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<figureCitation id="1312AFAEE054E33FFF04E1C4FF7CFC5E" box="[151,244,910,937]" captionStart-0="Figure 3" captionStart-1="Figure 4" captionStart-2="Figure 5" captionStartId-0="6.[151,226,2010,2034]" captionStartId-1="7.[151,226,1969,1993]" captionStartId-2="8.[151,226,1811,1835]" captionTargetBox-0="[224,1358,449,1953]" captionTargetBox-1="[181,1404,189,1946]" captionTargetBox-2="[166,1428,189,1791]" captionTargetId-0="figure-158@6.[212,1375,437,1970]" captionTargetId-1="figure-11@7.[170,1418,189,1951]" captionTargetId-2="figure-17@8.[154,1433,189,1792]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionTargetPageId-2="8" captionText-0="Figure 3. Sperchon milisai sp. nov., holotype ♂, Rikavac, Montenegro: idiosoma, ventral view. Scale bar = 100 µm." captionText-1="Figure 4. Sperchon milisai sp. nov. (A, C-D, holotype ♂; B, E-F, paratype ♀), Rikavac, Montenegro: A idiosoma, dorsal view; B idiosoma, dorsal view, partially; C chelicera; D gnathosoma in dorsal view; D genital field and left coxae; F excretory pore area. Scale bars = 100 µm." captionText-2="Figure 5. Sperchon milisai sp. nov. (B-E, holotype ♂; A, paratype ♀), Rikavac, Montenegro: A-B palp, medial view; C IV-leg; D ejaculatory complex; D photograph of ejaculatory complex. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13239840" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13239844" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13239846" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/13239840/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/13239844/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/13239846/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Fig. 3-5</figureCitation>
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sequenced (CCDB-3867-D01,
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G11),
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leg.
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E054E33FFF04E6D7FE86FB41" box="[151,270,1181,1206]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Diagnosis</emphasis>
— In both sexes the dorsum has several isolated plates; excretory pore smooth; palp stout, L/H ratio P-2 1.1-1.2, P-3 1.7-1.8; III/IV-L with less densely arranged plumose dorsal setae (IV-L-4 ˂ 10 setae).
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E054E33FFF04E748FEA4FAEC" box="[151,300,1282,1307]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Description:</emphasis>
Integument dorsally and ventrally reticulate; dorsum with 10 paired muscle attachment plates; from anterior to posterior: medially, (1) round praefrontalia, (2) large plates consisting of fused postfrontalia and postocularia, (3) small plate with fused Dc-1 and Dc-2, (4) Dc-3 close to each other, (5) Dc-4 larger and more distanced from each other than Dc-3, (6) Dc-5 and, laterally, (710) Dl-1-4, Dl-1-2 very small, Dl-3-4 larger on a round platelet located at the levels of interspace Dc-3/4, and interspace Dgl-5/Lgl-4, respectively. Venter: Cx-I+II medially close to each other, but not fused (
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); Cx-III with a glandularium (Cxgl-4). Genital field: Ac-1-2 longish, Ac-3 roundish. An unpaired pre- and postgenital sclerite in male well distanced from genital field; excretory pore smooth (
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,
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). Ejaculatory complex in male as given in
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D-E.
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<paragraph id="8B96B32BE054E33FFF64E47BFB5AF978" blockId="5.[151,1437,1281,1983]" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">
Gnathosoma with rostrum shorter than gnathosomal base (
<figureCitation id="1312AFAEE054E33FFC23E47BFB98F9BB" box="[944,1040,1585,1612]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="7.[151,226,1969,1993]" captionTargetBox="[181,1404,189,1946]" captionTargetId="figure-11@7.[170,1418,189,1951]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 4. Sperchon milisai sp. nov. (A, C-D, holotype ♂; B, E-F, paratype ♀), Rikavac, Montenegro: A idiosoma, dorsal view; B idiosoma, dorsal view, partially; C chelicera; D gnathosoma in dorsal view; D genital field and left coxae; F excretory pore area. Scale bars = 100 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13239844" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13239844/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
). Palp: P-1 without a dorsal seta; P-2 with long distoventral projection, at its tip bearing three fine setae; ventral margin of P-3 convex or nearly straight; P-4 with small ventral peg-like setae, the distal one far distally (
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A-B).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE054E33FFF64E4DDFD62F925" blockId="5.[151,1437,1281,1983]" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">
Leg segments slender, III/IV-L with a row of a densely plumose dorsal setae (
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); ambulacrum bearing a long dorsal and a shorter ventral clawlet.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE054E33FFF65E491FCD3F8CF" blockId="5.[151,1437,1281,1983]" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E054E33FFF65E491FE63F903" box="[246,491,1753,1780]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Measurements. Male</emphasis>
— Idiosoma L 641, W 491; distance between anterior end of Cx-I and posterior end of Cx-IV, 383; Cx-III W 458; L Cx-I+II 197, Cx-III+IV 211. Genital field L/W 158/128, genital valves L 158; L Ac-1-3: 56, 53, 34-38. Ejaculatory complex L 226.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE054E33FFF64E574FE78F848" blockId="5.[151,1437,1281,1983]" pageId="5" pageNumber="86">Palp total L 510, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 30/58, 0.51; P-2, 115/100, 1.15; P-3, 147/84, 1.7; P-4, 177/39, 4.6; P-5, 41/19, 2.2; L ratio P-2/P-4 0.65. Gnathosoma L 188; chelicera L 208, basal segment L 150, claw L 63, L ratio chelicera basal segment/claw 2.4. Leg segments dL: I-L: 65, 83, 84, 142, 131, 163; IV-L: 100, 106, 119, 229, 228, 228.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE057E33CFF64E289FD57FED5" blockId="6.[151,1437,195,425]" pageId="6" pageNumber="87">Female — Idiosoma L 944; distance between anterior end of Cx-I and posterior end of Cx-IV, 447; Cx-III W 606; L Cx-I+II 247, Cx-III+IV 292. Genital field L/W 191/166, genital valves L 175-178, pregenital sclerite W 74; L Ac-1-3: 67-69, 63, 44.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE057E33CFF64E362FE78FE5E" blockId="6.[151,1437,195,425]" pageId="6" pageNumber="87">Palp total L 773, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 35/84, 0.42; P-2, 174/156, 1.12; P-3, 238/130, 1.8; P-4, 270/59, 4.6; P-5, 56/25, 2.2; L ratio P-2/P-4 0.65. Gnathosoma L 272; chelicera L 309, basal segment L 225, claw L 88, L ratio chelicera basal segment/claw 2.6. Leg segments dL: I-L: 69, 97, 116, 191, 197, 209; IV-L: 161, 156, 161, 316, 322, 306.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E057E33CFF04E590FF7EF805" bold="true" box="[151,246,2010,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="87">Figure 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E057E33CFE97E590FE30F805" box="[260,440,2010,2034]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="87">Sperchon milisai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E057E33CFE2CE590FD86F805" bold="true" box="[447,526,2010,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="87">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, holotype ♂, Rikavac, Montenegro: idiosoma, ventral view. Scale bar = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E056E33DFF04E5FBFF70F83E" bold="true" box="[151,248,1969,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="88">Figure 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E056E33DFE9AE5FBFE36F83E" box="[265,446,1969,1993]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="88">Sperchon milisai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E056E33DFE5BE5FBFD91F83E" bold="true" box="[456,537,1969,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="88">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(A, C-D, holotype ♂; B, E- F, paratype ♀), Rikavac, Montenegro: A idiosoma, dorsal view; B idiosoma, dorsal view, partially; C chelicera; D gnathosoma in dorsal view; D genital field and left coxae; F excretory pore area. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B96B32BE059E332FF04E559FB48F8BE" blockId="8.[151,1436,1810,1865]" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E059E332FF04E559FF7FF8DC" bold="true" box="[151,247,1811,1835]" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">Figure 5</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E059E332FE96E558FE31F8DD" box="[261,441,1810,1834]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">Sperchon milisai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E059E332FE53E559FD98F8DC" bold="true" box="[448,528,1811,1835]" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(B-E, holotype ♂; A, paratype ♀), Rikavac, Montenegro: A-B palp, medial view; C IV-leg; D ejaculatory complex; D photograph of ejaculatory complex. Scale bars = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE059E332FF04E5DEFB24F827" blockId="8.[151,1437,1940,2000]" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E059E332FF04E5DEFE9DF858" box="[151,277,1940,1967]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="89">Etymology</emphasis>
— Named after Prof Marko Miliša (University of
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,
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), a good friend and outstanding scientist, in appreciation for his inspiring work on the aquatic ecosystems of the Balkans.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B96B32BE058E333FF04E289FD20F814" blockId="9.[151,702,195,222]" lastBlockId="9.[151,1437,1655,2019]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FF04E289FEB9FF29" box="[151,305,195,222]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">Distribution:</emphasis>
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(
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) and
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.
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FF04E43DFF76F965" box="[151,254,1655,1682]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">Remarks</emphasis>
— In regard to the shape of dorsum with several isolated plates in both sexes, stout palps (P-4 L/H 4.55.4), IV-L-3-5 with densely arranged plumose dorsal setae, and the shape of ejaculatory complex, the new species from
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and
<collectingCountry id="F33EF3BBE058E333FDD1E4F1FD10F921" box="[578,664,1723,1750]" name="Croatia" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">Croatia</collectingCountry>
resembles
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FCB1E4F1FC6DF921" box="[802,997,1723,1750]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. ampliscutatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FA88E4F1FA14F921" box="[1307,1436,1723,1750]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. hispidus</emphasis>
Koenike, 1895
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. The latter species can easily be separate from
<taxonomicName id="4C29C8A8E058E333FC05E497FB8FF900" authorityName="Pešić" authorityYear="2022" box="[918,1031,1756,1783]" class="Arachnida" family="Sperchontidae" genus="Sperchon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="milisai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FC05E497FB8FF900" box="[918,1031,1756,1783]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. milisai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FB80E497FBE6F900" bold="true" box="[1043,1134,1757,1783]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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by having a sclerotized excretory pore. The presence of a smooth excretory pore makes the new species similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C29C8A8E058E333FB48E4B5FEF7F8CC" authority="Pesic &amp; Smit 2020" authorityName="Pesic &amp; Smit" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Sperchontidae" genus="Sperchon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="90" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ampliscutatus">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FB48E4B5FA15F8EE" box="[1243,1437,1790,1817]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. ampliscutatus</emphasis>
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, a species only known from a stream in the Tian Shan mountains in
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(
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). The latter species can be separated from the new species by more densely arranged plumose dorsal setae on IV-L-3-5 (in female IV-L-4 of
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FD4EE52EFC2AF889" box="[733,930,1891,1918]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. ampliscutatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
˃ 12, in
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FB8DE52EFB18F889" box="[1054,1168,1891,1918]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">S. milisai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FB08E52EFB70F889" bold="true" box="[1179,1272,1892,1918]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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˂ 10 setae), comparatively slender palpal segments, especially P-2 and P-3, in both sexes (dL/H P-2 1.3, P-3 1.9-2.0, data taken from
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) and in the male by fused Dc-3, and a more roundish genital field (compare
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with Fig. 16b in
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B96B32BE058E333FF04E7BCFE9DF9DB" blockId="9.[151,1436,1526,1580]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FF04E7BCFF71F9F9" bold="true" box="[151,249,1526,1550]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">Figure 6</emphasis>
. Rikavac stream in Montenegro -
<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FDE8E7BCFC81F9F9" box="[635,777,1526,1550]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">locus typicus</emphasis>
of
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FCA0E7BCFC62F9F9" box="[819,1002,1526,1550]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">Sperchon milisai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E058E333FC66E7BCFBC0F9F9" bold="true" box="[1013,1096,1526,1550]" pageId="9" pageNumber="90">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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A view from Old Bar. B sample site.
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The phylogenetic analysis based on COI data prooved close relationship of the new species of the Western Balkans with
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E05BE330FE52E2ACFD03FEF7" box="[449,651,229,256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="91">S. ampliscutatus</emphasis>
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from
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. However, the high genetic distance (COI 15.51±1.6% K2P) between the new species and
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E05BE330FD5DE342FC06FED5" box="[718,910,263,290]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="91">S. ampliscutatus</emphasis>
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suggests a long independent history of these two species.
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It is possible, that the female of the new species, due to the unsclerotized excretory pore, was confused in the past with
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<emphasis id="B95D6F39E05BE330FE5FE326FD24FE70" box="[460,684,364,391]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="91">Sperchon clupeifer</emphasis>
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, a species often reported from streams in Europe including the Balkans (
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). The latter species can easily be separate from the new species as males are bearing a dorsal shield, more slender palps (P-4 L/H ratio ˃ 5.5) and a differently shaped ejaculatory complex.
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