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15.
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80)
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456FFFA3FF3CF8D1FEF54F9B" box="[151,360,1908,1930]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="525">Metapone krombeini</emphasis>
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, gyne;
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locality: New
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,
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[10°S, 150°E].
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: West
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: Neth”):
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(
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),
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E of Hol Maffen [
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x
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] (T.C. Maa,
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) alate gyne (LACMNH).
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: Northern Province:
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, KB Mission (K.V. Krombein,
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)
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alate gyne (USNMNH,
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No 58003): Madang Province:
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,
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(M. Janda, hand collection ex rotten log,
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,
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200'''2)
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: West New
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Province:
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Umboi
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</emphasis>
[
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,
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]:
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N of Awelkom
</emphasis>
,
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(G.A. Samuelson,
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) alate gyne (LACMNH). The River Tor gyne is badly damaged by pinning, with the detached right forewing, postpetiole and gaster glued to the data label. It closely matches the
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456EFFA2FB11FE8EFAB64952" box="[1210,1323,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="526">krombeini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="54D28853456EFFA2FA98FE8EFA054952" box="[1331,1432,298,323]" pageId="25" pageNumber="526" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, and has a label by K. Yasumatsu identifying it as that species. An
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alate gyne from
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: West
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(as “New
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: Neth”) Vogelkop: Manokwari (“Menoekwari” [5°20', 134°05'],
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(D. Elmo Hardy,
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) is provisionally identified as
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. It generally agrees with the
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but the proboscis is slightly different.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456EFFA2FF6CFE45FE3F49EB" bold="true" box="[199,418,481,506]" pageId="25" pageNumber="526">Worker diagnosis.</emphasis>
General and diagnostic features as in original description (
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) and Figs 7680. Similar to gynes from New
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and
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assigned below to the smaller
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, with differences itemised in the key to species above.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456EFFA2FF6CFDE9FE1B4A77" bold="true" box="[199,390,589,614]" pageId="25" pageNumber="526">Gyne diagnosis.</emphasis>
General features as in original description (
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) and
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. Similar to gynes from New
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and
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assigned below to the smaller
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456EFFA2FC28FDD6FC424A9B" box="[899,991,625,650]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="526">M. truki</emphasis>
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. The two species differ as specified in couplet 5 of the key to Melanesian species above. Colour dark brown, the gaster reddish-brown, TL: 3.36, HL: 1.72, HW (across eyes): 1.22, CI: 71, CpL: 0.65, CpI: 38, WL: 2.84, PetL: 0.78, PetW: 0.62, PetH: 0.98, PpetL: 0.64, PpetW: 0.79, PpetH: 0.74, GW: 1.34.
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Five New Guinean workers and a male (LACMNH) are provisionally identified as
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<emphasis id="B91DEAE3456EFFA2FBC1FCA6FA9D4B0B" box="[1130,1280,769,794]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="526">M. krombeini</emphasis>
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.
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