<documentid="38945ADE20ABE4FE706F8ECD6672E8AA"ID-CLB-Dataset="22248"ID-DOI="10.5852/ejt.2013.51"ID-GBIF-Dataset="a5c53b3d-2f01-4805-8cb0-2c788edc9737"ID-ISSN="2118-9773"ID-Zenodo-Dep="3820535"ID-ZooBank="D20CE35E-08CF-41EE-9700-ABDEA6F4413E"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_approvedBy="carolina"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1589220100437"checkinUser="carolina"docAuthor="Blaimer, Bonnie B. & Fisher, Brian L."docDate="2013"docId="03BEDE7EFFE3FF905B2A0409FB4BFBE1"docLanguage="en"docName="ejt-2013-51.pdf.imf"docOrigin="European Journal of Taxonomy 51"docStyle="DocumentStyle:EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911.14:EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleId="EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911"docStyleName="EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleVersion="14"docTitle="Crematogaster bara Blaimer & Fisher 2013, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="CD497C84-8C12-4005-9817-5236FA0AC4C2"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="13"lastPageNumber="23"masterDocId="FF87A606FFF0FF8659140771FFA1FFC2"masterDocTitle="Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)"masterLastPageNumber="64"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="20"updateTime="1732480445487"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-3.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-3.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="835B8EC8AD0203B515C5420CDB435F1C">Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="3BCF938267867717C730D7324045D257">Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA E-mail: bonnieblaimer @ gmail. com (corresponding author) & Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 2 ADA 98 B 1 - 6 FEC- 446 E-B 056 - 9244 F 417 F 0 BC</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="A712D4F50D9D536C7F89A3C8CD216C1B">Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 7 CFCBBE 5 - 5443 - 4 F 94 - B 2 AC- 04 BFD 4 D 520 F 0</mods:affiliation>
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<tableCitationid="C6955AD3FFE3FF955BE903D5FCF9FB7D"box="[765,856,1188,1215]"captionStart="Table 3"captionStartId="8.[189,258,268,294]"captionTargetId="graphics@8.[189,1403,394,1151]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="Table 3. Summary of Tamura-Nei distance matrix. Divergences of cytochrome oxidase I sequences, as estimated under the Tamura-Nei Model (Tamura & Nei 1993) within the software MEGA5 (Tamura et al. 2011). Bold font emphasizes highest levels of divergence within and between species."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF683FE0FFF8FF8E59A9067DFB51FEAE"pageId="19"pageNumber="20"tableUuid="DF683FE0FFF8FF8E59A9067DFB51FEAE">Table 3</tableCitation>
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is named after the Malagasy “Bara” tribe that inhabits the countryside within the distribution range of this species. The name is treated as noun in apposition.
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<emphasisid="B963B37AFFE3FF9559A900D0FE58F879"bold="true"box="[189,505,1953,1979]"pageId="19"pageNumber="20">Other material examined</emphasis>
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<paragraphid="8BA86F68FFE3FF9559A900A0FD62F829"blockId="19.[189,707,2001,2027]"box="[189,707,2001,2027]"pageId="19"pageNumber="20">(CASC): refer to Supplementary Material 1.</paragraph>
<figureCitationid="132C73EDFFE4FF9259D20511FE9EFDB8"box="[198,319,608,634]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="21.[189,232,1929,1955]"captionTargetBox="[252,1342,269,1883]"captionTargetId="figure@21.[241,1347,265,1889]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Fig. 7. Crematogaster bara sp. nov., worker, queen and distribution. A-C. Worker (CASENT0491123). A. Full-face. B. Profile. C. Dorsal. D. Species distribution. E-G. Queen (CASENT0064664). E. Profile. F. Full-face. G. Dorsal."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825365"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825365/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="21">
1.14); posterior margin of head in full-face view laterally rounded or subangular; occipital carinae usually distinct; antennal scapes always easily surpassing head margin; midline of eyes situated at midline of head in full-face view; eyes moderately large (OI 0.21
Pronotum laterally subangular to rounded; promesonotal suture indistinct; promesonotum more or less forming one rounded plane, mesonotum usually with a short posterior face; laterally mesonotum angular, ending in minuscule posterolateral denticles that set off the promesonotum from propodeum; metanotal groove shallow, laterally constricted; propodeal spines short, spiniform (SPI 0.09
0.17); propodeal spiracles large, situated directly at base of spines; dorsal face of propodeum convex, almost as long as posterior face; posterior face of propodeum gently sloping; petiole in dorsal view broadly oval or moderately flared, usually concave, without posterolateral tubercules or denticles; subpetiolar process usually present as angular dent; postpetiole very distinctly bilobed, with broad median impression; subpostpetiolar process absent.
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<paragraphid="8BA86F68FFE4FF9259A903B7FCE5FA2B"blockId="20.[189,1399,1222,1514]"pageId="20"pageNumber="21">Head sculpture reticulate; pronotum dorsally rugulose-reticulate; mesonotum reticulate, mesopleuron areolate, dorsal face of propodeum reticulate-carinulate; otherwise sculpture mostly reticulate; face usually with <six erect, longer setae, and regular, shorter, appressed to decumbent pubescence; erect pilosity on promesonotum usually <eight long setae; otherwise promesonotum dorsally with regular appressed pubescence; petiole and postpetiole usually with a pair of longer erect setae posterolaterally, and shorter decumbent or appressed pubescence; abdominal tergites four to seven with fairly regular, short, erect pilosity, more abundant and longer on sternites four to seven, and abundant appressed pubescence throughout. Color bright to reddish yellow.</paragraph>
<figureCitationid="132C73EDFFE4FF9259D20033FE9CF89E"box="[198,317,1858,1885]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="21.[189,232,1929,1955]"captionTargetBox="[252,1342,269,1883]"captionTargetId="figure@21.[241,1347,265,1889]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Fig. 7. Crematogaster bara sp. nov., worker, queen and distribution. A-C. Worker (CASENT0491123). A. Full-face. B. Profile. C. Dorsal. D. Species distribution. E-G. Queen (CASENT0064664). E. Profile. F. Full-face. G. Dorsal."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825365"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825365/files/figure.png"pageId="20"pageNumber="21">
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1.07); dorsal face of propodeum short; propodeal tubercules or denticles may be present; petiole moderately flared, postpetiole merely impressed posteriorly; subpetiolar process absent.
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<paragraphid="8BA86F68FFE6FF9059A906EDFE77FD59"blockId="22.[189,1399,412,667]"pageId="22"pageNumber="23">Head sculpture reticulate; dorsal face of propodeum carinulate; petiole and postpetiole reticulate; otherwise sculpture reticulate throughout; face usually with <ten longer, erect setae and dense, short, erect to decumbent pubescence; mesonotum with regular, short, suberect pubescence, interspersed with longer, erect setae; petiole and postpetiole with dense, short, suberect to decumbent pilosity, and postpetiole with additional, longer dorso-posterior setae; abdominal tergites and sternites four to seven with abundant, short, erect pilosity and dense appressed to decumbent pubescence. Colored yellow as in workers; wings clear.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="8BA86F68FFE6FF9059A9058BFDFBFCD6"blockId="22.[189,602,762,789]"box="[189,602,762,789]"pageId="22"pageNumber="23">Males of this species are unknown.</paragraph>
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woodland and spiny forest habitat in southwestern Madagascar (
<figureCitationid="132C73EDFFE6FF905D9C04E7FB44FC73"box="[1160,1253,918,945]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="21.[189,232,1929,1955]"captionTargetBox="[252,1342,269,1883]"captionTargetId="figure@21.[241,1347,265,1889]"captionTargetPageId="21"captionText="Fig. 7. Crematogaster bara sp. nov., worker, queen and distribution. A-C. Worker (CASENT0491123). A. Full-face. B. Profile. C. Dorsal. D. Species distribution. E-G. Queen (CASENT0064664). E. Profile. F. Full-face. G. Dorsal."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825365"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825365/files/figure.png"pageId="22"pageNumber="23">Fig. 7D</figureCitation>
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Not much is known about the biology of this species. One collection has been made of a colony nesting under a stone, indicating that this species may be ground-nesting.
