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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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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="161777015" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1636E403-170C-4F0B-9D13-684F71CD8C92" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/73C6434DD2E8589DD185CDF5A59B5A74" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/1636E403-170C-4F0B-9D13-684F71CD8C92" authority="Salata & Fisher, 2020" authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole lamperos" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lamperos" status="sp. nov.">Pheidole lamperos</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 82A-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 84" captionStartId="F84" captionText="Figure 84. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole aelloea sp. nov. (A). P. ala sp. nov. (B). P. andapa sp. nov. (C). P. ankerana sp. nov. (D). P. annemariae Forel (E). P. avaratra sp. nov. (F). P. bemarahaensis sp. nov. (G). P. bemarivoensis sp. nov. (H). P. binara sp. nov. (I). P. boribora sp. nov. (J). P. brevipilosa sp. nov. (K). P. curvistriata sp. nov. (L). P. diakritos sp. nov. (M). P. ehazoara sp. nov. (N). P. ensifera Forel (O). P. ferruginea sp. nov. (P). P. fisaka sp. nov. (R). P. fitarata sp. nov. (S). P. glabra sp. nov. (T). P. goavana sp. nov. (U). P. lamperos sp. nov. (W). P. longipilosa sp. nov. (X). P. longispinosa Forel (Y). P. lutea sp. nov. (Z)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure84" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373131" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 84W</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">, 87A</figureCitation>
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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; Galoko chain, Mont Galoko;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="13.5888" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-13.5888">-13.5888</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="48.72864" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="48.72864">48.72864</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 980 m; 20 Feb 2013; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; BLF30940, CASENT0300132 (CASC).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes</emphasis>
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Madagascar. •2w., 1q.; same data as for holotype; CASENT0300131, CASENT0923181, CASENT0872205 (CASC).
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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., 1m.; Galoko chain, Mont Galoko;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="13.59358" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-13.59358">-13.59358</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="48.73157" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="48.73157">48.73157</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 1100 m; 22 Feb 2012; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0301011, CASENT0301013 (CASC).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
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Head sub-rectangular; body black; sides of the head with moderately sparse, long, erect pilosity; frons with moderately dense, thick, longitudinal, and interrupted rugae, interspaces smooth to indistinctly rugulose; genae shiny, with sparse and thin, irregular rugoreticulation, posterior part smooth; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, moderately high, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex and wide base; outer hypostomal teeth thinner, smaller, and narrower than inner hypostomal teeth, dentate.
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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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Body dark brown; head with sparse but distinct foveolae, and additional longitudinal to irregular, thick rugae on frons and malar area, and thick, sparse, and arcuate rugae on vertex; mesosoma with thick and sparse foveolae; promesonotum with additional sparse, thick, transverse rugae; lateral sides of propodeum with thick, longitudinal rugae; katepisternum and mesonotum 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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= 2): HL: 1.16-1.13; HW: 1.08-1.02; SL: 0.46-0.5; EL: 0.16-0.13; WL: 0.88-0.82; PSL: 0.18-0.17; MTL: 0.47-0.46; PNW: 0.55-0.49; PTW: 0.15-0.13; PPW: 0.41-0.32; CI: 93.1-90.1; SI: 42.7-48.8; PSLI: 15.7-14.8; PPI: 36.7-41.6; PNI: 50.9-48.1; MTI: 43.5-44.7.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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In full-face view longer than wide, anterior of eyes straight, posterior of eyes relatively straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82B</figureCitation>
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). In lateral view sub-rectangular; ventral and dorsal faces relatively flat; dorsal face finely depressed posteriorly, forming shallow transverse depression between frons and occipital lobes; inner hypostomal teeth visible. Sides of the head with moderately sparse, long, erect pilosity; whole head with dense, short, suberect to erect pilosity. Antennal scrobes indistinct and not delimited by carinulae; scrobe surface shiny, with thick, longitudinal, and long rugae; interspaces smooth to indistinctly rugulose. Occipital lobes shiny, with thick, irregular rugae, interspaces with distinct, irregular rugulae fading posteriorly; frons with moderately dense, thick, longitudinal, and interrupted rugae, interspaces smooth to indistinctly rugulose; genae shiny, with sparse and thin, irregular rugoreticulation, posterior part smooth; malar area with thin, longitudinal, dense rugae. Centre of clypeus shiny and smooth, lateral sides with longitudinal rugulae; median notch present, narrow and moderately shallow; median longitudinal carina present, indistinct; lateral longitudinal carinae present. Scape, when laid back, reaching the midlength of head; pilosity erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82B, D</figureCitation>
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). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, moderately high, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex and wide base; outer hypostomal teeth thinner, smaller, and narrower than inner hypostomal teeth, dentate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 84" captionStartId="F84" captionText="Figure 84. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole aelloea sp. nov. (A). P. ala sp. nov. (B). P. andapa sp. nov. (C). P. ankerana sp. nov. (D). P. annemariae Forel (E). P. avaratra sp. nov. (F). P. bemarahaensis sp. nov. (G). P. bemarivoensis sp. nov. (H). P. binara sp. nov. (I). P. boribora sp. nov. (J). P. brevipilosa sp. nov. (K). P. curvistriata sp. nov. (L). P. diakritos sp. nov. (M). P. ehazoara sp. nov. (N). P. ensifera Forel (O). P. ferruginea sp. nov. (P). P. fisaka sp. nov. (R). P. fitarata sp. nov. (S). P. glabra sp. nov. (T). P. goavana sp. nov. (U). P. lamperos sp. nov. (W). P. longipilosa sp. nov. (X). P. longispinosa Forel (Y). P. lutea sp. nov. (Z)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure84" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373131" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">84W</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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In lateral view, promesonotum relatively low and arched, posterior mesonotum relatively steep, without tubercle-like projections; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines moderately long, triangular, with rounded apex and wide base; humeral area laterally weakly produced (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82D</figureCitation>
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). Surface shiny, promesonotum, katepisternum, anepisternum, and dorsoventral surface of propodeum smooth, with very indistinct, short irregular rugulae, only lower part of lateral sides of propodeum with thin, longitudinal rugulae; lateral sides of propodeum shiny, with thick, longitudinal rugae. Pilosity moderately sparse, long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82D, F</figureCitation>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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Shiny; peduncle short, finely foveolate, with indistinct horizontal lobes on its basal part; node smooth, relatively high, triangular, with rounded apex, in rear view node slightly convex; pilosity moderately sparse and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82D, F</figureCitation>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole</emphasis>
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Shiny, finely shagreened, with smooth dorsum; in dorsal view sides with moderately long, acute, wide, and triangular projections; pilosity moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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Shiny and finely shagreened; pilosity dense, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82D, F</figureCitation>
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Black; legs brownish black (Fig.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 82" startId="F82">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 82.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole lamperos" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lamperos">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole lamperos</emphasis>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0923181) and full-face view (
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0300132).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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= 4): HL: 0.47-0.48 (0.48); HW: 0.44-0.46 (0.44); SL: 0.41-0.44 (0.43); EL: 0.08-0.09 (0.09); WL: 0.55-0.58 (0.56); PSL: 0.09-0.1 (0.09); MTL: 0.31-0.33 (0.32); PNW: 0.28-0.29 (0.29); PTW: 0.06-0.06 (0.06); PPW: 0.1-0.11 (0.1); CI: 92.4-95.4 (93.7); SI: 92.5-97.6 (95.6); PSLI: 19.0-19.6 (19.4); PPI: 55.3-59.4 (58.0); PNI: 63.2-64.5 (63.9); MTI: 70.1-73.4 (72.0).
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Occipital margin straight or indistinctly concave; occipital carina present, weakly developed (Fig.
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). Pilosity sparse, long, suberect to erect. Head shiny, with sparse but distinct foveolae, and additional longitudinal to irregular, thick rugae on frons and malar area, and thick, sparse, and arcuate rugae on vertex; genae and malar area smooth. Clypeus smooth, with basal part finely rugulose; median longitudinal carina present; two lateral longitudinal carinae indistinct. Scape, when laid back, surpassing the posterior head margin by one-fifth of its length; pilosity erect (Fig.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum low, slightly convex, long, with posterior declivity smoothly declining towards propodeum; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines short, triangular, with acute apex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82C</figureCitation>
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). Sculpture with thick and sparse foveolae; promesonotum with additional sparse, thick, transverse rugae; lateral sides of propodeum with thick, longitudinal rugae; katepisternum and mesonotum smooth. Pilosity sparse, moderately long, and decumbent to erect (Fig.
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Peduncle short and thin with ventral face slightly convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82C, E</figureCitation>
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Short, low and convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82C, E</figureCitation>
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With sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 82" captionStartId="F82" captionText="Figure 82. Pheidole lamperos sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923181) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0300132)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure82" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373129" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">82C, E</figureCitation>
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Dark brown (Fig.
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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">Greek for shiny [λαμπερός], in reference to dark and very shiny sculpture of minor and major workers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The species was collected at elevation between 980-1100 meters, in montane forest. Nests were located in rotten logs.</paragraph>
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