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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Taxon classification Animalia Opiliones Pettalidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/16C62C3B-BCE8-4EC0-8CD5-14D81C68ED0F" authority="Jay, Coblens & Boyer" class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia megatanka" order="Opiliones" pageId="12" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megatanka">Austropurcellia megatanka Jay, Coblens & Boyer</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="12" pageNumber="49">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype. Male (QM 102440 [ex MCZ IZ 68951]), Baldy Mountain Road, Herberton Range National Park,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.287">17.287°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.427">145.427°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. S. L. Boyer, M. J. Coblens, K. R. Jay and P. P. Sharma 29.v.2014.
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Paratypes. 2 males, 1 female, QM 102441 (ex MCZ IZ 68948), same collecting data as holotype. 2 males, 1 female, 3 juveniles, same collecting data as holotype, MCZ IZ 68949, Macalester SEM stubs M27.7, M27.8, M30.2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">Additional material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">
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1 male, 3 females, Baldy Mountain Road, Herberton Range National Park,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.267">17.267°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.267">145.267°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. D. Yeates and D. Cook 25.xi.1985. QM berlesate 683, S 1755, Macalester SEM stubs M23.3, M23.4.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">
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4 males, 1 female, Baldy Mountain,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.284">17.284°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.432">145.432°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. G. B. Monteith 10.x.1980, QM S 2281.
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="49">
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1 male, CSIRO Trail (after hut),
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.108">17.108°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.629">145.629°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. S. L. Boyer, M. J. Coblens, K. R. Jay and P. P. Sharma 29.v.2014, MCZ IZ 68950.
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4 juveniles, Mt. Haig,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5555" value="-17.1">17.1°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.583">145.583°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. Taylor and Feehan 30.vi.1971, ANIC 349.
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1 male, 3 females, 5 juveniles, Mt. Haig, Lamb Range,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.083">17.083°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5555" value="145.6">145.6°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. G. B. Monteith 25.ii.1997, QM berlesate 918, Macalester SEM stubs M20.11, M20.12.
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="50">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="13" pageNumber="50" start="start">4</pageBreakToken>
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males, 2 females, 22 juveniles, Mt. Tiptree,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.067">17.067°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="145.617">145.617°E</geoCoordinate>
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, coll. Taylor and Feehan 29.vi.1971, ANIC 345, ANIC 346, ANIC 347, ANIC 348.
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Distinguished from congeners by an usually wide and long scopula emerging from anterior quarter of male anal plate and easily visible in lateral view. Anal plate is very flat compared to the more rounded anal plates of geographically proximate species such as
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia tholei" order="Opiliones" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tholei">Austropurcellia tholei</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia despectata" order="Opiliones" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="despectata">Austropurcellia despectata</taxonomicName>
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. Distinctive areas lacking granulation cause ventral sutures to appear fused. Male tarsus IV is fully bisegmented rather than partially bisegmented as in
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia tholei" order="Opiliones" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tholei">Austropurcellia tholei</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia despectata" order="Opiliones" pageId="13" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="despectata">Austropurcellia despectata</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="50">Description.</paragraph>
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Pettalid with tergite VIII bilobed (Fig. 19). Length of male holotype (Fig. 18) 2.1 mm, width at widest point in posterior third of prosoma 1.2 mm,
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<pageBreakToken pageId="14" pageNumber="51" start="start">width</pageBreakToken>
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at ozophores 0.8 mm. Most of body surface covered in microstructure of tubercles and granules (Fig. 19). Transverse sulci present and granulated (Fig. 19A). Dorsal longitudinal sulcus granulose (Figs 19A, 20A). Granulation medially absent in sternites II-V; area of absent granulation approximately equal to width of gonostome (Fig. 19B).
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<caption pageId="14" pageNumber="51">
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Figure 18.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia megatanka" order="Opiliones" pageId="14" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megatanka">Austropurcellia megatanka</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., holotype male, QM 102440. A dorsal view B ventral view C lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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Figure 19.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia megatanka" order="Opiliones" pageId="14" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megatanka">Austropurcellia megatanka</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., paratype male, QM 102441. A dorsal view B ventral view. Scale bar: 200
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(A); 500
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(B).
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Figure 20.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia megatanka" order="Opiliones" pageId="14" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megatanka">Austropurcellia megatanka</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., paratype male, QM 102441. A dorsal view of posterior tergites B anal plate. Scale bars: 100
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<pageBreakToken pageId="15" pageNumber="52" start="start">Ozophores</pageBreakToken>
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relatively conical, of type III sensu
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<bibRefCitation author="Juberthie, C" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="34" pageNumber="71" pagination="1371 - 1390" title="Les genres d'opilions Sironinae (Cyphophthalmes)." volume="41" year="1970">Juberthie (1970)</bibRefCitation>
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(Figs 19A, 21B). Coxae of legs I and II mobile, coxae of remaining legs fixed. Male coxae
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–IV">II-IV</normalizedToken>
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meeting in the midline (Fig. 19B). Male gonostome small, subtriangular, and wider than long (Fig. 19). Spiracles circular and C-shaped with slightly recurved edges, as found in "open circle" type of
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<bibRefCitation author="Giribet, G" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="34" pageNumber="71" pagination="110 - 128" title="A cladistic analysis of the Cyphophthalmid genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi)." url="10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0110:ACAOTC]2.0.CO;2" volume="30" year="2002">Giribet and Boyer (2002)</bibRefCitation>
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(Fig. 21). Anal region of "pettalid type" (
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<bibRefCitation author="Giribet, G" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="34" pageNumber="71" pagination="110 - 128" title="A cladistic analysis of the Cyphophthalmid genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi)." url="10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0110:ACAOTC]2.0.CO;2" volume="30" year="2002">Giribet and Boyer 2002</bibRefCitation>
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). Anal plate flat and largely ungranulated (Fig. 20B). Long, full scopula emerging from anterior quarter of anal plate and curling into toward posterior quarter of anal plate (Fig. 20B). Anal pore visible (Fig. 20B).
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Figure 21.
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sp. n., males. A spiracle, QM berlesate 918 B ozophore, QM 102441, paratype. Scale bar: 20
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(A); 50
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(B).
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="52">Chelicerae (Fig. 22A) short and relatively robust. Proximal article of chelicerae with dorsal crest, without ventral process. Median article with prominent apodeme. Chela with two types of dentition typical in pettalids (Fig. 22A). Measurements of cheliceral articles of male paratype from proximal to distal (in mm): 0.51, 0.72, 0.25. Palp (Fig. 22B) with prominent ventral process on trochanter. Measurements of palpal articles of male paratype from proximal to distal (in mm): 0.20, 0.25, 0.17, 0.22, 0.24.</paragraph>
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Figure 22.
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Pettalidae" genus="Austropurcellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austropurcellia megatanka" order="Opiliones" pageId="15" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megatanka">Austropurcellia megatanka</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., paratype male, QM 102441. A chelicera B palp. Scale bars: 100
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Legs with all claws smooth, without ventral dentition or lateral pegs (Fig. 23). All tarsi smooth (Fig. 23). Distinct solea present on ventral surface of tarsus I (Fig. 23A). Metatarsi I and II heavily ornamented on proximal half, with distal half smooth (Fig. 23A, B). Remaining metatarsi with full ornamentation (Fig. 23
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). Male tarsus IV fully divided into two tarsomeres (Fig. 23D, E). Adenostyle with relatively robust claw, wide base, and small pore at apex on lateral (external) side (Fig. 23D). Long seta rising from medial (internal) face of adenostyle from below pore to above apex (Fig. 23D, E); very short seta rising from adenostyle base below pore on lateral (external) face (Fig. 23D) (example with adenostyle features labeled, Fig. 5).
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Figure 23.
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sp. n., paratype male and female, QM 102441. A male tarsus and metatarsus I B male tarsus and metatarsus II; C male tarsus and metatarsus III D male tarsus and metatarsus IV, lateral view E male tarsus and metatarsus IV, medial view F female tarsus and metatarsus IV. Scale bars: 100
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="52">Measurements from male paratype of leg articles from proximal to distal (in mm): leg I 0.14, 0.48, 0.20, 0.30, 0.16, 0.39; leg II [trochanter damaged], 0.37, 0.17, 0.26, 0.13, 0.32; leg III [trochanter damaged], 0.30, 0.18, 0.23, 0.15, 0.26; leg IV [trochanter damaged], 0.36, 0.20, 0.28, 0.14, 0.32. Width measurements from male paratype of leg articles from proximal to distal (in mm): leg I [trochanter damaged], 0.15, 0.17, 0.16, 0.14, 0.19; leg II [trochanter damaged], 0.14, 0.16, 0.17, 0.12, 0.13; leg III 0.18, 0.15, 0.15, 0.16, 0.12, 0.11; leg IV 0.16, 0.17, 0.16, 0.18, 0.14, 0.14.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="52">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet, a noun in apposition, honors a Mitsubishi Pajero four-wheel drive vehicle, nicknamed 'Big Tank,' which made it possible to access various remote localities in the WT, including the type locality of
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sp. n.
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