dc:description"FIGURE 2. Field images of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex. Fig. 2 a – c nest entrances showing (a) single entrance with discarded seed husks, (b) multiple entrances without seed husks and (c) single nest entrance without sees husks. Fig. 2 d M. subapterum sp. nov. feeding on nectar from Melaleuca sp. flowers.";
dc:description"FIGURE 9. Queens and males of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 9 a – c: M. bogischi queen (light form), paralectotype (Port Wakefield. SA), d – f: M. bogischi queen (dark form) (Birdsville, QLD, KSS 46), g – i: M. humilior queen, paralectotype (Tennant Ck, NT), j – l: M. humilior male (Tennant Creek, NT), m – o: M. subapterum queen, paralectotype (Harding River, WA). Scale bars are 1 mm for all views.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Bayesian phylogeny based on 934 bp region of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) (Sparks et al. 2014). Nodes with> 0.95 Bayesian posterior probability support and> 75 % maximum likelihood bootstrap values are indicated with a star. Well supported morphologically cohesive terminal clades have been compressed for ease of interpretation. The molecular clades are labelled with the corresponding species names.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Workers of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 4 a – c: M. bogischi, (Port Wakefield, SA, KSS 241), d – f: M. broschorum holotype (Dajarra, QLD, KSS 60), g – i: M. capeyork, holotype (69 km N Archer River Roadhouse, QLD, TERC 4), j – l: M. eremoides, holotype (9 km E 80 mile Beach, WA, KSS 89), m – o: M. eremum, holotype (33 km N Barkley Homestead, NT, KSS 77). Scale bars are 0.5 mm for all views.";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Workers of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 5 a – c: M. geminum, paratype (Litchfield NP, NT, ANA 10 – 22), d – f: M. hertogi, holotype (Lakefield NP, QLD, TERC 2), g – i: M. hoffmani, holotype (Mt Stanford Station, NT, TERC 70), j – l: M. humilior, (Alice Springs, NT, ANA 11 – 13), m – o: M. kidman, holotype (Top Springs, NT, TERC 71). Scale bars are 0.5 mm for all views.";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Workers of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 6 a – c: M. leda, lectotype (Kimberley District, WA), d – f: M. maryannae holotype (Berry Springs, NT, ANA 09 – 15), g – i: M. merepah, paratype (Lakefield NP, QLD, TERC 1), j – l: M. mitchell, holotype (Mitchell Falls, WA, TERC 17), m – o: M. oodnadatta, holotype (160 km E Mala, SA, KSS 114). Scale bars are 0.5 mm for all views.";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Workers of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 7 a – c: M. pilbara, holotype (4 km S Newman, WA, KSS 188), d – f: M. rothsteini, (Alice River, QLD, ES 38), g – i: M. speculum paratype (Niagara Dam, WA, KSS 218), j – l: M. stagnum, holotype (Mitchell Falls, WA, TERC 11), m – o: M. subapterum, (160 km E Mala, SA, KSS 116). Scale bars are 0.5 mm for all views.";
dc:description"FIGURE 8. Workers of the M. rothsteini (Forel) species complex in lateral, head and dorsal view of the mesosoma. Fig. 8 a – c: M. tenebrosum, holotype (10 km N Tom Price, WA, KSS 177), d – f: M. topend, holotype (Darwin, NT, TERC 75), g – i: M. torrens, paratype (Flinders Rangers, SA, KSS 4). Scale bars are 0.5 mm for all views.";
