<documentID-CLB-Dataset="55738"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223"ID-GBIF-Dataset="8b26ea49-e662-41f7-a213-47f4b598c91c"ID-PMC="PMC9848896"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1098-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="B22184E75B1A59C9B985C0DD9F092196"ID-PubMed="36761078"ID-ZooBank="B4F4033F296E43CCBE54B9413BC19268"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1098-1"checkinTime="1651618226429"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Rakotonirina, Jean Claude & Fisher, Brian L."docDate="2022"docId="1556097A8D5657FEA6F4D209B648FA52"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1098: 1-180"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1098"docPubDate="2022-05-03"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223"docTitle="Camponotus bozaka Rakotonirina & Fisher 2022, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="CAD5FB8A-8FF4-47C6-9590-A7E8342C6839"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="5"id="B22184E75B1A59C9B985C0DD9F092196"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="B22184E75B1A59C9B985C0DD9F092196"masterDocTitle="Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology"masterLastPageNumber="180"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1732660529870"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="2D42F6EBCC9BE4D41C5C46B8553B340E">Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="83630B13C0F9040E45EC32F14EE24C45">Rakotonirina, Jean Claude</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="25588506BD54BD91018A763C893A78DD">Madagascar Biodiversity Center, BP 6257, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar & Departement d'Entomologie-Culture, Elevage, Sante; Faculte des Sciences, BP 906, Universite d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="6CCA7268047E7FA02FB7B14FF496AF42">Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="00CB2C668E0D723E7EAA28FF60FC002A"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>
<figureCitationid="94AAD55199F651261313E6DFA369D627"captionStart="Figure 28"captionStartId="F28"captionText="Figure 28. Mesosoma and petiolar node in lateral view A C. asara (CASENT 0493252) B C. bozaka (CASENT 0217309)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure28"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678087"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 28B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="E8670F4202D9B570DD72118387E8607D"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>
, 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).
<paragraphid="E6213756EF1594E8DCC462B002398A86"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">1 major worker with same data as holotype but with specimen code CASENT0071370 (CAS).</paragraph>
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<paragraphid="B6D32DBF77BE3E3B3A5F876EC0983D78"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>
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
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
<paragraphid="BF88A99F66A95CB5013D02C71CD6C004"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>
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.
<figureCitationid="F26D0EEC1E6F58D515DCBC038B93558E"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">48D</figureCitation>
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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.
is a singular non-Latin noun used in apposition and is derived from the Malagasy word for "dried grass" in reference to the abundant grassland where this species occurs.
