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Figure 6. Conopea sabangensis, opercular plates of paratype, CASIZ 103822. A scutum exterior; B scutum interior; 
C tergum exterior; D tergum interior. Scale bar = 200pm. Tergal margins and basicarinal margins chipped. 
solid, lacking tubes. Scutum height slightly greater than width; basal margin curved, angling up 
sharply at tergal margin; small lateral depressor muscle pit, shallow to moderately deep; adductor 
muscle pit medium size, moderately deep; articular ridge slightly less than V 2 length of tergal mar¬ 
gin; interior surface lightly textured; exterior at apex distinct texture change from rest of surface, 
no ridges, covered in small shallow pits; articular furrow narrow; tergal and occludent margins fair¬ 
ly straight. Tergum height only slightly greater than width; apex acute, not beaked; spur broad, 
about 72 the width, spur short, barely extending beyond basal margin; 3^ shallow depressor crests; 
interior surface pebbled; scutal and carinal margins straight to slightly convex, basal margin 
straight to mildly curved. Labrum with triangular shaped notch opening; 3 teeth on both sides of 
notch, teeth rounded, set into tissue in slight depressions. Mandible with 4-5 teeth, 5* tooth may 
be part of inferior angle, 3 ^^ tooth may be bi-dentate; pt, 2nd, and 3rd teeth largest and spaced well 
