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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D06FFFBFF54F9AC624AF9E9" bold="true" box="[151,335,1602,1628]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">B. matopoensis</emphasis>
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Mwabvu
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<figureCitation id="13272A236D06FFFBFF54F98B63DEF9CA" box="[151,219,1637,1663]" captionStart="FIGURE 6. B" captionStartId="11.[151,255,1638,1662]" captionTargetBox="[264,1305,329,1595]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[264,1324,310,1614]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 6. B. matopoensis sp. nov. (NMZ / D 562). a, oral view of gonopods; b, aboral view of gonopods; c, oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs; d, lateral view of collum." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/176288/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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material (examined):
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:
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: 1 ɗ, Matopo National Park, Maleme Rest Camp [2028D1],
<date id="FFA210666D06FFFBFED4F933628FF942" box="[279,394,1757,1783]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" value="1989-03-06">6.iii.1989</date>
, J. Minshull (NMZ/D562)
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Additional material examined:
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: 1 ɗ, Doddieburn Ranch [2129A4],
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, J. Minshull (NMZ/D356).
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Etymology: So named to highlight the
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locality in
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D06FFFBFF05F8936238F823" box="[198,317,1917,1942]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: Apical telocoxite with broadly rounded lateral process and two median processes that form a V-shape; the rounded lateral process folded downwards with the rim or edge just above the telopodite knee and extending into a distal median process (
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a). Proximal median process tilted away from the distal median process; the opposite median processes are in touch, leaving a median window between the opposite telocoxites (
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a, 6b).
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A sub-apical constriction of median leaf produces a lateral lobe below the setose region (
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a).
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFF54F988621CF9CB" bold="true" box="[151,281,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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(NMZ/D562).
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFD79F98861CAF9CB" bold="true" box="[698,719,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">a,</emphasis>
oral view of gonopods;
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFC16F98860EFF9CB" bold="true" box="[981,1002,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">b,</emphasis>
aboral view of gonopods;
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFAC7F9886612F9CB" bold="true" box="[1284,1303,1638,1662]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">c,</emphasis>
oral view of prefemoral lobe of first pair of male legs;
<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFD95F9676169F914" bold="true" box="[598,620,1673,1697]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">d,</emphasis>
lateral view of collum.
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<paragraph id="8BA336A66D07FFFAFF54F94267F7F950" blockId="11.[151,1436,1638,1765]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Abbreviations: cf, collum fold; llb, lateral leaf lobe; ll, lateral leaf; lp, lateral process; ml, median leaf; mlb, median leaf lobe; mlc, median leaf constriction; mp, median process; pfl, prefemoral lobe; tp, telopodite; w, window.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFF05F8AF63F0F8EF" box="[198,245,1857,1882]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Size</emphasis>
: Body length 110
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; minimum and maximum body width
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and
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; antenna length
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFF05F87F62C3F81F" box="[198,454,1937,1962]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Number of body rings</emphasis>
: 5661.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D07FFFAFF05F857621CF867" box="[198,281,1977,2002]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Colour</emphasis>
: Body black; head brown; leg and antennae brown to dark brown.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFF05FF766219FF04" box="[198,284,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Collum</emphasis>
: With three complete folds (
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d) and one to three incomplete folds.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFF05FF2D61C5FF69" box="[198,704,192,220]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Pre-femoral process of 1st pair of male legs</emphasis>
: Trowel-shaped (
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c).
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFF05FF0562B5FEB1" box="[198,432,235,260]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D256D00FFFDFF05FF056216FEB1" box="[198,275,235,260]" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Sigilla" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sigilla</taxonomicName>
on body ring
</emphasis>
: Three rows present, becoming one ventrally.
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFF05FEFD6236FE99" box="[198,307,275,300]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Gonopod</emphasis>
:
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long. Orally, apical telocoxite with a median process gently tilted away from main apical process, thus forming a V-shaped incision, and touching the opposite one as does the distal median process (
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a, 6b). Lateral process of distal telocoxite broadly rounded and folded over itself, ending in a thick rim just above the telopodite knee. Rim extending to the midpoint of distal telocoxite. Below the setose apex of median leaf a deep constriction forms a neck and a lateral lobe.
</paragraph>
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Aborally, apical telocoxite raised with a short median process and a wider proximal rounded median process. A broadly rounded lateral process overhangs the telopodite knee (
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a, 6b). Lateral leaf with a bulb-shaped, basally rounded lobe (
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). Apical telopodite with incomplete looping.
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Distribution: South west of Bulawayo,
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(
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).
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Remarks: The folding of the apical telocoxite in
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is similar to that in
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and, to a lesser extent,
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.
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However, the extent and relative position of folding differs. Unlike
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFB7DFD4D6614FD09" box="[1214,1297,675,700]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">brincki</emphasis>
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, it has two median processes. Like
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,
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<emphasis id="B968EAB46D00FFFDFDDFFD256198FD51" box="[540,669,715,740]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">nigerrimus</emphasis>
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,
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,
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and
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, it also has a large bulb- or flask-shaped lobe on the lateral leaf. Both
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and
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have a constricted median leaf sub-apically, just below the setose area, but
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lacks an obvious proximal lateral lobe.
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