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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFF4894B67D5F905FE5138ED" bold="true" box="[151,409,1738,1764]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="551">Myrmoteras jaitrongi</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="6D8472A4FFF4894B67DDF922FF24390C" box="[159,236,1773,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1041,1064]" captionTargetBox="[422,1167,187,1016]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[411,1175,183,1023]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Left mandibles in dorsal view. A. Myrmoteras cuneinodum; B. M. jaitrongi; C. M. concolor." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/217735/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="551">Figs. 1</figureCitation>
B, 5)
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material.
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worker from
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, Narathiwat Province, South-West Balahala: tropical rainforest,
<date id="810148E1FFF4894B62CCF8F9FF3A3979" pageId="7" pageNumber="551" value="2002-11-07">7 xi 2002</date>
, leg. W. Jaitrong, WJT02-TH325 (THNHM-2002-3850) [THNHM].
<typeStatus id="2A04D083FFF4894B634DF896FBBD3978" box="[1039,1141,1881,1905]" pageId="7" pageNumber="551" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
:
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from the same locality as
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,
<date id="810148E1FFF4894B66C2F8B2FE32399C" box="[384,506,1917,1941]" pageId="7" pageNumber="551" value="2001-09-25">25 ix 2001</date>
, leg. S. Hasin 2001 [SKYC].
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Non-type material examined.
<collectingCountry id="8DA82EB1FFF4894B6574F86FFD6B39B0" box="[566,675,1952,1977]" name="Malaysia" pageId="7" pageNumber="551">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
:
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from Selangor, Ulu Gombak,
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, leg. F. Ito, FI92MG;
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, same locality, ca.
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alt.,
<date id="810148E1FFF4894B65FDF80AFCFC39D4" box="[703,820,1989,2013]" pageId="7" pageNumber="551" value="1999-07-05">5 vii 1999</date>
, leg. Sk. Yamane.
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB894467D5FA7EFEDC3BCE" bold="true" box="[151,276,1457,1480]" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944665EFA7CFE303BC1" box="[284,504,1459,1480]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">Myrmoteras jaitrongi</emphasis>
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Holotype worker. A. Head, full-face view; B. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; habitus, profile. Bala-hala WS, Naratiwat Prov., S Thailand, 7/xi/2002, W. Jaitrong (WJT02-TH325).
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446785F9C1FDB3382F" bold="true" box="[199,635,1549,1574]" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">Worker measurements and indices.</emphasis>
TL 3.5, HL 0.98
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944641EF9C1FC45382E" bold="true" box="[860,909,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">1.02</emphasis>
(1.00), HW 0.88
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446328F9C1FB53382E" bold="true" box="[1130,1179,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">0.94</emphasis>
(0.92), EL 0.62
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446229F9C1FA54382E" bold="true" box="[1387,1436,1550,1575]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">0.67</emphasis>
(0.65), ML 1.35
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944661BF9FDFE423842" bold="true" box="[345,394,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">1.42</emphasis>
(1.39), SL 1.12
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446508F9FDFDB33842" bold="true" box="[586,635,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">1.23</emphasis>
(1.17), PrW 0.54
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944640FF9FDFCB63842" bold="true" box="[845,894,1586,1611]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">0.62</emphasis>
(0.58), HfL 1.17
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944630EF9FDFBB53843" box="[1100,1149,1586,1610]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">1.31</emphasis>
(1.24), CI 90
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446261F9FDFAF73843" box="[1315,1343,1586,1610]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">92</emphasis>
(91), SI 126
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB8944678DF999FF313867" box="[207,249,1622,1646]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">131</emphasis>
(128). (
<typeStatus id="2A04D083FFFB89446610F999FE743867" box="[338,444,1622,1646]" pageId="8" pageNumber="552" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
and 2 non-type workers were measured.)
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFB89446785F9B5FE76389B" bold="true" box="[199,446,1657,1682]" pageId="8" pageNumber="552">Worker description.</emphasis>
Body yellowish brown; gaster slightly darker than the mesosoma and petiole; legs yellowish. Body with sparse standing hairs, but without pubescence (clypeus with a few short appressed hairs). Clypeus weakly punctured or rugoso-punctate; frons mainly granulate, but area around antennal insertion finely rugoso-punctate; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) shining; frontal sulcus very feeble, visible as a very short trace running backward until the middle of frons. Anterior clypeal margin concave. Mandible with 910 teeth, and with two denticles between first and second teeth; third tooth much shorter than second and fourth teeth; palp formula 5,3. Orbital grooves virtually absent. Scape shorter than funicular segments combined. Funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view with its dorsal outline gently sloping upward; dorsum of pronotum feebly punctured medially, almost smooth laterally; dorsum of mesonotum transversely and finely striate and its lateral face irregularly longitudinally or obliquely rugose; mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum smooth; metanotal groove shallow; propodeum in lateral view very weakly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node round dorsally; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly concave.
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456785FF2FFE863EF1" bold="true" box="[199,334,224,248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Weeyawat Jaitrong, who offered us valuable material.
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456785FECBFEFC3F15" bold="true" box="[199,308,260,284]" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456601FECAFDFC3F15" box="[323,564,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">Myrmoteras jaitrongi</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456589FECAFC9D3F15" box="[715,853,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. barbouri</emphasis>
Creighton, 1930
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share the very small third tooth of mandible (called the denticle between the penultimate tooth and the one proximad to it by Moffett, 1985). In this respect and the number of maxillary pulp segments (5),
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456445FE82FC453F6D" box="[775,909,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. jaitrongi</emphasis>
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is closely related to
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA89456330FE82FB333F6D" box="[1138,1275,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. barbouri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, for which we could not examine the
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material (Java). Our specimens may correspond to the smaller individuals of
<taxonomicName id="32BF15A2FFFA8945623FFEBEFE533FA5" authority="Moffett" authorityName="Moffett" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmoteras" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="553" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbouri">
<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA8945623FFEBEFF333FA5" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. barbouri</emphasis>
sensu Moffett
</taxonomicName>
(1985, p. 21) from the Malay Peninsula. However,
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA8945649EFE5AFBAB3FA5" box="[988,1123,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. jaitrongi</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="C7CBB233FFFA894563B4FE5AFA483FA5" box="[1270,1408,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="553">M. barbouri</emphasis>
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in the following respects: total body length including mandibles remarkably smaller (slightly more than
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vs.
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), dorsum of mesothorax rather regularly and transversely striate (irregularly or longitudinally rugose in
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), rugae on side of mesothorax more distinct in its posterior portion than in anterior portion (according to Creighton, 1930, five rugae present extending across the anterior half of the sides in
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), and generally much paler body colour (light brown vs. ferruginous; according to Creighton mesonotum and propodeum even tinged with black in
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).
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Southern
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and West
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.
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