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<taxonomicName id="1640D200624239965675CBFBBA80BB5C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">Tetraponera inermis</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="C373DD23E4C2C4CC7297F829E6D8D787" pageNumber="297">(Figs 5, 15-16, 25)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="1A53176667EE004E76F4E33612D987A7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera Smith" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetraponera</taxonomicName>
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psw81; Fisher 1996:100; Fisher 1999: 134. Cited in faunal inventories.
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<paragraph id="86B01984A3C23B7F14DF5F709267E0CF" pageNumber="297">
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<materialsCitation id="67553B6A4E524E4329E4876E6E630D40" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898919">
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<typeStatus id="A095F463F698B324E60DB012D9EF6E19">Holotype</typeStatus>
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worker.
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<collectingCountry id="22BFBA006F0E7D652993053230A78A4C">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
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<location id="B1CD3603070526404320BA206AC1ACAD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:35B30AB885D739B47B8622D9778214BC:B1CD3603070526404320BA206AC1ACAD" country="MADAGASCAR" name="Toamasina">Toamasina</location>
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: 1 km SSW
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<location id="F0EFDB25FCC98CDCD213565DC4264EBB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:35B30AB885D739B47B8622D9778214BC:F0EFDB25FCC98CDCD213565DC4264EBB" country="MADAGASCAR" name="Andasibe (= Perinet">
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Andasibe (=
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<normalizedToken id="DE791D33E6A9E7C1930D0A0406679AA8" originalValue="Périnet">Perinet</normalizedToken>
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), 920 m,
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<geoCoordinate id="BABCF6A31E4A7B771E35A77792B6F142" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-18.933332">18°56'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="26A87AAB274A0FB5012E244C869C9898" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="48.416668">48°25'E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<collectingDate id="14BB82AD460F17155AC0E2ACDDA11D88">
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<date id="CDD6BB515254CA5621D8B36F0EF7A8BA" day="16" month="11" value="1990-11-16" year="1990">16.xi.1990</date>
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</collectingDate>
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, ex rotten stick on ground, rainforest,
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<collectorName id="588DD2986F97B08948C880645282C3D6">P. S. Ward</collectorName>
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#10941 (
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<specimenCode id="DC8AD1F16C51C4339BFBA0ACD14FC774">CASENT0012862</specimenCode>
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) (
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<collectionCode id="5671C3D0C65E22434273DEF539C4D14F" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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).
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E680D37E56C1F4E2E34087A0B2B82DA7" pageNumber="297">
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<materialsCitation id="7D2721605E5A86571B1329B0DCB18DAD" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898924" country="Madagascar">
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<typeStatus id="BD6BED06CA3E7DD4B76B84A979DFB98A">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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. Series of workers and queens, same locality as
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<typeStatus id="5DD0FD78869AF0B14457A8613A8CDA7B">holotype</typeStatus>
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,
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<date id="B72327ADBBDD4A9C6CD378B5C6930852" day="16" month="11" value="1990-11-16" year="1990">16.xi.1990</date>
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and
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<date id="8448D9D4F47932237F52D49AD661A582" day="12" month="12" value="1990-12-12" year="1990">12.xii.1990</date>
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(P. S. Ward#10940, 19041, 11143) (
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<collectionCode id="11DEE4A66C7AD5DB4B4D2BA7DD96BAA4" collectionName="United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]">BMNH</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="D6056367A775007DC77DC6E1E48D7579" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="C140FBBEADE0BD12F1B01DCC11C7B477" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology">MCZC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="D985EE3D92D7941D994CD0BFA43BC7D5" collectionName="PSWC">PSWC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="F06DB0C22333AAC8056F217E5F86D11C" collectionName="South Africa, Cape Town, Iziko Museum of Capetown (formerly South African Museum)">SAMC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="85880B8ADF194D1DA7B30314AB076A3D" collectionName="USA, California, Davis, University of California, R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology">UCDC</collectionCode>
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FBBD0FE838319A7ABA718A30ADCE9E0F" pageNumber="297">
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Material Examined.-(
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<collectionCode id="25D3F2139EDBAC394C9C19F7E4D37D2E" collectionName="United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]">BMNH</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="D95690BE8448D9897AA34569A99D7500" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="6FE44835195F480AF0EA8B2212703187" collectionName="USA, New York, Ithaca, Cornell University">CUIC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="BE008F97BD605C8C76907E3F295D667E" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology">MCZC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="1AE0F665C14BD5FB6BAD7A6D16034F30" collectionName="NHMV">NHMV</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="B0A1BF33D4B616A7CCEF4C63C2FDDFA4" collectionName="PSWC">PSWC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="6F90CC24A41397989ADE209AFD3ADC52" collectionName="South Africa, Cape Town, Iziko Museum of Capetown (formerly South African Museum)">SAMC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="B5A2D620C9540EE0D5BED1434E2C8156" collectionName="USA, California, Davis, University of California, R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology">UCDC</collectionCode>
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) MADAGASCAR Fianarantsoa: 43 km S Ambalavao, Res. Andringitra, 825 m (Fisher, B. L.); 8 km E Kianjavato, 145 m (Alpert, G.); FC Vatovavy, 175 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); Manombo, 30 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); R.S. Ivohibe, 7.5 km ENE Ivohibe, 900 m (Fisher, B. L.); Vevembe, 600 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); Toamasina: 1 km SSW Andasibe (=
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<normalizedToken id="C8157E37E04D6E9A9FCB28EFBA671CD4" originalValue="Périnet">Perinet</normalizedToken>
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), 920 m (Ward, P. S.); Andasibe (
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<normalizedToken id="B15A58F286536B2CE1B9A1C2BC6DB2F2" originalValue="Périnet">Perinet</normalizedToken>
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) (Brooks, R. W.); F.C. Andriantantely, 530 m (Ratsirarson, H. J.); Mont. Anjanaharibe, 18.0 km 21° NNE Ambinanitelo, 470 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al); Permet (
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<normalizedToken id="5299FDBFFEAB4B7719A750E264D6A563" originalValue="Noyés">Noyes</normalizedToken>
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, J. S.; Day, M. C); PN Zahamena, 860 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al.); PN Zahamena, Sahavorondrano River, 765 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); Res. PerinetAnalamazotra, 930-1040 m (Oison, D. M.); Res. Perinet-Analamazotra, 950 m (Oison, D. M.); vie.
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<normalizedToken id="18A4A0B109B192C9779C4001DD8F02B7" originalValue="Andasibé">Andasibe</normalizedToken>
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(=Perinet), 950-980 m (Brown, W. L.; Brown, D. E.); Toliara: 10 km NW Enakara,
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<normalizedToken id="5AE29F701EF9CD404E83EDBB7E640B50" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 430 m (Fisher, В. L.); 10 km SSW Eminiminy, 750 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 11 km NW Enakara,
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<normalizedToken id="89653545DE20DBBA9A462E81D3F4654C" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 800 m (Fisher, В. L.); 5 km NNW Isaka-Ivondro,
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<normalizedToken id="494291148E1D5BED78A847DA819F4D02" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 280 m (Ward, P. S.); 5 km WNW Mandiso, Res. Andohahela, 400 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 5 km WNW Mandiso,
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<normalizedToken id="982D8E2C54167D9BCDE2A709C7823331" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 400 m (Ward, P. S.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Alpert, G. D.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Rabeson, P.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy, 250 m (Rajeriarison, E.); 6 km SSW Eminiminy,
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<normalizedToken id="505B91060AB9D5F08E08D421B57279CF" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 330 m (Ward, P. S.); 9 km SSW Eminiminy,
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<normalizedToken id="A5A548E4E31C02016430826F53F94076" originalValue="Rés">Res</normalizedToken>
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. Andohahela, 500 m (Ward, P. S.);
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<normalizedToken id="74F05752381D2972B057DF554C5C717F" originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
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Ivohibe, 200 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); Fort Dauphin (eu.); Grand Lavasoa, 450 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); P.N. Andohahela, Manampanihy, 5.4 km 113° ESE Mahamavo, 650 m (Fisher, В. L.; et al.); PN Andohahela, 275 m (Fisher, B. L.; et al).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7EDD1E903D45B23B1517807ED8A280BB" pageNumber="297">Worker measurements (n = 11). HW</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E6B537DB7236B6970E159280049F8CCE" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8EA3529B03980E12483828D98905D436" pageNumber="297">1.02-1.27, HL 1.05-1.42, LHT 1.05-1.38, CI 0.88-0.97, FCI 0.12-0.15, REL 0.31-0.36, REL2 0.35-0.39, SI 0.72-0.76, FI 0.29-0.31, PLI 0.50-0.55, PWI 0.43-0.53.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="2A267D788285FAC0B4A5D055C973AEED" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="1FD31A539B88CB918F7DC4D8BE967DB4" pageNumber="297">
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Worker diagnosis. Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="9354FE1CB60D04CFD35D6B8CD5384003" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="3241" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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(q.v.). Basal margin of mandible lacking tooth; anterior clypeal margin broadly convex and crenulate, directed forward; head relatively broad (CI 0.88- 0.97); metanotal spiracle not visible in lateral view of mesosoma (Fig. 5), subtended laterally and anterolaterally by a pair of concavities that are separated by a transverse carina; dorsal face of propodeum broadly convex in posterior view; standing pilosity and appressed pubescence generally sparse; integument mostly sublucid, with fine coriarious/puncticulate sculpture; head and mesosoma reddish-brown, upper part of propodeum often a darker red than rest of mesosoma; metasoma and appendages paler.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="30AA7D94A565DFBFD2ABF2700B6BC19A" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="91B967F1D4453264EF99364DD4A690B4" lastPageNumber="298" pageNumber="297">
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Comments. The worker of this species can be recognized by the absence of a tooth on the basal margin of the mandible; the more or less concolorous reddish-brown body (the upper half of propodeum is often a richer dark red, and the metasoma is paler); and the lack of a protruding metanotal spiracle when the mesosoma is viewed in profile (Fig. 5). In addition, the head tends to be broader than that of
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<taxonomicName id="5714306293CC1067ABF850108DEF2DE6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="3035" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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and Г.
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<taxonomicName id="4D0CC77F770DB62389CB6A898B04269B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260972" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.completionEvidence="missing, matching species" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera hespera WArd" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hespera">hespera</taxonomicName>
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(CI 0.88-0.97, versus 0.77-0.88 in
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<taxonomicName id="3604E592E41C8ED7759BC187058E0B35" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="3017" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
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and 0.78-
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<pageStartToken id="130EC6CE439F66F5B391EB62775371D3" pageNumber="298">0.90</pageStartToken>
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in
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<taxonomicName id="03C29A6677E41BA2885ACDE3286D76BF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260972" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2800" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera hespera WArd" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hespera">T. hespera</taxonomicName>
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). From
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<taxonomicName id="16622586847D584A16C3DF8DFA876B77" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260972" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2806" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera hespera WArd" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hespera">T. hespera</taxonomicName>
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it can also be distinguished by the ratio of metatibial length to head width (LHT/HW 1.02-1.09 in
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<taxonomicName id="A13D5B338F5A33662B239654BA1AA560" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1102" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
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, and 1.10-1.22 in
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<taxonomicName id="FE5AEA10A46ABB5BED8624AE7EB49D20" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260972" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2840" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera hespera WArd" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hespera">T. hespera</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C2600102E4C6C487B399E60EE33CCF94" pageNumber="298">
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In earlier identifications of
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<normalizedToken id="C7CCCBBB0A56896B6B5F1BC11F42116E" originalValue="muséum">museum</normalizedToken>
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material I assigned the code name
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<taxonomicName id="A760682F68FEEDF857A8DB2D4A48467B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera Smith" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetraponera</taxonomicName>
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psw81 to this species. During initial examination of
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<taxonomicName id="76E255DED652770A17474E79521FAD85" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260974" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera hirsuta Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirsuta">Tetraponera hirsuta</taxonomicName>
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I misidentified it as
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<taxonomicName id="E712A01120CD46F93015A8936D3331DF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1144" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
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, using the code name
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<taxonomicName id="19EE43F5FF84B05896B56DA111F07391" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera Smith" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetraponera</taxonomicName>
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psw81. This is thebasis for the record of "
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<taxonomicName id="CA399397A36D2FD8EC15F0CEBC1F772D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera Smith" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetraponera</taxonomicName>
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psw081" from Manongarivo (Fisher 2002: 318). In fact,
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<taxonomicName id="9D3C96CA5317DE4669BB288009462E45" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1180" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
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is not known from that region.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B7DAAAECB9F6ABB7B5D739F5F5154982" pageNumber="298">
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In the Forel collection (
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<collectionCode id="FB0B27D26FF211EF7F1DEC9211EBA22B" collectionName="Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle">MHNG</collectionCode>
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, Geneva) there is a problema tic worker from "
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<normalizedToken id="EFE0E292D42BF4D518105D3A3ECC0563" originalValue="Nosibé">Nosibe</normalizedToken>
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, village de lTmerina" [=Anosibe an'Ala at
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<geoCoordinate id="14FA55704D5D3CF451FF0C3A8A2F6AE6" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-19.433332">19°26'S</geoCoordinate>
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48C13'E] (leg. Sikora). This worker is large (HW 1.49, LHT 1.79) and unicolored, with an elongate head (CI 0.78), yet the metanotal spiracles are not protruding in lateral view. This individuai combines features of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3292E6189FD0434CC81FFA9140B0E2A2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1274" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F98D5612FCCB4A604F252232C27A7B37" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2788" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
(unicolored form). At the moment I am unable to identify it with certainty.
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E6DEF0A3642570A234CFBF798FD2E503" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="E165FABD5FDF77D37135286CDBCA531F" pageNumber="298">
|
||
Distribution and biology.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4A78AE38EC5413DC5C81EAB5BA59E6CC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1302" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs in eastern Madagascar from Montagne d'Anjanaharibe to the vicinity of Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin) (Fig. 25). Collections all come from rainforest, at
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<normalizedToken id="25CBADDC2C1881F8155BF6F038E5E109" originalValue="élévations">elevations</normalizedToken>
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ranging from 30 m to 1040 m. Nests are located in rotten sticks on the ground, and are small in size. At the type locality I found one dealate queen gleaning the surfaces of leaves, walking rapidly and raising her gaster in the air. She then returned to her nest -a cavity in a small soft dead twig on the ground -which proved to contain eggs, larvae and worker pupae. Thus, this species exhibits non-claustral colony-founding, a trait presumably shared with other members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4CA1C043176170F797158B65DEC8A5D2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2635" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
group. The gasterraising behavior was observed in foraging workers of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="053552AA0FEBCBB0F8A07F299EDA41F7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1445" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
|
||
but not those of the other two species with which
|
||
<taxonomicName id="97778498826A368C8D42CE9B830464A3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1458" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
|
||
is sympatric:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B7FEBD79FE7A513CE00F8A4C9ACEFD80" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:37337" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2602" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera grandidieri (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandidieri">T. grandidieri</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E2470D116E160D91C32B8944F5FEF082" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="2361" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera merita Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="merita">T. merita</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FB36D7D7558EAC7AEBC77FB5B42C9053" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:27101" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Camponotus reaumuri Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reaumuri">Camponotus reaumuri Forel</taxonomicName>
|
||
(related to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D4DC90334509321ED3EE5B067268D068" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:27088" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" genus.bestMatchDistance="9699" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Camponotus putatus Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="putatus">C. putatus Forel</taxonomicName>
|
||
) is a possible mimic of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C7A7DA7E4826229DB0B044C9FDA5FB6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:260975" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" genus.bestMatchDistance="1488" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetraponera inermis Ward" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="298" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inermis">T. inermis</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
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