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<mods:title>Taxonomic studies on the ant genus <i> Lepisiota </ i> Santschi 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in India, with description of four new species</mods:title>
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<mods:number>CLXVI</mods:number>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[439,674,1019,1045]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Lepisiota binghami</emphasis>
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material
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-05-27" collectorName="Anooj S. S" country="India" elevation="865" latitude="10.548889" location="Nelliyampathy" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="76.685555" municipality="Palakkad" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="holotype">
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<specimenCount box="[308,392,1114,1140]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" type="worker">worker</specimenCount>
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</emphasis>
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.
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<collectingCountry box="[406,497,1114,1140]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="India">INDIA</collectingCountry>
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:
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:
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(
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10°32
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1005,1012,1113,1140]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">ʹ</emphasis>
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56”N
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76° 41
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08”E
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<collectingDate box="[389,516,1151,1177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2019-05-27">27.V.2019</collectingDate>
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, Coll.
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<collectorName box="[591,715,1151,1177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Anooj S.S</collectorName>
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.;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-05-27" collectorName="Anooj S. S" country="India" elevation="865" latitude="10.548889" location="Nelliyampathy" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="76.685555" municipality="Palakkad" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="paratype">
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workers
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.
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with same data as holotype
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;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-05-30" collectionCode="NPC" collectorName="Anooj S. S" country="India" elevation="78" latitude="10.53" location="Peechi" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="76.34667" municipality="Thrissur" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-worker="7" stateProvince="Kerala" typeStatus="type">
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(
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),
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10°31
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[792,799,1188,1215]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">ʹ</emphasis>
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48”N
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76°20
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48”E
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<elevation box="[1027,1093,1189,1215]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.8" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="78.0">78 m</elevation>
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,
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,
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<collectingDate box="[311,437,1226,1252]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6" value="2019-05-30">30.V.2019</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, Coll.
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<collectorName box="[525,653,1226,1252]" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Anooj S.S</collectorName>
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. (type specimens deposited in
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<collectionCode box="[1056,1119,1226,1252]" collectionName="NPC" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/nwky-2b63" name="National Pusa Collection" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">NPC</collectionCode>
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, New Delhi)
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,507,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Measurements and indices</emphasis>
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Workers (N = 5;
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values within parentheses). EL: 0.16 (0.16); HL: 0.51–0.56 (0.56); HW: 0.45–0.50 (0.50); MML: 0.24–0.28 (0.28); PH: 0.24– 0.28 (0.28); PRW: 0.32–0.35 (0.35); SL: 0.57–0.61 (0.59); TL: 2.12–2.37 (2.12); WL: 0.69–0.76 (0.76); CI: 87–90 (90); OI: 31–34 (31); REL: 28–30 (28); SI: 118–129 (118).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,513,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="6">Description (Worker): Head</emphasis>
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Head slightly longer than broad, sides and posterior margin weakly convex, posterolateral corners rounded and head covered with appressed pubescence (
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); posterior margin of head with 2–3 erect setae (including a pair of erect setae between lateral ocelli); palp formula 6,4 and third maxillary segment from base longest of all segments; mandible triangular with five teeth on masticatory margin, from apex third and fifth tooth are smaller than others; antennae 11 segmented, scape extending to posterior margin of head about 1/3
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<superScript attach="left" box="[842,863,320,339]" fontSize="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">rd</superScript>
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of its length, third antennal segment smaller than second and fourth segment, length of second segment is about equal to combined length of third and fourth segment, antennae covered with decumbent to suberect pubescence; antennal insertions touching posterior clypeal margin; clypeus dorsally convex, subcarinate medially, anterior clypeal margin convex, posterior clypeal margin with a pair of long erect setae, anterior margin with two pairs of long erect setae with a downwardly directed long median seta; compound eyes broadly oval, positioned at about midlength of head and covering about 1/3
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of lateral cephalic margin; three ocelli present but faintly visible.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,322,1643,1666]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Figure 1A–C.</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[328,509,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">Lepisiota binghami</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[516,592,1643,1666]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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(Holotype worker).
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, body in profile view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1024,1038,1643,1666]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">B</emphasis>
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, body in dorsal view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[317,331,1673,1696]" pageId="7" pageNumber="7">C</emphasis>
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, head in full-face view.
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<paragraph blockId="8.[192,1124,776,1137]" box="[192,319,776,802]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,319,776,802]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,319,776,802]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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Promesonotum convex in profile view, higher than metanotum but about as high as propodeum (
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); mesometathorax constricted; propodeum armed with broad blunt spines and propodeal declivity slanting; the distal end of foretibia with pectinate spur and basitarsus with hairy notch; pronotum with 2–4 (two in most specimens) long erect yellowish setae, mesonotum with 1–2 (two in most specimens) erect yellowish setae and propodeum with 0–1 (absent in most specimens) erect yellowish setae (
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<figureCitation box="[563,657,1074,1100]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="7.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[243,1072,191,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@7.[241,1074,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 1A–C. Lepisiota binghami sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152935/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
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); mesosoma having very sparse and decumbent pubescence.
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<paragraph blockId="8.[192,1123,1187,1361]" box="[192,317,1187,1213]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,317,1187,1213]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Metasoma</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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Petiole upright, dorsally bispinose and deeply emarginate (
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<figureCitation box="[929,1020,1223,1249]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="7.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[243,1072,191,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@7.[241,1074,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 1A–C. Lepisiota binghami sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152935/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
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), lateral sides slightly convex; gastral segments with numerous yellowish erect setae mostly on posterior half and having very sparse, decumbent pubescence; acidopore well-developed and fringed with hairs.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[192,1124,1411,1735]" box="[192,438,1411,1437]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,438,1411,1437]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="8" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,438,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Sculpture and colour</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[192,1124,1411,1735]" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">
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Head faintly microreticulate and shiny; region below the compound eyes feebly striate; dorsum of promesonotum microreticulate and subopaque while dorsum of metanotum and propodeal spines reticulate (
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<figureCitation box="[1013,1105,1522,1548]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="7.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[243,1072,191,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@7.[241,1074,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 1A–C. Lepisiota binghami sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152935" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152935/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
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); mesometapleuron rugose while pleuron of propodeum subopaque; upper half of propodeal declivity longitudinally striate; mandible, clypeus, propleuron, gaster smooth and shiny; Body bicoloured; head, mesosoma, petiole, first gastral segment yellowish-brown to brown and remaining part of gaster black.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1123,140,240]" box="[192,317,140,166]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,317,140,166]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,317,140,166]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Etymology</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1123,140,240]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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The patronymic name honours entomologist Charles Thomas Bingham for his pioneering extensive work on Indian
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<taxonomicName box="[704,875,214,240]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
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including ants.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="9" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1124,290,1248]" box="[192,318,290,316]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,318,290,316]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,318,290,316]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Comments</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1124,290,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,426,326,352]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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<emphasis box="[192,426,326,352]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota binghami</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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distinctly differs from other known species of the genus
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" box="[192,301,364,389]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[192,301,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from India. It differs from the bicoloured species
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[908,1047,363,389]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<emphasis box="[908,1047,363,389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. pulchella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in the sculpture of body, distribution of setae on the body, and size.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota pulchella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
workers have reticulate-punctate sculpture on the dorsum of head and mesosoma with gaster microreticulate and subopaque while the head of
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,342,512,538]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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<emphasis box="[192,342,512,538]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
is faintly microreticulate and shiny, most mesosoma without reticulation, gaster smooth and shiny. Mesosoma of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[849,991,550,576]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<emphasis box="[849,991,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. pulchella</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
has abundant pilosity whereas
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||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[458,604,587,613]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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||
<emphasis box="[458,604,587,613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
has very less pilosity.
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||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[872,1097,587,613]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<emphasis box="[872,1097,587,613]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota pulchella</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
is comparatively larger (HL 0.58–0.64, WL 0.83–0.91) than
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[914,1063,624,650]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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<emphasis box="[914,1063,624,650]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
(HL 0.51–0.56, WL 0.69–0.76) (here we are not considering measurements of
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||
<bibRefCitation author="Wachkoo AA & Bharti H & Akbar SA" box="[192,472,699,726]" journalOrPublisher="Bonn Zoological Bulletin." pageId="9" pageNumber="9" pagination="227 - 245" part="70" refId="ref13395" refString="Wachkoo AA, Bharti H, Akbar SA. 2021. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India. Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 70 (2): 227 - 245." title="Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India" type="journal article" year="2021">Wachkoo et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
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||
as they might have also considered specimens with less prominent characters of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[608,765,736,762]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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||
<emphasis box="[608,765,736,762]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. pulchella</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as discussed in personal communication).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1124,290,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
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||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[224,456,811,837]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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||
<emphasis box="[224,456,811,837]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from another similar species
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[903,1046,811,837]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutimae">
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||
<emphasis box="[903,1046,811,837]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. chutimae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the sculpture of mesosoma and head, colouration of gaster, and petiole height. The dorsum of promesonotum is microreticulate and subopaque, the dorsum of metanotum and propodeal spines are reticulate in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[969,1123,923,949]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
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||
<emphasis box="[969,1123,923,949]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
whereas the dorsum of mesosoma is completely smooth in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[967,1116,961,987]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutimae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[967,1116,961,987]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. chutimae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; dorsum of head is comparatively clear microreticulate with feeble striation below compound eyes in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[519,669,1035,1061]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[519,669,1035,1061]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
whereas
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[790,937,1035,1061]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutimae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[790,937,1035,1061]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. chutimae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is about completely smooth. The first gastral segment is yellowish-brown to brown and the remaining part of the gaster is black in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[718,865,1110,1136]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[718,865,1110,1136]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
whereas the gaster is completely dark brown in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[522,666,1147,1173]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutimae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[522,666,1147,1173]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. chutimae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The petiole of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[863,1008,1147,1173]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chutimae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[863,1008,1147,1173]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. chutimae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is higher (PH 0.33–0.35) than
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[454,602,1184,1210]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[454,602,1184,1210]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(PH 0.24–0.28) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Jaitrong W & Waengsothorn S & Buddhakala N." box="[816,1053,1184,1211]" journalOrPublisher="Far Eastern Entomologist." pageId="9" pageNumber="9" pagination="1 - 8" part="456" refId="ref12999" refString="Jaitrong W, Waengsothorn S, Buddhakala N. 2022. A new species of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand. Far Eastern Entomologist. 456: 1 - 8. doi: 10.25221 / fee. 456.1." title="A new species of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand" type="journal article" year="2022">Jaitrong et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[192,570,1222,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="9.[192,1124,290,1248]" box="[192,570,1222,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,467,1222,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Distribution in India</emphasis>
|
||
: Kerala.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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