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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FF085F91FECA36BD" ID-CoL="CMC5Z" box="[151,360,943,969]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi" status="sp.n.">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF085F91FECA36BD" bold="true" box="[151,360,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="82C0C10A1E6CFFC0FEF05F8EFE0836BD" box="[367,426,944,969]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" rank="species">sp.n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF085FECFEA9369F" box="[151,267,978,1003]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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(
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<figureCitation id="33BCBCE61E6CFFC0FF005FECFEA0369F" box="[159,258,978,1003]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 – 6" captionStartId="9.[151,263,1955,1976]" captionTargetBox="[278,1308,193,1931]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[278,1308,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 4 – 6. Myrmecia banksi, Holotype, South Nowra, NSW. Standard views. HW 2.66 mm, WL 3.86 mm, PW 1.72 mm." pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Figs 4–6</figureCitation>
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)
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6CFFC0FF085825FE563123" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF085825FE563123" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FF085825FEF83147" box="[151,346,1050,1075]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF085825FEF83147" box="[151,346,1050,1075]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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is known only from low elevations along a narrow coastal and sub-coastal strip in NSW south from Sydney to Batemans Bay.
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6CFFC0FF58585CFD1A31EB" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF58585CFD1A31EB" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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This species was referred to in previous JACP publications as the "greenhead" form of
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FB31585DFB6F310F" box="[1198,1229,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">M.</emphasis>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FB41585CFA9A310F" box="[1246,1336,1122,1147]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FB41585CFA9A310F" box="[1246,1336,1122,1147]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">pilosula</emphasis>
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), as “
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FAE2585DFA3F310F" box="[1405,1437,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">M.</emphasis>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FF3F58B8FF5831EB" box="[160,250,1158,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF3F58B8FF5831EB" box="[160,250,1158,1183]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">pilosula</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) 2n=10”, or informally as “
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FDAC58B9FD1331EB" box="[563,689,1158,1183]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FDAC58B9FD0431EB" box="[563,678,1158,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">M. banksi</taxonomicName>
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”
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</emphasis>
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.
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6CFFC0FF585895FB1D325E" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF585895FE083046" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF585895FEC731B7" bold="true" box="[199,357,1194,1219]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Type locality.</emphasis>
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NEW SOUTH WALES: South Nowra, shortly north of the junction of Forest Road and Bulldog Avenue track (-34 56, 150 37), ca 800 meters west of the Forest Road/Princes Highway intersection. Forest Road marks the boundary between Currambene State Forest (to the North) and Nowra State Forest. The area is referred to locally as Comberton,
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF585900FC7C300D" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF585900FE293022" bold="true" box="[199,395,1341,1366]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Type deposition.</emphasis>
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Holotype and paratypes in ANIC, paratypes or type-compared vouchers in AMSA, MVMA, QMBA, SAMA, WAMA, TMHA) and in BMNH, CASC, MCZC, MHNG.
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF5859BBFF46335A" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF5859BBFDEE30EA" bold="true" box="[199,588,1413,1438]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Material examined, distribution.</emphasis>
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Known from coastal or sub-coastal NSW, from Leumeah, Sydney, south to Catalina, Batemans Bay. All collections are from elevations below 70 meters. Localities most distant from the coast are at Wandandian (ca 5km inland) and Leumeah (ca 24 km).
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FCCD59F0FBB63092" box="[850,1044,1485,1510]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FCCD59F0FBB63092" box="[850,1044,1485,1510]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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will almost certainly range further north and south, and could occur more widely in the Sydney area where records of Jack-jumpers are currently sparse.
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC0FF585A07FB1D325E" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF585A07FDBC3325" bold="true" box="[199,542,1593,1618]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">JACP and AAVAS records.</emphasis>
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NEW SOUTH WALES: Leumeah, E of railway station [-34 0 3, 150 50], HI–AAGR13, AAGT11; Nowra [-34 53, 150 36], HI87–122–127, 91–057; South Nowra [-34 55, 150 36], HI99–013; AAVAS accessions 145, 147, 148, SB&SM; Wandandian [-35 5, 150 31], HI89–034, HI91–048, 100, 101; West of Nelligen [-35 39, 150 8], HI85–213, HI91–191; Sheep Station Creek near Nelligen [-35 39, 150 8], HI87–158; Batemans Bay [-35 42, 150 11], HI87–160; Catalina [-35 43, 150 11], AAVAS. The JACP “Nowra” samples were collected near HMAS
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FDA85AD3FD033272" box="[567,673,1773,1798]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Albatross</emphasis>
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Naval Air Station; the “South Nowra” records from the vicinity of the type locality; and the Batemans Bay sample from near the western end of Maloneys Beach.
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6CFFC2FF585B08FAC93434" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="503" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6CFFC2FF585B08FAC93434" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="503" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FF585B08FE07323A" bold="true" box="[199,421,1845,1870]" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Worker diagnosis.</emphasis>
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General features as illustrated and in key couplets 1, & 3 above.
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6CFFC0FB275B08FADF323A" box="[1208,1405,1845,1870]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="501" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FB275B08FADF323A" box="[1208,1405,1845,1870]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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is distinguished within the
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6CFFC0FE2C5B67FDAE3206" box="[435,524,1881,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="501">pilosula</emphasis>
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complex by its dense, brassy-green cephalic pubescence. This produces strong greenish-yellow reflections, readily visible in living specimens with hand lens magnification, and encouraged Imai’s field epithet “greenhead”. Anterior femora chocolate brown, each with a reddish-orange apical section up to 1/3 its length, matching the adjacent tibia. Middle tarsi and tibiae reddish-orange, matching those of fore legs. Hind femora and tibiae dark brown, like anterior femora; the tibiae sometimes a little lighter, with their apices and the tarsi progressively lighter in color towards the foot.
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FD775C83FC0E35A0" box="[744,940,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FD775C83FC0E35A0" box="[744,940,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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is otherwise morphologically similar to the eastern species
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FEDA5CDEFDE5358C" box="[325,583,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impaternata">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FEDA5CDEFDE5358C" box="[325,583,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Myrmecia impaternata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the Western Australian
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FC195CDEFC47358C" box="[902,997,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imaii">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FC195CDEFC47358C" box="[902,997,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. imaii</emphasis>
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, which have similar but usually muchless dense brassy cephalic pilosity, and distinctive, very different karyology (see below). The provenance of specimens and their comparison with confidently identified vouchers is important in differentiating these taxa.
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<caption id="FFF8F0EB1E6DFFC1FF085B9DFA3E32CC" box="[151,1436,1954,1976]" pageId="9" pageNumber="502" targetBox="[278,1308,193,1931]" targetPageId="9">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6DFFC1FF085B9DFA3E32CC" box="[151,1436,1954,1976]" pageId="9" pageNumber="502">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6DFFC1FF085B9DFE9832CC" bold="true" box="[151,314,1955,1976]" pageId="9" pageNumber="502">FIGURES 4–6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6DFFC1FEDF5B9DFE4D32CC" box="[320,495,1954,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="502" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6DFFC1FEDF5B9DFE4D32CC" box="[320,495,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="502">Myrmecia banksi</emphasis>
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, Holotype, South Nowra, NSW. Standard views. HW 2.66 mm, WL 3.86 mm, PW 1.72 mm.
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6EFFC2FF585D72FAFE34D8" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF585D72FEFB3410" bold="true" box="[199,345,332,356]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Dimensions.</emphasis>
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(Holotype, smallest paratype, largest paratype (mm): TL = 13.04, 11.81, 13.45; HW = 2.66, 2.26, 2.76; HL = 2.44, 2.48, 2.77; CI = 109, 109, 111; EL =1.02, 0.87, 1.06; OI = 38, 38, 38; SL = 1.98, 1.75, 2.09; SI = 74, 77, 76; PW = 1.72, 1.70, 1.77; WL = 3.86, 3.33, 3.92; PetW = 0.94, 0.77, 1.01; PpetW = 1.50, 1.19, 1.60.
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6EFFC2FF585D86FD113748" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6EFFC2FF585D86FD113748" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF585D86FEEF34A4" bold="true" box="[199,333,440,464]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Named for Joseph Banks (1743–1820) who with Daniel Solander in 1770 first scientifically collected Australian ants and other insects at Botany Bay, NSW, while exploring ashore from James Cook’s HM Bark
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF475DC1FEF0376C" box="[216,338,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Endeavour</emphasis>
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in habitat similar to that at the
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FD545E3EFC9F376C" box="[715,829,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. banksi</emphasis>
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Type Locality. The
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FBB35DC1FB05376C" box="[1068,1191,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Endeavour</emphasis>
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landing site is about 100km NNE of the
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FEEB5E1BFE403748" box="[372,482,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. banksi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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South Nowra site.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6EFFC2FF585E76FE2237BB" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" type="description">
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<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6EFFC2FF585E76FE2237BB" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">
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||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF585E76FEE83714" bold="true" box="[199,330,584,608]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Karyology.</emphasis>
|
||
Most examined specimens (sampled from all above localities except Catalina and Batemans Bay) had the monomorphic karyotype 2K=6M +2M c +2A (2n=10) (Imai, Taylor
|
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<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FC7D5E4EFB8337F3" box="[994,1057,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">et al.,</emphasis>
|
||
1994: 147,
|
||
<figureCitation id="33BCBCE61E6EFFC2FB395E50FB4537F3" box="[1190,1255,622,647]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 – 6" captionStartId="9.[151,263,1955,1976]" captionTargetBox="[278,1308,193,1931]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[278,1308,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 4 – 6. Myrmecia banksi, Holotype, South Nowra, NSW. Standard views. HW 2.66 mm, WL 3.86 mm, PW 1.72 mm." pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
h). One putative mutant individual from Leumeah (sample HI–AAGH–11) had a complicated translocation producing 2n=9 (Imai, Crozier
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF6D5E86FE9337BB" box="[242,305,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">et al.,</emphasis>
|
||
1977).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E39DF3E81E6EFFC2FF585EE5FC903167" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6EFFC2FF585EE5FE89369B" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF585EE5FEB33787" bold="true" box="[199,273,731,755]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Notes.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FE875EE5FE843787" box="[280,294,731,755]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">S</emphasis>
|
||
ympatric associations with other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FD045EE5FCB93787" box="[667,795,730,755]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FD045EE5FCB93787" box="[667,795,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. pilosula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-complex species are unknown. Convincing karyological evidence identifies
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FEEB5F3EFE413663" box="[372,483,766,791]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FEEB5F3EFE413663" box="[372,483,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. banksi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(or a close ancestor) as one of the parent species of the apparently parthenogenetic and hybrid-originated
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FE0A5F1DFDE7364F" box="[405,581,803,827]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impaternata">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FE0A5F1DFDE7364F" box="[405,581,803,827]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. impaternata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(the other putative parental taxon is an element of the Eastern Race of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FAE25F1DFF53362B" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FAE25F1DFF53362B" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. pilosula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
: see below under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FE565F76FDD8362B" box="[457,634,840,863]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impaternata">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FE565F76FDD8362B" box="[457,634,840,863]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. impaternata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Because of close similarity between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FBA25F76FB0C362B" box="[1085,1198,838,863]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FBA25F76FB0C362B" box="[1085,1198,838,863]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. banksi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FB745F76FA3E362B" box="[1259,1436,840,863]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impaternata">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FB745F76FA3E362B" box="[1259,1436,840,863]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. impaternata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
future studies, such as analysis of their distributional relationships between the NSW South Coast and Southern Tablelands, might require karyological or DNA analyses to authenticate identifications. A winged male is present in HI87–123.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FEAB5F8DFDA536BF" box="[308,519,946,971]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FEAB5F8DFDA536BF" box="[308,519,946,971]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Myrmecia pilosula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Eastern Race) is considered likely to be found in future as a sympatric associate of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FF2A5FE6FE86369B" box="[181,292,982,1007]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksi">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF2A5FE6FE86369B" box="[181,292,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. banksi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AB38A0631E6EFFC2FF585FC5FC903167" box="[199,818,1018,1043]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FF585FC5FE163167" bold="true" box="[199,436,1019,1043]" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">Research prospects.</emphasis>
|
||
See below under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C87DBE01E6EFFC2FDE35FC5FC893167" box="[636,811,1019,1043]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="impaternata">
|
||
<emphasis id="99F37C711E6EFFC2FDE35FC5FC893167" box="[636,811,1019,1043]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="503">M. impaternata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |