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<mods:title>Three new species and one new country record of velvet ants (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) from Thailand</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Sittichaya, Wisut</mods:namePart>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Mickelomyrme leleji sp. nov., holotype, female A dorsal view B mesosoma dorsum C lateral view D metasomal terga E vertex F clypeus G pygidium." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.93.94727.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/763827" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2016-02-09" collectorName="W. Jaitrong" country="Thailand" county="Khong Chiam District" location="Mekong river" municipality="Khao Phan Bok" specimenCount="♀" stateProvince="Ubon Ratchathani Province" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
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,
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<collectingCountry name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingRegion country="Thailand" name="Ubon Ratchathani">Ubon Ratchathani Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCounty>Khong Chiam District</collectingCounty>
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,
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<collectingMunicipality>Khao Phan Bok</collectingMunicipality>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3A145E8F947B5CED94B5A468EC75B294:A3D74D99EEE67F5491880F317EFE8F1A" country="Thailand" county="Khong Chiam District" municipality="Khao Phan Bok" name="Mekong river" stateProvince="Ubon Ratchathani Province">Mekong river</location>
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, 140 msl., N152708.33 E1053545.96,
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<collectingDate value="2016-02-09">09.ii.2016</collectingDate>
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.
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<collectorName>W. Jaitrong</collectorName>
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leg. (THNHM)
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.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-03-25" collectingDateMax="2019-03-26" collectingDateMin="2019-03-25" collectorName="K. Williams, S. Puttasok, K. Thoawan, R. Malee, N. Thaochan" country="Thailand" latitude="17.46" location="Waranya Resort" longLatPrecision="76" longitude="-101.355" municipality="Phu Ruea District" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Loei Province" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<typeStatus>Paratype</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCount>♀</specimenCount>
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<collectingCountry name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<collectingRegion country="Thailand" name="Loei">Loei Province</collectingRegion>
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</emphasis>
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<collectingMunicipality>Phu Ruea District</collectingMunicipality>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:3A145E8F947B5CED94B5A468EC75B294:10B23DD4D31104B1ED35ED746DA9AE9F" country="Thailand" latitude="17.46" longLatPrecision="76" longitude="-101.355" municipality="Phu Ruea District" name="Waranya Resort" stateProvince="Loei Province">Waranya Resort</location>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="17.460" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="17.46">17.460</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="101.355" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="-101.355">-101.355</geoCoordinate>
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<collectingDate value="2019-03-25" valueMax="2019-03-26" valueMin="2019-03-25">25-26.III.2019</collectingDate>
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<collectorName>K. Williams</collectorName>
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<collectorName>S. Puttasok</collectorName>
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<collectorName>K. Thoawan</collectorName>
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<collectorName>R. Malee</collectorName>
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and
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<collectorName>N. Thaochan</collectorName>
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leg. (
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<specimenCount type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
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CSCA)
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Female.</emphasis>
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This species can be separated from other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Lelej" authorityYear="1995" class="Insecta" family="Mutillidae" genus="Mickelomyrme" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mickelomyrme" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Mickelomyrme</emphasis>
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by the unique metasomal setal pattern: the T2 posterior fringe is has a mesal patch of white setae and T3-5 have the setae mostly whitish. The following characters are also diagnostic: the vertex has sparse whitish setae; the mesosoma is uniformly orange-brown without distinct whitish setal patches; the scutellar scale is transversely arcuate, ~6 punctures wide, with transverse wavy carinae anterior and posterior to the scale; the T2 disc is convex and the cuticle is uniformly blackish beneath the white setal spots; and the pygidium is elongate triangular with most striae continuous nearly to the apical margin. Body length 3.5-4.5 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Male.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Female.</emphasis>
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Body length 3.5 mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Coloration</emphasis>
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.
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Head dark brown except antennal tubercle, malar space, clypeus, mandibular bases, scape and pedicel bases apparently paler brown. Mesosoma orange-brown. Legs brown except pro-, meso- and metacoxae paler. Metasoma dark brown except T1 orange-brown, S1-6 paler brown. Body setae generally sparse except T3-4 apically. Setal color generally whitish, except mesosoma dorsum and T2 aside from setal patches covered with dark-brown appressed setae; T2 disc with three large white ovate setal patches; T2 fringe white mesally; T3-6 setae almost entirely whitish.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Head</emphasis>
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.
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Width behind eye subequal to mesosoma width. Frons, vertex, and gena punctures small, widely separated. Mandible apex apparently unidentate. Clypeus with transverse entire carina carina, basomedial portion triangulate narrow with a small, median tubercle. Antennal scrobe without dorsal carina. Antennal tubercle smooth. Genal carina obliterated. F1 1.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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pedicel length, F2 1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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pedicel length.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Length 1.4
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width. Dorsum with shallow hexagonal punctures, punctures on apical onefifth very shallow obscure, deeper and more prominent posteriorly. Side of mesosoma smooth and shining, upper portion sparsely covered with shorter setae, lower portion with dense white long setae. Mesopleural lamella absent. Humeral carina weakly developed and obliterated dorsally. Ratio of width of humeral angle, anterior spiracle, narrowest point of mesonotum, propodeal spiracle, and widest point of propodeum 46:52:44:46:48. Scutellar scale transversely arcuate, ~6 punctures wide, with transverse wavy carinae anterior and posterior to scale. Posterior propodeal face; upper portion areolate, lower portion shagreened without punctures. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces not separated by carina. Metatibio-tarsal ratio 39:20:12:9:6:6.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Metasoma</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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T1-5 with small dense punctures. S1 with simple longitudinal carina. T2 felt line 0.56
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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T2 total length. T6 with elongate triangular pygidial plate, with sub-parallel striae (~14 near base), mostly reaching apex. S6 posterior margin narrowly emarginate.
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<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.93.94727.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/763827" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Mickelomyrme leleji</emphasis>
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sp.nov., holotype, female
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">A</emphasis>
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dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">B</emphasis>
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mesosoma dorsum
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">C</emphasis>
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lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">D</emphasis>
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metasomal terga
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">E</emphasis>
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vertex
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clypeus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">G</emphasis>
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pygidium.
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</caption>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Male.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">The paratype is 4.5 mm in length and has slightly a wider patch of blackish setae mesally on T5.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Thailand (Loei, Ubon Ratchathani)</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="151" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">The name honors Arkady S. Lelej, who described the genus and for his great contributions to modern velvet-ant taxonomy.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="151" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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In the key to female velvet ants in southern Thailand (
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), this species terminates at couplet 17 because the metasomal coloration does not match any of the species. It terminates at couplet 2 in the key to East Asian
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Mickelomyrme</emphasis>
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species (
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<bibRefCitation author="Lelej, AS" journalOrPublisher="Entomofauna" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="277 - 292" refId="B4" refString="Lelej, AS, 1996. A review of the East Asian species of Mickelomyrme Lelej, 1995 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Entomofauna 17 (15): 277 - 292" title="A review of the East Asian species of Mickelomyrme Lelej, 1995 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae)." volume="17" year="1996">Lelej 1996</bibRefCitation>
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) for the same reason. Structurally, this species seems most similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Williams in
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" author="Williams, KA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="1 - 69" refId="B17" refString="Williams, KA, Lelej, AS, Okayasu, J, Borkent, CJ, Malee, R, Thoawan, K, Thaochan, N, 2019. The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4602: 1 - 69, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" title="The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" volume="4602" year="2019">Williams et al,. 2019</bibRefCitation>
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or
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
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Williams in
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" author="Williams, KA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="1 - 69" refId="B17" refString="Williams, KA, Lelej, AS, Okayasu, J, Borkent, CJ, Malee, R, Thoawan, K, Thaochan, N, 2019. The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4602: 1 - 69, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" title="The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4602.1.1" volume="4602" year="2019">Williams et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
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, based on the distinct pygidial striae. The pygidial shape is somewhat intermediate between those species, being elongate triangular (broadly triangular in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, elongate ovate in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). Unlike those species, the mesonotum is uniformly orange-brown (pronotum largely blackened in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); the mesonotum lacks distinct white setal patches (present in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), the T2 disc patches are composed of concolorous whitish setae (mesal T2 disc patch yellowish, orange, or absent in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and the T2 fringe has a whitish mesal setal patch (T2 fringe entirely black in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Additionally, unlike
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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||
, the head is dark brown (pale orange-brown in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. kinguri" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="kinguri">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. kinguri</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
) and, unlike
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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, the pygidial striae are sub-parallel (striae posteriorly divergent in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. puttasoki" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="puttasoki">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">M. puttasoki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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