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<treatment id="FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219038" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100116648" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6219038" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3518DD1E-6FBC-49FD-ACD5-CD8548E6BC36" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C" lastPageNumber="299" pageNumber="298">
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<taxonomicName id="9028D4C9701454C9AC6E2DA7DF48685D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera manangotra Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manangotra">Tetraponera manangotra</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="C26FB9F3910DEC9CCE5110CD302AE711" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="7849044A20C9F92D02638EDE7EB54494" pageNumber="298">(Figs 19-20, 24)</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="636D011138475DBBF89BBED44CAB5AA0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898936" collectingDate="2006-11-24" collectionCode="CASC" collectorName="B. L. Fisher" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.751167" location="Toliara" longitude="46.857834" specimenCode="CASENT 0120025" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus id="734449A11B4C086183B2A9C0E64A684B">Holotype</typeStatus>
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worker.
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<collectingCountry id="BBD4478BE5021BED2DD0EB3C324F5F1C">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
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<location id="26565010E89B01BBA5DAE133EDF9BBCC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C:26565010E89B01BBA5DAE133EDF9BBCC" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.751167" longitude="46.857834" name="Toliara">Toliara</location>
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: PN
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<location id="CC0BE10F46B24493C104EDDA60FE2BC1" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C:CC0BE10F46B24493C104EDDA60FE2BC1" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.751167" longitude="46.857834" name="Andohahela, Manangotry, 33.8 km NW Tolagnaro">Andohahela, Manangotry, 33.8 km NW Tolagnaro</location>
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, 575 m,
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<geoCoordinate id="C8219097B0D091F3107A45D11EF18409" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-24.751167">24°45.07'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="875939D542E2EB036947C4251B1CB886" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="46.857834">46°51.47'E</geoCoordinate>
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<date id="8E71886CFBC4362A77830537B7E9242E" day="24" month="11" value="2006-11-24" year="2006">
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<collectingDate id="F050432B9DC7A246B5C14989BACBB37E" day="24" month="11" value="2006-11-24" year="2006">24.xi.2006</collectingDate>
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, ex dead twig above ground, rainforest,
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<collectorName id="ECFDF72D00388C8F61C4E1684DACC205">B. L. Fisher</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation id="6C3E8470DF0EE4E75C38E0DD88D06766" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898939" collectionCode="BMNH, CASC, MCZC, PSWC, SAMC, UCDC" country="Madagascar" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<typeStatus id="34CF6D272333201B785E250072F1C281">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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. Series of workers and dealate queens, same data as holotype (
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<collectionCode id="E2D55505596CF9980A81881B9088F895" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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<materialsCitation id="16A1E06389308282FF623C6325C28BD0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898940" collectingDate="2006-11-23" collectionCode="CASC" collectorName="L. Fisher" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.758667" location="Toliara" longitude="46.85367" specimenCode="CASENT 0121948">
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1 worker,
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<collectingCountry id="A97D97769F433132E2F2E7606803363B">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
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<location id="3FC20229CF07528881F95D6CBD7BCD31" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C:3FC20229CF07528881F95D6CBD7BCD31" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.758667" longitude="46.85367" name="Toliara">Toliara</location>
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<location id="DB595B556CBE675495B8B5B121428A2E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:FBD4D2CE4353952BDE39EA2282691D0C:DB595B556CBE675495B8B5B121428A2E" country="MADAGASCAR" latitude="-24.758667" longitude="46.85367" name="Andohahela, Col de Tanatana, 33.3 km NW Tolagnaro">Andohahela, Col de Tanatana, 33.3 km NW Tolagnaro</location>
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, 275 m,
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<geoCoordinate id="7F6181B18AB9FBA31112394546313213" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-24.758667">24°45.52'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="A35D312D2321BEDC3186E52138902CF6" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="46.85367">46°51.22'E</geoCoordinate>
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<date id="18308DB88BC71F7DF66685EE06497215" day="23" month="11" value="2006-11-23" year="2006">
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<collectingDate id="57D62062BCF79B861752AEBF169D98F1" day="23" month="11" value="2006-11-23" year="2006">23.xi.2006</collectingDate>
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, rainforest, В.
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<collectorName id="78E0A7E434513681D2F80BAE1A5DA085">L. Fisher</collectorName>
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#15166 (
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<specimenCode id="3EB85D917CA2C6332F1ED156BDA83DAB">CASENT0121948</specimenCode>
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) (
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<collectionCode id="FFA98FA3A3C706E782E34A39842BC1A0" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6902BF58FB917F133C2CBE4B8DD7092C" pageNumber="298">Material Examined.-Known only from the type material.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C27F87840DBB3E7D57EC7D0CC19095D0" type="description">
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<paragraph id="86BD0C15C54562B94CC6C48DBBC82560" pageNumber="298">Worker measurements (n = 4). HW 1.48-1.58, HL 1.77-2.01, LHT 1.64-1.76, CI 0.79-0.83, FCI 0.14-0.16, REL 0.28-0.31, REL2 0.36-0.37, SI 0.77-0.78, FI 0.32-0.33, PLI 0.49-0.55, PWI 0.61-0.65.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C70EFA23862A1F5B2EC298BD11C6DCE6" lastPageNumber="299" pageNumber="298">
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Worker diagnosis. Matching the diagnosis of the
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<taxonomicName id="441F64C81B4C5B74965C4F4911945648" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2332" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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group (q.v.). Basal margin of mandible lacking tooth; anterior clypeal margin convex, directed forward, and protruding medially; posterior margin of head with low, sharp transverse crest, about 0.30 mm long; metanotal spiracle visible in lateral view of mesosoma; mesopropodeal impression sharply incised; dorsal face of propodeum somewhat flattened, propodeum subquadrate in posterior view; petiole broad and robust, appearing subtriangular in lateral and dorsal views; maximum petiole width about half of head width (DPW/HW 0.50-0.53); anterior peduncle of petiole short and broad; standing pilosity and appressed pubescence similar to that of
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<taxonomicName id="054B8693C9689D3A05E06AE202C7BD46" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2212" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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but with greater number of standing hairs (4-8) on petiole and postpetiole; integument mostly sublucid, with fine coriarious/puncticulate sculpture, coarser transverse rugulae on side of mesosoma; body reddish-brown, appendages (except mesofemur and metafemur
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<pageStartToken id="D74D412E335667685B13FBDBDB8B8577" pageNumber="299">)</pageStartToken>
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paler; distal half of flagellum infuscated.
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<subSubSection id="7A880321282D630E04B8816066314EB3" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="B7A259A5DB149DD1B82E9921E82C0C3C" pageNumber="299">
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Comments.
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<taxonomicName id="1466E65EFBA306430BD02B5EB6098A90" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="434" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera manangotra Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manangotra">T. manangotra</taxonomicName>
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departs somewhat from the general habitus of the
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<taxonomicName id="C1E77A00D7B8F762AF1FF458FD7044D4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2129" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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group. The protruding median clypeal lobe, strong crest on the posterior margin of the head, and robust petiole are quite distinctive. In dorsal view the petiole is subtriangular in shape and its maximum width is half the head width. In other species in the
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<taxonomicName id="9CE954CBEFE2E43F39A98C264E26BAF1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2077" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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group the petiole is more slender, not exceeding two-fifths of the head width (DPW/HW 0.30-0.40) and the posterolateral corners of the petiole are broadly rounded. Large size (HW> 1.46, LHT> 1.62) alone separates
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<taxonomicName id="598ECDF8A73C74C4C9BC4DEFAB18B94C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="546" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera manangotra Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manangotra">T. manangotra</taxonomicName>
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from ali other species in the
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<taxonomicName id="3346E2FFF7E1A4A3EBD5BF862C624320" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2019" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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group except
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<taxonomicName id="BA056FC954D1B56183D75A6C7B631086" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="609" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera merita Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="merita">T. merita</taxonomicName>
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. From the latter it can be distinguished by the features mentioned above, as well as the absence of a tooth on the basal margin of the mandible and the more elongate head (CI 0.79-0.83 in
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<taxonomicName id="95B910C52268048EB107D734B1CED118" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="603" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera manangotra Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="manangotra">T. manangotra</taxonomicName>
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versus 0.90- 0.94 in
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<taxonomicName id="5909EFD96E52171BE5CA5C4E64C0A43C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="456" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera merita Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="merita">T. merita</taxonomicName>
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).
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<paragraph id="D9F555569AB7DF1AD00BD6ECFC7E3FFF" pageNumber="299">
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Distribution and biology. This species is known from a single nest series from Col de Manangotry and a foraging worker collected at an adjacent site (Col de Tanatana), in Pare National Andohahela, in rainforest of extreme southern Madagascar. The nest was in a dead twig above the ground, and comprised 5 dealate queens, 47 workers, larvae, prepupae, worker pupae, male pupae and queen pupae. Although the dealate queens were not dissected to evaluate their reproductive state, it seems likely that this species is functionally polygynous. The queens (HW 1.50-1.56, n = 5) are about the same size as the workers, whereas in other species in the Г.
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<taxonomicName id="44D1D41BC9F2C568E85DA722B4AF33F5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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group (and in most other
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<taxonomicName id="121917DB5186EB8277C15A5BEA7E893A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera Smith" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="299" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetraponera</taxonomicName>
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) the queens are notably larger than the workers.
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</treatment>
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