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11. 
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Buncombe Co.: Blue Ridge Parkway, Grey Beard Mountain View [
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA539184D2DF951FE36F8DF" bold="true" box="[264,478,1773,1797]" pageId="59" pageNumber="60">FIGURES 262­266</emphasis>
. Abdominal segment 8 of 
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Lohse &amp; Smetana
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4D2DFC75FE08FC3B" bold="true" box="[264,480,969,993]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">FIGURES 267­270</emphasis>
. Aedeagus of 
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Additional material. 
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: North Carolina:
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McDowell Co.[?]: 
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[this label is not precise; Mt. Mitchell is in Yancey County at least 5 kilometers from Blue Ridge Parkway; it is not possible to find coordinates for this sample] (J.S. &amp; A.K.Ashe), sifted conifer litter, 
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); 2, ditto but 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4EE8FA98FC98FAE4" box="[717,880,1316,1342]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.798" metricValueMax="1.92" metricValueMin="1.6759999999999997" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1798.0" valueMax="1920.0" valueMin="1676.0">1676­1920 m</quantity>
(
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4FA0FA98FC35FAE4" box="[901,989,1316,1342]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">KSEM</collectionCode>
); Buncombe Co:, 2, Craggy Dome, [
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4DCFFAF0FD9FFABC" box="[490,631,1356,1382]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="15" value="35.705555">35°42'20&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4EB7FAF0FCCDFABC" box="[658,805,1356,1382]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="15" value="-82.36667">82°22'00&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
] (T.C.Barr, M.C.Bowling), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4880FAF0FAC3FABC" box="[1189,1323,1356,1382]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1960-07-22">22.vii.1960</date>
(
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4D35FAC8FE98FA54" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[272,368,1396,1422]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">AMNH</collectionCode>
);, Blue Ridge Parkway, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4EE4FAC8FCF9FA54" box="[705,785,1396,1422]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="km" value="16.0">16 km</quantity>
E Weaverville, Bearpen Knob, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4884FAC8FAC3FA54" box="[1185,1323,1396,1422]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="35.6985">35°41.91’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4D2DFA20FE70FA6C" box="[264,408,1436,1462]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="-82.38416">82°23.05’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4D80FA20FDE9FA6C" box="[421,513,1436,1462]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7399999999999998" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1740.0">1740 m</quantity>
, mountain meadows, in dead grass under 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4FD4FA21FB76FA6C" box="[1009,1182,1437,1462]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4FD4FA21FB76FA6C" box="[1009,1182,1437,1462]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Rhododendron</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F48FCFA21FE43FA04" authority="V.I.Gusarov" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rosaceae" genus="Sorbus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F48FCFA21FAC2FA6C" box="[1241,1322,1437,1462]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Sorbus</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4D9CFA78FDDFFA04" box="[441,567,1476,1502]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
(
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4E6CFA78FD7DFA04" box="[585,661,1476,1502]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">SPSU</collectionCode>
); 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4E89FA78FCB8FA04" box="[684,848,1476,1502]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">12 specimens</specimenCount>
, ditto but 35°41.91’­42.02’N 82°23.05­ 22.83’W, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4D5AFA50FE36F9DC" box="[383,478,1516,1542]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1700.0">1700 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4E83FA51FC10F9DC" box="[678,1016,1517,1542]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4E83FA51FD35F9DC" box="[678,733,1517,1542]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Acer</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4EC9FA51FCD3F9DC" box="[748,827,1517,1542]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Betula</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4F6EFA51FC10F9DC" box="[843,1016,1517,1542]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ericaceae" genus="Rhododendron" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Rhododendron</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F482EFA50FB59F9DC" box="[1035,1201,1516,1542]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">18 specimens</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F48E5FA50FAE6F9DC" box="[1216,1294,1516,1542]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="km" value="15.0">15 km</quantity>
E Weaverville, Pisgah National Forest, Bearpen Gap, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4F51F9A8FC16F9F4" box="[884,1022,1556,1582]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="35.699665">35°41.98’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4822F9A8FB70F9F4" box="[1031,1176,1556,1582]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="-82.392">82°23.52’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4883F9A8FAECF9F4" box="[1190,1284,1556,1582]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4D87F981FDA2F98C" box="[418,586,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4D87F981FE00F98C" box="[418,488,1597,1622]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Picea</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4DDCF981FDADF98C" box="[505,581,1597,1622]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fagaceae" genus="Fagus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Fagus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4E72F981FCBAF98C" authority="(V.I.Gusarov)" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" baseAuthorityName="V. I. Gusarov" box="[599,850,1596,1622]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4E72F981FD4BF98C" box="[599,675,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Betula</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4F41F980FC0DF98C" box="[868,997,1596,1622]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4FD3F980FB67F98C" box="[1014,1167,1596,1622]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">8 specimens</specimenCount>
, Blue Ridge Parkway, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4D5BF9D8FE23F9A4" box="[382,459,1636,1662]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="km" value="18.0">18 km</quantity>
E Weaverville, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4EAAF9D8FCFEF9A4" box="[655,790,1636,1662]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="35.713">35º42.78’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA2391F4F05F9D8FC46F9A4" box="[800,942,1636,1662]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" precision="9" value="-82.36483">82º21.89’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4F98F9D8FBF3F9A4" box="[957,1051,1636,1662]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.72" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1720.0">1720 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F48C5F9D9FAC3F9A4" box="[1248,1323,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F48C5F9D9FACEF9A4" box="[1248,1318,1637,1662]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Picea</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA2391F4D2DF931FDE8F97C" authority="(V.I.Gusarov)" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" baseAuthorityName="V. I. Gusarov" box="[264,512,1676,1702]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA2391F4D2DF931FEBDF97C" box="[264,341,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">Betula</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4E2BF930FD63F97C" box="[526,651,1676,1702]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
(all – 
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4EFEF930FCC5F97C" box="[731,813,1676,1702]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">KSEM</collectionCode>
and 
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4F4DF930FC5BF97C" box="[872,947,1676,1702]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">SPSU</collectionCode>
); Yancey Co.:, Black Mountains, vii; 2, 4, Mt. Mitchell, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4EE7F908FC8CF914" box="[706,868,1716,1742]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" metricValueMax="1.8" metricValueMin="1.4" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1600.0" valueMax="1800.0" valueMin="1400.0">1400­1800 m</quantity>
(E.D.Quirsfeld), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F481FF908FB36F914" box="[1082,1246,1716,1742]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1939-06-17" valueMax="1939-06-24" valueMin="1939-06-17">17­24.vi.1939</date>
(all – 
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4D2DF960FE8FF92C" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[264,359,1756,1782]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">AMNH</collectionCode>
); 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4D5BF960FDD9F92C" box="[382,561,1756,1782]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">141 specimens</specimenCount>
, Mt.Mitchell (W.Suter), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4F7FF960FC33F92C" box="[858,987,1756,1782]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1973-06-12">12.vi.1973</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4FCFF960FB66F92C" box="[1002,1166,1756,1782]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">73 specimens</specimenCount>
, Mt.Mitchell near Blue Ridge Parkway, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4E76F8B8FD58F8C4" box="[595,688,1796,1822]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
(W.Suter), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4F65F8B8FC29F8C4" box="[832,961,1796,1822]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1973-06-17">17.vi.1973</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4FF7F8B8FB6DF8C4" box="[978,1157,1796,1822]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">118 specimens</specimenCount>
, Mt.Mitchell, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4D2DF890FE8DF89C" box="[264,357,1836,1862]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="m" value="1700.0">1700 m</quantity>
(S.Peck), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4DC0F890FDBEF89C" box="[485,598,1836,1862]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1967-04-09">9.iv.1967</date>
;, Mt.Mitchell, balsam fir litter above spring near summit (W.Suter), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA2391F4DAFF8E8FE10F8B4" box="[394,504,1876,1902]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" value="1973-05-31">31.v1973</date>
(all – 
<collectionCode id="B5E8C0C5FFA2391F4E62F8E8FD49F8B4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" box="[583,673,1876,1902]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="60" pageNumber="61">FMNH</collectionCode>
); 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA2391F4E93F8E8FCB0F8B4" box="[694,856,1876,1902]" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" type="generic">20 specimens</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA2391F4F40F8E8FC59F8B4" box="[869,945,1876,1902]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="60" pageNumber="61" unit="km" value="16.0">16 km</quantity>
S Burnsville, Mt.Mitchell State Park, N slope of Mt. Mitchell, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4EAFFEA0FCFDFEEC" box="[650,789,284,310]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="35.769833">35°46.19’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4F05FEA0FC59FEEC" box="[800,945,284,310]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="-82.26617">82°15.97’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA3391E4FE4FEA0FBC9FEEC" box="[961,1057,284,310]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.92" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="1920.0">1920 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E48CCFEA0FE43FE84" authority="V.I.Gusarov" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Abies" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E48CCFEA0FAC2FEEF" box="[1257,1322,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Abies</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4D98FEF8FDD6FE84" box="[445,574,324,350]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA3391E4E74FEF8FD10FE84" box="[593,760,324,350]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="generic">15 specimens</specimenCount>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA3391E4F2FFEF8FCB3FE84" box="[778,859,324,350]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" unit="km" value="21.0">21 km</quantity>
S Burnsville, Road 128, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4884FEF8FAC3FE84" box="[1185,1323,324,350]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="35.723667">35°43.42’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4D2DFED0FE70FE5C" box="[264,408,364,390]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="-82.28284">82°16.97’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA3391E4D81FED0FDE8FE5C" box="[420,512,364,390]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="1600.0">1600 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E9FFED0FC58FE5F" box="[698,944,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4E9FFED0FD17FE5F" box="[698,767,364,389]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Picea</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4F29FED0FCB8FE5F" box="[780,848,364,389]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Abies" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Abies</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4F79FED0FC43FE5F" box="[860,939,364,389]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Betula</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4F92FED0FB72FE5C" authority="(V.I.Gusarov)" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" baseAuthorityName="V. I. Gusarov" box="[951,1178,364,390]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapindaceae" genus="Acer" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4F92FED0FC07FE5F" box="[951,1007,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Acer</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4883FED0FACFFE5C" box="[1190,1319,364,390]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
,, ditto but 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4DB0FE28FDF7FE74" box="[405,543,404,430]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="35.722">35°43.32’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4E02FE28FD5FFE74" box="[551,695,404,430]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="-82.28817">82°17.29’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4EE6FE28FCDEFE74" box="[707,822,404,430]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="2001-06-03">3.vi.2001</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA3391E4F67FE28FC0CFE74" box="[834,996,404,430]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="generic">15 specimens</specimenCount>
, Road 128, 19 km S Burnsville, Mt.Mitchell State Park, 
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4E4DFE00FD1AFE0C" box="[616,754,444,470]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="35.745167">35°44.71’N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="B6CD3EC7FFA3391E4EDFFE00FC63FE0C" box="[762,907,444,470]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" precision="9" value="-82.2805">82°16.83’W</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA3391E4FB2FE00FC1CFE0C" box="[919,1012,444,470]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" unit="m" value="1800.0">1800 m</quantity>
, in forest litter, 
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4895FE00FB12FE0F" box="[1200,1274,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4895FE00FB1DFE0F" box="[1200,1269,444,469]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Picea</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4927FE00FE09FE24" authority="(V.I.Gusarov)" authorityName="V.I.Gusarov" baseAuthorityName="V. I. Gusarov" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4927FE00FEDDFE27" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Betula</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4DCAFE58FD98FE24" box="[495,624,484,510]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="2001-06-25">25.vi.2001</date>
; 
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA3391E4E58FE58FCF9FE24" box="[637,785,484,510]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="generic">6 specimens</specimenCount>
, Road 128, 17 km S Burnsville, Mt.Mitchell, 
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, 
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, in forest litter, 
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(V.I.Gusarov)
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, 
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;, 
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S Burnsville, Mt.Mitchell, near summit, 
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, 
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, in forest litter, 
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, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4DF8FDE0FD9CFDAF" box="[477,628,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Abies fraseri</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
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, 
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; Yancey Co. / Buncombe Co.: 
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, 
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S Burnsville, Blue Ridge Parkway, Balsam Gap overlook, 
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, 
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, in forest litter, 
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<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4E9AFD10FCECFD1F" box="[703,772,684,709]" class="Pinopsida" family="Pinaceae" genus="Picea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Pinales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Picea</taxonomicName>
, 
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, 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4F44FD10FC58FD1F" box="[865,944,684,709]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Betula" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Betula</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4F98FD10FC1CFD1F" box="[957,1012,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Acer</emphasis>
(V.I.Gusarov)
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, 
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(all – 
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and 
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFA3391E4D1DFD40FE09FBA4" blockId="61.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
One of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E7DFD40FD10FCCF" box="[600,760,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. bicarinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
listed by 
<bibRefCitation id="B76825F1FFA3391E4F4BFD40FB1AFCCC" author="Lohse" box="[878,1266,764,790]" pageId="61" 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 and Smetana (1988: 275)</bibRefCitation>
(not found in 
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) must also belong to 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4E9CFC98FCDFFCE7" box="[697,823,804,829]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E9CFC98FCDFFCE7" box="[697,823,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCount id="C5FF9389FFA3391E4F6FFC98FC39FCE4" box="[842,977,804,830]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
, Buncombe Co.: base of Mt. Mitchell at Blue Ridge Parkway, about 
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(A.Smetana), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E482EFCF0FB96FCBC" box="[1035,1150,844,870]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1986-06-03">3.vi.1986</date>
). Two of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4DBBFCC8FDA3FC57" box="[414,587,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. carteriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
listed by 
<bibRefCitation id="B76825F1FFA3391E4E99FCC8FC62FC54" author="Pace" box="[700,906,884,910]" pageId="61" pageNumber="88" refString="Pace, R. (1997) Aleocharinae attere del North Carolina, Tennessee e Oregon (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 15 (1), 101 - 110." type="journal article" year="1997">Pace (1997: 106)</bibRefCitation>
(not examined) must also belong to 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4D2DFC20FE6FFC6F" box="[264,391,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2, Yancey Co.: Mt. Mitchell, 
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(P.Debs), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4FDEFC20FB93FC6C" box="[1019,1147,924,950]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1974-04-17">17.iv.1974</date>
). These assertions are based on the results of my extensive collecting efforts which demonstrated that 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4D2DFC50FE4DFBDF" box="[264,421,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. bicarinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to the Great Balsam Mountains – Pisgah Ridge massif, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E48E4FC50FEBEFBF7" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. carteriensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to the Bald Mountains and the Roan Mountain massif while 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E488BFBA8FAC3FBF7" box="[1198,1323,1044,1069]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E488BFBA8FAC3FBF7" box="[1198,1323,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only species of 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4E3AFB80FD61FB8F" box="[543,649,1084,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E3AFB80FD61FB8F" box="[543,649,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which occurs in the Great Craggy Mountains ­ Black Mountains massif.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFA3391E4D1DFB37FDE5F9D4" blockId="61.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4D1DFB37FDD4FB7F" bold="true" box="[312,572,1163,1189]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Mislabeled material.</emphasis>
, 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E53FB37FCC8FB7F" bold="true" box="[630,800,1163,1189]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">United States</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
: Alabama: Blount Co.: 
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. SE Blount Springs (S.Peck), 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4DF8FB08FDA3FB14" box="[477,587,1204,1230]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1967-04-05">5.iv.1967</date>
(
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). This male is identical with the 
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of 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4889FB08FAC2FB17" box="[1196,1322,1204,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4889FB08FAC2FB17" box="[1196,1322,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other specimens from the Black Mountains massif in all external characters and in genitalia. 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4DA7FAB8FDA5FAC7" box="[386,589,1284,1309]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4DA7FAB8FDA5FAC7" box="[386,589,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a wingless species restricted to the Great Craggy Mountains ­ Black Mountains massif in the Southern Appalachians and occurs only above 
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. The altitude of the locality in Alabama is about 
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.
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I consider the Alabama specimen to have been mislabeled. It is worth noting that four days later, on 
<date id="A7477EC0FFA3391E4801FAC0FB2DFA4C" box="[1060,1221,1404,1430]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" value="1967-04-09">April 9, 1967</date>
, Stewart Peck collected a long series of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4E5FFA18FD11FA67" box="[634,761,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on the Mount Mitchell. Apparently one specimen was misplaced and mixed up with a sample from Alabama. 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E483AFA70FB03FA3F" box="[1055,1259,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
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does not occur in Alabama.
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4D1DF9A7FE50F9EF" bold="true" box="[312,440,1563,1589]" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA3391E4DE0F9A0FD67F9EF" box="[453,655,1564,1589]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="61" pageNumber="62" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4DE0F9A0FD67F9EF" box="[453,655,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from other Nearctic species of 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E48D5F9A0FEA9F987" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba</emphasis>
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by having small eyes (temple length to eye length ratio 3.8­5.0), pronotal pubescence of 
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V or VI, directed posteriorly in a wide medial zone (wider in males), not just along the midline, reduced wings, short elytra (pronotum length to elytron length ratio 1.3), the absence of carinae on abdominal tergum 7, the shape of the aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA3391E4865F900FEDDF924" captionStart-0="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStart-1="FIGURES 271 ­ 283" captionStartId-0="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionStartId-1="62.[264,383,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox-0="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetBox-1="[305,1278,419,1540]" captionTargetId-0="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetId-1="figure@62.[298,1288,409,1549]" captionTargetPageId-0="60" captionTargetPageId-1="62" captionText-0="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." captionText-1="FIGURES 271 ­ 283. Genitalia of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mt. Mitchell (272 ­ 275, 278 ­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277 ­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277 ­ 278, 281), 0.1 mm (272 ­ 274, 276, 279 ­ 280, 282 ­ 283)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/155739/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Figs. 267­275, 277­ 283</figureCitation>
) and the shape of the spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA3391E4EFDF958FCA8F924" box="[728,832,1764,1790]" captionStart="FIGURES 271 ­ 283" captionStartId="62.[264,383,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[305,1278,419,1540]" captionTargetId="figure@62.[298,1288,409,1549]" captionTargetPageId="62" captionText="FIGURES 271 ­ 283. Genitalia of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mt. Mitchell (272 ­ 275, 278 ­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277 ­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277 ­ 278, 281), 0.1 mm (272 ­ 274, 276, 279 ­ 280, 282 ­ 283)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155739/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Fig. 276</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4D1DF8B0FDEEF8FF" box="[312,518,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
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differs from closely related 
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA3391E4F4EF8B0FBF6F8FF" box="[875,1054,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">G. carteriensis</emphasis>
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in having longer and more narrow (in lateral view) apex of the median lobe of aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA3391E481BF888FB00F894" box="[1086,1256,1844,1870]" captionStart="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStartId="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionTargetBox="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">Figs. 269­270</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA3391D48D0F888FEDDFEEC" captionStart="FIGURES 289 ­ 293" captionStartId="65.[264,383,1756,1780]" captionTargetBox="[342,1242,643,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@65.[330,1257,633,1732]" captionTargetPageId="65" captionText="FIGURES 289 ­ 293. Aedeagus of Geostiba carteriensis Pace (Big Bald (289) and Roan Road Pass (290 ­ 293), Tennessee / North Carolina). 289 ­ 290 – median lobe, ventral view; 291 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 292 – median lobe, lateral view; 293 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (289 ­ 290, 292), 0.1 mm (291, 293)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155741/files/figure.png" lastPageId="62" lastPageNumber="63" pageId="61" pageNumber="62">292­ 293</figureCitation>
) and the lateral sides of the apex less convex (in ventral view) (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA0391D481AFEA0FB0FFEEC" box="[1087,1255,284,310]" captionStart="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStartId="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionTargetBox="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Figs. 267­268</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA0391D48D3FEA0FED0FE84" captionStart="FIGURES 289 ­ 293" captionStartId="65.[264,383,1756,1780]" captionTargetBox="[342,1242,643,1724]" captionTargetId="figure@65.[330,1257,633,1732]" captionTargetPageId="65" captionText="FIGURES 289 ­ 293. Aedeagus of Geostiba carteriensis Pace (Big Bald (289) and Roan Road Pass (290 ­ 293), Tennessee / North Carolina). 289 ­ 290 – median lobe, ventral view; 291 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 292 – median lobe, lateral view; 293 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (289 ­ 290, 292), 0.1 mm (291, 293)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155741/files/figure.png" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">289­ 291</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA0391D4D2DF99BFE35F9E5" bold="true" box="[264,477,1575,1599]" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">FIGURES 271­283</emphasis>
. Genitalia of 
<taxonomicName id="14F92383FFA0391D4E50F994FC18F9E5" authority="Lohse &amp; Smetana" authorityName="Lohse &amp; Smetana" box="[629,1008,1576,1599]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Geostiba" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alticola">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA0391D4E50F994FCC5F9E5" box="[629,813,1576,1599]" italics="true" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
Lohse &amp; Smetana
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(Mt. Mitchell (272­275, 278­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277­278, 281), 0.1 mm (272­274, 276, 279­280, 282­283).
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<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFA1391C4D1DFEA7FD96FAC4" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="description">
<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFEA7FC94FE84" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C4D1DFEA7FE38FEEF" bold="true" box="[312,464,283,309]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Description.</emphasis>
Length 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA1391C4E65FEA0FD27FEEC" box="[576,719,284,310]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.15" metricValueMax="2.4" metricValueMin="1.9" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="mm" value="2.15" valueMax="2.4" valueMin="1.9">1.9­2.4 mm</quantity>
. Body uniformly light brown, in some specimens abdominal segments 3­6 darker. Body parallel­sided.
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFED0FBCAFE24" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Head as wide as long, surface on disk with fine isodiametric microsculpture, puncturation very fine, distance between punctures equal to 2­4 times their diameter. Temple length to eye length ratio 3.8­5.0. Antennal article 2 longer than article 3, article 4 subquadrate, 5­10 transverse, last article as long as 9 and 10 combined.</paragraph>
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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 or VI (directed posteriorly in wide medial zone (wider in males), not just along midline). 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 very slightly raised. Wings reduced to short vestiges, shorter than elytra.
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFCF0FB22FC6C" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">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 2­5 times their diameter. Tergum 7 without white edge.</paragraph>
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Males with stronger impression on disc of head and along midline of pronotum than females. Male tergum 7 without carinae. Posterior margin of male tergum 8 slightly convex (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4D66FBA8FE43FBF4" box="[323,427,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 262 ­ 266" captionStartId="59.[264,383,1773,1797]" captionTargetBox="[318,1272,739,1741]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[312,1275,729,1747]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURES 262 ­ 266. Abdominal segment 8 of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell (262 ­ 263) and 21 km S Burnsville (264 ­ 266), North Carolina). 262 – male tergum 8; 263 – male sternum 8; 264 – female tergum 8; 265 – female sternum 8, 266 – apex of female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.2 mm (262 ­ 265), 0.1 mm (266)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155737/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Fig. 262</figureCitation>
). Posterior margin of male sternum 8 convex (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4FF6FBA8FBD1FBF4" box="[979,1081,1044,1070]" captionStart="FIGURES 262 ­ 266" captionStartId="59.[264,383,1773,1797]" captionTargetBox="[318,1272,739,1741]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[312,1275,729,1747]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURES 262 ­ 266. Abdominal segment 8 of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell (262 ­ 263) and 21 km S Burnsville (264 ­ 266), North Carolina). 262 – male tergum 8; 263 – male sternum 8; 264 – female tergum 8; 265 – female sternum 8, 266 – apex of female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.2 mm (262 ­ 265), 0.1 mm (266)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155737/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Fig. 263</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFB80FCFFFBA4" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
Posterior margin of female tergum 8 convex (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4F7AFB80FC22FB8C" box="[863,970,1084,1110]" captionStart="FIGURES 262 ­ 266" captionStartId="59.[264,383,1773,1797]" captionTargetBox="[318,1272,739,1741]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[312,1275,729,1747]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURES 262 ­ 266. Abdominal segment 8 of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell (262 ­ 263) and 21 km S Burnsville (264 ­ 266), North Carolina). 262 – male tergum 8; 263 – male sternum 8; 264 – female tergum 8; 265 – female sternum 8, 266 – apex of female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.2 mm (262 ­ 265), 0.1 mm (266)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155737/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Fig. 264</figureCitation>
). Posterior margin of female sternum 8 concave medially (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4E47FBD8FCE3FBA4" box="[610,779,1124,1150]" captionStart="FIGURES 262 ­ 266" captionStartId="59.[264,383,1773,1797]" captionTargetBox="[318,1272,739,1741]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[312,1275,729,1747]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURES 262 ­ 266. Abdominal segment 8 of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell (262 ­ 263) and 21 km S Burnsville (264 ­ 266), North Carolina). 262 – male tergum 8; 263 – male sternum 8; 264 – female tergum 8; 265 – female sternum 8, 266 – apex of female sternum 8. Scale bar 0.2 mm (262 ­ 265), 0.1 mm (266)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155737/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 265­266</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFB30FC2BFB2C" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
Aedeagus as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4DDCFB30FCFEFB7C" box="[505,790,1164,1190]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStart-1="FIGURES 271 ­ 283" captionStartId-0="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionStartId-1="62.[264,383,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox-0="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetBox-1="[305,1278,419,1540]" captionTargetId-0="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetId-1="figure@62.[298,1288,409,1549]" captionTargetPageId-0="60" captionTargetPageId-1="62" captionText-0="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." captionText-1="FIGURES 271 ­ 283. Genitalia of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mt. Mitchell (272 ­ 275, 278 ­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277 ­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277 ­ 278, 281), 0.1 mm (272 ­ 274, 276, 279 ­ 280, 282 ­ 283)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/155739/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 267­275, 277­283</figureCitation>
. Apex of median lobe in lateral view strait (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4D34FB08FE53FB14" box="[273,443,1204,1230]" captionStart="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStartId="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionTargetBox="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 269­270</figureCitation>
), in ventral view apex outline emarginate basally (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C483EFB08FB2EFB14" box="[1051,1222,1204,1230]" captionStart="FIGURES 267 ­ 270" captionStartId="60.[264,382,969,993]" captionTargetBox="[290,1303,319,959]" captionTargetId="figure@60.[278,1309,310,964]" captionTargetPageId="60" captionText="FIGURES 267 ­ 270. Aedeagus of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (N slope of Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina). 267 – median lobe, ventral view; 268 – apex of median lobe, ventral view; 269 – median lobe, lateral view; 270 – apex of median lobe, lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (267, 269), 0.1 mm (268, 270)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155738/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 267­268</figureCitation>
). Distal diverticula of internal sac narrow (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4EB8FB60FC5EFB2C" box="[669,950,1244,1270]" captionStart="FIGURES 271 ­ 283" captionStartId="62.[264,383,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[305,1278,419,1540]" captionTargetId="figure@62.[298,1288,409,1549]" captionTargetPageId="62" captionText="FIGURES 271 ­ 283. Genitalia of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mt. Mitchell (272 ­ 275, 278 ­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277 ­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277 ­ 278, 281), 0.1 mm (272 ­ 274, 276, 279 ­ 280, 282 ­ 283)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155739/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 274­275, 281­282</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFAB8FD96FAC4" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" box="[312,638,1284,1310]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
Spermatheca as in 
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4E30FAB8FD93FAC4" box="[533,635,1284,1310]" captionStart="FIGURES 271 ­ 283" captionStartId="62.[264,383,1575,1599]" captionTargetBox="[305,1278,419,1540]" captionTargetId="figure@62.[298,1288,409,1549]" captionTargetPageId="62" captionText="FIGURES 271 ­ 283. Genitalia of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (Mt. Mitchell (272 ­ 275, 278 ­ 282), N slope of Mt. Mitchell (271, 277, 283) and 21 km S Burnsville (276), North Carolina). 271 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, ventral view; 272 – copulatory piece of internal sac, dorsal view; 273 – medial lamellae of internal sac, ventral view; 274 – distal diverticula of everted internal sac, ventral view; 275 – everted internal sac, ventral view; 276 – spermatheca; 277 ­ 278 – details of internal sac retracted into median lobe, lateral view; 279 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 280 – medial lamella of internal sac, lateral view; 281 – everted internal sac, lateral view; 282 – right distal diverticulum of everted internal sac, lateral view; 283 – apex of left paramere, side facing median lobe. Scale bar 0.2 mm (271, 275, 277 ­ 278, 281), 0.1 mm (272 ­ 274, 276, 279 ­ 280, 282 ­ 283)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/155739/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Fig. 276</figureCitation>
.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9BE30B8BFFA1391C4D1DFA97FD7CFA3C" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFA97FDC9FAB4" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C4D1DFA97FE30FA9F" bold="true" box="[312,472,1323,1349]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the Great Craggy Mountains – Black Mountains massif (
<figureCitation id="4BC24485FFA1391C4D49FAE8FDFCFAB4" box="[364,532,1364,1390]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 338" captionStart-1="FIGURE 339" captionStartId-0="79.[264,367,1838,1862]" captionStartId-1="80.[264,368,1616,1640]" captionTargetBox-0="[346,1237,315,1825]" captionTargetBox-1="[345,1240,318,1600]" captionTargetId-0="figure@79.[344,1238,312,1827]" captionTargetId-1="figure@80.[344,1241,318,1600]" captionTargetPageId-0="79" captionTargetPageId-1="80" captionText-0="FIGURE 338. Geographical distribution of twelve species of Geostiba in the Southern Appalachians. Isohypses 1200 m and 1500 m are shown. Areas above 1500 m are solid black." captionText-1="FIGURE 339. Detailed geographical distribution of Geostiba alticola Lohse &amp; Smetana (11) and G. carteriensis Pace (12) in the Southern Appalachians. Isohypses 1200 m and 1500 m are shown. Areas above 1500 m are solid black." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/155750/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/155751/files/figure.png" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Figs. 338­339</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="D3465800FFA1391C4D1DFAC7FD7CFA3C" blockId="63.[264,1324,283,1510]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C4D1DFAC7FDE1FA4F" bold="true" box="[312,521,1403,1429]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C4E3BFAC0FD05FA4F" box="[542,749,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Geostiba alticola</emphasis>
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was collected in forest litter at altitudes above 
<quantity id="1401F5E5FFA1391C4D2DFA18FE89FA64" box="[264,353,1444,1470]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.5" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" unit="m" value="1500.0">1500 m</quantity>
in leaf litter mostly in pure conifer or mixed forest with red spruce (
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C48A2FA18FAC9FA67" box="[1159,1313,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Picea rubens</emphasis>
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) and/or Fraser’s fir (
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<emphasis id="E18D8412FFA1391C4DC9FA70FD6BFA3F" box="[492,643,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Abies fraseri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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