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Figs 13-22
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Holotype: ♂, China: Yunnan, Yingjiang County (
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), on bamboo, 17 August 2018, Hong-Xing Li; paratypes, 2♂♂, 6♀♀, same data as holotype, Hong-Xing Li, Nian Gong, Liang-Jing Yang and Qiang Luo; paratypes, 1♂, 2♀♀, Yunnan, Yingjiang, on bamboo, 18 August 2015, Xiang-Sheng Chen and Lin
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; paratypes, 1♂, 1♀, Yunnan, Ruili, on bamboo, 6 June 2011, Jian-Kun Long; paratypes, 1♂, 1♀, Yunnan, Mangshi, on bamboo, 8 June 2011, Yu-Jian Li.
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="91">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="91">The specific epithet refers to the pygofer without medioventral process.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Body length (from apex of vertex to tip of tegmina): male 5.2-5.7 mm (n = 6); female 6.3-6.8 mm (n = 10); tegmen length: male 4.4-4.9 mm (n = 6); female 5.3-5.9 mm (n = 10).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">The salient features of the new species include the following: tegmina milky-hyaline, veins with black hair-bearing granules, many dark markings on veins (Figs 13, 18); pygofer with medioventral margin V-like (Fig. 19); aedeagus with phallus slender, acute at apex (Fig. 21).</paragraph>
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Figures 13-22.
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sp. nov. 13 Male habitus, dorsal view 14 Same, lateral view 15 Head and thorax, dorsal view 16 Face 17 Frons and clypeus, lateral view 18 Forewing 19 Male genitalia, posterior view 20 Same, lateral view 21 Aedeagus, lateral view 22 Genital style, posterior view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (13, 14, 18); 0.2 mm (15-17, 19-22).
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Coloration. General color milky white to yellowish brown (Figs 13-18). Vertex yellowish green, submedian carinae brown. Frons yellow at basal half and milky white at apical half. Genae white. Postclypeus yellow at basal half and white at apical half. Anteclypeus milky white. Rostrum black brown at apex. Antennae yellowish brown. Eyes and ocelli reddish brown. Pronotum yellowish green, lateral margin milky white, with dark brown markings at apex of lateral carinae. Mesonotum yellowish green, with dark brown markings at near apex of lateral carinae and apex of scutellum. Tegmina milky white, hyaline, veins white with short dark brown stripes. Wings hyaline. Legs with longitudinal stripes, dark brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Head and thorax. Vertex (Figs 13, 15) quadrate, wider at base than length about 1.17: 1, width at apex narrower than at base (0.4: 1), anterior margin sinuate, carinae distinct, submedian carinae uniting at apex. Frons (Figs 16, 17) longer at midline than wide at widest part, about 1.19: 1, widest at apex, carinae distinct. Postclypeus as wide at base as frons at apex, median carina distinct. Antennae with first segment rectangular, with central ridge, longer in middle line than widest part about 3.67: 1, longer than the second about 1.48: 1. Pronotum (Figs 13, 15) shorter than vertex (0.72: 1). Mesonotum longer in middle line than vertex and pronotum together, about 1.57: 1, median carina reaching the end of scutellum, lateral carinae not attaining hind margin. Tegmen (Fig. 18) longer than widest portion about 3.7: 1. Spinal formula of hind leg 5-6-4.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Male genitalia. Anal segment (Figs 19, 20) at widest part narrower than pygofer, large, broad, flattened dorsoventrally and apex rounded. Anal style moderately long. Pygofer (Figs 19, 20) slightly compressed laterally, in posterior view with opening longer than wide, medioventral margin V-like. Aedeagus (Fig. 21) with phallus slender, long, with base broad, then become of slender gradually, acute at apex. Phallobasal forked at apex, in profile broad, apex with two finger-like processes and near base with a stout tooth-like process. Genital styles (Fig. 22) large, broad at base, tapering apically.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="92">Southwest China (Yunnan).</paragraph>
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This species is similar to
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;
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;
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0.82; HW 0.60
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0.66; SL 0.53
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0.62; EL 0.15
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0.17; PRH 0.25
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0.37; PRW 0.44
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FEF75A94FEB3F93F" box="[263,276,1668,1692]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
0.45; WL 0.97
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0.98; PSL 0.05
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0.06; PTL 0.17
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FD1C5A94FD5EF93F" box="[748,761,1668,1692]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
0.21; PTH 0.20
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FC645A94FC06F93F" box="[916,929,1668,1692]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
0.22; PTW 0.20
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0.23; PPL 0.17
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0.18; PPH 0.21
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FE585AB7FE12F91C" box="[424,437,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
0.22; PPW 0.27
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FDA85AB7FDC2F91C" box="[600,613,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
0.28; TL 3.12
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3.22; OI 23
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28; SI 80
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103; CI 78
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42846FFB0FBA55AB7FBC5F91C" box="[1109,1122,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="355"></emphasis>
80; DMI 45
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46; LMI 26
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FE855A4DFE25F9D6" box="[373,386,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
38; OI 23
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30,
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6
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7; LPeI 85
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FD115A4DFD49F9D6" box="[737,750,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
95; DPeI 110
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FC8D5A4DFC2DF9D6" box="[893,906,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
118; LPpI 77
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FBE75A4DFB83F9D6" box="[1047,1060,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
86; DPpI 156
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FF395A90FF71F93B" box="[201,214,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
159; PPI 122
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FE905A90FECAF93B" box="[352,365,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356"></emphasis>
135 (
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FE555A90FE14F93B" box="[421,435,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">n</emphasis>
= 2).
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Key illustrations: (a) clypeus of
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</taxonomicName>
0904729 (Alexandra Westrich); (b) mesosoma of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252845FFB3FE4D59B1FDE6FA1B" box="[445,577,1441,1464]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="humerosus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FE4D59B1FDE6FA1B" box="[445,577,1441,1464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">N. humerosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dorsal view, CASENT0904729 (Alexandra Westrich); (c) mesosoma of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252845FFB3FECD59AEFE6EFA76" box="[317,457,1470,1493]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="humerosus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FECD59AEFE6EFA76" box="[317,457,1470,1493]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">N. humerosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in profile, CASENT0904729 (Alexandra Westrich); (d) clypeus of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252845FFB3FF5059CCFE20FA50" authority=", CASENT" authorityName="CASENT" box="[160,391,1500,1523]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FF5059CCFE86FA50" box="[160,289,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">N. angulatus</emphasis>
, CASENT
</taxonomicName>
0906378 (Estella Ortega); (e) mesosoma of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252845FFB3FCA659CCFC70FA50" box="[854,983,1500,1523]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FCA659CCFC70FA50" box="[854,983,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">N. angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dorsal view, CASENT0906378 (Estella Ortega); (f) mesosoma of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252845FFB3FD5259E9FCB8F9B3" box="[674,799,1529,1552]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="356" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42845FFB3FD5259E9FCB8F9B3" box="[674,799,1529,1552]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="356">N. angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in profile, CASENT0906378 (Estella Ortega), https://www.antweb.org/citing_antweb.jsp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="3F6236A62844FFB2FF505F90FD14FC4C" blockId="7.[160,1156,896,1007]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FF505F90FF5BFC34" bold="true" box="[160,252,896,919]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Key illustrations: (a) clypeus of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252844FFB2FDB35F90FD5DFC34" authority=", CASENT" authorityName="CASENT" box="[579,762,896,919]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zaheri">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FDB35F90FD3DFC34" box="[579,666,896,919]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">N. zaheri</emphasis>
, CASENT
</taxonomicName>
0906379 (Estella Ortega); (b) clypeus of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252844FFB2FF505F8DFEDEFC16" authority=", CASENT" authorityName="CASENT" box="[160,377,925,949]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FF505F8DFEBDFC17" box="[160,282,925,948]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">N. angulatus</emphasis>
, CASENT
</taxonomicName>
0922010 (Zach Lieberman); (c) body of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252844FFB2FD0B5F8DFCD2FC17" box="[763,885,925,948]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FD0B5F8DFCD2FC17" box="[763,885,925,948]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">N. angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in profile, CASENT0922010 (Zach Lieberman); (d) head of
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252844FFB2FE145FABFDC3FC71" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[484,612,955,978]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FE145FABFDC3FC71" box="[484,612,955,978]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">N. micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF2844FFB2FD9F5FABFD65FC71" box="[623,706,955,978]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in full-face view, CASENT0922872 (Michele Esposito), https://www.antweb.org/citing_antweb.jsp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="77C7652D2844FFB2FF505825FD0BFB5E" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="3F6236A62844FFB2FF505825FD0BFB5E" blockId="7.[160,1155,1077,1277]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FF505825FEBDFBEC" bold="true" box="[160,282,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D252844FFB2FED15827FD87FBEC" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[289,544,1079,1103]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FED15827FD87FBEC" box="[289,544,1079,1103]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">Nesomyrmex micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF2844FFB2FDD75827FDDAFBEC" box="[551,637,1079,1103]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from regional congeners by the combination of the following characters: median clypeal carina distinct; petiolar node nearly hexagonal in dorsal view; area in front of eyes and median cephalic surface irregularly, longitudinally rugulose; body covered with erect, blunt, stout and moderately short setae; bicoloured species with head black-brown, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and appendages brown, gaster golden yellow.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="77C7652D2844FFBCFF505938FCB7FC9A" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="359" pageId="7" pageNumber="357" type="description">
<paragraph id="3F6236A62844FFB2FF505938FE81FAE1" blockId="7.[160,1156,1320,1727]" box="[160,294,1320,1346]" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FF505938FE81FAE1" bold="true" box="[160,294,1320,1346]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">Description</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F6236A62844FFBCFF50595BFCB7FC9A" blockId="7.[160,1156,1320,1727]" lastBlockId="9.[160,1156,142,825]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="359" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FF50595BFF5AFAC6" bold="true" box="[160,253,1355,1381]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357">Worker.</emphasis>
Head. Head distinctly longer than broad (CI 78
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FCCD595CFCEDFAC7" box="[829,842,1356,1380]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357"></emphasis>
89) with straight or feebly convex posterior margin and lateral sides, broader posteriorly behind eye level in fullface view; lateral sides of head making a feeble but distinct obtuse angle with posterior margin of head in full-face view; antennal scapes relatively short (SI 80
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FC3759A4FC73FA6F" box="[967,980,1460,1484]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357"></emphasis>
103), when laid back from insertions fail to reach posterior margin of head in full-face view; masticatory margin of mandible with five teeth, decreasing in size from largest, acute apical tooth to smallest basal denticle; eyes of moderate size (OI 23
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FD005A0CFD5AF997" box="[752,765,1564,1588]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357"></emphasis>
30) located at mid-length of head; anterior clypeal margin rounded; median clypeal carina distinct; frontal carinae and antennal scrobes absent. Mesosoma. In profile mesosomal outline absolutely flat without promesonotal suture or metanotal groove; pronotal corners acutely angular in dorsal view; propodeum armed with short and acute propodeal teeth (PSLI 6
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42844FFB2FC3B5AB7FC7FF91C" box="[971,984,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="357"></emphasis>
9); metapleural lobe low and rounded. Petiole. In profile, petiolar peduncle short; node relatively high (LPeI 85
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF095CA1FEA1FF6A" box="[249,262,177,201]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
95) with straight-sloping anterior face; petiolar node nearly hexagonal in dorsal view and almost as broad as or little broader than long (DPeI 100
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFC6F5CC3FC0BFF48" box="[927,940,211,235]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
118); anteroventral process triangular and blunt. Postpetiole. Distinctly broader than long in dorsal view (PPI 122
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF395D09FF71FE92" box="[201,214,281,305]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
135) with node lower than petiolar node in profile; postpetiole globular in profile distinctly higher than long (LPpI 68
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFDCE5D2BFDECFEF0" box="[574,587,315,339]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
86); in dorsal view, postpetiolar node more than 1.5× broader than long (DPpI 156
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFDC75D4EFDE3FED5" box="[567,580,350,374]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
176); in dorsal view, postpetiolar node distinctly broader than petiolar node (PPI 120
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFDB05D91FDEAFE3A" box="[576,589,385,409]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359"></emphasis>
135). Sculpture. Mandibles longitudinally striated; area in front of eyes and median cephalic surface irregularly longitudinally rugulose; ground sculpture between cephalic rugae and remaining cephalic surface finely and superficially imbricate; median clypeal carina distinct, two lateral feebly distinct longitudinal rugae present; mesosomal, petiolar and postpetiolar sides finely reticulatepunctate; seen from dorsal view, mesosomal margins, petiolar and postpetiolar nodes distinctly reticulate-rugulose; mesonotum and propodeal dorsum finely punctate; gaster smooth and shining. Pilosity. Head, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and gaster dorsally with erect, blunt, stout and moderately short setae; funiculus with dense appressed pubescence; anterior clypeal margin with fine long setae; mandibles with fine shorter setae. Colour. Strongly bicoloured species with head black-brown, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole, antennae, femur and tibia brown or dark brown, tarsi yellow, gaster golden yellow, with brown tints dorsally on first gastral tergite.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="3F6236A6284BFFBDFF505A7FFEB7F962" blockId="8.[160,1156,1647,1729]" pageId="8" pageNumber="358">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284BFFBDFF505A7FFF5EF925" bold="true" box="[160,249,1647,1670]" pageId="8" pageNumber="358">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284BFFBDFF0E5A7FFE79F925" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[254,478,1647,1670]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="358" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284BFFBDFF0E5A7FFE79F925" box="[254,478,1647,1670]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="358">Nesomyrmex micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF284BFFBDFE185A60FD90F924" box="[488,567,1648,1671]" pageId="8" pageNumber="358" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, paratype worker: (a) body in profile; (b) body in dorsal view; (c) head in full-face view, CASENT0922872 (Michele Esposito), https://www.antweb.org/citing_ antweb.jsp.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="77C7652D284AFFBCFF505F75FC1FFC02" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="3F6236A6284AFFBCFF505F75FC1FFC02" blockId="9.[160,1155,869,929]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF505F75FE84FCDC" bold="true" box="[160,291,869,895]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">Etymology.</emphasis>
The patronym for
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFDE15F77FD06FCDC" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[529,673,871,895]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFDE15F77FD85FCDC" box="[529,546,871,895]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFDC45F77FD06FCDC" box="[564,673,871,895]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF284AFFBCFD5E5F77FCACFCDC" box="[686,779,871,895]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has been chosen in honour of Michele Esposito, California Academy of Sciences (CAS), San Francisco.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="77C7652D284AFFBFFF505FDDFD06FCA7" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="360" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="3F6236A6284AFFBCFF505FDDFEC6F9D9" blockId="9.[160,1156,973,1727]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF505FDDFE02FC44" bold="true" box="[160,421,973,999]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">Differential diagnosis.</emphasis>
As defined by
<bibRefCitation id="5B4C4B57284AFFBCFDAE5FDFFCCBFC44" author="Hita Garcia F &amp; Mbanyana N &amp; Audisio TL &amp; Alpert GD" box="[606,876,975,999]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" pagination="1 - 31" refId="ref5858" refString="Hita Garcia F, Mbanyana N, Audisio TL, Alpert GD. 2017. Taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Afrotropical region, with a review of current species groups and description of a new species of the N. angulatus group from Mozambique. Eur J Taxonomy. 258: 1 - 31. doi: 10.5852 / ejt. 2017.258." type="journal article" year="2017">Hita Garcia et al. (2017)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFC8A5FDFFBA0FC44" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[890,1031,975,999]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFC8A5FDFFBA0FC44" box="[890,1031,975,999]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF284AFFBCFBE15FDFFBCDFC44" box="[1041,1130,975,999]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a member of the
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFEAF5FE2FE4FFBA9" box="[351,488,1010,1034]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFEAF5FE2FE4FFBA9" box="[351,488,1010,1034]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group with which it shares the following characters: antennae 12-segmented; anterior clypeal margin convex and without anterior projections; propodeal spines well developed; petiole and postpetiole without lateral projections; body pilosity short and blunt. Within the
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFD56584AFC88FBD1" box="[678,815,1114,1138]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFD56584AFC88FBD1" box="[678,815,1114,1138]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. angulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group,
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFC2A584AFF79FB36" authority="(Forel 1916)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisoni">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFC2A584AFB99FBD1" box="[986,1086,1114,1138]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. grisoni</emphasis>
(Forel 1916)
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="47CA7636284AFFBCFEC0586DFD3BFB36" box="[304,668,1149,1173]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">Democratic Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
is apparently morphologically similar to
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFF50588FFE8BFB14" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[160,300,1183,1207]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF50588FFE8BFB14" box="[160,300,1183,1207]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF284AFFBCFEC4588FFE29FB14" box="[308,398,1183,1207]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, sharing the sharply angular pronotal corners, the distinctly reticulate-rugulose petiolar and postpetiolar nodes, the smooth gaster, the short and acute propodeal spines, the short petiolar peduncle, and the blunt and short body pilosity. However,
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFEE55917FE04FABC" authority="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood, 2020" authorityName="Sharaf &amp; Mohamed &amp; Al Dhafer &amp; Aldawood" authorityYear="2020" box="[277,419,1287,1311]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="micheleae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFEE55917FE04FABC" box="[277,419,1287,1311]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. micheleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="169A57CF284AFFBCFE5E5917FDAEFABC" box="[430,521,1287,1311]" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is readily distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFC985917FC74FABC" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[872,979,1287,1311]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisoni">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFC985917FC74FABC" box="[872,979,1287,1311]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. grisoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the golden yellow gaster that contrasts with the dark brown body; the irregular longitudinal rugulose sculpture on cephalic surface; the finely punctate mesonotum and propodeal dorsum.
<taxonomicName id="F8DD4D25284AFFBCFF50597FFEDCFA24" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[160,379,1391,1415]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="359" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisoni">
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF50597FFEDCFA24" box="[160,379,1391,1415]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">Nesomyrmex grisoni</emphasis>
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has a unicolourous brown or black-brown body, and strong reticulate rugae on cephalic, mesonotal and propodeal surfaces. Among the Arabian species,
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF5059A5FE8CFA6E" box="[160,299,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. micheleae</emphasis>
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appears superficially similar to
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFD1D59A5FCEAFA6E" box="[749,845,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. zaheri</emphasis>
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but the former species can be separated by the relatively longer scapes that fail to reach the posterior margin of the head in full-face view, and the obtusely angled pronotal corners when seen in dorsal view, whereas
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFEF45A0DFEB2F996" box="[260,277,1565,1589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N</emphasis>
.
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has distinctly shorter scapes that surpass the posterior level of the eyes by about the length of the first funicular segment in full-face view, and distinctly rounded pronotal corners.
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFF305A95FE67F93E" box="[192,448,1669,1693]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">Nesomyrmex micheleae</emphasis>
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also looks similar to
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB4284AFFBCFCF75A95FC36F93E" box="[775,913,1669,1693]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="359">N. angulatus</emphasis>
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but the latter species has relatively longer scapes that reach the posterior margin of head in full-face view, one pair of small acute dents on pronotal corners when seen in dorsal view, and higher ocular and dorsal postpetiole indices (OI 27
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35, DPpI 154
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188) versus (OI 23
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28; DPpI 156
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159) in
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFF4F5CC4FF77FF4F" box="[191,208,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFF2F5CC4FEEBFF4F" box="[223,332,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">micheleae</emphasis>
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. Additionally,
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFE035CC4FD26FF4F" box="[499,641,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">N. micheleae</emphasis>
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is easily separated from all Arabian
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFF505CE6FE8BFEAD" box="[160,300,246,270]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">Nesomyrmex</emphasis>
species
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by its strongly bicoloured body which has a black to black-brown head, and the mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole are dark brown, contrasting with the golden yellow gaster.
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFF505D97FD85FE02" bold="true" box="[160,546,391,417]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">Ecological and biological notes.</emphasis>
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three collected workers of
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFC595D99FB86FE02" box="[937,1057,393,417]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">. micheleae</emphasis>
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were foraging on a large tree in
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of the
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in the south of
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Additional collections in a broad range of habitats in the
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were not successful in obtaining additional material
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.
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locality,
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or
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, has spectacular natural scenery
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is a rich, biodiverse region shaped by climate factors (the average annual temperature and precipitation in
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are 25.8°C and&gt;
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.
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<emphasis id="0DA9EAB42849FFBFFF505EFAFEDBFCA7" bold="true" box="[160,380,746,772]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="360">Geographic range.</emphasis>
Known only from
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.
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