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<mods:namePart>K, Harry Smit</mods:namePart>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[491,671,1407,1433]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Neoatractides</emphasis>
(
<emphasis bold="true" box="[688,887,1407,1433]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Allotorrenticola</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[903,1082,1407,1433]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">tashiwangmoi</emphasis>
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<figureCitation box="[531,664,1494,1518]" captionStart="Figure 24" captionStartId="37.[119,190,1981,2002]" captionTargetBox="[129,1467,221,1927]" captionTargetId="figure-2@37.[129,1467,221,1927]" captionTargetPageId="37" captionText="Figure 24 Photographs of selected structures. AE, H, K, Dorsal shield; F, G, Ejaculatory complex; I, idiosoma, ventral view; J, gnathosoma and chelicera.A, B, F Torrenticola malaisei(Lundblad, 1941) (A, F ♂, B ♀), MG8 Dangdung Chhu.C, D, G T. himalayicasp. nov. (D, G ♂, I ♀): D, G MG2 Berti Chhu; D MG5 Dakpay Chhu.E T. ancylopalpissp. nov., ♀, MG9 Kartigang Chhu.HJ T. megapalpissp. nov., ♀, MG9 Kartigang Chhu.K Neoatractides tashiwangmoisp. nov., ♀, MG5 Dakpay Chhu." pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Figures 24L</figureCitation>
,
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,755,1529,1553]" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Material examined</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,648,1598,1622]" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Diagnosis</emphasis>
(Male unknown) — Frontal and shoulder platelets relatively slender, and similar in dimensions; Cxgl-4 anterior to Cxgl-2 and located adjacent to II-Leg insertion; P-2 proportionally very long; ventral margin of P-2 and P-3 each with a moderately long seta, but without developed projections.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,662,1736,1760]" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Description</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[709,793,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Female</emphasis>
Idiosoma oval; dorsal shield without a colour pattern (as photographed in
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); area of primary sclerotization of the dorsal plate with four dorsoglandularia; shoulder platelets of similar dimensions as frontal platelets; gnathosomal bay shallow, U-shaped, proximally rounded; Cxgl-4 anterior to Cxgl-2 and located adjacent to II-Leg insertion; medial suture line of Cx-II+III short; genital field relatively large; suture lines of Cx-IV distinctly extending posteriorly beyond posterior margin of genital field; excretory pore and Vgl-2 away from the line of primary sclerotization, excretory pore on the level of Vgl-2; gnathosoma with a slightly curved ventral margin, rostrum relatively slender, cheliceral claw very large (
<figureCitation box="[670,794,2012,2036]" captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="38.[119,190,1966,1987]" captionTargetBox="[111,1494,223,1909]" captionTargetId="figure-2@38.[103,1494,221,1911]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="Figure 25 Neoatractides tashiwangmoisp. nov., ♀ holotype, MG5 Dakpay Chhu: A frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; B dorsal shield; C ventral shield; D palp, medial view; E palp, lateral view; F gnathosoma and chelicera; G I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 μm." pageId="36" pageNumber="856">Figure 25E</figureCitation>
); P-2 proportionally very long; ventral margin of P-2 and P-3 each with a moderately long seta, but without developed projections; P-4 and P-5 proportionally very short (
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,220,1981,2002]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">Figure 24</emphasis>
Photographs of selected structures. AE, H, K, Dorsal shield; F, G, Ejaculatory complex; I, idiosoma, ventral view; J, gnathosoma and chelicera.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[261,334,2007,2028]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">A, B, F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="(Lundblad, 1941)" baseAuthorityName="Lundblad" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[340,723,2007,2029]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Torrenticola" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="857" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="malaisei">
<emphasis box="[340,551,2007,2029]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">Torrenticola malaisei</emphasis>
(
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(A, F ♂, B ♀), MG8 Dangdung Chhu.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1139,1217,2007,2028]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">C, D, G</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[1223,1360,2007,2029]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">T. himalayica</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1359,1434,2007,2028]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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(D,
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G ♂, I ♀): D, G MG2 Berti Chhu; D MG5 Dakpay Chhu.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[748,764,2034,2055]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">E</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[770,921,2034,2056]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">T. ancylopalpis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[921,994,2034,2055]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, ♀, MG9 Kartigang Chhu.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1265,1308,2034,2055]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">HJ</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[1314,1453,2034,2056]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">T. megapalpis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, ♀, MG9 Kartigang Chhu.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[428,447,2060,2081]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">K</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K, 2022" authorityName="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K" authorityYear="2022" box="[453,733,2059,2081]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Neoatractides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="857" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tashiwangmoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[453,733,2059,2081]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">Neoatractides tashiwangmoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[733,807,2060,2081]" pageId="37" pageNumber="857">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, ♀, MG5 Dakpay Chhu.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="38.[119,1538,1966,2010]" pageId="38" pageNumber="858">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[119,221,1966,1987]" pageId="38" pageNumber="858">Figure 25</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authority="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K, 2022" authorityName="PešićK &amp; K &amp; K" authorityYear="2022" box="[231,512,1966,1988]" class="Arachnida" family="Torrenticolidae" genus="Neoatractides" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Trombidiformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="858" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tashiwangmoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis box="[231,512,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="858">Neoatractides tashiwangmoi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[513,594,1966,1987]" pageId="38" pageNumber="858" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[513,589,1966,1987]" pageId="38" pageNumber="858">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
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, ♀ holotype, MG5 Dakpay Chhu: A frontal margin of idiosoma, dorsal view; B dorsal shield; C ventral shield; D palp, medial view; E palp, lateral view; F gnathosoma and chelicera; G I-L-5 and -6. Scale bars = 100 μm.
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<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">
<emphasis box="[531,689,300,323]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Measurements</emphasis>
Idiosoma (ventral view:
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) L 677, W 478; dorsal shield (
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) L 544, W 425, L/W ratio 1.28; dorsal plate L 506; shoulder plate L 156, W 66, L/W ratio 2.4; frontal plate L 149152, W 5356, L/W ratio 2.72.8; shoulder/frontal plate L 1.031.05. Gnathosomal bay L 95, Cx-I total L 265, Cx-I mL 169, Cx-II+III mL 13; ratio Cx-I L/Cx-II+III
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">mL 21.2; Cx-I mL/Cx-II+III mL 13.5. Genital field L/W 156/131, ratio 1.19; distance genital field-excretory pore 203, genital field-caudal idiosoma margin 242. Gnathosoma vL 309, chelicera L 363; palp total L 167, dL/H, dL/H ratio: P-1, 25/45, 0.55; P-2, 71/30, 2.4; P-3,</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" box="[491,1444,540,564]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">34/25, 1.36; P-4, 18/20, 0.9; P-5, 19/16, 1.15; L ratio P-2/P-4 3.9. dL of I-L-5-6: 75, 94; I-L-6</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" box="[491,772,575,599]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">H 39; dL/H I-L-6 ratio 2.4.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" box="[531,725,609,633]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Male Unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="39" pageNumber="859" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,658,644,668]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Etymology</emphasis>
— The species is named after Tashi Wangmo (College of Natural Resources) for the long-lasting support of the junior author.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="39" pageNumber="859" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="39.[491,1523,229,1048]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,651,713,737]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Discussion</emphasis>
— The female of the new species resembles the female of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Neoatractides suvarna</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, a species described from a small stream in
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of
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(
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). Females of both species share a P-2 separated from P-1, both P-2 and P-3 are without projections and the frontal plates are almost equal in size to the shoulder plates. The female of the latter species differs by a number of characters, i.e., shoulder and frontal plates broad,
</paragraph>
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a colour pattern consisting of a posterior purple band and a smaller area of purple in the vicinity of the glandularia of the frontal platelets and the postocularia of shoulder platelets, palpal segments, especially P-2 are shortened, excretory pore located on a tubercle, and Cxgl-4 located close to Cxgl-2 (see
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[531,670,1024,1048]" pageId="39" pageNumber="859">Distribution</emphasis>
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(this study).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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