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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49ABB97FFE49FA9B" bold="true" box="[151,431,1339,1366]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Zigrasimecia goldingot</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49ABB9C7FE63FA50" bold="true" box="[151,389,1411,1437]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Diagnosis (worker).</emphasis>
Head roughly subquadrate in full-face view. Pilosity on body composed of inconspicuous, decumbent, small setae; on the dorsum of head setae curving towards the midline. Compound eyes subcircular (in relation to
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC482CB988FE65FA28" box="[272,387,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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). Reduced number of clypeal chaetae (less than 25). Dorsal propodeal surface relatively short (in relation to
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4805B9B4FE48F9C4" box="[313,430,1520,1545]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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). Petiolar node apex sharp, not forming a proper dorsal surface; transversally the apex is mildly bilobed.
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49FBBA73FEA9F99C" bold="true" box="[199,335,1591,1617]" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Comments.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC486BBA7CFDB8F99C" box="[343,606,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Zigrasimecia goldingot</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4BA4BA7CFCEAF99C" box="[664,780,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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are species known only by queens. Below is summarized why the species described from workers are unlikely conspecific to them.
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49FBBAC4FE2BF954" box="[199,461,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Zigrasimecia goldingot</emphasis>
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differs strikingly in pilosity from the species
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4AF1BAC4FBB0F954" box="[973,1110,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. boudinoti</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4D58BAC4FAE4F954" box="[1124,1282,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. chuyangsui</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4C2CBAC4FA83F954" box="[1296,1381,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. ferox</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49ABBAE0FEA6F970" box="[151,320,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. hoelldobleri</emphasis>
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as it has small and decumbent setae while those four species have conspicuous standing setae on the body. It differs from
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC488CBA8CFDE0F92C" box="[432,518,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. thate</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4B03BA8CFD28F92C" box="[575,718,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. perrichoti</emphasis>
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in the low number of clypeal chaetae (less than 25, rather than more than 30); from
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC48BBBAA8FE39F8C8" box="[391,479,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. thate</emphasis>
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alone, for not having the flagellate, hook-shaped setae on the frons and vertex; and from
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC49E8BB54FE86F8E4" box="[212,352,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. perrichoti</emphasis>
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alone in the subquadrate, rather than subrectangular, head (although different shape of the head is common between queens and workers in many ant species), and for having many small, recurved, decumbent setae on the head, rather than a mostly glabrous head (or maybe with very thin and inconspicuous setae, see description of
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4989BB38FEA4F858" box="[181,322,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. perrichoti</emphasis>
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). Finally,
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC488FBB38FDDDF858" box="[435,571,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. goldingot</emphasis>
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is unlikely conspecific to
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4A62BB38FC16F858" box="[862,1008,1915,1941]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. caohuijiae</emphasis>
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for its petiole with a short and bilobed apex, rather than having the broad and round dorsal surface of the node seen in
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06248FFEC4D2EBBE4FB40F874" box="[1042,1190,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="319">Z. caohuijiae</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED49ABBA1EFEF8F9BF" bold="true" box="[151,286,1626,1650]" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Type series of
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.
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Putative taphonomic effects (A and B) and the corresponding states assumed to be true for the species (C and D). Black triangles in A and C point to the metanotum (or anterior propodeal) level, with holotype in A having a bump which could be an artifact of preservation. Black triangles in B and D indicate the apex of the petiole node, possibly artificially reduced by compression in B. Gray triangles in B and D indicate the anterior surface of A3 tergite, with the shelf-like projection in B being probably the result of folding of the sclerite in the taphonomic process. Cinctus on A4 (E and zoomed in F) is interpreted as a true feature of
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED4B44BB4BFD20F8EA" box="[632,710,1807,1831]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">Z. ferox</emphasis>
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, not an artifact of preservation. In F, the white triangles show posterior edge of A3, black triangles indicate constriction on A4 (cinctus), which separates pre- and posttergites 4, and gray triangle shows swollen intersegmental membrane or internal liquid overflow.
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED49FBBBD9FE5FF87B" box="[199,441,1949,1974]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">Zigrasimecia tonsora</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED4BCCBBD9FC9CF87A" box="[752,890,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">Z. boudinoti</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED4AB6BBD9FBCFF87A" box="[906,1065,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">Z. chuyangsui</emphasis>
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, and
<taxonomicName id="27A74D616249FFED4D54BBD9FAF6F87A" authorityName="Cao, Boudinot &amp; Gao" authorityYear="2020" box="[1128,1296,1949,1975]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="320" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hoelldobleri">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF06249FFED4D54BBD9FAF6F87A" box="[1128,1296,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="320">Z. hoelldobleri</emphasis>
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for the
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of its standing pilosity, which is shorter, thinner and not as homogeneously distributed on the dorsal surfaces of the head, mesosoma and metasoma as in those species. Also due to pilosity,
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4D3DBCD3FB90FF7D" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[1025,1142,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4D3DBCD3FB90FF7D" box="[1025,1142,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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is unlikely conspecific to
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA49ABBCFFFECDFF18" authorityName="Abstract" authorityYear="2023" box="[151,299,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caohuijiae">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA49ABBCFFFECDFF18" box="[151,299,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. caohuijiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4805BCFFFE21FF18" authorityName="Abstract" authorityYear="2023" box="[313,455,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perrichoti">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4805BCFFFE21FF18" box="[313,455,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. perrichoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4B39BCFFFDBCFF18" authorityName="Abstract" authorityYear="2023" box="[517,602,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thate">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4B39BCFFFDBCFF18" box="[517,602,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. thate</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as the three are mostly glabrous, except that
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4D60BCFFFB54FF18" authorityName="Abstract" authorityYear="2023" box="[1116,1202,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thate">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4D60BCFFFB54FF18" box="[1116,1202,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. thate</emphasis>
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has a patch of hook-shaped, flagellate standing setae on the head (setae on the head of
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4A40BC9BFC16FF35" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[892,1008,223,248]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4A40BC9BFC16FF35" box="[892,1008,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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being simple, thin, and suberect). The
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of the pilosity in
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA48B2BD47FE03FED0" authorityName="Perrichot" authorityYear="2014" box="[398,485,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferox">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA48B2BD47FE03FED0" box="[398,485,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. ferox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4B4BBD47FD0DFED1" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[631,747,259,284]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4B4BBD47FD0DFED1" box="[631,747,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for being short and suberect to erect, however, in
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4C21BD47FA95FED0" authorityName="Perrichot" authorityYear="2014" box="[1309,1395,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferox">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4C21BD47FA95FED0" box="[1309,1395,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. ferox</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the setae appears more sparse and evenly distributed, while it is patchy and denser in
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4D23BD63FB74FE8D" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[1055,1170,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4D23BD63FB74FE8D" box="[1055,1170,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA4DA3BD63FAF7FE8D" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[1183,1297,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA4DA3BD63FAF7FE8D" box="[1183,1297,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from most species by having the apical tooth strongly offset (outer margin sinuous distally,
<figureCitation id="789C2A67624EFFEA4D5EBD0FFB40FEA8" box="[1122,1190,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1793,1817]" captionTargetBox="[151,1434,814,1770]" captionTargetId="figure-1048@5.[151,1435,814,1770]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. Masticatory margin of mandible in Gerontoformica and Zigrasimecia. A, Gerontoformica sp. (ANTWEB1032629); B, Z. ferox (ANTWEB1008126); C, Z. chuyangsui (ANTWEB1032660); D, Z. tonsora (ANTWEB11008098). Black triangles indicate incision between apical and basal teeth (or basal lamella). Image of Z. tonsora by Philip Barden and image of Z. ferox by Vincent Perrichot, courtesy of Antweb.org." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8243393" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8243393/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
, D). Finally, there are two unique traits that isolate
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA48E5BD2BFDABFE45" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[473,589,367,392]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA48E5BD2BFDABFE45" box="[473,589,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
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, a V-shaped groove on the frons, and a pair of vertexal ridges (see comment on that last character under
<taxonomicName id="27A74D61624EFFEA48F1BDD7FDA7FE61" authorityName="Barden &amp; Grimaldi" authorityYear="2013" box="[461,577,403,428]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Zigrasimecia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="321" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonsora">
<emphasis id="D2D3EAF0624EFFEA48F1BDD7FDA7FE61" box="[461,577,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="321">Z. tonsora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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