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ABSTRACT
Phyllocarabodes costaricensis sp. nov. and Zimbabweae kenyaensis sp. nov. are described using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. For Phyllocarabodes costaricensis sp. nov., a detailed description is provided, along with a discussion on the position of Phyllocarabodes as subgenus within the genus Carabodes. We conclude that Phyllocarabodes, with a series of particular characteristics, is a distinct genus and not a subgenus of Carabodes. The genus Phyllocarabodes is redefined. Zimbabweae kenyaensis sp. nov. is closely related to Zimbabweae pluosiae Fernandez, Theron, Leiva 2016, exhibiting the following distinctive characters: shape of prodorsal zone promontories different; associated structures and trajectory of circumgastric depression dissimilar; pedotectum I, pedotectum II and discidium differ in shape; dissimilar disposition of promontories; differences in ventral and epimeral zones.
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Acknowledgements
We express much gratitude to Dr Peter Schwendinger, Curator of Geneva Museum, and the Geneva Museum, for extraordinarily kind assistance and collaboration, which allowed us to conduct this study, as well as to Dr Valerie Behan-Pelletier, for providing invaluable comments which greatly improved this manuscript. This work is based on research supported in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa (UID) 85288. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the manuscript are those of the authors and therefore the NRF does not accept any liability in regard thereto.
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