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<mods:title>Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar - an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-905-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="161776992" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:170762F5-C1DE-4BF4-A551-B07B1C763053" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F2766946996E5998A7A7C4E7F3BBD70E" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/170762F5-C1DE-4BF4-A551-B07B1C763053" authority="Salata & Fisher, 2020" authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole masoala" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masoala" status="sp. nov.">Pheidole masoala</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 77A-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 85" captionStartId="F85" captionText="Figure 85. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole madinika sp. nov. (A). P. mahaboensis sp. nov. (B). P. maizina sp. nov. (C). P. makaensis sp. nov. (D). P. makirovana sp. nov. (E). P. manantenensis sp. nov. (F). P. mantadia sp. nov. (G). P. marieannae sp. nov. (H). P. masoala sp. nov. (I). P. mavesatra sp. nov. (J). P. miramila sp. nov. (K). P. moramanaensis sp. nov. (L). P. navoatrensis sp. nov. (M). P. nemoralis Forel (N). P. ocypodea sp. nov. (O). P. parviocula sp. nov. (P). P. petax Forel (Q). P. podargea sp. nov. (R). P. praegrandis sp. nov. (S). P. ranohirensis sp. nov. (T). P. rugocephala sp. nov. (U). P. rugofitarata sp. nov. (V). P. scabrata Forel (W). P. typhlos sp. nov. (X). P. vatovavensis sp. nov. (Y). P. voasara sp. nov. (Z). P. vohemarensis sp. nov. (AA). P. zavamanira sp. nov. (AB)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure85" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373132" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 85I</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 87" captionStartId="F87" captionText="Figure 87. Distribution. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov. (A). P. longipilosa sp. nov. (B). P. longispinosa Forel (C). P. lutea sp. nov. (D). P. madinika sp. nov. (E). P. mahaboensis sp. nov. (F). P. maizina sp. nov. (G). P. makaensis sp. nov. (H). P. makirovana sp. nov. (I). P. manantenensis sp. nov. (J). P. mantadia sp. nov. (K). P. marieannae sp. nov. (L). P. masoala sp. nov. (M). P. mavesatra sp. nov. (N). P. miramila sp. nov. (O). P. moramanaensis sp. nov. (P). P. navoatrensis sp. nov. (R). P. nemoralis Forel (S). P. ocypodea sp. nov. (T). P. parviocula sp. nov. (U)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure87" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373134" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 87M</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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Madagascar. •1 major worker; Antsiranana; Masoala National Park;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="15.32331" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-15.32331">-15.32331</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="50.30751" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="50.30751">50.30751</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 60 m; 12 Mar 2014; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; BLF32969, CASENT0375363 (CASC).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype</emphasis>
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Madagascar. •1w.; same data as for holotype; CASENT0923165 (CASC).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material.</paragraph>
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Madagascar. -
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Antsiranana</emphasis>
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: •2w., 1s.; 2.0 km S Andrakata; -14.65, 49.71667; alt. 520 m; 2 Dec 1994; B.L. Fisher leg.; CASENT0198553 (CASC). •3w., 5s., 1q., 1m.;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
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Ambanitaza, 26.1 km 347° Antalaha;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="14.67933" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-14.67933">-14.67933</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="50.18367" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="50.18367">50.18367</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 240 m; 26 Nov 2004; B.L. Fisher leg.; CASENT0054845, CASENT0054898, CASENT0055597, CASENT0109607, CASENT0109608, CASENT0109634, CASENT0109635 (CASC). •1w., 1s.; Masoala National Park;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="15.3014" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-15.3014">-15.3014</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="50.22776" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="50.22776">50.22776</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 280 m; 7 Mar 2014; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0377564 (CASC). •1w., 1s.; Masoala National Park;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="15.32331" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-15.32331">-15.32331</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 60 m; 10 Mar 2014; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0375396 (CASC). -
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Toamasina</emphasis>
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: •2w., 4s.; Parc National Mananara-Nord, 7.1 km 261° Antanambe;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="16.455" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-16.455">-16.455</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 225 m; 15 Nov 2005; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0067475, CASENT0067490, CASENT0069439, CASENT0069448 (CASC). •1w., 1m.;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Spéciale">Speciale</normalizedToken>
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Ambatovaky, Sandrangato River;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="16.7755" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-16.7755">-16.7755</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="49.26427" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.26427">49.26427</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 430 m; 24 Feb 2010; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0161802 (CASC). •1w., 1s.;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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Ambatovaky, Sandrangato River;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="16.77274" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-16.77274">-16.77274</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="49.26551" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.26551">49.26551</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 450 m; 20 Feb 2010; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0162680 (CASC). -
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: •1w., 1s.;
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Ivohibe 55.0 km N Tolagnaro;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="47.204" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="47.204">47.204</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 200 m; 3 Dec 2006; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0122620 (CASC).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
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Small species: HL: 0.93-1.17 (1.05), HW: 0.89-1.07 (0.97), WL: 0.76-0.92 (0.84); head in full-face view sub-rectangular, anterior and posterior sides of eyes relatively straight; sides of the head with sparse, moderately long, erect pilosity; antennal scrobes present, well delimited, and forming distinct dorsal concavity beneath frontal carina, scrobe surface foveolate, sometimes with additional sparse, thick, and irregular rugae, delimited ventrally and posteriorly by carinulae; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, big, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex and wide base; outer hypostomal teeth smaller and thinner than inner hypostomal teeth, with moderately wide base, triangular; gaster finely shagreened; body dark yellow.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
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Head foveolate, genae with reduced sculpture or partially smooth; promesonotum low, long, flat or slightly convex, with relatively convex posterior declivity; propodeal spines minute, indistinct; mesosoma foveolate, katepisternum smooth.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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= 10): HL: 0.93-1.17 (1.05); HW: 0.89-1.07 (0.97); SL: 0.41-0.49 (0.45); EL: 0.13-0.16 (0.14); WL: 0.76-0.92 (0.84); PSL: 0.14-0.18 (0.16); MTL: 0.44-0.5 (0.45); PNW: 0.53-0.62 (0.58); PTW: 0.13-0.18 (0.15); PPW: 0.37-0.48 (0.43); CI: 90.8-95.9 (93.1); SI: 45.4-49.3 (46.7); PSLI: 13.4-16.2 (15.0); PPI: 31.9-37.5 (34.9); PNI: 56.7-63.7 (59.3); MTI: 44.9-49.1 (46.7).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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In full-face view sub-rectangular, anterior and posterior sides of eyes relatively straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77B</figureCitation>
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). In lateral view sub-rectangular; ventral and dorsal faces relatively flat; dorsal face finely depressed posteriorly, forming indistinct transverse depression between frons and occipital lobes; inner hypostomal teeth visible. Sides of the head with sparse, moderately long, erect pilosity; whole head with moderately dense, short, suberect to erect pilosity. Head depressed posteriorly, forming shallow transverse depression between frons and occipital lobes. Antennal scrobes distinct and delimited by carinulae; scrobe surface foveolate, sometimes with additional sparse, thick, and irregular rugae, delimited ventrally and posteriorly by carinulae. Occipital lobes shiny, with thick, sparse, irregular rugae, interspaces smooth; frons with dense, thick, and longitudinal rugae, interspaces smooth, and with fine but distinct foveolae on the upper half of frons; malar area with dense, thick, longitudinal to irregular rugulae, interspaces smooth; genae shiny, smooth to finely foveolate. Centre of clypeus smooth and shiny, lateral sides with longitudinal rugae; median notch present, wide and indistinct; median longitudinal carina absent; lateral longitudinal carinae present. Scape, when laid back, slightly exceeding midlength of head; pilosity suberect to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77B, D</figureCitation>
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). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, big, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex and wide base; outer hypostomal teeth smaller and thinner than inner hypostomal teeth, with moderately wide base, triangular (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 85" captionStartId="F85" captionText="Figure 85. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole madinika sp. nov. (A). P. mahaboensis sp. nov. (B). P. maizina sp. nov. (C). P. makaensis sp. nov. (D). P. makirovana sp. nov. (E). P. manantenensis sp. nov. (F). P. mantadia sp. nov. (G). P. marieannae sp. nov. (H). P. masoala sp. nov. (I). P. mavesatra sp. nov. (J). P. miramila sp. nov. (K). P. moramanaensis sp. nov. (L). P. navoatrensis sp. nov. (M). P. nemoralis Forel (N). P. ocypodea sp. nov. (O). P. parviocula sp. nov. (P). P. petax Forel (Q). P. podargea sp. nov. (R). P. praegrandis sp. nov. (S). P. ranohirensis sp. nov. (T). P. rugocephala sp. nov. (U). P. rugofitarata sp. nov. (V). P. scabrata Forel (W). P. typhlos sp. nov. (X). P. vatovavensis sp. nov. (Y). P. voasara sp. nov. (Z). P. vohemarensis sp. nov. (AA). P. zavamanira sp. nov. (AB)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure85" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373132" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">85I</figureCitation>
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In lateral view, promesonotum moderately long, relatively low, and evenly angular, tubercle-like projections absent; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines small, triangular, with acute apex; humeral area laterally weakly produced (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77D</figureCitation>
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). Surface shiny, with fine foveolae, additional sparse and thin rugae on promesonotal dorsum and sometimes propodeum, sculpture slightly weakening on lateral surfaces of pronotum; katepisternum smooth. Pilosity sparse, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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Shiny and foveolate; peduncle short, with distinct horizontal lobes on its basal part; node relatively low, triangular, with rounded apex, in rear view node straight; pilosity moderately sparse and erect (Fig.
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Shiny, with fine and sparse foveolae, smooth on dorsum; in dorsal view sides with long, acute, and triangular projections; pilosity long, moderately dense, and erect (Fig.
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Shiny and finely shagreened; pilosity dense, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Unicolourous, dark yellow; lower part of malar area, frons, and gaster brown (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 77" startId="F77">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 77.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole masoala" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masoala">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole masoala</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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), profile (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
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), and dorsal view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0923165) and full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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), profile (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
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), and dorsal view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0375363).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
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= 10): HL: 0.44-0.48 (0.46); HW: 0.39-0.43 (0.42); SL: 0.39-0.42 (0.4); EL: 0.09-0.1 (0.1); WL: 0.52-0.56 (0.54); PSL: 0.06-0.08 (0.07); MTL: 0.3-0.34 (0.32); PNW: 0.27-0.29 (0.27); PTW: 0.05-0.07 (0.06); PPW: 0.1-0.11 (0.1); CI: 88.5-95.2 (91.4); SI: 93.9-99.5 (97.3); PSLI: 13.3-16.5 (14.7); PPI: 50.5-64.6 (57.9); PNI: 63.8-68.5 (65.9); MTI: 73.4-80.0 (76.2).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Occipital margin straight or indistinctly concave; occipital carina absent (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77A</figureCitation>
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). Pilosity moderately sparse, long, erect. Head foveolate, genae with reduced sculpture or partially smooth. Clypeus foveolate; median longitudinal carina absent; two lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, surpassing the posterior head margin by one-fifth of its length; pilosity suberect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77A, C</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum low, long, flat or slightly convex, with relatively convex posterior declivity; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove indistinct; propodeal spines minute, indistinct, triangular, apex acute (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C</figureCitation>
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). Sculpture foveolate, katepisternum smooth. Pilosity moderately sparse, moderately short, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Peduncle very short and thin with ventral face slightly convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Short, low, and slightly convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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With sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Unicolourous, yellow (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 77" captionStartId="F77" captionText="Figure 77. Pheidole masoala sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923165) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0375363)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure77" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373124" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">77C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">From the type locality.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The species was collected between 30-520 m in elevation, in rainforest and disturbed rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs and sticks on the ground.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole masoala" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masoala">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole masoala</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is most similar to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. madinika" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="madinika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. madinika</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole masoala" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masoala">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole masoala</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. madinika" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="madinika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. madinika</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in dark yellow body colouration, presence of shallow transverse depression between frons and occipital lobes, and well developed antennal scrobes which are delimited ventrally and posteriorly by carinulae.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole masoala" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="masoala">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole masoala</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. madinika" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="madinika">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. madinika</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. by relatively convex posterior declivity of promesonotum, and shallow and indistinct metanotal groove.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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