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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.670.11839" ID-GBIF-Dataset="8ce630af-e5f5-40a9-a8c6-28703b9eb715" ID-PMC="PMC5523163" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-670-1" ID-PubMed="28769657" ID-ZBK="F7D32D6458574749961F2F0898A6F8AF" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2017" ModsDocID="1313-2970-670-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 670" ModsDocTitle="Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)" checkinTime="1493118663711" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Jesovnik, Ana & Schultz, Ted R." docDate="2017" docId="D99434BCA57B471AD21AA57FD041B96D" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 670: 1-109" docOrigin="ZooKeys 670" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.670.11839" docTitle="Sericomyrmex radioheadi Jesovnik & Schultz, 2017, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="F29FE139-E3F8-4806-B977-2EF79FB566F7" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="79" masterDocId="AC7ABD6B050644469B1C882148683619" masterDocTitle="Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)" masterLastPageNumber="109" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="77" updateTime="1668164421829" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Jesovnik, Ana</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Schultz, Ted R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>ZooKeys</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2017</mods:date>
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<mods:number>670</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.670.11839</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.670.11839</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-670-1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">F7D32D6458574749961F2F0898A6F8AF</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="128697204" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F29FE139-E3F8-4806-B977-2EF79FB566F7" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D99434BCA57B471AD21AA57FD041B96D" lastPageId="78" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="76" pageNumber="77">
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<subSubSection pageId="76" pageNumber="77" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/F29FE139-E3F8-4806-B977-2EF79FB566F7" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sericomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sericomyrmex radioheadi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="76" pageNumber="77" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="radioheadi">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="76" pageNumber="77" start="start">Sericomyrmex</pageBreakToken>
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radioheadi
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="76" pageNumber="77">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 51, 52(Worker); Figure 31 (Map)
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="77" pageNumber="78" start="start">Type</pageBreakToken>
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material.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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Holotype worker: VENEZUELA, Amazonas, 10 km N of San Carlos de
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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Negro, [2.0164, -67.0599] Jul-Aug 1978, K. Clark (MCZ: 1w, USNMENT00924059). Paratypes: same data as holotype (USNM: 2 w: USNMENT00924060; 2w, USNMENT00924063) (CASC: 2w, USNMENT00924061) (MZSP: 2w, USNMENT00924062).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="s. radioheadi worker diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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worker diagnosis.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Medium-sized species; mandible dorsally smooth; frontal lobe triangular, narrow, directed anterad; antenna long, antennal scape reaching posterior cephalic corner; posterior cephalic emargination deep; lateral mesonotal tubercles sharp and long; first gastral tergite with lateral carinae distinct, dorsal carinae faint or absent.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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worker description.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Measurements in mm, range (holotype): HWe 1-1.08 (1.02) HW 1-1.08 (1.04) HW1 0.93-1 (1) HW2 1.08-1.15 (1.1) HW3 0.64-0.73 (0.72) IFW1 0.61-0.66 (0.62) IFW2 0.24-0.27 (0.24) HL1 1-1.08 (1) HL2 0.84-0.9 (0.88) SL 0.75-0.84 (0.8) EL 0.15-0.18 (0.15) Om 9-12 (9) WL 1.35-1.43 (1.36) PL 0.24-0.34 (0.29) PPL 0.2-0.25 (0.25) GL 0.92-1.02 (0.93) HFL 1.18-1.3 (1.25) PW 0.64-0.75 (0.65) CI 98-103 (102) FLI 59-62 (61) SI 75-82 (78) OI 15-18 (15) CEI 12-17 (12) [N=9]</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Pilosity. Pubescence dense, appressed to decumbent, light yellow. Hairs curved, darker in color at base, yellow to gray, appressed to suberect, mostly decumbent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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Head. In full-face view evenly broad and long (CI=101
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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2), posterior corner acute, posterior cephalic emargination deep (CEI=14
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2), gradually impressed. Vertexal impression distinct, frontal tumuli barely visible. Mandible with 7-8 teeth, dorsally smooth and glossy, finely transversely striate only along masticatory margin, striation sometimes faint. Eye medium-sized (OI =16
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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1), mildly convex, without white layer, 9-12 ommatidia across largest diameter. Frontal lobe triangular, narrow (FLI=61
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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1), posterior margin shorter than medial, lateral margin long, sometimes mildly convex. Frontal carina straight to slightly curved laterally, complete, reaching posterior cephalic corner. Antennal scape long (SI=77
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2), reaching posterior cephalic corners (Figure 3SI).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Mesosoma. Lateral pronotal tubercles short, lateral mesonotal tubercles sharp and long (Figure 51d, 52e); posterior mesonotal tubercles low and obtuse. Propodeal carinae faint, with distinct posterodorsal denticles.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Metasoma. Petiole with two low dorsal denticles; postpetiole with four low, short carina, two dorsal and two lateral, lateral pair faint. First gastral tergite with lateral carinae distinct, dorsal carinae absent or faint.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="s. radioheadi queen, male, and larva">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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queen, male, and larva.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Unknown.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="s. radioheadi geographic range">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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geographic range.
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">Amazonian Venezuela. Map: Figure 31.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="78" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" type="s. radioheadi notes">
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<paragraph pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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notes.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="78" lastPageNumber="79" pageId="77" pageNumber="78">
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The body color of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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is evenly light yellow, lighter than in other
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sericomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sericomyrmex" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="77" pageNumber="78" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sericomyrmex</taxonomicName>
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species. Only dried, pinned specimens were available for
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<pageBreakToken pageId="78" pageNumber="79" start="start">this</pageBreakToken>
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species, however, so the pale color may be due to age. Morphology indicates that
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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is the sister species to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. bondari" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="bondari">S. bondari</taxonomicName>
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, with which it shares a similar head shape, smooth mandibles, and sharp mesonotal tubercles.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. bondari" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="bondari">S. bondari</taxonomicName>
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can be separated from
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<taxonomicName genus="Attina" lsidName="Attina radioheadi" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="radioheadi">radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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by its larger body size, shorter scape, and shorter and blunter lateral mesonotal tubercles, and by the presence of at least some thick black hairs.
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<subSubSection pageId="78" pageNumber="79" type="s. radioheadi etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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etymology.
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<paragraph pageId="78" pageNumber="79">This species is named after the English rock band Radiohead as an acknowledgement of their longstanding efforts in environmental activism, especially in raising climate-change awareness, and in honor of their music, which is an excellent companion during long hours at the microscope while conducting taxonomic revisions of ants. The species name is a masculine noun in the genitive case.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
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<paragraph pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
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Figure 51.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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worker (USNMENT00924059). a Head b lateral profile c dorsal view; and d frontodorsal view of mesonotal tubercles.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
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<paragraph pageId="78" pageNumber="79">
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Figure 52.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="S. radioheadi" pageId="78" pageNumber="79" rank="species" species="radioheadi">S. radioheadi</taxonomicName>
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worker (USNMENT00924061), SEM images. a Head, full-face view b mandibles c eye d mesosoma and metasoma, lateral view e mesosoma (detail), lateral view f propodeum and metasoma, anterolateral view.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</treatment>
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