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<mods:title>Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Rakotonirina, Jean Claude</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Fisher, Brian L.</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Posterior portion of mesosoma, petiolar node, and gaster in lateral view A C. bozaka (CASENT 0217309) B C. atimo (CASENT 0454042)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 26A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 48" captionStartId="F48" captionText="Figure 48. Camponotus bozaka A lateral view B head in full-face view C dorsal view of holotype minor worker CASENT 0217309 D distribution map." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure48" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678107" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 48</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype worker.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Madagascar</emphasis>
: Province 
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: Parc National 
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, Plateau 
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, 39.8 km 204° Ambalavao, 
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, 
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, 2150 m, rubicole thicket at base of cliff, under stone, 16 Apr 2006 (B.L. Fisher et al.) collection code: BLF13773, specimen code: CASENT0217309 (CAS).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1 major worker with same data as holotype but with specimen code CASENT0071370 (CAS).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry name="Madagascar">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
: 
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: 
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Manandriana I 
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, 
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SW Ambositra
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, Savannah grassland (
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) (CAS); Manandriana III 
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SW Ambositra
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, Savannah grassland (
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<collectorName>PN Andringitra</collectorName>
, Plateau 
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, 
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204° Ambalavao, 
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, 
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, rubicole thicket at base of cliff (
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">With head in full-face view, lateral margin of head anterior to eye level parallel, lacking erect hairs; clypeus with noticeable anterolateral corner; in profile, petiolar node anteroposteriorly compressed.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor worker.</emphasis>
In full-face view, lateral cephalic margins anterior to level of eye approximately parallel, evenly rounding to posterior margin; eye protruding and large (EL/CS: 0.28
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0.01; 0.26-0.30), breaking lateral cephalic margin, level of its posterior margin located at ca. posterior 1/4 of head (PoOc/CL: 0.25
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0.01; 0.23-0.26); frontal carinae close to each other, their distance equal to or smaller than smallest distance of one to the eye (FR/CS: 0.28
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0.01; 0.28-0.29); clypeus with anterolateral corners, its anteromedian margin broadly triangular or convex; mandible with two apical teeth normally spaced; antennal scape relatively short (SL/CS: 1.19
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0.05; 1.08-1.25). Promesonotum weakly convex, mesopropodeum almost flat; mesonotum flat immediately anterior to metanotal groove; metanotal groove weakly visible; dorsal margin of propodeum straight and joining declivity at a noticeable angle, propodeal dorsum &lt;2 
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as long as declivity. Petiolar node scalelike with sharp dorsal margin; femur of hind leg rounded axially and not twisted basally.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">First and second gastral tergites without a pair of white spots; erect hairs on lateral margin of head not present; posterior margin of head with two erect hairs; with head in profile, four pairs of erect hairs arranged from level of anterior margin of eye to posterior cephalic margin; antennal scape covered only with appressed hairs; pronotum, mesonotum, and posterodorsal angle of propodeum with a pair of erect hairs.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major worker.</emphasis>
Differing from minor worker in the following characters: enlarged head (CS: 2.07
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0.18; 1.91-2.40; CWb/CL: 0.95
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0.03; 0.90-0.98) with slightly concave to almost straight posterior margin; apical 1/3 of antennal scape extending beyond posterior cephalic margin; robust mesosoma with length of propodeal dorsum approximately the same as height of declivity.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution and biology.</paragraph>
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Known only from the south-central high plateau of Madagascar, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. bozaka</emphasis>
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occupies rubicole thicket, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Uapaca</emphasis>
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woodland, savannah grassland, and shrubland habitats (Fig. 
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). Worker specimens have been found foraging through leaf litter and on low vegetation. The nest sites are in the ground or under stones.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 48.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Camponotus bozaka</emphasis>
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lateral view 
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head in full-face view 
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dorsal view of holotype minor worker CASENT0217309 
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distribution map.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
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See discussion under 
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</taxonomicName>
. The taxonomic identity of 
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based on conventional qualitative morphology is supported by multivariate morphometric analysis. The grouping shown by the morphometric dendrogram and confirmed by cumulative LDA at 100% success supports the existence of the species.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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This new name 
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is a singular non-Latin noun used in apposition and is derived from the Malagasy word for &quot;dried grass&quot; in reference to the abundant grassland where this species occurs.
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