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 10. Metapone gracilis Wheeler, 1935 ( Figs 47–51 ) Metapone gracilis Wheeler, 1935b :38 —Alate Gyne; Type Locality: Dapitan [ 8°35’N , 123°23’E ]; Luzon I, Philippines . FIGURES 47–51. Metapone gracilis , holotype gyne, HW 0.95, PNW 0.71, MSL 2.07. Material examined. (1) the holotype gyne labelled as above ( MCZC ). The nodes and gaster are intact but detached and card-mounted below the incomplete point-mounted specimen; (2) a single alate gyne from Negros Island labelled “Camp 5-17-31 , Dumagete P.I., J.W. Chapman” ( MCZC ) with the handwritten words “Heflin’s house in room” on the underside of the label. Detailed matching affirms conspecificity of these specimens. Gyne diagnosis. General features as in original description ( Wheeler, 1935b ), as illustrated here, and in the key to Asian species above. Lateral clypeal borders straight, slightly convergent anteriorly; clypeus anteriorly only slightly projected, anterior border with a pair of broad blunt teeth. Petiole and subpetiole as illustrated. Dimensions ( holotype , Dumagete specimen): TL: 6.75, -; HL: 1.27, 1.30; HW: 0.95, 0.98; CI: 75, 75; CpL: 0.42, 0.43; CpI: 33, 33; MSL: 2.07, 2.17; PnW: 0.71, 0.72; PetL: 0.54, 0.56; PetW: 0.42, 0.44; PetH: 0.72, 0.69; PpetL: 0.45, 0.46; PpetW: 0.55, 0.55; PpetH: 0.59, 0.57; GW: 0.95, 0.98. Illustrations. The Dumagete specimen, confidently identified by holotype comparison, is illustrated.