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A–B, 18
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The following character combination distinguishes
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group: in profile mesosomal dorsum with conspicuously impressed metanotal groove; in dorsal view petiolar node not laterally denticulate; dorsum of propodeum without standing hairs; first gastral tergite with standing hairs evenly distributed throughout.
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The new species is named after the
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. The species epithet is a noun in apposition and thus invariant.
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leg. (MCZC:
|
||
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|
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).
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF50FA34FE851FBF" blockId="21.[189,1399,1427,1559]" box="[234,359,1427,1453]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7CFA64FF50FA34FE851FBF" bold="true" box="[234,359,1427,1453]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<typeStatus id="032C83937C7CFA64FF50FA34FE851FBF" box="[234,359,1427,1453]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF07FA11FA941FC2" blockId="21.[189,1399,1427,1559]" box="[189,1398,1462,1488]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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||
<collectingCountry id="A4807DA17C7CFA64FF07FA11FE6E1FC2" box="[189,396,1462,1488]" name="Mozambique" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">MOZAMBIQUE</collectingCountry>
|
||
: 6 pinned workers, same collection data as
|
||
<typeStatus id="032C83937C7CFA64FC17FA11FBF61FC2" box="[941,1044,1462,1488]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FB92FA11FB641FC2" box="[1064,1158,1462,1488]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">BMNH</collectionCode>
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||
: CASENT0790018;
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF07FA7EFD131C04" blockId="21.[189,1399,1427,1559]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FF07FA7EFEFA1FE1" box="[189,280,1497,1523]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33445" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33445" name="Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">HLMD</collectionCode>
|
||
: HLMD-Hym-2395;
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FD8DFA7EFD721FE1" box="[567,656,1497,1523]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">KSMA</collectionCode>
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||
: CASENT0790019;
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FC13FA7EFC1E1FE1" box="[937,1020,1497,1523]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">MCZC</collectionCode>
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||
: CASENT0790017;
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FAA1FA7EFA911FE1" box="[1307,1395,1497,1523]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
|
||
: CASENT0790022;
|
||
<collectionCode id="BA86A5F47C7CFA64FE1FFA5AFE191C05" box="[421,507,1533,1559]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34613" name="Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="Museum">ZFMK</collectionCode>
|
||
: CASENT0790020).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="948D6EBA7C7CFA66FF07F999FEBE1C7B" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF07F999FDC11C4A" blockId="21.[189,547,1598,1624]" box="[189,547,1598,1624]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7CFA64FF07F999FE381C4A" bold="true" box="[189,474,1598,1624]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Worker measurements</emphasis>
|
||
(n=7)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF07F9CAFA941D01" blockId="21.[189,1399,1644,1812]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
HL 0.69–0.73 (0.71); HW 0.50–0.53 (0.51); SL 0.47–0.51 (0.50); EL 0.16–0.17 (0.17);
|
||
<collectingCountry id="A4807DA17C7CFA64FB69F9CAFB1A1C95" box="[1235,1272,1645,1671]" name="Philippines" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">PH</collectingCountry>
|
||
0.26–0.28 (0.27); PW 0.41–0.42 (0.41); WL 0.85–0.88 (0.87); PSL 0.12–0.13 (0.12); PTL 0.14–0.16 (0.15); PTH 0.21–0.22 (0.22); PTW 0.19–0.20 (0.19); PPL 0.18–0.20 (0.19); PPH 0.21–0.22 (0.21); PPW 0.27–0.28 (0.28); CI 71–73 (72); SI 95–98 (96); OI 30–33 (32); DMI 47–49 (48); LMI 31–32 (32); PSLI 16–18 (17); LPeI 64–70 (69); DPeI 127–141 (131); LPpI 86–93 (89); DPpI 140–147 (145); PPI 138–147 (143).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA64FF07F89CFE501D46" blockId="21.[189,434,1850,1877]" box="[189,434,1850,1877]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<heading id="87608A5D7C7CFA64FF07F89CFE501D46" bold="true" box="[189,434,1850,1877]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7CFA64FF07F89CFE501D46" bold="true" box="[189,434,1850,1877]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Worker description</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7CFA66FF07F8CEFC261BA0" blockId="21.[189,1398,1897,1994]" lastBlockId="23.[190,1399,267,434]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">HEAD. Masticatory margin of mandible with five teeth, decreasing in size from largest, acute apical tooth to smallest basal denticle; clypeus arched-convex to almost triangular, anterior margin with slightly darker, lamellate, flattened ridge all-around; head in full-face view appearing relatively narrow, much longer than broad (CI 71–73), sides of head approximately straight, gently broadening behind eye level, narrowest directly behind posterior eye margin, and widest halfway between posterior eye margin and posterior head margin; posterior head margin concave medially; frontal carinae and antennal scrobes absent; antennal scapes moderately long, not reaching posterior head margin (SI 95–98). Eyes relatively large (OI 29–33), with eight to nine ommatidia in the longest row.</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="88E86DB97C7FFA67FF07F82DFC991DFE" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3776280" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3776280" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3776280/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" startId="22.[189,232,1930,1956]" targetBox="[202,1384,265,1904]" targetPageId="22">
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7FFA67FF07F82DFC991DFE" blockId="22.[189,1399,1930,2028]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FF07F82DFEFA1DB6" bold="true" box="[189,280,1930,1956]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 18.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7FFA67FEA7F82CFDE91DB6" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[285,523,1930,1956]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FEA7F82CFDE91DB6" box="[285,523,1930,1956]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Nesomyrmex inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C7FFA67FDAAF82CFD8E1DB7" box="[528,620,1931,1957]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, holotype (MCZ-ENT00593557).
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FC41F82DFBF21DB6" bold="true" box="[1019,1040,1930,1956]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
|
||
. Body in profile view.
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FAACF82CFAC81DB7" bold="true" box="[1302,1322,1931,1957]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">B</emphasis>
|
||
. Body in dorsal view.
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FEC8F80AFE651DD5" bold="true" box="[370,391,1965,1991]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
|
||
. Head in full-face view.
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7FFA67FD17F809FD201DDA" bold="true" box="[685,706,1966,1992]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">D</emphasis>
|
||
. Map of Africa and Madagascar showing currently known distribution and type locality (black and white star symbol).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04FE7DFB931892" blockId="23.[190,1399,473,640]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">MESOSOMA. In lateral view mesosomal outline relatively low (LMI 31–32) and flat with conspicuously impressed metanotal groove; promesonotal suture present laterally and completely absent dorsally; pronotum moderately marginate between lateral and dorsal mesosoma, anterodorsal corners not denticulate; propodeum armed with short to moderately long propodeal spines (PSLI 16–18), in profile spines distinctly longer than their basal width; propodeal lobes low and rounded.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04FD0FFABF1987" blockId="23.[190,1399,679,917]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">WAIST SEGMENTS AND GASTER. Petiolar peduncle long, anteriorly with a small tooth-like subpetiolar process; in profile petiolar node relatively low and globular, between 1.4 and 1.5 times as high as long (LPeI 64–70); anterior face smoothly merging with peduncle and petiolar dorsum without any angles, posterior face slightly better developed; node in dorsal view about 1.3 to 1.4 times as wide as long (DPeI 127–141); in dorsal view petiolar node not laterally denticulate; in profile postpetiole globular, about 1.1 to 1.2 times as high as long (LPpI 86–93); in dorsal view about 1.4 and 1.5 times as wide as long (DPpI 140–147); postpetiole in dorsal view around 1.4 to 1.5 times as wide as petiolar node (PPI 138–147).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04FC1BFED31F24" blockId="23.[190,1399,956,1334]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">SCULPTURE. Mandibles shagreened to partly smooth and shiny, sometimes with very weak, superficial, irregular, longitudinal rugulae; median clypeal carina present and conspicuous, usually accompanied by one or two lateral, longitudinal, and slightly weaker rugae on each side; cephalic dorsum posteriorly and laterally strongly reticulate-rugose, medially more irregularly longitudinally rugose, ground sculpture conspicuously reticulate-punctulate; mesosoma laterally and dorsally with distinct reticulate-punctulate ground sculpture, lateral mesosoma conspicuously reticulate-rugose, dorsum reticulate-rugose with some irregular, longitudinal elements medially; legs unsculptured, smooth and shining; petiole and postpetiole with irregular reticulate-rugose sculpture superimposed on reticulate-punctulate ground sculpture; sculpture of first gastral tergite variable, some specimens only with reticulate-punctulate ground sculpture, other specimens irregularly rugose/rugulose on top of reticulate-punctulate ground sculpture.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04FAF9FE371C16" blockId="23.[190,1399,1373,1540]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">PILOSITY AND PUBESCENCE. Head, mesosoma, waist segments and gaster dorsally with sparse, erect, blunt, and moderately long pilosity, hairs shorter on head and mesosoma than on waist segments and gaster; head laterally and ventrally with short appressed to decumbent pubescence; pubescence on mesosoma and waist segments sparse to absent; first gastral tergite with short to moderately long, appressed to decumbent pubescence.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04F98BFEBE1C7B" blockId="23.[190,1399,1579,1641]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">COLORATION. Body uniformly yellowish to light brown, in a few specimens legs slightly lighter yellow, almost white.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="948D6EBA7C7EFA69FF04F937FE4018BD" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA66FF04F937FE2A1CB8" blockId="23.[190,456,1680,1706]" box="[190,456,1680,1706]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
|
||
<heading id="87608A5D7C7EFA66FF04F937FE2A1CB8" bold="true" box="[190,456,1680,1706]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FF04F937FE2A1CB8" bold="true" box="[190,456,1680,1706]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Diagnostic comments</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C7EFA69FF04F918FBCF1BEA" blockId="23.[190,1399,1727,2000]" lastBlockId="24.[189,1399,267,505]" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
|
||
Within the members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FDB2F967FD431CCB" baseAuthorityName="Mayr" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[520,673,1727,1753]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FDB2F967FD431CCB" box="[520,673,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. angulatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FCE7F967FC301CCB" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[861,978,1727,1753]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FCE7F967FC301CCB" box="[861,978,1727,1753]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C7EFA66FC61F918FBD51CCB" box="[987,1079,1727,1753]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
cannot be mistaken for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FAE6F967FEC71CEE" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="evelynae">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FAE6F967FEC71CEE" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. evelynae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
since the latter is devoid of standing hairs on the first gastral tergite except for a single transverse row on the posterior end of the tergite, and also has very long propodeal spines and a relatively high petiolar node.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FEDBF88EFDAF1D50" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[353,589,1832,1858]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FEDBF88EFDAF1D50" box="[353,589,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Nesomyrmex inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C7EFA66FDE8F88EFD481D51" box="[594,682,1833,1859]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
has short, standing hairs evenly distributed throughout the first gastral tergite, shorter propodeal spines and a much lower petiolar node. The species pair
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FB5AF8EBFA951D74" baseAuthorityName="Mayr" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[1248,1399,1868,1894]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angulatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FB5AF8EBFA951D74" box="[1248,1399,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. angulatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FF49F8D7FE8E1D9B" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[243,364,1904,1929]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grisoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FF49F8D7FE8E1D9B" box="[243,364,1904,1929]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. grisoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
both do not possess a trace of a metanotal groove, which is obviously present in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FAE6F8D7FEEC1DBE" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FAE6F8D7FEEC1DBE" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C7EFA66FEAFF835FE921DBE" box="[277,368,1938,1964]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
and thus it is not likely these species will be confused. Nevertheless,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FB19F834FAF71DBE" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[1187,1301,1938,1964]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FB19F834FAF71DBE" box="[1187,1301,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C7EFA66FAA7F835FA951DBE" box="[1309,1399,1938,1964]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is morphologically closer to the trio of species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FD4BF811FC461DDD" baseAuthorityName="Mayr" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[753,932,1973,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="denticulatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FD4BF811FC461DDD" box="[753,932,1973,1999]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. denticulatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FC0EF811FBA21DDD" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[948,1088,1974,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="innocens">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FC0EF811FBA21DDD" box="[948,1088,1974,1999]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. innocens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C7EFA66FBC7F811FAC31DDD" baseAuthorityName="Arnold" baseAuthorityYear="1948" box="[1149,1313,1974,1999]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stramineus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C7EFA66FBC7F811FAC31DDD" box="[1149,1313,1974,1999]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">N. stramineus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. These three are, however, easily separable since they possess a petiolar node with distinct lateral denticles and have standing hairs on the propodeal dorsum, while
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FC8FFE88FC4B1B5B" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[821,937,303,329]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FC8FFE88FC4B1B5B" box="[821,937,303,329]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FC09FE88FBF21B5B" box="[947,1040,303,329]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
lacks both the lateral petiolar denticles and the standing hairs on the propodeum. Moreover,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FC27FEF4FBED1B7E" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[925,1039,338,364]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FC27FEF4FBED1B7E" box="[925,1039,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. inhaca</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FBADFEF5FB901B7E" box="[1047,1138,338,364]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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has apparently longer antennal scapes based on the much higher SI (94–95) compared to the other three species (SI 67–77). This is partly due to the fact that
|
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<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FD87FE3EFD4D1BA0" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[573,687,408,434]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FD87FE3EFD4D1BA0" box="[573,687,408,434]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FD0CFE3EFCF21BA1" box="[694,784,409,435]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
has indeed relatively longer antennal scapes, but the comparatively narrow head with low values of HW contributes to these high SI values. Therefore, we suggest being cautious with scape length as the single diagnostic character.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FD87FE311828" blockId="24.[189,467,544,570]" box="[189,467,544,570]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
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<heading id="87608A5D7C71FA69FF07FD87FE311828" bold="true" box="[189,467,544,570]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" reason="3">
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||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FF07FD87FE311828" bold="true" box="[189,467,544,570]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Intraspecific variation</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FDE9FE4018BD" blockId="24.[189,1399,590,687]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Since the description is based on just one collection event, the observed intraspecific variation seen in the worker caste is very low. However, the sculpture on the first gastral tergite shows some variability, as described above.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="948D6EBA7C71FA69FF07FD71FC631950" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FD71FEFE18E2" blockId="24.[189,284,726,752]" box="[189,284,726,752]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<heading id="87608A5D7C71FA69FF07FD71FEFE18E2" bold="true" box="[189,284,726,752]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FF07FD71FEFE18E2" bold="true" box="[189,284,726,752]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Biology</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FCA1FC631950" blockId="24.[189,1398,773,835]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FF07FCA1FE4C190D" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[189,430,773,799]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FF07FCA1FE4C190D" box="[189,430,773,799]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Nesomyrmex inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FE0DFCA2FDF1190D" box="[439,531,773,799]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
was sampled from low vegetation in secondary forest at an elevation of
|
||
<specimenCount id="CA91F6B87C71FA69FF07FC8FFF131951" box="[189,241,808,835]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="generic">
|
||
<quantity id="1B6F90D47C71FA69FF07FC8FFF0F1951" box="[189,237,808,835]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" unit="m" value="1.0">1 m</quantity>
|
||
.
|
||
</specimenCount>
|
||
Apart from this, nothing is known of its natural history.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="948D6EBA7C71FA69FF07FCCEFCF71E70" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FCCEFEB41991" blockId="24.[189,342,873,899]" box="[189,342,873,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<heading id="87608A5D7C71FA69FF07FCCEFEB41991" bold="true" box="[189,342,873,899]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" reason="3">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FF07FCCEFEB41991" bold="true" box="[189,342,873,899]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DC283D317C71FA69FF07FC3FFCF71E70" blockId="24.[189,1399,920,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
The new species is so far only known from one collection event on Inhaca Island in the southeast of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="A4807DA17C71FA69FF5AFC1CFE9D19C7" box="[224,383,955,981]" name="Mozambique" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Despite this apparently restricted distribution to just one island, we are reluctant to declare
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FEA2FC78FE6819EA" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" box="[280,394,990,1016]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FEA2FC78FE6819EA" box="[280,394,990,1016]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FE2AFC78FE0819EB" box="[400,490,991,1017]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
as endemic to Inhaca Island. With the noticeable exception of the area around Gorongosa, most of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="A4807DA17C71FA69FE01FBA5FDB41E0E" box="[443,598,1026,1052]" name="Mozambique" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
remains severely under-sampled and our knowledge of local ant communities and species distributions is very poor to non-existent. Consequently, it is possible that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1B9746B27C71FA69FAE6FB81FEEF1E70" authority="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert, 2017" authorityName="Garcia & Mbanyana & Audisio & Alpert" authorityYear="2017" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inhaca" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C71FA69FAE6FB81FEEF1E70" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">N. inhaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F5D05C587C71FA69FEAEFBEEFE8D1E71" box="[276,367,1097,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
will also be found on the mainland.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |