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Xylopia longicaudata   sp. nov.  Maas, Paul J. M., Westra, Lubbert Y. Th., Chatrou, Lars W., Verspagen, Nadja, Rainer, Heimo, Zamora, Nelson A. & Erkens, Roy H. J., 2019, Twelve new and exciting Annonaceae from the Neotropics, PhytoKeys 126, pp. 25-69 : 49-51 49-51
Mezilaurus introrsa   sp. nov.  Alves, Flávio M., Werff, Henk Van Der & Souza, Vinicius C., 2012, Mezilaurus introrsa (Lauraceae), a new species from Colombia, Phytotaxa 48 (1), pp. 29-32 : 30 30
Nativus hazzii   sp. nov.  Casas, Cristian M. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2023, Nativus gen. nov., a new huntsman spider genus from South America (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), Zootaxa 5360 (1), pp. 1-43 : 9-12 9-12
Neoxyphinus petrogoblin   sp. nov.  Abrahim, Naiara, Brescovit, Antonio D., Rheims, Cristina A., Santos, Adalberto J., Ott, Ricardo & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2012, A Revision of the Neotropical Goblin Spider Genus Neoxyphinus Birabén, 1953 (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2012 (3743), pp. 1-76 : 42-47 42-47
Polybia scrobalis subsp. scrobalis     Amorim, Danielle C. De A., Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Carvalho- Filho, Fernando Da S., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Taxonomic study of wasp species in the Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis group morphologically related to P. scrobalis and P. flavifrons, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 5477 (5), pp. 537-562 : 556-557 556-557
Aschnaoonops pira   sp. nov.  Platnick, Norman I., Dupérré, Nadine, Berniker, Lily & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2013, The Goblin Spider Genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, And Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (373), pp. 1-102 : 45 45
Scaponopselaphus diaspartos   sp. n.  Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, 2015, A review of the genus Scaponopselaphus Scheerpeltz (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4735-4735 : 4735 4735
Docalidia timothyi   sp. nov.  Nielson, M. W., 2011, New species in the Neotropical genus Docalidia with a key to known species, notes on distribution, taxonomy and a synoptic catalogue of the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae: Teruliini) 2952, Zootaxa 2952 (1), pp. 1-86 : 61-64 61-64
Diochus schuelkei   sp. nov.  Irmler, Ulrich, 2017, A review of the Neotropical genus Diochus ERICHSON, 1840 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (1), pp. 1-62 : 16-18 16-18
Acrogymnia     Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 19-20 19-20
Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) tristis     Montoya-Molina, Santiago & Vaz-De, Fernando Z., 2021, Taxonomic review of the Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) agenor species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), European Journal of Taxonomy 734, pp. 1-64 : 50-53 50-53
Acrotaphus amazonicus   sp. nov.  Pádua, Diego G., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Monteiro, Ricardo F. & Oliveira, Marcio L., 2020, Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species, Zootaxa 4719 (1), pp. 1-62 : 11-13 11-13
Adiaclema     Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 38-41 38-41
Tomosvaryella tuberculata     Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Rafael, José Albertino, 2021, Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Colombia, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4985 (1), pp. 37-68 : 57-60 57-60
Sparianthis ravida     Casas, Cristian M. & Rheims, Cristina A., 2024, An update on the genus Sparianthis Simon, 1880 (Sparassidae: Sparianthinae), Zootaxa 5496 (3), pp. 343-369 : 366 366
Epicadus dimidiaster   sp. nov.  Machado, Miguel, Teixeira, Renato Augusto & Lise, Arno Antonio, 2018, There and back again: More on the taxonomy of the crab spiders genus Epicadus (Thomisidae: Stephanopinae), Zootaxa 4382 (3), pp. 501-530 : 508-510 508-510
Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia) auribrunnea   sp. nov.  Gualdrón-Díaz, Juliette Cristina & Gorayeb, Inocêncio De Sousa, 2020, Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia) auribrunnea n. sp. (Diptera: Tabanidae) from theAmazon with a key to the Neotropical species of the subgenus, Zootaxa 4718 (1), pp. 67-76 : 68-70 68-70
Apterostigma carinatum     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1208 1208
Pheropsophus     Martinez, Claudia, 2003, New Records of ground beetles for Colombia (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 250 (1), pp. 1-27 : 20-21 20-21
Blepharidatta brasiliensis     Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., Feitosa, Rodrigo M. & Diniz, Jorge L. M., 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler, Zootaxa 4012 (1) : 42-45 42-45
Meteorus dos     Aguirre, Helmuth, Sarmiento, Carlos E. & Shaw, Scott R., 2011, Taxonomic revision and morphometric analysis of Meteorus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) from Colombia 2938, Zootaxa 2938 (1), pp. 1-68 : 22-37 22-37
Anathulea     Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 62 62
Evansolidia unilamina   sp. nov.  Nielson, M. W., 2011, 2953, Zootaxa 2953, pp. 1-85 : 36-37 36-37
Evansolidia lyrata   sp. nov.  Nielson, M. W., 2011, 2953, Zootaxa 2953, pp. 1-85 : 37 37
Apterostigma ierense     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1211 1211
Inea     Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 46 46
Perreyia     Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 69-70 69-70
Dialodia bispinata   sp. nov.  Nielson, M. W., 2011, 2953, Zootaxa 2953, pp. 1-85 : 30-31 30-31
Apterostigma robustum     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1213 1213
Tenedos chiribiquete   sp. nov.  Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Martínez, Carlos Prieto, 2023, Revealing the diversity of ant-eating spiders in Colombia II: morphology, distribution, and taxonomy of the trilobatus group of the genus Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 5328 (1), pp. 1-66 : 54-63 54-63
Sericomyrmex bondari     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1219 1219
Scaponopselaphus diaspartos   sp. n.  Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, 2015, A review of the genus Scaponopselaphus Scheerpeltz (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 4735-4735 : 4735 4735
Enoclerus itajura   sp. nov.  Opitz, Weston, 2021, New South American checkered beetles of the genus Enoclerus (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 123-169 : 134 134
Thaumasia argenteonotata     Cruz Da Silva, Estevam L. & Carico, James E., 2012, 3567, Zootaxa 3567, pp. 1-64 : 9-11 9-11
Stygnus apaporis   sp. nov.  Villarreal, Osvaldo, Ahumada-C, Daniela & Flórez, Eduardo, 2024, A glimpse into the diversity of Stygnus Perty, 1833: A new Colombian species and additional records from South America (Opiliones, Stygnidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 203-229 : 206-212 206-212
Stygnus simplex     Villarreal, Osvaldo, Ahumada-C, Daniela & Flórez, Eduardo, 2024, A glimpse into the diversity of Stygnus Perty, 1833: A new Colombian species and additional records from South America (Opiliones, Stygnidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 203-229 : 216-218 216-218
Stygnus nogueirai     Villarreal, Osvaldo, Ahumada-C, Daniela & Flórez, Eduardo, 2024, A glimpse into the diversity of Stygnus Perty, 1833: A new Colombian species and additional records from South America (Opiliones, Stygnidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 203-229 : 214-215 214-215
Xylocopa (Schonnherria) simillima     Villamizar, Germán, Fernández, Fernando & Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Synopsis of the carpenter bee subgenus Xylocopa (Schonnherria) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Colombia, with designation of lectotypes and the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 301-347 : 329-331 329-331
Coprophanaeus     Edmonds, W. D. & Zidek, J., 2010, A taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (129), pp. 1-111 : 102-104 102-104
Glenognatha caparu   sp. nov.  Jimmy Cabra-García & Antonio D. Brescovit, 2016, Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 4069 (1), pp. 1-183 : 85-89 85-89
Glenognatha spherella     Jimmy Cabra-García & Antonio D. Brescovit, 2016, Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), Zootaxa 4069 (1), pp. 1-183 : 129-134 129-134
Leptodactylus riveroi     Barrio-Amorós, César L., Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M. & Señaris, J. Celsa, 2019, Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 180) 13 (1), pp. 1-198 : 97 97
Mendoncia amabilis   sp. nov.  Silva, Fabio Araújo Da, Kameyama, Cíntia, Betancur, Julio & Zappi, Daniela C., 2023, Mendoncia amabilis (Acanthaceae), a remarkable new species from the Amazon basin, Phytotaxa 612 (2), pp. 229-236 : 230-235 230-235
Characidae     Donascimiento, Carlos, Cárdenas-Bautista, Johann-Stephens, Acosta, Kevin Giancarlo Borja, González-Alvarado, Arturo & Medina, Claudia A., 2016, Illustrated and online catalog of type specimens of freshwater fishes in the Colección de Peces Dulceacuícolas of Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH-P), Colombia, Zootaxa 4171 (3), pp. 401-438 : 406-407 406-407
Tenedos ayo   sp. nov.  Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D. & Quijano, Luis G., 2022, Revealing the diversity of ant-eating spiders in Colombia I: morphology, distribution and taxonomy of the barronus group of the genus Tenedos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 (Araneae: Zodariidae), Zootaxa 5130 (1), pp. 1-154 : 27-31 27-31
Dohrniphora minervoidea   sp. nov.  Brown, Brian V. & Kung, Giar-Ann, 2010, 2699, Zootaxa 2699, pp. 1-142 : 117 117
Cheilolejeunea fragrantissima     Gil-Novoa, Jorge Enrique & Costa, Denise Pinheiro, 2023, Synopsis of the species of Cheilolejeunea (Marchantiophyta, Lejeuneaceae) in the Pacific dominion and Páramo province of tropical America, Phytotaxa 587 (2), pp. 73-120 : 94 94
Otiothops vaupes   sp. nov.  Cala-Riquelme, Franklyn, Quijano-Cuervo, Luis, Sabogal-González, Alexander & Agnarsson, Ingi, 2018, New species of Otiothopinae (Araneae: Palpimanidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4442 (3), pp. 413-426 : 419-420 419-420
Patrera longitibialis   sp. nov.  Martínez, Leonel, Brescovit, Antonio D., Villarreal, Eduardo & Oliveira, Luiz Fernando M., 2021, An update of morphological and distributional data of the genus Patrera Simon (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae) with the description of twenty-five new species from Colombia, Zootaxa 4914 (1), pp. 1-64 : 55-56 55-56
Tupirinna gigantea   sp. nov.  Xavier, Cláudia & Bonaldo, Alexandre B., 2021, Taxonomic revision of the genus Tupirinna Bonaldo, 2000 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Corinninae), Zootaxa 5004 (2), pp. 201-250 : 222-223 222-223
Centromochlus orca   sp. nov.  Sarmento-Soares, Luisa Maria, Lazzarotto, Henrique, Py-Daniel, Lucia Rapp & Leitão, Rafael Pereira, 2016, A new Centromochlus Kner, 1858 (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae) from the transition between Amazon floodplain and Guiana shield, Brazil, Neotropical Ichthyology (Neotrop. Ichthyol.) 14 (4), No. e 160030, pp. 1-12 : 2-7 2-7
Rinorea betancurii   sp. nov.  Hoyos-Gómez, Saúl E., Callejas Posada, Ricardo & Wahlert, Gregory A., 2024, Seven new species of Rinorea (Violaceae) from the Neotropics, PhytoKeys 242, pp. 241-271 : 241-271 241-271
Blepharidatta fernandezi   new species  Brandão, Carlos Roberto F., Feitosa, Rodrigo M. & Diniz, Jorge L. M., 2015, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler, Zootaxa 4012 (1) : 52-54 52-54
Dysderina principalis     Platnick, Norman I. & Berniker, Lily, 2013, The South American goblin spider genera Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), American Museum Novitates 2013 (3772), pp. 1-52 : 24-46 24-46
Sericomyrmex amabilis     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1219 1219
Sericomyrmex saussurei     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1220-1221 1220-1221
Dichotomius (Dichotomius) quadrilobatus   sp. nov.  Chamorro, William, Lopera-Toro, Alejandro & Rossini, Michele, 2021, A new species and distribution records of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Colombia, Zootaxa 4942 (2), pp. 193-206 : 200-202 200-202
Cyphomyrmex minutus     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1216-1217 1216-1217
Cyphomyrmex rimosus     Mera-Rodríguez, Daniela, Serna, Francisco, Sosa-Calvo, Jeffrey, Lattke, John & Rabeling, Christian, 2020, A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1205-1227 : 1217 1217
Neodocalidia connectiva   sp. nov.  Nielson, M. W., 2011, Tribe Teruliini: new genera and new species of Neotropical leafhoppers with a revised key to genera and species, new records and notes on distribution and taxonomy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae), Zootaxa 2795 (1), pp. 1-45 : 9 9
Pilielmis nheengatu   sp. nov.  Pinedo-Garcia, Raul Bismarck, Polizei, Thiago Tadeu Silva, Hamada, Neusa & Nascimento, Jeane Marcelle Cavalcante Do, 2024, Systematics of Pilielmis Hinton, 1971 (Coleoptera: Dryopoidea: Elmidae), Zootaxa 5421 (1), pp. 1-68 : 54-65 54-65
Anastrepha concava     Norrbom, Allen L. & Korytkowski, Cheslavo A., 2009, A revision of the Anastrepha robusta species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) 2182, Zootaxa 2182 (1), pp. 1-91 : 15-16 15-16
Craspedochaeta pollostos   sp. nov.  Lonsdale, Owen & Marshall, Stephen A., 2006, Revision of the New World species of Craspedochaeta (Diptera: Clusiidae), Zootaxa 1291 (1), pp. 1-101 : 41-44 41-44
Mysmenopsis penai     Lopardo, Lara & Hormiga, Gustavo, 2015, Out of the twilight zone: phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of the orb-weaving spider family Mysmenidae, with a focus on spinneret spigot morphology in symphytognathoids (Araneae, Araneoidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173 (3), pp. 527-786 : 733 733
Plato striatus     Prete, Pedro H. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2024, Taxonomic revision of the orb weaving spider genus Plato Coddington, 1986 (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 5471 (1), pp. 1-32 : 23 23
Tympanopleura piperata     Walsh, Stephen J., Ribeiro, Frank Raynner Vasconcelos & Py-Daniel, Lúcia Helena Rapp, 2015, Revision of Tympanopleura Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) with description of two new species, Neotropical Ichthyology (Neotrop. Ichthyol.) 13 (1), pp. 1-46 : 33-42 33-42
Hypostomus carinatus     Zawadzki, Cláudio Henrique, Oliveira, Renildo Ribeiro De, Oliveira, Andreza Dos Santos & Py-Daniel, Lúcia Rapp, 2020, Redescription of Hypostomus carinatus (Steindachner 1881) (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the rio Amazonas basin in Brazil, Zootaxa 4750 (2), pp. 191-203 : 192-198 192-198
Camarochilus picturatus   sp. nov.  Weirauch, Christiane, Forero, Dimitri & Schuh, Randall T., 2020, Taxonomic revision of Camarochilus Harris (Hemiptera: Pachynomidae), American Museum Novitates 2020 (3959), pp. 1-32 : 26-27 26-27
Boehlkea weitzmani   sp. nov.  Soares, Isabel M., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Ito, Priscila Madoka M. & Zuanon, Jansen, 2017, A new species of Boehlkea (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the rio Japurá, Amazon basin, Brazil, Neotropical Ichthyology 15 (3), No. e 170026, pp. 1-38 : 1-38 1-38
Boehlkea     Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) 22 (1), pp. 1-548 : 113 113
Boehlkea weitzmani     Bertaco, Vinicius A. & Azevedo, Marco A., 2018, Type catalog from the fish collection of the Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Zootaxa 4392 (1), pp. 83-100 : 88 88
Tillandsia schultesiana     Kessous, Igor M. & Costa, Andrea F., 2023, Novelties in “ incertae sedis ” Vriesea (Bromeliaceae: Tillandsioideae): Redescriptions, new combinations and nomenclatural revision, Phytotaxa 585 (2), pp. 71-101 : 85 85

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