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</td></tr> <tr> <td>Subphylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chelicerata" title="Chelicerata">Chelicerata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arachnid" title="Arachnid">Arachnida</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scorpion" title="Scorpion">Scorpiones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buthidae" title="Buthidae">Buthidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hottentotta" title="Hottentotta"><i>Hottentotta</i></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>H. tamulus</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Hottentotta tamulus</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(Fabricius, 1798) <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_(Prague)" title="National Museum (Prague)">NMPC</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>notes 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small>(male, <a href="/wiki/Neotype" class="mw-redirect" title="Neotype">neotype</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a><sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>H. tamulus concanensis</i> <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small></li> <li><i>H. tamulus sindicus</i> <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small></li> <li><i>H. tamulus gujaratensis</i> <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small></li> <li><i>H. tamulus gangeticus</i> <small>(Pocock, 1900)</small></li> <li><i>Scorpio tamulus</i> <small>Fabricius, 1787</small></li> <li><i>Buthus nigro lineatus</i> <small>Dufour, 1856</small></li> <li><i>Buthus grammurus</i> <small>Thorell, 1889</small></li> <li><i>Buthus tamulus concanensis</i> <small>Pocock, 1900</small></li> <li><i>Buthus tamulus sindicus</i> <small>Pocock, 1900</small></li> <li><i>Buthus tamulus gujaratensis</i> <small>Pocock, 1900</small></li> <li><i>Buthus tamulus gangeticus</i> <small>Pocock, 1900</small></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><i><b>Hottentotta tamulus</b></i>, the <b>Indian red scorpion</b>, also known as the <b>eastern Indian scorpion</b>, is a species of <a href="/wiki/Scorpiones" class="mw-redirect" title="Scorpiones">scorpion</a> of the family <a href="/wiki/Buthidae" title="Buthidae">Buthidae</a>. It occurs in most of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bastawade&al2012_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bastawade&al2012-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> eastern <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a><sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the eastern lowlands of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-bhadani&al2006_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhadani&al2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recently from <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kularatne_et_al_2015_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kularatne_et_al_2015-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This species was named <i>Scorpio tamulus</i> by <a href="/wiki/Johan_Christian_Fabricius" title="Johan Christian Fabricius">J.C. Fabricius</a> in 1798.<sup id="cite_ref-fabricius1798_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fabricius1798-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The species name was apparently derived from the occurrence in the state/province of the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Tamil people</a> of southeastern India. It was later often referred to the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genera</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Buthus" title="Buthus">Buthus</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Mesobuthus" title="Mesobuthus">Mesobuthus</a></i>, although it was already correctly placed in <i>Hottentotta</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=A._A._Byalynitskii-Birulya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. A. Byalynitskii-Birulya (page does not exist)">A. A. Birula</a> in 1914,<sup id="cite_ref-birula1914_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birula1914-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a referral that was confirmed again by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frantisek_Kovarik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frantisek Kovarik (page does not exist)">F. Kovařík</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the <a href="/wiki/Binomen" class="mw-redirect" title="Binomen">binomen</a> <i>Mesobuthus tamulus</i> is traditionally widespread in the popular and scientific literature. <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Innes_Pocock" title="Reginald Innes Pocock">R.I. Pocock</a> (1900)<sup id="cite_ref-pocock1900_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pocock1900-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> distinguished five <a href="/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> according to coloration and distribution, but these are color-morphs (individuals with varying color) rather than subspecies.<sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg/220px-Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg/330px-Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg/440px-Hottentotta_tamulus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4280" data-file-height="2968" /></a><figcaption><i>Hottentotta tamulus</i> from Satara, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Total body length is about 50 to 90 mm. Males with flexed proximal margins of pedipalp fingers. Manus of pedipalps is also wider than female. There are 30 to 39 pectinal teeth in males, and 27 to 34 in females. Chelicerae are yellow and reticulated. Pedipalps are densely hirsute, whereas legs and metasoma are sparsely hirsute. Patella of pedipalps covered with short setae. Mesosoma is darker than rest of the body. Ventral carinae on metasomal segments are black. Chela without carinae. Dorsum densely and very finely granulated. Dorsum bears two short, inconspicuous marginal carinae. Telson is granulated.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The walking legs and the tip of the pedipalp pincers are bright orange-yellow to light reddish-brown in color. The <a href="/wiki/Mesosoma" title="Mesosoma">mesosomal</a> <a href="/wiki/Tergite" class="mw-redirect" title="Tergite">tergites</a> always bear three distinct carinae. Their <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">habitus</a> is typical of <a href="/wiki/Buthidae" title="Buthidae">buthid</a> scorpions, with rather small <a href="/wiki/Pedipalp" title="Pedipalp">pedipalp</a> pincers, moderately thickened <a href="/wiki/Metasoma" title="Metasoma">metasomal</a> segments and a rather bulbous <a href="/wiki/Telson" title="Telson">telson</a> with large stinger. The base of the pedipalp pincers (manus) is slightly more inflated in males than in females.<sup id="cite_ref-kovarik2007_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kovarik2007-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toxicity">Toxicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Toxicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This species is of great medical significance in densely populated areas of India and Nepal and occasionally causes human fatalities.<sup id="cite_ref-bhadani&al2006_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhadani&al2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar1998_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar1998-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fatality_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatality rate">Fatality rates</a> of 8–40% have been reported in clinical studies; most victims are children.<sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar1998_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar1998-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar1977_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar1977-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Symptoms of envenomation by this species include:<sup id="cite_ref-bhadani&al2006_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bhadani&al2006-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar1998_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar1998-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kanooetal2009_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kanooetal2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Severe local pain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vomiting" title="Vomiting">Vomiting</a></li> <li>Sweating</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priapism" title="Priapism">Priapism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyanosis" title="Cyanosis">Cyanosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unconsciousness" title="Unconsciousness">Unconsciousness</a></li> <li>Muscular convulsions</li> <li>Breathlessness</li> <li>Pink frothy <a href="/wiki/Sputum" title="Sputum">sputum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiac_dysrhythmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiac dysrhythmia">Abnormal heart rhythms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tachycardia" title="Tachycardia">A fast</a> or <a href="/wiki/Bradycardia" title="Bradycardia">slow heart rate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypotension" title="Hypotension">Low</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">high blood pressure</a></li> <li>Acute <a href="/wiki/Myocarditis" title="Myocarditis">myocarditis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_(circulatory)" title="Shock (circulatory)">Shock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">Death</a></li></ul> <p>The venom mainly affects the <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Cardiovascular system">cardiovascular</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulmonary system">pulmonary system</a>, eventually leading to a <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_oedema" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulmonary oedema">pulmonary oedema</a>, which may cause death.<sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar1998_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar1998-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scorpion <a href="/wiki/Antivenom" title="Antivenom">antivenom</a> has little effect in clinical treatment but application of <a href="/wiki/Prazosin" title="Prazosin">prazosin</a> reduces the mortality rate to less than 4%.<sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2007_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2007-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As in other scorpions, the venom of <i>H. tamulus</i> consists of a complex mixture of <a href="/wiki/Protein" title="Protein">proteins</a>. Some major components have been isolated, including the <a href="/wiki/Toxin" title="Toxin">toxin</a> <a href="/wiki/Tamapin" title="Tamapin">tamapin</a>. Scorpion envenomation with high morbidity and mortality is usually due to either excessive autonomic activity and cardiovascular toxic effects or neuromuscular toxic effects. Antivenin is the specific treatment for scorpion envenomation combined with supportive measures including vasodilators in patients with cardiovascular toxic effects and <a href="/wiki/Benzodiazepine" title="Benzodiazepine">benzodiazepines</a> when there is neuromuscular involvement. Although rare, severe hypersensitivity reactions including anaphylaxis to scorpion antivenin (SAV) are possible.<sup id="cite_ref-10.4103/0972-5229.164807_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10.4103/0972-5229.164807-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat_and_ecology">Habitat and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Habitat and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite its medical importance, little is known about the <a href="/wiki/Ecology" title="Ecology">ecology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> preferences of this species.<sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is widespread across vegetated lowlands with <a href="/wiki/Subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical">subtropical</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical">tropical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humid" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid">humid</a> climate and often lives close to or in human settlements, especially in rural areas. A study<sup id="cite_ref-pande&al2012_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pande&al2012-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saswad-Jejuri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saswad-Jejuri (page does not exist)">Saswad-Jejuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> (western <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>) has found <i>H. tamulus</i> in a wide range of microhabitats, including scrubland and veld with stones, red and black <a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a> in cropland, loamy, grassy and stony hillslopes and -tops, black soil in <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a> orchards, <i><a href="/wiki/Eucalyptus" title="Eucalyptus">Eucalyptus</a></i> plantations, and under tree bark. With an abundance of 48.43% it was by far the most abundant of the six scorpion species recorded in this study. It occurs rather seldom under tree bark, a habitat dominated by its sister species <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_pachyurus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hottentotta pachyurus (page does not exist)">Hottentotta pachyurus</a></i> (8.9% versus 91.1% abundance). As all other scorpions, <i>H. tamulus</i> is <a href="/wiki/Nocturnal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nocturnal">nocturnal</a>, preying upon small <a href="/wiki/Invertebrates" class="mw-redirect" title="Invertebrates">invertebrates</a> and even small <a href="/wiki/Vertebrates" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertebrates">vertebrates</a> like <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scorpionfauna_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scorpionfauna-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Encounters with humans mainly occur during the night or early morning, when the scorpions accidentally crawl into beds or fall from ceilings.<sup id="cite_ref-bawaskar&bawaskar2008_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bawaskar&bawaskar2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Sri_Lanka">In Sri Lanka</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, <i>H. tamulus</i> was not found in Sri Lanka. But from 2010 to 2013, experiments and other medical reports suggest that the species is also present in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-Kularatne_et_al_2015_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kularatne_et_al_2015-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few deaths were recorded from <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a> peninsula in recent times. After observing medical reports and patients, a research team found three dead scorpion specimens and five live specimens as well. After series of observations from research team and other international scientists, it was revealed that the scorpion specimens belong to the species <i>H. tamulus</i>. </p><p>Deaths from <i>H. tamulus</i> were recorded in 2006, 2007 and 2009 as one patient per year. No cases were recorded in 2010. In 2011, 12 children in Jaffna died due to <i>H. tamulus</i> stings. In 2012, 80 patients were recorded. Out of them, 52% were female, 48% were male. 30% from them were children between the age 3 and 12.<sup id="cite_ref-Kularatne_et_al_2015_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kularatne_et_al_2015-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, many <i>H. tamulus</i> stings were recorded, as many as four each week, again mostly in women and children. Usually, the drug <a href="/wiki/Prazosin" title="Prazosin">Prazosin</a> is recommended for <i>H. tamulus</i> stings. The drug can reduce the increasing blood pressure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamapin" title="Tamapin">Tamapin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamulotoxin" title="Tamulotoxin">Tamulotoxin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberiotoxin" title="Iberiotoxin">Iberiotoxin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hottentotta_tamulus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span 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