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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E574FFB04680F9A2FE1B6893" bold="true" box="[151,426,1641,1667]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="44">Myrmozercon burwelli</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="13762A2FE574FFB04688F95BFEB668BA" box="[159,263,1680,1706]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3" captionStartId-0="2.[151,256,1942,1966]" captionStartId-1="3.[151,258,1245,1269]" captionStartId-2="4.[151,255,1304,1328]" captionTargetBox-0="[194,1412,178,1926]" captionTargetBox-1="[151,1435,194,1220]" captionTargetBox-2="[183,1394,373,1241]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[151,1436,158,2048]" captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[151,1436,194,1221]" captionTargetId-2="figure@4.[151,1436,349,1280]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="3" captionTargetPageId-2="4" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Myrmozercon burwelli sp. nov. (a) female dorsum; (b) female venter; (c) female chelicerae, QMS 83734, lateral view; (d) female chelicerae, QMS 83733, ventral view; (e) female tectum; (f) female gnathosoma, ventral view; (g) male venter; (h) male palp femur and genu; (i) male spermadactyl. All scale bars = 100 μm." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Myrmozercon burwelli sp. nov., female: (a) ventral habitus; (b) ventral gnathosoma; (c) lateral view of pretarsus II with arrows indicating opercula; (d) ventral view of femur I. 2 a scale = 100 µm; 2 b-d scale = 20 μm." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Myrmozercon burwelli sp. nov., female: (a) - (d) Leg I-IV. Scale bar = 100 μm" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/186169/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/186170/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/186171/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="44">Figs 13</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E574FFB04680F916FE2768E7" bold="true" box="[151,406,1757,1783]" pageId="1" pageNumber="44">Material examined.</emphasis>
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female (QMS 83733) and
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(QMS 83734-6), ex nest of
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(
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E574FFB0472FF8CFFE6E690D" box="[312,479,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="44">Campomyrma</emphasis>
)
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Clark, Boombana
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National Park,
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,
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,
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, Chris Burwell coll. subtropical rainforest; 2
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females and 1
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male (QMS 83737-9) ex nest of
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.
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, Lamington
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National Park,
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,
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,
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, Chris Burwell coll., altitude 248 metres, subtropical rainforest, day hand collection.
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female,
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male and
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are deposited in QM. One female
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to be deposited in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E577FFB34680F85DFEA569BE" bold="true" box="[151,276,1942,1966]" pageId="2" pageNumber="45">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E577FFB34735F85DFDA969BD" box="[290,536,1942,1965]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="45">Myrmozercon burwelli</emphasis>
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(a) female dorsum; (b) female venter; (c) female chelicerae, QMS 83734, lateral view; (d) female chelicerae, QMS 83733, ventral view; (e) female tectum; (f) female gnathosoma, ventral view; (g) male venter; (h) male palp femur and genu; (i) male spermadactyl. All scale bars = 100 μm.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E576FFB24680FB16FEA66AE5" bold="true" box="[151,279,1245,1269]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E576FFB24731FB15FD936AE5" box="[294,546,1246,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Myrmozercon burwelli</emphasis>
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, female:(a) ventral habitus; (b) ventral gnathosoma; (c) lateral view of pretarsus II with arrows indicating opercula; (d) ventral view of femur I. 2a scale = 100 µm; 2b-d scale = 20 μm.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E576FFB246D1FA8EFE606B4F" bold="true" box="[198,465,1349,1375]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Description of female</emphasis>
(n = 6).
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E576FFB2442DFA8DFD296B4F" box="[570,664,1350,1375]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Dorsum</emphasis>
: Broad dorsal shield 780890 x 670755 covering all of dorsum, subcircular. Shield finely reticulate. Muscle insertions prominent as desclerotised circular patches. Hypotrichous, with 1213 podonotal and 12 opisthonotal setal pairs. Many setae lightly barbed in apical third or less. Posterior of dorsal shield squarish. Posterior edge irregular where dorsal shield grades into striate cuticle.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E576FFB246D1F9CCFEBF6830" box="[198,270,1543,1568]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Ve n te r</emphasis>
: Tritosternum with short (1317) broad base. Tritosternal base free from sternal shield. Laciniae forked a short distance above suture (911). Laciniae with smooth edges, strap-like and broad at base, tapering towards tips, 98110 long. Anterior edge of sternal shield extending anteriorly beyond level of st1 as a biconvex margin, presternal striae absent. Posterior margin of sternal shield obscure but shield apparently bearing three pairs of setae (st1 3540, st
<date id="FFF3106AE576FFB24486F969FD4668AC" box="[657,759,1698,1724]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46" value="1937-02-31">2 3137</date>
, st
<date id="FFF3106AE576FFB2450DF969FCCC68AC" box="[794,893,1698,1724]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46" value="1937-03-30">3 3037</date>
) and two pairs of lyrifissures. Posterolateral corners fused with endopodal shield. Setae st
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soft cuticle, sometimes absent on one side. Genito-ventral shield broad, 200217 long, 243297 wide at level of st5, maximum width 245307. Anterolateral portion of genito-ventral shield formed of elongate cells which flare laterally, forming a lobed outline immediately posterior to st5. Remainder of shield ornamented by squat irregular cell-like markings. Sperm induction pore visible on coxa IV of one specimen; tubuli annulati in one specimen contain dense spheres (= unused sperm?). Opisthogaster with sparse setae in soft cuticle, all barbed at least lightly. Setae in R series absent. Principal metapodal plates elongate, 3746 long by 816 wide. Inner secondary metapodal plate small and slender in one specimen (
<date id="FFF3106AE576FFB2475BF81CFE2969E1" box="[332,408,2007,2033]" pageId="3" pageNumber="46" value="1911-10-06">11 x 6</date>
) but absent in others. Peritremes short (137146), extending to level of mid coxa III.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE571FFB54680FF53FAB96F36" blockId="4.[151,1437,152,294]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Post-stigmatal plate and pores absent. Anal shield broad with strongly produced anterolateral corners, 200201 maximum width, 145168 at level of mid-anal opening. Anal valves narrow. Field of cribral spicules forming a dense narrow band without discernible rows, which project within shield as lateral arms to level of insertion of para-anal setae. Cribral pores not seen. Para-anal and post-anal setae barbed apically.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E571FFB54680FAD3FEA36B20" bold="true" box="[151,274,1304,1328]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E571FFB54737FAD3FDA36B3F" box="[288,530,1304,1327]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Myrmozercon burwelli</emphasis>
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, female: (a)-(d) Leg I-IV. Scale bar = 100 μm
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E571FFB546D1FAA9FEED6B6B" box="[198,348,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Gnathosoma</emphasis>
: Tectum rounded, projecting to level of mid palp femur, mostly unornamented, but basally with some transverse striae. Corniculi 2328 long, well-spaced, bearing broad membranous lobes which extend inward over malae. Internal malae separate, fine and pointed, essentially smooth although edges sometimes with one or two denticles. Lateral arms absent. Subcheliceral shelf squat, with simple broadlyrounded tip. Deutosternal groove a broad channel with 14 denticulate rows of 2030 very fine denticles, topped anteriorly by a pair of broad lobes. Hypostomal setae h
<date id="FFF3106AE571FFB54596F9E8FC50682D" box="[897,993,1571,1597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" value="1920-01-28">1 2028</date>
, h
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, h
<date id="FFF3106AE571FFB5426BF9E8FB6E682D" box="[1148,1247,1571,1597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" value="1932-03-28">3 2832</date>
; palp coxal seta 3034. Palp with variable hypotrichy; trochanter: femur: genu: tibia with 12:45:56:1113 setae. On the left palp trochanter of one specimen there are two setae (
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h). Dorsodistal edge of palp femur with a low swelling, immediately internal of condyle. All palp setae setiform, undistinguished. Palp apotele 2-tined. Chelicerae edentate, fixed digit parallel-sided and narrow, pilus dentilis apparently absent. Cheliceral seta 14 long, positioned dorsally. Movable digit long and tapering, 6268 long, arthrodial corona absent, not visible on slide mounts or scanning electron micrographs. First cheliceral segment 5261, second cheliceral segment 140156 to tip of fixed digit.
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E571FFB546D1F892FF4C6962" box="[198,253,1881,1906]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">Legs</emphasis>
: Cuticle and all setae of legs smooth. Chaetotaxy: Coxae 2-2-2-1. Trochanters 6-5-5-5. Leg I femur 2, 3/2, 2/3, 2, genu 2, 3/2,3/1, 2, tibia 2, 3/2, 3/1, 2. Leg II femur 2, 3/2, 2/1, 1, genu 2, 3/1, 2/1, 2, tibia 2, 2/1, 2/1, 2. Leg III femur 2, 2/0, 2/0, 0, genu 2, 2/1, 3/1, 2, tibia 2, 1/1, 2/1, 2. Leg IV femur 1, 4/1, 0, genu 2, 2/1, 3/1, 2, tibia 2, 1/1, 3/1, 2. Femur II ad1, pd1, and ad1, ad2 on femora IIIIV, are relatively stout. Claws apparently absent; ambulacral pads well-developed; pretarsal opercula bear a reduced but variable number of weak tines (n= 26;
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c); mostly
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4445FFF74FDD56EC8" box="[584,612,191,216]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">ca</emphasis>
. 4 tines. Leg segment lengths as in
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.
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<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB44680FEC0FC646F33" blockId="5.[151,1283,267,519]" box="[151,981,267,291]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44680FEC0FEB96F33" bold="true" box="[151,264,267,291]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Lengths of leg segments in female
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44492FEC7FCC96F33" box="[645,888,268,291]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Myrmozercon burwelli</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB447B7FEF5FB736F45" blockId="5.[151,1283,267,519]" box="[416,1218,318,341]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">I II III IV</paragraph>
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Femur 159175 127135 127130 165175 Genu 161170 96104 102118 134141 Tibia 170177 90101 103115 135140 Tarsus 230255 167178 172187 210215
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FD9AFE0B6C7B" bold="true" box="[198,442,593,619]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Description of male</emphasis>
(n = 1). As for females except as noted below.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FDB2FE956C82" box="[198,292,633,658]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Dorsum</emphasis>
: Dorsal shield 680 x 550. Narrow band of striate cuticle posteriorly not covered by shield.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D1FD6BFCB96D17" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FD6BFEBF6CA9" box="[198,270,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Ve n te r</emphasis>
: Sternoventral shield bears st13, st5 and 12 pairs setae; st4 present on one side only. Setae st1 30, st2 26 and st3 28. Genital opening at level of st1, 18 wide
<date id="FFF3106AE570FFB44549FD0DFC226CF0" box="[862,915,710,736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" value="1913-10">x 13</date>
deep. Anal shield broad and separate from sternoventral shield. Para-anal setae 52; post-anal 55.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D1FCD8FD426D6B" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FCD8FEED6D3C" box="[198,348,787,812]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Gnathosoma</emphasis>
: Palp setation 1:4:6:1112. Corniculi 15 long. Deutosternum with 13 rows of denticles. Hypostomal setae h1 20, h2 25, h3 25, palp coxal seta 26. First cheliceral segment 65, second segment 138. Movable digit completely fused with spermadactyl.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D1FC43FA936DB1" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" box="[198,1314,903,929]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FC43FF4C6DB1" box="[198,253,904,929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Legs</emphasis>
: Leg setation as for
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female. Leg measurements are
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB445DEFC43FC546DB1" box="[969,997,904,929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">ca</emphasis>
. 80% of those for females.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3576521E570FFB446D1FC65FC2B68DD" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D1FC65FBC66DD8" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" box="[198,1143,942,968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D1FC65FEE26DD8" bold="true" box="[198,339,942,968]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Etymology.</emphasis>
This new species is named for its collector, Dr Chris Burwell (QM).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D1FC1EFD696B88" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
Remarks. This new species differs from other
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB444F4FC1EFC346DFE" box="[739,901,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
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species except
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4422BFC1EFBE56DFE" box="[1084,1108,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44274FC1EFB736DFE" box="[1123,1218,981,1006]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">beardae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB442DEFC1FFA976DFE" bold="true" box="[1225,1318,980,1006]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A57C3E570FFB442DEFC1FFA976DFE" box="[1225,1318,980,1006]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in having hypotrichy on both the dorsal shield and the venter. It differs from
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB445B1FC30FC0F6A04" box="[934,958,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB445DAFC30FB9D6A04" box="[973,1068,1019,1044]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">beardae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a single seta on coxa IV and in having barbed dorsal and circum-anal setae. Also the anal opening is close to the anterior margin of the shield, and the opisthogastric setae are of uniform thickness. This new species conforms to the diagnosis given for
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4471BFBBBFE016A99" box="[268,432,1136,1161]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Myrmozercon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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except that the soft ventral cuticle lacks hypertrichy. The legs are holotrichous as given by
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B5BE570FFB447D6FB5DFD016AA0" author="Evans" box="[449,688,1174,1200]" pageId="5" pageNumber="55" refString="Evans, G. O. &amp; Till, W. M. (1965) Studies on the British Dermanyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata): Part I. External morphology. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 13, 249 - 294." type="journal article" year="1965">Evans &amp; Till (1965)</bibRefCitation>
save for hypertrichy on genu IV with an additional
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4430DFB5DFA806ABF" box="[1306,1329,1174,1199]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">pl</emphasis>
and a
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44397FB5DFA2A6ABF" box="[1408,1435,1174,1199]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">pv</emphasis>
seta, on genu and tibia III with an additional
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB444BDFB76FD716AC6" box="[682,704,1213,1238]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">pl</emphasis>
seta, and on femur I with an additional ventral seta. However one specimen has just the typical four ventral setae on femur I on one side. Other variations include one specimen with femur IV lacking a proximodorsal seta on one side. The addition of a ventral seta on femur I also occurs in
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D29E570FFB44757FAFAFC056B5B" authority="(Michael) (Evans &amp; Till 1965)" authorityName="(Michael) (Evans &amp; Till" authorityYear="1965" box="[320,948,1329,1355]" class="Arachnida" family="Laelapidae" genus="Laelaspulus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mesostigmata" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flexuosus">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44757FAFAFDF36B5A" box="[320,578,1329,1354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Laelaspulus flexuosus</emphasis>
(Michael) (
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)
</taxonomicName>
. The low swelling on the palp femur is in the same position as an identical structure in
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB444B6FA93FC166B61" box="[673,935,1368,1393]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Myrmozercon iainkayi</emphasis>
Walter. The
</taxonomicName>
flaring of the spermadactyl tip recalls
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446FCFAB5FE586B87" box="[235,489,1406,1431]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Pneumolaelaps hyatti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF236AAE570FFB446D2FA6EFC2B68DD" blockId="5.[151,1437,593,1741]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D29E570FFB446D2FA6EFD666BAF" authority="Clark" authorityName="Clark" box="[197,727,1445,1471]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavibasis" subGenus="Campomyrma">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB446D2FA6EFEE26BAE" box="[197,339,1445,1470]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Polyrhachis</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44773FA6EFDBB6BAE" box="[356,522,1445,1470]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Campomyrma</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4440AFA6EFD3F6BAE" box="[541,654,1445,1470]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">flavibasis</emphasis>
Clark
</taxonomicName>
is arboreal and lignicolous, nesting within hollow branches and twigs. Of 15 Lamington NP nest collections of
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4451CFA00FCAB6BF4" box="[779,794,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4453DFA00FC2F6BF4" box="[810,926,1483,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">flavibasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only one yielded mites. Another positive collection was that from Boombana NP. Reference specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D29E570FFB445D6FA39FBE9681B" box="[961,1112,1522,1548]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavibasis">
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB445D6FA39FC61681B" box="[961,976,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB445F6FA39FBE9681B" box="[993,1112,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">flavibasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from a Lamington NP
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<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB4436BFA39FA25681B" box="[1404,1428,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB44680F9D2FEB26822" box="[151,259,1561,1586]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">burwelli</emphasis>
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-infested colony are deposited in the Queensland Museum (T153537 T153542). Reliable descriptions of host-parasite relations require the ability to refer back to the original host specimens as the taxonomy of host species can change.
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Frey
<emphasis id="B939EAB8E570FFB444B6F9ADFD64686F" box="[673,725,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">et al</emphasis>
. (1992)
</bibRefCitation>
provide a valuable discussion of relevant concepts, although the term they propose for host reference specimens (“symbiotypes”), would be misleading if readers inferred that a reference specimen has some nomenclatural status.
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