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Genus
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(Figs 1-
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, Maps 123-125)
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<taxonomicName id="AA8BE1337EFF818D9CC6CD61C6DBFC4F" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eutetramorium</taxonomicName>
Emery
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<taxonomicName id="86005DF33A456CA455846E00C64767AB" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eutetramorium</taxonomicName>
Emery, 1899: 280. Type-species:
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, 1899: 281, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, W.M. 1911: 163.
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<paragraph id="9C9EA6907C2307DC3E541C8FC5698DF9" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Diagnosis of worker</paragraph>
<paragraph id="643DE93697E36DE8F987F8C90586445A" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Monomorphic myrmicine ants.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C72748195383451F8E1763B386DA875" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Mandible triangular; masticatory margin with 6-8 teeth, longer than the basal margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C9044FC48188049F0B6FAF6FEF8A2B6A" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Palp formula 4,3, or 4,2.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA71A21063DE95F35484B07FDF609E32" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Stipes of maxilla with a coarse transverse crest.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D2111D4473DE867E39029514EFBBBB2A" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Clypeus posteriorly moderately broadly inserted between the frontal lobes; median portion of clypeus broad, not bicarinate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DAC07B362974C55D6DA65900F922687E" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Clypeus with lateral portions raised into a shielding wall or sharp ridge in front of the antennal sockets.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F0BDE00DE4C6DDE6F584C810890B480" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Clypeus with a tooth or triangular point at midpoint of anterior margin; without an unpaired seta at the midpoint.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A5E3247AFA0B3520EE7A5D284272CCDC" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Frontal carinae restricted to frontal lobes, never extending to the posterior margin of the head.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BED083CDE251CB20F646A462BDE571B7" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Antennal scrobes absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="46B0F7322777D025D926ECA8F13EA5AA" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Antenna with 12 segments, with an apical club of 3 segments; scape distinctly downcurved near its base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4DEE56D1A71B3F902B131E4F88CF9BA7" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Antennal socket and torulus subtended by a depressed antennal fossa; anterior margin of the fossa is formed by the posterior surface of the narrow, raised, lateral portion of the clypeus.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="094626C59D64711252FCC4FDC0F623C1" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Torulus with upper lobe concealed by the frontal lobe in full-face view. In profile the torulus lobe large, directed downward over the condyle of the scape.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="360D6F44DE1611467C2A1EC89C6E17D5" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Eyes present, located slightly in front of, to slightly behind, the midlength of the side of the head capsule in full-face view.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5AF82EEDAE63B2AAF0AC65ED8FDF8919" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Head capsule without a median, longitudinal carina.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E693833F87FD80625C8463A7BBFAF92" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Pronotal humeri rounded in dorsal view.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AB438AF7D1FF992D036FAF0C0D64DC68" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Metanotal groove impressed.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1D3E7B3E8DF443282FB37300E06FF022" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Propodeum bispinose or bidentate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ADC0360AD3CF94BF6742663DF96715C6" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Propodeal spiracle behind midlength of sclerite.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA3D755F740878722BE8EC6872ABC3DB" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Metasternal process present.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7D167464F3875CC6521127367495444F" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Tibial spurs: mesotibia 0 or 1; metatibia 0 or 1; simple when present.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="51FE74AB06D58C01365036AED1F34446" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Abdominal segment 4 (first gastral) tergite does not broadly overlap the sternite on the ventral gaster; gastral shoulders absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1EE9659E760C244BA3ED3BFFE1B52CC5" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Sting simple, without a spatulate to pennant-shaped lamellate appendage that projects from the dorsum of the shaft near or at its apex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A717F0F228E9128B57110066EEC4546" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Main pilosity of dorsal head and body: simple.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E8CFDFEE2782A762383DDE74D800E131" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Diagnosis of queen (gyne)</paragraph>
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Extreme ergatoid in
<taxonomicName id="E1E438DBA8051A8BDD8A1869C8D1CD68" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mocquerysi">mocquerysi</taxonomicName>
, alate in
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. In
<taxonomicName id="EEDBC648792876D04AFFA7702CFD7F32" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvum">parvum</taxonomicName>
a normal dealate queen is present in the type-series, but there is also a specimen that may be an ergatoid or a worker-queen intercaste, or possibly merely an oversized worker, as discussed under
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. Dealate queen with characters as worker except for the usual modifications of the mesosoma and the presence of ocelli. Venation: see under male.
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<paragraph id="464314694E639186B7EF62CCA66AD185" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">Diagnosis of male</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D58C8BBA96734DE0EC2E97870C2E0E04" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="mainText">
Known only for
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. Smaller than conspecific worker. Mandible stoutly triangular, with 7 teeth. Palp formula 4,3. Stipital crest present on maxilla. Antenna with 13 segments, filiform. SI 31. First funicular segment short but not globular, about one quarter the length of the second funicular segment. In full-face view eye located in front of midlength of head capsule. Ocelli small, conspicuous. Occipital carina sharp but not forming a raised crest. Mesotibia and metatibia each with a single spur, barbulate on mesotibia, weakly pectinate on metatibia. Notauli weakly present, the anterior arms forming a V-shape. Mesoscutum anteriorly, between the notauli arms, with a
<pageBreakToken id="5F937C448F8CBCFD6CABCB14E7FED541" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" start="start">longitudinal</pageBreakToken>
median carina that is narrowly bifurcated anteriorly. Mesopleuron with a marked transverse sulcus. Propodeum unarmed, the spiracle low on the side and in front of the midlength of the sclerite; propodeal lobes conspicuous, rounded. Petiole with a short, stout anterior peduncle and a short but relatively high node, the spiracle about level with the base of the anterior face of the node. Postpetiole greatly elongated, in profile almost twice the length of the petiole. Subpetiolar process present, small. Cerci present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="68D08BFB9BA01E163A2806EE19DD2368" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="mainText">
Forewing venation (based on male of
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and queen of
<taxonomicName id="8492E277B68F07B8104B47B2EDD6D839" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monticellii">monticellii</taxonomicName>
). Rsf4-5 does not meet Rf3 on anterior margin of wing (= marginal cell open). 2rs-m absent. 1m-cu present. Fusion of Rs+M extended distally, so that 1m-cu arises from Rs+M, not from M. Rsf3 present (Rs+M divides into Rsf3 and Mf3-4 proximal of the junction with 2r-rs). A-f2 long, not merely a stub distal of cu-a. In
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queens cu-a is retracted toward the wing base and arises from M+Cu, proximal of the point where it divides into Mf1 and Cuf1-2. However, in the single
<taxonomicName id="D4C00E151422E40F1267A664DD160DB2" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mocquerysi">mocquerysi</taxonomicName>
male examined, cu-a arises at the point where M+Cu divides.
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Comments on
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<paragraph id="CDDF1FD34DDF61F2F1F7A0E4EAAC79EF" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="mainText">
This small genus was established by Emery (1899) for two conspicuous, large, darkly coloured Madagascan species that superficially resemble
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. Initially, Emery (1912, 1914) was of the opinion that the genus was referable to the tribe
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, but Ashmead (1905) and Wheeler (1910) had already referred it to
<taxonomicName id="EF52C7F2050A4A975205B5D570CB944B" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="tribe" tribe="Tetramoriini">Tetramoriini</taxonomicName>
, an opinion that Emery (1915b, 1924) also came to accept. Bolton (1976) excluded
<taxonomicName id="46932A4BF104C5320AB784A3EE2C76BE" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eutetramorium</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="363C602B79A9D7735B8DE43D59190D20" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="tribe" tribe="Tetramoriini">Tetramoriini</taxonomicName>
on morphological grounds, and tentatively transferred it to
<taxonomicName id="8399A48D9B7DBAD713D7A2F024B440BC" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="tribe" tribe="Myrmicini">Myrmicini</taxonomicName>
. This placement persisted until recently, when a molecular analysis of
<taxonomicName id="D50F56BE106442C57CA393996B4147AA" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="tribe" tribe="Myrmicini">Myrmicini</taxonomicName>
by Jansen &amp; Savolainen (2010) showed that the monophyly of the tribe was dubious, and that
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formed a clade with
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. The yet unpublished, more detailed, DNA analysis of
<taxonomicName id="CF663077F0203D6E918B47E62017D98F" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Myrmicinae">Myrmicinae</taxonomicName>
by Philip S. Ward has established that
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belongs in a strongly supported, endemic Madagascan clade that also includes the other four genera revised here.
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Synopsis of
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species
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<paragraph id="6F0EE4D9DC6C11139C9FB3825B48FB29" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="mainText">
<taxonomicName id="E8FC509C31E4D3E66B2F40C0B518F95F" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mocquerysi">mocquerysi Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1899
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="041E5090FADCFB0583AB3589E9CCD749" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="mainText">
<taxonomicName id="83C4B2D7C2912A3D68AE37F61280D1B6" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eutetramorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monticellii">monticellii Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1899
</paragraph>
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parvum
<authority id="3E759DA71D455D45530B902FBCD78E49">Bolton &amp; Fisher</authority>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F9699408F54F03431380968082D0E001" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Key to
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species (workers)
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1 Much smaller, yellow species (Fig. 7), HW 0.56-0.59, SL 0.44-0.48, MfL 0.52-0.54. Eye relatively larger, EL/HW 0.24-0.25. Palp formula 4,2. Metatibia without a spur............................................................
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<paragraph id="C2487A16ACA94194D956BCFEE0BAD12E" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="mainText">- Much larger, darkly coloured species (Figs 1, 4), HW&gt; 1.00, SL&gt; 0.75, MfL&gt; 1.00. Eye relatively smaller, EL/HW 0.17-0.22. Palp formula 4,3. Metatibia with a stout simple spur.................................................2</paragraph>
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2 Dorsum of promesonotum and first gastral tergite with numerous suberect to decumbent setae present (Fig. 4). Propodeal spines short, in profile less than 1.50 x the maximum width of the propodeal lobe. Pronotal dorsum finely reticulate-rugose, the interspaces with some weak punctate ground sculpture (Fig. 6)..........................................
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- Dorsum of promesonotum and first gastral tergite with minute appressed pubescence, without subdecumbent to decumbent setae (Fig. 1). Propodeal spines long, in profile obviously more than 3.00 x longer than the maximum width of the propodeal lobe. Pronotal dorsum coarsely shagreenate between foveate pits (Fig. 3)................................
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