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<mods:title>Taxonomic studies on the ant genus &lt;i&gt; Lepisiota &lt;/ i&gt; Santschi 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in India, with description of four new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Harshana, Anand</mods:namePart>
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material
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. 
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22°28 
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50”N
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78° 26 
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29”E
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, Coll. 
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; 
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workers
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with the same data as holotype. (type specimens deposited in 
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, New Delhi)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,507,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Measurements and indices</emphasis>
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Workers (N = 5; 
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values within parentheses). EL: 0.19–0.20 (0.19); HL: 0.60–0.65 (0.60); HW: 0.54–0.58 (0.54); MML: 0.27–0.29 (0.29); PH: 0.31–0.34 (0.32); PRW: 0.39–0.42 (0.39); SL: 0.64–0.69 (0.64); TL: 2.64–2.76 (2.76); WL: 0.84–0.93 (0.84); CI: 89–90 (90); OI: 33–35 (35); REL: 30–32 (32); SI: 114–121 (119).
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Head little longer than broad, sides weakly convex, posterior margin almost straight, posterolateral corners rounded and head covered with appressed pubescence (
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); posterior margin of head with 4–5 erect setae (including a pair of erect setae between lateral ocelli); palp formula 6,4 and third maxillary segment from base longest of all segments, sixth segment distinctly longer than fifth segment; mandible with five teeth on masticatory margin, third tooth from apex smaller than fourth tooth, mandibular surface with fine long setae; antennae 11 segmented, scape extending to posterior margin of head about 1/3 
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of its length, antennal insertions touching posterior clypeal margin; antennae with decumbent to semi-erect pubescence; clypeus dorsally convex, subcarinate at middle, having appressed pubescence, posterior margin of clypeus with a pair of long erect setae while anterior margin with two pairs of long erect setae with a median seta; anterior clypeal margin convex; compound eyes broadly oval, placed at about mid-length of head; three ocelli present.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,319,1365,1391]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="16">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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Promesonotum convex in profile view, higher than metanotum and as high as propodeum (
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); mesometathorax constricted; propodeal spines short, broad at the base and blunt at apex; propodeal declivity slanting; fore tibiae with a pectinate spur at the distal end and basitarsus with a hairy notch at the proximal end; pronotum with 5–9 erect yellowish setae, mesonotum with two pairs of erect yellowish setae, metanotum with a pair of erect yellowish setae and propodeum with 3–4 erect yellowish setae (
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); mesosoma with very sparse appressed pubescence.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,324,1682,1705]" pageId="17" pageNumber="17">Figure 4A–C.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[332,489,1682,1705]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="17">Lepisiota wilsoni</emphasis>
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(Holotype worker). 
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, body in profile view; 
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, body in dorsal view; 
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, head in full-face view.
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<paragraph blockId="18.[192,1123,140,278]" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">Petiole dorsally bispinose, each spine with a single small erect seta; gaster covered with sparse yellowish erect setae and appressed pubescence; acidopore well-developed and fringed with hairs.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,438,327,353]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">Sculpture and colour</emphasis>
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Head and pronotum microreticulate with feeble striations, subopaque; dorsum of mesonotum microreticulate; dorsum of metanotum and propodeum reticulate; mesometapleuron rugose; mesometanotal suture crossribbed; mandible, most of the clypeus smooth and shiny; propodeal declivity transversely striate; gaster faintly microreticulate and shiny. Body uniformly black; proximal 2/3 
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part of antennal scape, trochanter, theproximal end of tibiae, and tarsi of legs yellowish-brown; palps, mandible, distal part of scape and funicles of antennae brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,317,700,726]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">Etymology</emphasis>
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<paragraph blockId="18.[192,1123,700,800]" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">The patronymic name honours Prof. Edward O. Wilson for his extensive contribution to myrmecology.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,404,886,912]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis box="[192,404,886,912]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">Lepisiota wilsoni</emphasis>
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differs from the closest species 
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in terms of sculpture of body and structure of the propodeal spine. The head, dorsum of pronotum, and propleuron of 
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<emphasis box="[611,731,961,987]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">L. wilsoni</emphasis>
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are microreticulate with feeble striations and subopaque, whereas the head and dorsum of pronotum in 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">L. lunaris</emphasis>
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are microreticulate without striations and propleuron is shiny. Propodeal spines are pointed in 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[603,722,1073,1099]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunaris">
<emphasis box="[603,722,1073,1099]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">L. lunaris</emphasis>
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Emery C." box="[740,906,1073,1099]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France." pageId="18" pageNumber="18" pagination="239 - 258" part="62" refId="ref12601" refString="Emery C. 1893 a. Voyage de M. E. Simon a l'ile de Ceylan (janvier-fevrier 1892). Formicides. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 62: 239 - 258." title="Voyage de M. E. Simon a l'ile de Ceylan (janvier-fevrier 1892). Formicides" type="journal article" year="1893">Emery 1893a</bibRefCitation>
, Fig. 12; 
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worker images, AntWeb: Casent0905157 photographed by Zach Lieberman) while blunt in 
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<emphasis box="[527,645,1147,1173]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="18">L. wilsoni</emphasis>
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.
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: Madhya Pradesh (Pachmarhi).
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