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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF17FB4711C0FB41" bold="true" box="[151,421,1185,1211]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FF17FB471155FB41" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[151,304,1185,1211]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF17FB471155FB41" bold="true" box="[151,304,1185,1211]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2998979A6292C74FEB7FB4711C0FB41" box="[311,421,1185,1211]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" rank="genus">gen. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection id="C3C4BB9BA6292C74FF17FB2214AEFA71" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF17FB221083FB27" blockId="86.[151,421,1185,1245]" box="[151,230,1220,1245]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<figureCitation id="13E5F495A6292C74FF17FB221083FB27" box="[151,230,1220,1245]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="87.[151,250,1971,1993]" captionTargetBox="[187,1399,193,1917]" captionTargetId="figure-51@87.[187,1399,193,1927]" captionTargetPageId="87" captionText="FIGURE 13. Worker caste of Fisheropone ambigua: lateral and dorsal view of body and full-face view of head (CASENT0289205, Cerise Chen and www.antweb.org); world distribution of Fisheropone." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10120842" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10120842/files/figure.png" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF17FAEA13E7FAD8" blockId="86.[151,898,1292,1314]" box="[151,898,1292,1314]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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Type-species:
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FEA8FAEA12E9FAD8" authority="Weber, 1942 a: 46" authorityName="Weber" authorityPageNumber="46" authorityYear="1942" box="[296,652,1292,1314]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambigua">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FEA8FAEA11B7FAD8" box="[296,466,1292,1314]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Ponera ambigua</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EF4F95E1A6292C74FE58FAEA123EFAD8" author="Weber, N. A." box="[472,603,1292,1314]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" pagination="40 - 49" refId="ref166706" refString="Weber, N. A. (1942) New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 44, 40 - 49." type="journal article" year="1942">Weber, 1942</bibRefCitation>
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a: 46
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; by present designation.
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF17FAA814AEFA71" blockId="86.[151,1437,1358,2031]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FF17FAA81141FA9D" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[151,292,1358,1383]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF17FAA81141FA9D" box="[151,292,1358,1383]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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is known from a single described and at least one undescribed species which are found in central Africa (
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6292C74FF6DFA941103FA71" box="[237,358,1394,1419]" name="Cameroon" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6292C74FEF1FA9411DBFA71" box="[369,446,1394,1419]" name="Gabon" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Gabon</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6292C74FE4AFA94123EFA71" box="[458,603,1394,1419]" name="South Sudan" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">South Sudan</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6292C74FDE6FA9412ABFA71" box="[614,718,1394,1419]" name="Tanzania" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6292C74FD59FA941350FA71" box="[729,821,1394,1419]" name="Uganda" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Uganda</collectingCountry>
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). Nothing is known of their biology.
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<subSubSection id="C3C4BB9BA6292C74FF47FA70125DFA29" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF47FA70125DFA29" blockId="86.[151,1437,1358,2031]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF47FA70112BFA54" bold="true" box="[199,334,1430,1455]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Etymology.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FED6FA701186FA55" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[342,483,1430,1455]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FED6FA701186FA55" box="[342,483,1430,1455]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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is named in honour of Brian Fisher, acknowledging his tremendous contributions to African and Malagasy myrmecology.
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF47FA381435F8EC" blockId="86.[151,1437,1358,2031]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF47FA381124FA0D" bold="true" box="[199,321,1502,1527]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FECFFA3811B9FA0D" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[335,476,1502,1527]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FECFFA3811B9FA0D" box="[335,476,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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workers can be diagnosed by the following unique combination of characters: mandibles narrowly triangular, relatively long and without a basal pit or fovea; clypeus narrowly inserted between small frontal lobes, the antennal sockets closely approximated; propodeal spiracle slit-shaped; mesotibiae dorsally without abundant stout traction setae and ventral apex of the metatibia with a single pectinate spur; and petiole scale-like and thin. These ants bear a superficial resemblance to
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FCF4F9891465F97C" authorityName=", Taylor" authorityYear="1967" box="[884,1024,1647,1670]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Hypoponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FCF4F9891465F97C" box="[884,1024,1647,1670]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Hypoponera</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FBB9F98914A0F97C" box="[1081,1221,1647,1670]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Mesoponera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FBB9F98914A0F97C" box="[1081,1221,1647,1670]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Mesoponera</emphasis>
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in being relatively slender and with elongate mandibles and an impressed metanotal groove. They can be separated from
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FA90F97515F9F950" authorityName=", Taylor" authorityYear="1967" box="[1296,1436,1683,1706]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Hypoponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FA90F97515F9F950" box="[1296,1436,1683,1706]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Hypoponera</emphasis>
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by the slit-shaped rather than round propodeal spiracle, and from
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FC12F951147BF934" box="[914,1054,1719,1742]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Mesoponera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FC12F951147BF934" box="[914,1054,1719,1742]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Mesoponera</emphasis>
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by the presence of only a single metatibial spur. Separation from the single African species of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FC0BF93D146AF908" authorityName=", Emery" authorityYear="1893" box="[907,1039,1755,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cryptopone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FC0BF93D146AF908" box="[907,1039,1755,1778]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Cryptopone</emphasis>
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is based on the lack of a basal mandibular pit and mesotibial pusher setae, both of which are present in
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FC45F919142CF8EC" authorityName=", Emery" authorityYear="1893" box="[965,1097,1791,1814]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cryptopone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FC45F919142CF8EC" box="[965,1097,1791,1814]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Cryptopone</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6292C74FF47F8C414E4F815" blockId="86.[151,1437,1358,2031]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FF47F8C411A3F8C1" bold="true" box="[199,454,1826,1851]" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Synoptic description.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6292C74FE51F8C41242F8C1" box="[465,551,1826,1851]" italics="true" pageId="86" pageNumber="87">Worker.</emphasis>
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Small (TL ca.
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) slender ants with the standard characters of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6292C74FAB6F8C415FDF8C1" box="[1334,1432,1826,1851]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="86" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Ponerini">Ponerini</taxonomicName>
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. Mandibles narrowly triangular, relatively long. Eyes absent. Frontal lobes very small and closely approximated. Mesopleuron not divided by a transverse groove. Metanotal groove angular. Propodeum narrowed dorsally. Propodeal spiracles elongate. Metatibial spur formula (1p). Petiole squamiform. Gaster with a moderately weak girdling constriction between pre- and postsclerites of A4. Stridulitrum absent from pretergite of A4. Head and body finely punctate, with sparse pilosity but a dense fine pubescence. Color pale yellow.
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6282C75FF17F8551456F81D" blockId="87.[151,1436,1971,2023]" pageId="87" pageNumber="88">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6282C75FF17F855114DF832" bold="true" box="[151,296,1971,1993]" pageId="87" pageNumber="88">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
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Worker caste of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6282C75FE79F8551285F833" baseAuthorityName="Weber" baseAuthorityYear="1942" box="[505,736,1971,1993]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="87" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ambigua">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6282C75FE79F8551285F833" box="[505,736,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="87" pageNumber="88">Fisheropone ambigua</emphasis>
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: lateral and dorsal view of body and full-face view of head (CASENT0289205, Cerise Chen and www.antweb.org); world distribution of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6282C75FC2EF8371448F81D" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[942,1069,2001,2023]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="87" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6282C75FC2EF8371448F81D" box="[942,1069,2001,2023]" italics="true" pageId="87" pageNumber="88">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FF7E11F1FF4A" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" box="[199,404,151,176]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FF7E1172FF55" box="[199,279,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Queen.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FF5A11E0FF2F" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" box="[199,389,188,213]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FF5A116DFF2F" box="[199,264,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Male.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FF0711EBFF02" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" box="[199,398,223,248]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FF071174FF02" box="[199,273,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Larva.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FEE211FEFEBA" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FEE21191FEE7" bold="true" box="[199,500,260,285]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Geographic distribution.</emphasis>
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This genus is apparently restricted to Sub-Saharan Africa from
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6272C7AFB73FEE2150DFEE7" box="[1267,1384,260,285]" name="Cameroon" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6272C7AFF17FEC11087FEBA" box="[151,226,295,320]" name="Gabon" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Gabon</collectingCountry>
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to
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<collectingCountry id="F3C9A880A6272C7AFE85FEC111F2FEBA" box="[261,407,295,320]" name="South Sudan" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">South Sudan</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3C4BB9BA6272C7AFF47FEAA145AFD7F" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FEAA1227FE57" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FEAA11B4FE9F" bold="true" box="[199,465,332,357]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ecology and behavior.</emphasis>
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Nothing is known about the habits of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFC06FEAA1477FE9F" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[902,1042,332,357]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFC06FEAA1477FE9F" box="[902,1042,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The lack of eyes, small body size and pale color suggest a hypogeic lifestyle, and this may explain their infrequent collection. However, this remains to be confirmed by field observations.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B61E810A6272C7AFF47FE51145AFD7F" blockId="88.[151,1437,151,645]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF47FE511287FE2A" bold="true" box="[199,738,439,464]" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations.</emphasis>
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The only described species of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFBDEFE51148EFE2A" authorityName="Schmidt & Shattuck" authorityYear="2014" box="[1118,1259,439,464]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Fisheropone" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFBDEFE51148EFE2A" box="[1118,1259,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Fisheropone</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was originally placed in
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFE8BFE3B1138FE0E" baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[267,349,477,500]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFE8BFE3B1138FE0E" box="[267,349,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Ponera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as it has only a single metatibial spur. It is now known that this character occurs across the subfamily in unrelated genera and is of little phylogentic value. Recent preliminary molecular results provided by P. S. Ward (unpublished) place this genus within the
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFCC1FDC2138FFDC7" baseAuthorityName="Brown" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[833,1002,548,573]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Odontomachus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFCC1FDC2138FFDC7" box="[833,1002,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Odontomachus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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genus group, and near species of
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFF17FDA11152FD9A" box="[151,311,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Brachyponera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFF17FDA11152FD9A" box="[151,311,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Brachyponera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A6272C7AFEEFFDAF11B8FD9A" box="[367,477,585,608]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Euponera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="88" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6272C7AFEEFFDAF11B8FD9A" box="[367,477,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="88" pageNumber="89">Euponera</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. While this placement appears well supported the taxon sampling in this preliminary work is limited and further details will be required to determine exact relationships.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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