="[621,807,1827,1852]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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indicates that it is distinct from other known species of African
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFEDAF8DF2CA3E211" box="[290,425,1864,1889]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">Chordodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B26FFFB606EFE42F8DF2FB4E212" author="Montgomery" box="[442,702,1864,1890]" pageId="4" pageNumber="40" refString="Montgomery, T. H. (1898 a) Description of two new exotic species of the genus Chordodes. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 11, 379 - 384." type="journal article" year="1898" yearSuffix="a">Montgomery (1898a</bibRefCitation>
,
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) originally described areoles that correspond to simple, crowned, circumcluster, tubercle, and bulging areoles on the male and simple, crowned, circumcluster, tubercle and thorn areoles on female
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFB606EFDA6F8042E17E2DC" box="[606,797,1939,1964]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="40">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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, and later
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indicated that thorn areoles were present on the male, but they were less numerous than on the female. One major difference in our redescription of
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFEA1FF0F2F19E5C1" box="[345,531,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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from the original deiscription of
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,
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) was our discovery of bulging areoles on the female and our inability to find thorn areoles on the male. Additionally, we confirm that the simple areoles are of the blackberry
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.
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<paragraph id="8BE036D7FFFA606FFF3DFE9F2E1BE65C" blockId="5.[151,1437,152,812]" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">
Of the 33 described species of
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFDBCFE9F2FC3E451" box="[580,713,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes</emphasis>
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from Africa, 15 species are considered
<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFB4EFE9F2896E451" box="[1206,1436,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">species inquirenda</emphasis>
(
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Schmidt-Rhaesa
<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFE90FEBA2CA8E436" box="[360,418,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">et al.</emphasis>
2008
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). However, of the remaining 18 African species of
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFBC4FEBA29B1E436" box="[1084,1211,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFB32FEBA2888E436" box="[1226,1410,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFEA6FEC52F5FE41B" box="[350,597,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes gariazzi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B26FFFA606FFDA5FEC52E31E41C" author="Camerano" box="[605,827,338,364]" pageId="5" pageNumber="41" refString="Camerano L. (1902 a) Descrizione di una nuova specie di Chordodes del Congo. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologi´a ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Universita di Torino, 17, 1 - 2." type="journal article" year="1902" yearSuffix="a">Camerano, 1902a</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFC81FEC5296EE41B" box="[889,1124,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes heinzei</emphasis>
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both described from
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.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFCBEFEEF293CE4E1" box="[838,1078,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes gariazzi</emphasis>
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contains six
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of areoles including simple “blackberry”, groups of two to four bulging, tubercle, thorn, and pairs of crowned areoles surrounded by 1220 circumcluster areoles, but differs from
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFC96FE552922E4AB" box="[878,1064,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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in the presence of two rows of bristle fields anterolateral to the cloacal opening in male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFCA9FE7F2ED2E771" box="[849,984,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. gariazzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFC10FE7F29C0E771" box="[1000,1226,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">Chordodes heinzei</emphasis>
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has five
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of areoles including simple “blackberry”, isolated or clusters of two to four bulging areoles, club shaped tubercles, and pairs of crowned areoles surrounded by 1724 circumcluster areoles (Zanca
<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFB2DFDA5281BE73B" box="[1237,1297,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">et al.</emphasis>
2006). The only apparent difference between male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFD90FDCF2E2BE701" box="[616,801,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFCA3FDCF2EDBE701" box="[859,977,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. heinzei</emphasis>
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, is based on the original description of thorn areoles on male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFE5FFDEA2F6FE7E6" box="[423,613,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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by
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B26FFFA606FFD6DFDEA2E94E7E7" author="Montgomery" box="[661,926,637,663]" pageId="5" pageNumber="41" refString="Montgomery, T. H. (1898 b) Description of the female of Chordodes albibarbatus Mont. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 11, 493 - 496." type="journal article" year="1898" yearSuffix="b">Montgomery (1898b)</bibRefCitation>
. Unfortunately, Montgomerys permanent slide of the cuticle of a male
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFE17FD352FA2E7CB" box="[495,680,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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is lost and we cannot refute or confirm his observation of thorn areoles on the male of
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFE5CFD5F2F57E791" box="[420,605,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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. It is premature to synonymize
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFC2EFD5F2946E791" box="[982,1100,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. heinzei</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFB68FD5F2843E791" box="[1168,1353,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. albibarbatus</emphasis>
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until a female
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<emphasis id="B92BEAC5FFFA606FFF16FD7A2C6EE676" box="[238,356,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="41">C. heinzei</emphasis>
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is described, more specimens are available for comparison, and/or molecular sequences are available to differentiate or synonymize these species.
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