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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FF50FE7F1DD2B09A" bold="true" box="[151,415,441,468]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Nylanderia esperanza</emphasis>
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(worker)
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worker,
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nr.
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Boca
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,
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, elev.
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEAFF95FD6CFD8F1F78B32A" box="[683,821,585,611]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" value="2009-08-02">02.viii.2009</collectingDate>
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,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEAFF95FC84FD8F1F81B32A" box="[835,972,585,611]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">J.S. LaPolla</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEAFF95FC31FD8F18ECB32A" box="[1014,1185,585,611]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">S.A. Schneider</collectorName>
(
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),
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same locality data as
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(specimens are from the same nest as
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).
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, DO- MINICAN REPUBLIC:
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Parque Nacional del
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, N 18° 19.884, W 68° 48.693, elev.
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, from sifted litter,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEAFF95FA47FD571D6FB386" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" value="2004-03-30">30 March 2004</collectingDate>
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,
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(
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEAFF95FE71FD731E5DB386" box="[438,528,693,719]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" value="04-03-30">300304</collectingDate>
</date>
-14) (
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&amp;
<collectionCode id="ED50AE44FFEAFF95FD03FD731F54B386" box="[708,793,693,719]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">MCZC</collectionCode>
).
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FF50F8C81D19B66E" bold="true" box="[151,340,1806,1831]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">FIGURES 2830.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEAFF95FE9DF8C91E74B66E" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[346,569,1807,1831]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperanza">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FE9DF8C91E74B66E" box="[346,569,1807,1831]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Nylanderia esperanza</emphasis>
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worker USNMENT00921118. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FF00F8901DE9B639" bold="true" box="[199,420,1877,1904]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
Brownish-yellow to yellow with distinctly darker brownish-yellow to brown macrosetae; propodeal dorsal face anteriorly flat not rounded or higher than mesonotum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEAFF95FF00F85B1E09B6F1" blockId="16.[151,1436,1877,2012]" box="[199,580,1949,1976]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FF00F85B1D31B6F1" bold="true" box="[199,380,1949,1976]" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Compare with:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEAFF95FE44F8581E09B6F1" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[387,580,1950,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="417" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FE44F8581E09B6F1" box="[387,580,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">N. guatemalensis</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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WORKER.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEAFF95FE96F8041E72B695" box="[337,575,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="417">Measurements (n=4)</emphasis>
: TL 2.302.70; HW: 0.510.61; HL: 0.590.75; EL: 0.130.15; SL: 0.67 0.76; WL: 0.740.88; GL: 0.851.04; SMC: 2029; PMC: 56; MMC: 34.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FC3BFF5F181BB1FA" box="[1020,1110,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Indices:</emphasis>
CI: 8190; REL: 2024; SI: 124137; SI2: 1821.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00FF271C92B376" blockId="17.[151,1437,152,1043]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FF271D49B1B2" box="[199,260,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Head</emphasis>
: sides of head in full face view nearly parallel; posterolateral corners rounded; posterior margin straight and slightly emarginate medially; anterior clypeal margin relatively convex; ocelli absent; eye well-developed.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF50FEEC1D42B00A" box="[151,271,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: in lateral view, pronotum subangular; anterior margin of mesonotum more or less even with posterior pronotal margin; metanotal area with a short flat area before spiracle; dorsal face of propodeum relatively flat and short immediately posterior to metanotal area; dorsal face of propodeum shorter than declivitous face.
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FAEFFEB71CA4B0E6" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Color and pilosity</emphasis>
: body brownish-yellow; head and gaster sometimes slightly darker yellow; macrosetae on head, mesosoma and gaster distinctly darker brownish-yellow to brown contrasting with body; macrosetae on scapes yellow to white; macrosetae on pronotum abundant and of varying heights; cephalic pubescence sparse; mesosoma with pubescence dorsally on pronotum, mesonotum and anterior portion of propodeum, gastral tergites I &amp; II with dense pubescence.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FD8E1DB2B32A" bold="true" box="[199,511,584,611]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Other material examined:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B293CDCFFEBFF94FDC1FD8F1EABB3E2" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2351015048" collectingDate="04-03-28" collectingDateMax="2004-03-28" collectingDateMin="04-03-28" collectorName="Parque Ecologica Punta Cana, N &amp; L. R. Davis &amp; Prov. &amp; Punta Cana Resort &amp; Ecol. Preserve &amp; M. Deyrup" country="Dominican Republic" elevation="49" location="La Altagracia" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="La Altagracia">
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:
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FC8FFD8F18F5B32A" box="[840,1208,585,611]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Parque Ecologica Punta Cana, N</collectorName>
18° 39.803, W 68° 22.721, elev.
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, from sifted litter,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEBFF94FDF1FDAB1EAEB3CE" box="[566,739,621,647]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" value="2004-03-28">28 March 2004</collectingDate>
</date>
,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FD2AFDAB1F2BB3CE" box="[749,870,621,647]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">L.R. Davis</collectorName>
(
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEBFF94FCB2FDAB1F9DB3CE" box="[885,976,621,647]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" value="04-03-28">280304</collectingDate>
</date>
-27);
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FBC0FDAB180FB3CE" box="[1031,1090,621,647]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Prov.</collectorName>
<collectingRegion id="4985F863FFEBFF94FB80FDAB18AFB3CE" box="[1095,1250,621,647]" country="Dominican Republic" name="La Altagracia" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">La Altagracia</collectingRegion>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFBBE9A9FFEBFF94FB2BFDAB19D5B3CE" box="[1260,1432,621,647]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" value="2004-03-28">28 March 2004</collectingDate>
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,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FF50FD571D26B3E2" box="[151,363,657,683]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Punta Cana Resort</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FEB1FD571E57B3E2" box="[374,538,657,683]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Ecol. Preserve</collectorName>
, litter,
<collectorName id="26B45357FFEBFF94FDA0FD571EABB3E2" box="[615,742,657,683]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">M. Deyrup</collectorName>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00FD731858B386" blockId="17.[151,1437,152,1043]" box="[199,1045,693,719]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FD731D1FB386" bold="true" box="[199,338,693,719]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Etymology:</emphasis>
Species epithet is a Spanish given name (noun) meaning hope.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE3681FFEBFF94FF00FD1F1D7CB55A" blockId="17.[151,1437,152,1043]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF00FD1F1D5EB3BA" bold="true" box="[199,275,729,755]" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Notes:</emphasis>
This species is most likely to be confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FCE7FD1C1FADB3BA" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[800,992,729,755]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FCE7FD1C1FADB3BA" box="[800,992,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In fact, for some time, we considered it as variation within
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FEADFD381E67B25E" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[362,554,765,791]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FEADFD381E67B25E" box="[362,554,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. But upon closer inspection there are two relatively easy ways to distinguish the two species from each other. The propodeal dorsal face of
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FCE2FCE41FFAB272" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[805,951,802,827]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperanza">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FCE2FCE41FFAB272" box="[805,951,802,827]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. esperanza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinctly flat not rounded or higher than the mesonotum as is seen in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FE27FC801EEFB216" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[480,674,837,863]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FE27FC801EEFB216" box="[480,674,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Additionally,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FC8CFC801F92B216" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[843,991,838,863]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="esperanza">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FC8CFC801F92B216" box="[843,991,838,863]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. esperanza</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses macrosetae on the pronotum that are both abundant and distinctly of varying heights. In
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FCE3FCAC1FAEB2CA" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[804,995,873,899]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FCE3FCAC1FAEB2CA" box="[804,995,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the macrosetae are neither as abundant nor of such distinctly varying heights. This species was also included within the phylogeny of Gotzek et. al (2012) (listed as
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FEC2FC771DCEB282" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2010" box="[261,387,945,971]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FEC2FC771DCEB282" box="[261,387,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Nylanderia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
n.sp. DR3), where it is nested well within a clade of West Indian
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FBB0FC7718B8B282" authorityName=": LaPolla, Brady &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2010" box="[1143,1269,945,971]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FBB0FC7718B8B282" box="[1143,1269,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">Nylanderia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and sister to a clade of
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FF3FFC101D22B2A6" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[248,367,981,1007]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bibadia">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF3FFC101D22B2A6" box="[248,367,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. bibadia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FE4AFC101E6CB2A6" box="[397,545,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FE4AFC101E50B2A6" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[397,541,982,1007]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="metacista">N. metacista</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
More recent unpublished phylogenomics data suggests this species is the sister to
<taxonomicName id="4C414D02FFEBFF94FF73FC3C1D66B55A" authorityName="Kallal" authorityYear="2019" box="[180,299,1017,1043]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nylanderia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerula">
<emphasis id="B935EA93FFEBFF94FF73FC3C1D66B55A" box="[180,299,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="418">N. caerula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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