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,
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, Tang, Peng, Song, Zhang &amp;
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leg.” “Holotype /
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Measurements of male: BL:
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, FL:
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. HL:
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, HW:
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, EYL:
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, TL:
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, PL:
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, PW:
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, EL:
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, EW:
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. HW/HL: 1.79, TL/EYL: 0.81, PL/ PW: 1.00, EL/EW: 0.96.
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The species is extremely similar to
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, so only a comparative description is given here. From
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,
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<emphasis id="DBF1EAD61857FFE8EF75265EFE71AA17" box="[286,420,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="553">H. flexibilis</emphasis>
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differs by antennomeres 811 creamy white (
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) (only three antennomeres (9-11) creamy white in
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); posterior portion of head with less dense punctation (
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); aedeagus (
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) with paramere slenderer, peg setae more regularly arranged toward base. In addition, it differs by bigger eyes, slightly slenderer fore body: HW/HL about 1.79 (
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), TL/EYL about 0.81 (
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), PL/PW about 1.00 (
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), EL/EW about 0.96 (
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A19F654F1857FFE8EEAC268AFBD3A96F" pageId="3" pageNumber="553" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="DBF1EAD61857FFE8EEAC268AFE9BA94B" bold="true" box="[199,334,1519,1545]" pageId="3" pageNumber="553">Etymology.</emphasis>
The
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had escaped quickly from the gaps of the breeding container twice without the first authors knowledge, thus the species is named flexibilis which means flexible.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="A19F654F1857FFE8EEAC2553FCBBA937" pageId="3" pageNumber="553" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="DBF1EAD61857FFE8EEAC2553FEB4A912" bold="true" box="[199,353,1590,1616]" pageId="3" pageNumber="553">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is only known in
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, southwestern
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.
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<emphasis id="DBF1EAD61857FFE8EEAC253FFE9EA936" bold="true" box="[199,331,1626,1652]" pageId="3" pageNumber="553">Bionomics.</emphasis>
The species was collected by a rotten fungi trap.
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