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. Placement in molecular phylogeny.
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E
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16° 06
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N
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91° 46
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W
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, ex nest of
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in dead stick, pine oak scrubby forest,
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JTL6094 (
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dealate queen,
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: Lagos de Montebello,
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16° 08
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N
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91° 44
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W
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, on ground, pine oak
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forest, J. Longino JTL6093-s (
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000010349).
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Other material examined. Known only from the
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material.
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Queen measurements (
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= 2, with
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measurement given first). HW 0.81, 0.77; HL 1.01, 1.00; MFC
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,
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; LHT 0.70, 0.69; CI 0.80, 0.77; FCI
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,
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; REL 0.40, 0.42; REL2 0.51, 0.54; FI 0.40, 0.43; PLI 0.67, 0.83; PWI 0.56, 0.80; MSC 4, 7.
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Small species (see HW, HL, and LHT measurements), with elongate head (
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0.770.80); upper surface of mandible finely reticulate with scattered punctures, lacking striae; eyes relatively short (
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0.400.42, REL2 0.510.54); frontal carinae separated by slightly less than basal scape width; petiole stout and short, the height and width of petiole about 0.8× the length (less so in the
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); in profile, petiole with flat to convex anterodorsal face, ascending to summit in posterior quarter of node, then rounding into more steeply descending posterior face; profemur slender;
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hind leg relatively short (
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/HL 0.69). Head sublucid, densely punctulatecoriarious. Standing pilosity sparse and short on most of body (
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.
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BB91FC0FBEF2FC52" box="[146,252,946,965]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Comments.</emphasis>
This species, known only from two dealate queens, bears some resemblance to
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BA5AFC6DBFCFFC75" box="[345,449,976,994]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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, but differs in ways that suggest it represents a workerless inquiline (see also notes on Distribution and Biology below). The
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BA5AFBB7BFC2FB8B" box="[345,460,1034,1052]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. comitator</emphasis>
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queens are notably smaller than those of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BBE6FB95BF41FBAD" box="[229,335,1064,1082]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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(
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0.770.81, HL 1.001.01, vs HW 0.99 1.11, HL
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queens of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BADAFBF8BC4AFBC0" box="[473,580,1093,1111]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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), lack striae on the mandibles, have reduced mesosomal pilosity (
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47 vs
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BB91FB3DBEF7FB05" box="[146,249,1152,1170]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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queens), and possess an oddly swollen and foreshortened petiole (
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0.670.83, vs
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8B900FB20BC62FB38" box="[515,620,1181,1199]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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queens) (Figs. 8 and 9). The
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of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BAB7FB07BC28FB5B" box="[436,550,1210,1228]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. comitator</emphasis>
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do not show the same degree of modification of the petiole (compare PLI and PWI values), with the
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being more extreme, indicating some instability in the expression of this character. Both individuals of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8B992FAAFBD0DFAB3" box="[657,771,1298,1316]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. comitator</emphasis>
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were sequenced; they are sister taxa in our UCE tree and embedded phylogenetically within the putative host species (Fig. 1). They are more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BA6AFAD7BFDFFAEB" box="[361,465,1386,1404]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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populations from
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and
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, however, than to samples from Chiapas.
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BB91FA79BC76FA40" box="[146,632,1476,1496]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Distribution and Biology.
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</emphasis>
is an apparent workerless social parasite of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BAAAFA5FBC1BFA63" box="[425,533,1506,1524]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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, and is currently known only from two adjacent sites in high-elevation forest (
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) of
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,
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. The
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was collected by Jack Longino in a nest of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BA04F987BF7CF9DB" box="[263,370,1594,1612]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. cognatus</emphasis>
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that contained workers, alate males, alate queens, and brood (larvae, prepupae) of the presumed host. Only a single dealate queen of
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<emphasis id="B949EA8AFFF4FFD8BA85F9C8BFF4F910" box="[390,506,1653,1671]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. comitator</emphasis>
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was found in the nest. The
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queen was encountered as a stray on the ground, in a nearby locality.
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