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(misidentification). 
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Sevier Co. / Swain Co.: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clingmans Dome [
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. Abdominal segments 7­8 of 
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Additional material. 
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/ 
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Sevier Co. / Swain Co.: (with missing abdomen), same data as the 
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(
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); 
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Sevier Co.:, 4, Great Smoky Mts. National Park, Ramsey Cascade, [
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], moss on rock (Lackey), 
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(
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Haywood Co.: 
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, Mount Sterling Ridge, 
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NNW Waynesville, 
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, 
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, in forest litter, 
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, 
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, 
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</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034E18FE00FD62FE0F" box="[573,650,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Betula</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
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, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFBE39034F7DFE00FC31FE0C" box="[856,985,444,470]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" value="2001-09-22">22.ix.2001</date>
; 
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, ditto but, 
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, 
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, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034E52FE58FD52FE27" box="[631,698,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Picea</emphasis>
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, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034EEDFE58FC9DFE27" box="[712,885,484,509]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034EEDFE58FC9DFE27" box="[712,885,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Rhododendron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034FA1FE58FC38FE27" box="[900,976,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Betula</emphasis>
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(all – 
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and 
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFBE39034883FE58FB06FE24" box="[1190,1262,484,510]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">SPSU</collectionCode>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFBE39034D1DFDB0FBBEFD1C" blockId="32.[264,1324,283,1830]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
One of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034E7AFDB0FCE8FDFF" box="[607,768,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. bicarinata</emphasis>
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listed by 
<bibRefCitation id="B76825F1FFBE39034F5FFDB0FB19FDFC" author="Lohse" box="[890,1265,524,550]" pageId="32" pageNumber="88" refString="Lohse, G. A. &amp; Smetana, A. (1988) Four new species of Geostiba Thomson from the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, with a key to North American species and synonymic notes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 42 (3), 269 - 278." type="journal article" year="1988">Lohse &amp; Smetana (1988: 275)</bibRefCitation>
(not found in 
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) must also belong to 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034EE7FD88FCB5FD97" box="[706,861,564,589]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbicola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034EE7FD88FCB5FD97" box="[706,861,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFBE39034F57FD88FC12FD94" box="[882,1018,564,590]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Clingmans Dome, 
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, (A.Smetana) 
<date id="A7477EC0FFBE39034FFBFDE0FBB9FDAC" box="[990,1105,604,630]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" value="1986-06-02">2.vi.1986</date>
). This assertion is based on the results of my extensive collecting efforts which demonstrated that 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034893FD38FED4FD1F" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicarinata">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034893FD38FED4FD1F" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. bicarinata</emphasis>
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is restricted to the Great Balsam Mountains – Pisgah Ridge massif.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFBE39034D1DFD6FFBBEFB14" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D1DFD6FFE50FD37" bold="true" box="[312,440,723,749]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034DE9FD68FD5CFD37" box="[460,692,724,749]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbicola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034DE9FD68FD5CFD37" box="[460,692,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from other Nearctic species of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D2DFD40FE9AFCCF" box="[264,370,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Geostiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having small eyes (temple length to eye length ratio 3.0­4.0), pronotal pubescence of 
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V, reduced wings, short elytra (pronotum length to elytron length ratio 1.3), the presence of two short parallel carinae in the middle of abdominal tergum 
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front of posterior margin, the shape of the aedeagus (
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) and the shape of the spermatheca (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFBE39034D1DFC78FBBEFB14" blockId="32.[264,1324,283,1830]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034D1DFC78FDF5FC07" box="[312,541,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbicola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D1DFC78FDF5FC07" box="[312,541,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034F29FC78FC4AFC07" box="[780,930,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pluvigena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034F29FC78FC4AFC07" box="[780,930,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. pluvigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034F95FC78FBBDFC07" box="[944,1109,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nebuligena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034F95FC78FBBDFC07" box="[944,1109,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. nebuligena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE390348B0FC78FEB9FBDF" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crepusculigena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE390348B0FC78FEB9FBDF" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. crepusculigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034D4FFC50FDBAFBDF" box="[362,594,1004,1029]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nimbicola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D4FFC50FDBAFBDF" box="[362,594,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034ED7FC50FC62FBDF" box="[754,906,1004,1029]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pluvigena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034ED7FC50FC62FBDF" box="[754,906,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. pluvigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having longer and more narrow apex of median lobe without apical denticle (in lateral view) (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034FD9FBA8FB4DFBF4" box="[1020,1189,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figs. 100­107</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034890FBA8FAF3FBF4" box="[1205,1307,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 126 ­ 133" captionStartId="36.[264,382,1701,1725]" captionTargetBox="[308,1279,632,1666]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[294,1294,622,1676]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="FIGURES 126 ­ 133. Aedeagus of Geostiba pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the junction of Blue Ridge Parkway and Balsam Mountain Road (126 ­ 129, 132 ­ 133) and Waterrock Knob (130 ­ 131), North Carolina). 126, 130, 132 – median lobe, ventral view; 127, 131, 133 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 128 – median lobe, lateral view; 129 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (126, 128, 130, 132), 0.1 mm (127, 129, 131, 133)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155720/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">126­133</figureCitation>
); from 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034D6FFB80FE1AFB8F" box="[330,498,1084,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nebuligena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D6FFB80FE1AFB8F" box="[330,498,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. nebuligena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having deeper apical emargination in female sternum 8 (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE390348E5FB80FEC0FBA4" captionStart="FIGURES 94 ­ 99" captionStartId="31.[264,382,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[315,1275,519,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[301,1285,505,1602]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURES 94 ­ 99. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 94 – male tergum 8; 95 – male sternum 8; 96 – female tergum 8; 97 – female sternum 8, 98 – apex of female sternum 8; 99 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (94 ­ 97, 99), 0.1 mm (98)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155716/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figs. 97­ 98</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034D10FBD8FE73FBA4" box="[309,411,1124,1150]" captionStart="FIGURES 146 ­ 151" captionStartId="39.[264,382,1567,1591]" captionTargetBox="[332,1258,573,1533]" captionTargetId="figure@39.[323,1263,564,1541]" captionTargetPageId="39" captionText="FIGURES 146 ­ 151. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from the Appalachian National Scenic Trail W of Clingmans Dome, Tennessee / North Carolina). 146 – male tergum 8; 147 – male sternum 8; 148 – female tergum 8; 149 – female sternum 8, 150 – apex of female sternum 8; 151 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (146 ­ 149, 151), 0.1 mm (150)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155722/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">149­150</figureCitation>
), longer and more narrow apex of median lobe without apical denticle (in lateral view) (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034DB2FB30FDD6FB7C" box="[407,574,1164,1190]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figs. 100­107</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034E6FFB30FD58FB7C" box="[586,688,1164,1190]" captionStart="FIGURES 152 ­ 156" captionStartId="41.[264,383,1456,1480]" captionTargetBox="[369,1217,460,1420]" captionTargetId="figure@41.[361,1225,449,1430]" captionTargetPageId="41" captionText="FIGURES 152 ­ 156. Aedeagus of Geostiba nebuligena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratypes from Highways 441 &amp; 71, Tennessee (152, 154 ­ 156) and Appalachian National Scenic Trail W of Clingmans Dome (153), Tennessee / North Carolina). 152 – median lobe, ventral view; 153 ­ 154 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 155 – median lobe, lateral view; 156 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (152, 155), 0.1 mm (153 ­ 154, 156)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155723/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">152­156</figureCitation>
); from 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFBE39034F23FB30FC34FB7F" box="[774,988,1164,1189]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crepusculigena">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034F23FB30FC34FB7F" box="[774,988,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. crepusculigena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in lacking obtuse projection on the ventral side of the apex of median lobe (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034F15FB08FC3FFB14" box="[816,983,1204,1230]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Figs. 102­103</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034FC6FB08FBA1FB14" box="[995,1097,1204,1230]" captionStart="FIGURES 174 ­ 177" captionStartId="45.[264,383,1766,1790]" captionTargetBox="[317,1274,1164,1735]" captionTargetId="figure@45.[305,1283,1154,1742]" captionTargetPageId="45" captionText="FIGURES 174 ­ 177. Aedeagus of Geostiba crepusculigena Gusarov, sp. n. (paratype from Snake Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 174 – median lobe, ventral view; 175 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 176 – median lobe, lateral view; 177 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (174, 176), 0.1 mm (175, 177)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155726/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">176­177</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBE39034D1DFB67FE38FB2F" bold="true" box="[312,464,1243,1269]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Description.</emphasis>
Length 1.6­2.0 mm. Light brown or brown, apex of abdomen often lighter, antennae brownish yellow or light brown, legs and mouthparts brownish yellow. Body parallel­sided.
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Head as wide as long, surface on disk with fine isodiametric microsculpture, puncturation very fine, distance between punctures equal to 3­4 times their diameter. Temple length to eye length ratio 3.0­4.0. Antennal article 2 longer than article 3, article 4 transverse (width to length ratio 1.6), articles 5­10 strongly transverse, last article as long as 9 and 10 combined (as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBE39034E04FA48FD9FF9D4" box="[545,631,1524,1550]" captionStart="FIGURES 8 ­ 17" captionStartId="6.[264,383,1709,1733]" captionTargetBox="[307,1277,321,1687]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[297,1289,310,1697]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 8 ­ 17. Mouthparts of Geostiba circellaris (Gravenhorst) (8, Moscow Region, Russia), G. infirma (Weise) (9, Ivano­Frankovsk Region, Ukraine), G. carteriensis Pace (10 ­ 15, Tennessee), G. appalachigena Gusarov, sp. n. (16, paratype from West Virginia) and G. pluvigena Gusarov, sp. n. (17, paratype from North Carolina). 8 ­ 10, – prementum; 11 – hypopharynx; 12 – left maxilla, ventral view; 13 – left galea, dorsal view; 14 – left lacinia, dorsal view; 15 – mentum; 16 ­ 17 – right antenna. Scale bar 0.1 mm (8 ­ 15), 0.2 mm (16 ­ 17). L – Length of antennal article." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155703/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
).
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Pronotum as wide as long, width 
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, wider than head (pronotal width to head width ratio 1.1); microsculpture and puncturation as on head. Pronotal pubescence of 
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V. Elytra measured from humeral angle shorter than pronotum (pronotal length to elytral length ratio 1.3), wider than long (1.5), with fine isodiametric microsculpture and fine asperate puncturation, distance between punctures equals 2­3 times their diameter. Elytral suture behind scutellum slightly raised in both sexes. Wings reduced to short vestiges, shorter than elytra.
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Abdominal terga with fine microsculpture of transverse meshes, with fine and sparse puncturation, puncturation becoming finer towards abdomen apex, on terga 3­5 distance between punctures equals 3­7 times their diameter. Tergum 7 without white edge. Male tergum 7 with two medial carinae in front of posterior margin. Male tergum 8 with two weak and short carinae in front of posterior margin, posterior margin convex (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBF39024D34FE58FE80FE24" box="[273,360,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURES 94 ­ 99" captionStartId="31.[264,382,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[315,1275,519,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[301,1285,505,1602]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURES 94 ­ 99. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 94 – male tergum 8; 95 – male sternum 8; 96 – female tergum 8; 97 – female sternum 8, 98 – apex of female sternum 8; 99 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (94 ­ 97, 99), 0.1 mm (98)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155716/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 94</figureCitation>
). Male sternum 8 with convex posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBF39024F88FE58FBEDFE24" box="[941,1029,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURES 94 ­ 99" captionStartId="31.[264,382,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[315,1275,519,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[301,1285,505,1602]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURES 94 ­ 99. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 94 – male tergum 8; 95 – male sternum 8; 96 – female tergum 8; 97 – female sternum 8, 98 – apex of female sternum 8; 99 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (94 ­ 97, 99), 0.1 mm (98)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155716/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Fig. 95</figureCitation>
).
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Female tergum 8 with convex posterior margin (
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), sternum 8 with emarginate posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBF39024DFFFD88FD8DFD94" box="[474,613,564,590]" captionStart="FIGURES 94 ­ 99" captionStartId="31.[264,382,1619,1643]" captionTargetBox="[315,1275,519,1594]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[301,1285,505,1602]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURES 94 ­ 99. Abdominal segments 7 ­ 8 of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 94 – male tergum 8; 95 – male sternum 8; 96 – female tergum 8; 97 – female sternum 8, 98 – apex of female sternum 8; 99 – medial portion of male tergum 7, posterior down. Scale bar 0.2 mm (94 ­ 97, 99), 0.1 mm (98)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155716/files/figure.png" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Figs. 97­98</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBF39024D2DF972FE0AF93C" bold="true" box="[264,482,1742,1766]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURES 100­107</emphasis>
. Aedeagus of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBF39024EB4F972FC8FF93F" box="[657,871,1742,1765]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
Lohse &amp; Smetana
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(100­103 – holotype; 104­107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107).
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Aedeagus as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBC39014DD7FEA0FCEFFEEC" box="[498,775,284,310]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStart-1="FIGURES 108 ­ 119" captionStartId-0="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionStartId-1="34.[264,383,1639,1663]" captionTargetBox-0="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetBox-1="[344,1245,762,1606]" captionTargetId-0="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetId-1="figure@34.[335,1252,750,1614]" captionTargetPageId-0="33" captionTargetPageId-1="34" captionText-0="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." captionText-1="FIGURES 108 ­ 119. Genitalia of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 108 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 109 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 110 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 111 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 112 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 113 – spermatheca; 114 ­ 115 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 116 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 117 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 118 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 119 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (108, 112, 114 ­ 115, 118), 0.1 mm (109 ­ 111, 113, 116 ­ 117, 119)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/155718/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Figs. 100­112, 114­119</figureCitation>
. Apex of median lobe in ventral view narrow, its outline convex apically (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBC39014E77FEF8FC86FE84" box="[594,878,324,350]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Figs. 100­101, 104­105</figureCitation>
), in lateral view strait, without apical denticle or obtuse projection ventrally (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBC39014EF0FED0FC04FE5C" box="[725,1004,364,390]" captionStart="FIGURES 100 ­ 107" captionStartId="33.[264,383,1742,1766]" captionTargetBox="[319,1271,659,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@33.[308,1278,649,1715]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURES 100 ­ 107. Aedeagus of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (100 ­ 103 – holotype; 104 ­ 107 – Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 100, 104 – median lobe, ventral view; 101, 105 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 102, 106 – median lobe, lateral view; 103, 107 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (100, 102, 104, 106), 0.1 mm (101, 103, 105, 107)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155717/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Figs. 102­103, 106­107</figureCitation>
), distal diverticula of internal sac in ventral view broad (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFBC39014E4FFE28FCE7FE74" box="[618,783,404,430]" captionStart="FIGURES 108 ­ 119" captionStartId="34.[264,383,1639,1663]" captionTargetBox="[344,1245,762,1606]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[335,1252,750,1614]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURES 108 ­ 119. Genitalia of Geostiba nimbicola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mount Sterling Ridge Trail, Tennessee). 108 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 109 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 110 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 111 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 112 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 113 – spermatheca; 114 ­ 115 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 116 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 117 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 118 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 119 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (108, 112, 114 ­ 115, 118), 0.1 mm (109 ­ 111, 113, 116 ­ 117, 119)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155718/files/figure.png" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Figs. 111­112</figureCitation>
).
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Spermatheca as in 
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.
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBC39014D1DFE5DFE30FE21" bold="true" box="[312,472,481,507]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known from the Great Smoky Mountains massif (Tennessee and North Carolina) (
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, 
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).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBC39014D1DFD8DFDE2FD91" bold="true" box="[312,522,561,587]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBC39014E04FD8EFCE5FD91" box="[545,781,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Geostiba nimbicola</emphasis>
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was collected at altitudes above 
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in moss or in leaf litter in mixed forest with red spruce (
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), Fraser’s fir (
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFBC390148CCFDEBFEBEFD4F" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Abies fraseri</emphasis>
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), birch and oak.
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