The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species
Author
Taylor, Robert W.
Author
Alpert, Gary D.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4105
6
501
545
journal article
39188
10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1
9f3191f8-cd86-4a17-ad5b-0c454e0acb8d
1175-5326
271319
DCB6A5BB-46C9-4D05-8B4A-C6E4CBABB6F
13.
Metapone javana
sp.n.
(
Figs 62–65
)
Type
locality.
INDONESIA
: java:
near Cibodas Botanical Garden
[
6°44′S
, 107°E].
Type
deposition.
MZBI
:
holotype
worker, 6
paratype
workers,
paratype
dealate gyne, 2
paratype
males.
ANIC
: 2
paratype
workers, 2
paratype
males. Single
paratype
workers in
BMNH
,
CASC
,
IZUK
,
MCZC
,
MHNG
.
FIGURES 62–65.
Metapone javana
. holotype worker, see text for dimensions.
Distribution, material examined.
Known only from the
type
nest series comprising the
holotype
worker, 18
paratype
workers, a
paratype
dealate queen and 4
paratype
males, collected by K. Yamauchi (
5/Jan/2000
, “nesting in a fallen tree in primary forest”).
Worker diagnosis.
General and diagnostic features as in the key to Asian species above and the accompanying Figures. Clypeus rostrate, transverse anterior border straight, without accessory denticles. Eyes relatively large, minutely multifaceted, maximum diameters subequal to the maximum width of an apical antennomere. Subpetiolar lamella a translucent, anteriorly-positioned hook-like structure, much as described above for
M. quadridentata
. Profile of subpetiolar edge behind the lamella curving posteroventrally on a longer radius than in
M. quadridentata
to meet the subpetiolar angle, which is drawn to an acute point in side view. Posterior subpetiolar surface acutely triangular in oblique view, its face minutely concave, with the outer edges distinctly margined but not carinate, sloping so strongly forwards that its ventral profile almost aligns with the subpetiolar edge. Subpostpetiolar process slightly extended, acutely triangular in lateral view.
Dimensions
: (
holotype
, smallest
paratype
, largest
paratype
(ranked by HW): TL: ca. 8.95, 6.4, 9.3; HL: 2.12, 1.47, 2.13; HW: 1.52, 1.05, 1.57; CI: 72, 71, 74; PMW: 1.11, 0.72, 1.12; MSL: 2.31, 1.55, 2.40; PetL: 0.69, 0.46, 0.70; PetW: 0.60, 0.47, 0.62; PetH: 1.05, 0.75, 1.10; PpetL: 0.63, 0.46, 0.66; PpetW: 0.80, 0.58, 0.82; PpetH: 0.85, 0.60, 0.90; GW 1.58, 1.15, 1.66.