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In molecular analyses,\n                    <jats:italic>C. tongziensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>\n                    . constitutes a monophyly in a phylogenetic tree based on mitochondrial\n                    <jats:italic>cytb<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>cox1<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene sequences and is significantly distant from its congeners in genetic distance (2.82\u20136.41%) based on the\n                    <jats:italic>cytb<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene. 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