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Brachoria Juimata, new species 



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Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species of the genus by 

 the strongly developed hook on the end of the telopodite of the male 

 gonopod, the distal portion of which is abruptly reduced in size. 



Description: Length of male holotype, 38 mm.; width, 9 mm.; 

 length of female allotype, 39.5 mm.; width, 11 mm. 



Collum ellipsoidal, edges gently curved, ends of paranota broadly 

 rounded; paranotal swellings absent; no ridges on cephalic margins 

 of paranota. 



Paranotal swellings absent from segments 2 and 3, weakly evident 

 on segment 4 and all succeeding segments. Paranota of midbody 

 segments, including those of 9th segment, rounded; paranota of 17th 

 and 18th segments not very sharply triangular. 



Sterna of 3d-6th pairs of legs with well-developed processes. 



Coxal armature weak in male, moderately strong in female. 



Male gonopods of medimn size (about 2.03 mm. in telopodite arc 

 length and 1.8 mm. in arc width); curved gradually mesiad, then 

 mesiodorsad, then abruptly laterodorsad, tip bent abruptly later- 

 oventrad; distal tip of telopodite abruptly much smaller than portion 

 just proximal to it; cingulum located just proximal to point on arc 

 most remote from body ; precingular portion longer than postcingular 

 portion. Prefemoral spine moderate. 



Color, dorsally black, caudolateral corners of paranota bright orange 

 in life. 



Type locality: Beartown Mountain, about 4,600 feet in elevation. 

 Burkes Garden, Tazewell County, Va. Known only from the type 

 locality. 



Type specimens: Collected by K. L. Hoffman and H. I. Kleinpeter, 

 June 29, 1947. Male holotype and female allotype in the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



Discussion: The new species Brachoria hamata is based upon a 

 group of specimens from Burkes Garden, Va., first reported by Hoff- 

 man (1949) as Brachoria ethotela. Careful examination has convinced 

 me that they are actually quite distinct from ethotela, and they are 

 here given full specific recognition. 



This species is of considerable interest inasmuch as it has so far 

 been found only in the unusual Burkes Garden area and is thus another 

 example of the very distinctive fauna of that locality. 



Bm'kes Garden is a large anticlinal, limestone valley on the west 

 side of Clinch Mountain. The almost completely enclosed condition 

 of the valley and its high elevation have resulted in most unusual 

 ecological conditions. Distribution records for the area have often 



