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:
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<specimenCode id="DBE3314E1545326CFF392CACFE21FAFA" box="[199,427,1270,1294]" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">USNMENT01131316</specimenCode>
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,
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<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFF692D01FEFCFA81" bold="true" box="[151,374,1371,1397]" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
Antennae relatively short, with scapes surpassing posterior margin of head by about a third of their length; medium to dark brown with antennae, mandibles, leg joints, and tarsi yellow in contrast to body; meso-and metacoxae somewhat lighter than mesosoma; entire cuticle smooth and shiny, with microsculpture, and completely lacking blue iridescence; dense cephalic pubescence; posterior margin of head with little to no emargination.
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<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFF392E55FEF6F9DD" bold="true" box="[199,380,1551,1577]" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Compare with:</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFE7D2E4AFD47F9DD" box="[387,717,1551,1577]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">
<taxonomicName id="4C45E2B61545326CFE7D2E4AFDB2F9DD" baseAuthorityName="Trager" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[387,568,1551,1577]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="33" pageNumber="582" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austroccidua">N. austroccidua</taxonomicName>
,
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<subSubSection id="C35FCABE1545326FFF392E69FDAAF8D7" lastPageId="34" lastPageNumber="583" pageId="33" pageNumber="582" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BFA99351545326CFF392E69FAF3F94D" blockId="33.[151,1437,1371,2009]" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">
WORKER.
<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFEB12E6EFDC2F9B9" box="[335,584,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Measurements (n=10)</emphasis>
: TL: 1.812.13; EL: 0.090.12; EW: 0.080.10; IOD: 0.290.32; HE: 0.01; HL: 0.520.58; HW: 0.440.49; HLA: 0.180.20; HLP: 0.260.28; SL: 0.310.35; PW: 0.310.35; MW: 0.170.20; PrW: 0.240.32; PDH: 0.170.22; PTW: 0.090.16; LHT: 0.490.53; WL: 0.590.68; GL: 0.640.94; SMC: 710; PMC: 23; MMC: 2.
<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFE772EC5FE50F94D" box="[393,474,1695,1721]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Indices</emphasis>
: BLI: 130149; CI: 7986; EPI: 6772; HTI: 109116; REL: 1822; SI: 122129.
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<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFF392E99FE82F929" box="[199,264,1731,1757]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Color</emphasis>
: medium to dark brown with yellow to yellow-brown antennae, mandibles, and tarsi; meso- and metacoxae often somewhat lighter than mesosoma but sometimes concolorous; overall cuticle smooth and shiny, with no cuticular microsculpture and no blue iridescence
<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFCE22F51FCF8F8D1" box="[796,882,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Pilosity</emphasis>
: dense cephalic pubescence covering all surfaces of head in full-face view; mesosoma pubescence sparse to absent, limited at most to scattered hairs on pronotum and propodeum, and a fringe of hairs concentrated just posterior to the metanotal groove; gaster pubescence sparse to absent; pair of small, erect setae on apex of petiole.
<emphasis id="B93145271545326CFD302F2DFC81F865" box="[718,779,1911,1937]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="582">Head</emphasis>
: longer than broad and quadrate with distinct posterolateral corners and flattened posterior margin, with little to no medial emargination; scapes surpass posterior margin of head by about a third of their length; median ocellus small, but often apparent; lateral ocelli absent or not apparent.
<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFF6928CDFE85FF44" box="[151,271,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: posterior margin of pronotum forming obtuse angle with anterior margin of mesonotum in profile view; propodeum evenly rounded with dorsal face about as long as posterior face.
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<paragraph id="8BFA99351546326FFF392885FDA3FEE9" blockId="34.[151,1436,151,285]" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">
QUEEN.
<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFECD2885FD97FF0D" box="[307,541,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Measurements (n=1)</emphasis>
: TL: 3.19; EL: 0.16; HL: 0.64; HW: 0.61; SL: 0.63; WL: 1.02; GL: 1.53.
<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFABA2885FA1FFF0D" box="[1348,1429,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Indices</emphasis>
: BLI: 160; CI: 96; REL: 25; SI: 102.
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<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFF662E0CFED0F99B" bold="true" box="[152,346,1622,1647]" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">FIGURES 5759.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFE9E2E0DFD9EF99B" box="[352,532,1623,1647]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Nylanderia polita</emphasis>
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holotype worker (USNMENT01131180). Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
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<paragraph id="8BFA99351546326FFF392E9BFDAAF8D7" blockId="34.[151,1437,1729,2044]" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">
Moderately sized.
<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFE672E9BFE50F92F" box="[409,474,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Color</emphasis>
: medium to dark brown, with meso- and metacoxae lighter than mesosoma.
<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFAC12E9BFA1FF92F" box="[1343,1429,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Pilosity</emphasis>
: most of body covered in moderate to dense pubescence; lacking pubescence on posterior face of propodeum; 1-2 small, erect setae on anepisternum.
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<emphasis id="B93145271546326FFF392F77FE75F8B3" bold="true" box="[199,511,1837,1863]" pageId="34" pageNumber="583">Other material examined:</emphasis>
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:
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WSW Xalapa
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, elev.
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WSW Xalapa
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WSW Xalapa
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WSW Xalapa
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WSW Xalapa
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±
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, elev.
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,
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, cloud forest, sifted litter, ADMAC#Wa-F-05-2-31;
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,
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WSW Xalapa
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,
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±
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, elev.
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,
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, cloud forest, sifted litter, ADMAC#Wa-F-05-2-50.
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<caption id="DF3AC9BD1547326EFF662B7DFAB0FCCB" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14734324" ID-Zenodo-Dep="14734324" box="[152,1338,807,831]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14734324/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="584" startId="35.[152,270,807,831]" targetBox="[151,1435,273,783]" targetPageId="35" targetType="figure">
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFF662B7DFED0FCCB" bold="true" box="[152,346,807,831]" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">FIGURES 6061.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFE9E2B7DFD9EFCCB" box="[352,532,807,831]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">Nylanderia polita</emphasis>
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paratype queen (USNMENT01131789). Full-face and lateral view of the body.
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFF392BCBFED8FC5F" bold="true" box="[199,338,913,939]" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species epithet is derived from
<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFCF22BCBFCD2FC5F" box="[780,856,913,939]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">politus</emphasis>
(L. = polished), referring to the smooth, shining appearance of the species cuticle.
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<subSubSection id="C35FCABE1547326EFF392B83FD6DFB53" pageId="35" pageNumber="584" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFF392B83FE99FC07" bold="true" box="[199,275,985,1011]" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">Notes:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFEE32B83FE6FFC07" box="[285,485,985,1011]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">Nylanderia polita</emphasis>
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workers most strongly resemble those of
<taxonomicName id="4C45E2B61547326EFC372B80FBF7FC07" baseAuthorityName="Trager" baseAuthorityYear="1984" box="[969,1149,985,1011]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="584" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austroccidua">
<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFC372B80FBF7FC07" box="[969,1149,985,1011]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">N. austroccidua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFB492B80FACEFC07" box="[1207,1348,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">N. contraria</emphasis>
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but are easily separable from the latter two by their overall smooth cuticle with no microsculpture and complete lack of blue iridescence. Unlike
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFE8B2C78FDACFBCF" box="[373,550,1057,1083]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">N. austroccidua</emphasis>
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, this species has an evenly rounded propodeum with the posterior face about as long as the dorsal face in profile view. Unlike
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFD652C1CFCAFFBAB" box="[667,805,1094,1119]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">N. contraria</emphasis>
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, the meso- and metacoxae of
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<emphasis id="B93145271547326EFB8D2C1CFB5FFBAB" box="[1139,1237,1093,1119]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="584">N. polita</emphasis>
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are never whitish and at most only somewhat lighter in color than the mesosoma. The known range of this species is limited only to high elevation forests in
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,
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(
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).
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