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<mods:titleid="8718E0A43F95D3DBC898E866D9C3CB5C">A revision of the Carebara pygmaea (Emery, 1887) species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="5FFA6AFC779A9450E29D52BE97EA8CA4">Khlong & Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="29F4FC532A35E86F2A4A50BBB006C0A4">Office of Natural Science Research, National Science Museum, 39, Moo & Office of Natural Science Research, National Science Museum, 39, Moo & Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand.</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="44B02A38FFBA412F2CDE44994D49FF4B"box="[159,265,187,214]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 3"captionStart-1="FIGURE 4"captionStart-2="FIGURE 5"captionStartId-0="6.[151,250,1976,2000]"captionStartId-1="7.[151,250,1642,1666]"captionStartId-2="8.[151,250,1728,1752]"captionTargetBox-0="[157,1429,509,1946]"captionTargetBox-1="[151,1436,181,1618]"captionTargetBox-2="[206,1381,525,1705]"captionTargetId-0="figure-104@6.[157,1429,509,1946]"captionTargetId-1="figure-17@7.[151,1436,181,1618]"captionTargetId-2="figure-159@8.[206,1381,525,1705]"captionTargetPageId-0="6"captionTargetPageId-1="7"captionTargetPageId-2="8"captionText-0="FIGURE 3. Carebara bokorensis, non-type major worker (THNHM-I-00028081).A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; C, body in dorsal view."captionText-1="FIGURE 4. Carebara bokorensis, ergatoid queen (THNHM-I-00028220). A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; 2C, body in dorsal view."captionText-2="FIGURE 5. Carebara bokorensis, non-type minor worker (THNHM-I-00028204).A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; 2C, body in dorsal view."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742649"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742651"figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742653"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/12742649/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/12742651/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/12742653/files/figure.png"pageId="6"pageNumber="85">Figs. 3–5</figureCitation>
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<emphasisid="EEFFEAAFFFBB412E2C8642DA4EE7F88F"bold="true"box="[199,679,1784,1810]"pageId="7"pageNumber="86">Non-type material examined. Western</emphasis>
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<emphasisid="EEFFEAAFFFB441212C8645214EDEFE80"bold="true"box="[199,670,258,285]"pageId="8"pageNumber="87">Measurements (in mm). Major worker</emphasis>
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<figureCitationid="44B02A38FFB441212DE6436C4DADF8F5"box="[423,493,1870,1896]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="6.[151,250,1976,2000]"captionTargetBox="[157,1429,509,1946]"captionTargetId="figure-104@6.[157,1429,509,1946]"captionTargetPageId="6"captionText="FIGURE 3. Carebara bokorensis, non-type major worker (THNHM-I-00028081).A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; C, body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742649"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12742649/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="87">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
): head, promesonotum, and gastral tergite I with dense and long erect hairs mixed with decumbent hairs; with head in full-face view, posterior one-third with dense fovea, lacking transverse striation, while anterior two-thirds with longitudinal striation; eye small, with ca. 13–15 ommatidia; gastral tergite I punctate.
<figureCitationid="44B02A38FFB441212CB643984D7EF848"box="[247,318,1978,2005]"captionStart="FIGURE 5"captionStartId="8.[151,250,1728,1752]"captionTargetBox="[206,1381,525,1705]"captionTargetId="figure-159@8.[206,1381,525,1705]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 5. Carebara bokorensis, non-type minor worker (THNHM-I-00028204).A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; 2C, body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742653"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12742653/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="87">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
): propodeal dorsum entirely punctate; petiole and postpetiole with decumbent hairs; propodeal junction roundly convex; body reddish brown.
<figureCitationid="44B02A38FFB541202DD044B44D97FF2D"box="[401,471,150,176]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="7.[151,250,1642,1666]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1618]"captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[151,1436,181,1618]"captionTargetPageId="7"captionText="FIGURE 4. Carebara bokorensis, ergatoid queen (THNHM-I-00028220). A, Body in profile view; B, head in full-face view; 2C, body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12742651"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/12742651/files/figure.png"pageId="9"pageNumber="88">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
). Similar to the major worker in structure, sculpture, coloration and pilosity, with the following conditions that should be noted: body slightly larger in average (HW
in major worker); ocelli present (absent in major worker), located on vertex; distance between anterior ocellus and lateral ocelli slightly shorter than distance between lateral ocelli; eye larger than in the major.
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The major worker of this species can be easily distinguished from other species of the group in having dense erect and decumbent hairs on the head, promesonotum and gaster; posterior one third of head with dense punctures (with transverse striation in other species); and dense punctures on gastral tergite I (more or less smooth and shiny in other species). This species is similar to
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by 1) in major worker, Dorsa of head, mesosoma, and gaster with dense erect hairs mixed with dense decumbent hairs (with dense decumbent on head and with sparse erect hairs on mesosoma and gaster in
); in minor worker, distance between propodeal spiracle and metanotal groove ca. 4 times as long as distance between propodeal spiracle and propodeal junction (ca. 8.5 times in