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					Identification | 
			
			
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							| Current:  | 
							species Paraprisopus merismus (Westwood, 1859) | 
						 
						
							| Historical:  | 
							Dinelytron merismus; holotype of species Paraprisopus merismus (Westwood, 1859); cited by Westwood. 1859. Catalogue of the orthopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Phasmidae. 1-196, 48 pl. | 
						 
					 
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				| Specimen | 
			
			
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				Basis of record: not specified Counts: Males 1 Depository: NHMUK, London NH Mus.; catalog number 845169 Data source: not recorded Other: no data | 
			
			
				| Locality | 
			
			
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				Northern South America, Venezuela; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
			
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				(No date recorded); 'Purchased of Dyson' | 
			
			
				| Images      
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				  male (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London 
   male, lateral view (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London 
   male: head and thorax, lateral view (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London 
   
   
   
   
   male, data labels [round label reversed] (holotype), copyright Natural History Museum, London  | 
			
			
				| Sounds      
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				None | 
			
			
				| Ecological relationships      
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				None | 
			
			
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