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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region</mods:title>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152060263" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7FC54F7E-4F21-4714-A6C1-D4F6757A7999" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A92AA0B131BC9CC41992704EA4329FFD" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="128" pageId="11" pageNumber="126">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="126">Taxon classification Plantae Hymenoptera Formicidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="126" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/7FC54F7E-4F21-4714-A6C1-D4F6757A7999" authority="Overson & Fisher" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta laurae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="126" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laurae">Prionopelta laurae Overson & Fisher</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="11" pageNumber="126">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Fig. 7
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<pageBreakToken pageId="12" pageNumber="127" start="start">Type</pageBreakToken>
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material.
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Holotype, pinned worker, MADAGASCAR, Antsiranana, Parc National de Marojejy, Manantenina River, 28.0 km 38° NE Andapa, 8.2 km 333° NNW Manantenina,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-14.43667">14.43667°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="49.775">49.775°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 450 m, rainforest, sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), collection code: BLF08722, 12.xi.2003 (B.L. Fisher et al.) (CASC: CASENT0046149). Paratypes, nine pinned workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: CASENT0046153; CASC: CASENT0046141; CASENT0046142; CASENT0046143; CASENT0046147; CASENT0046151; MCZC: CASENT0046150; MHNG: CASENT0046140; NHMB: CASENT0046148).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="127" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta laurae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laurae">Prionopelta laurae</taxonomicName>
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is the only Malagasy
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prionopelta</taxonomicName>
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with workers that possess nine antennal segments (all others possess twelve). Additionally, it is the smallest of all the Malagasy species with HL <0.4 mm and HW <0.3 mm (HL and HW of all other species is greater than 0.4 mm and 0.3 mm respectively).
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="127" type="worker measurements">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">Worker measurements</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">(N=16). HL 0.33-0.38 (0.35); HW 0.24-0.27 (0.26); SL 0.16-0.18 (0.17); WL 0.34-0.4 (0.38); PetL 0.09-0.11 (0.1); PetW 0.13-0.15 (0.14); T1W 0.19-0.23 (0.21); CI 67.55-75.64 (72.71); PI 120.18-152.75 (135.44); SI 61.62-69.05 (65.06).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="127" type="worker description">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">Worker description.</paragraph>
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Head much longer than wide with lowest cephalic index on average of all Malagasy
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prionopelta</taxonomicName>
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(mean CI 72.71); posterior head margin straight in full-face view; cephalic foveae small and very dense, with no space for additional cephalic foveae present; median cephalic band devoid of foveae is long and thin and appears slightly swollen or raised above the surrounding integument, forming a scarlike suture; apical tooth of the mandible over four times the length of third tooth in full-face view; nine antennal segments; eye greatly reduced, appearing as a tiny, dark gray patch; majority of marks on pronotum are densely spaced, tiny punctures; mesonotum and propodeum consisting of tiny shallow foveae; metanotal groove visible dorsally; smallest of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prionopelta</taxonomicName>
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from Malagasy region; body distinctly pale yellow in color.
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="127" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="127">The name of this species is a patronym dedicated to Laura D. Steger for her continual support during the course of this work and her either completely genuine-or expertly feigned-enthusiasm for being endlessly bombarded by information about ants.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="13" pageNumber="128" type="distribution and ecology">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="13" pageNumber="128" start="start">Distribution</pageBreakToken>
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and ecology.
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This species has been collected in leaf litter primarily in rainforest with some collections from littoral rainforest and one in tropical dry rainforest, at elevations between 10-600 meters. Its range is restricted to eastern Madagascar and is seemingly disjunct, with most individuals collected from the northeast and only two locales known from the southeast near the coast. No individuals have been collected between Sahafina Forest in the north and Mahabo forest in the south, a distance of 500 km (Fig. 13). The current range of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta laurae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laurae">Prionopelta laurae</taxonomicName>
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is such that it may once have been distributed along the entire eastern coast of Madagascar.
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<subSubSection pageId="13" pageNumber="128" type="taxonomic notes">
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="128">Taxonomic notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="128">
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This species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prionopelta</taxonomicName>
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is unmistakable as it is the only Malagasy species with nine antennal segments. It is also the smallest known species of Malagasy
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Prionopelta</taxonomicName>
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and is a distinct pale yellow color, which is much lighter than the fully-sclerotized workers of any other Malagasy species.
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<caption pageId="13" pageNumber="128">
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="128">
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Figure 7.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prionopelta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Prionopelta laurae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laurae">Prionopelta laurae</taxonomicName>
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paratype worker (CASENT0046151). A Head in full-face view B Body in profile C Body in dorsal view.
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="128">Non-type material.</paragraph>
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MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana, Ambondrobe, 41.1 km 175° Vohemar,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-13.7153">13.7153°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="50.1017">50.1017°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 10 m, littoral rainforest, 29.xi.2004 (B.L.Fisher); Antsiranana,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
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Ambanitaza, 26.1 km 347° Antalaha,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-14.6793">14.6793°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="50.1837">50.1837°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 240 m, rainforest, 26.xi.2004 (B.L.Fisher); Antsiranana,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
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de Binara, 7.5 km 230° SW Daraina,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-13.255">13.255°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.6167">49.6167°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 375 m, tropical dry forest, 1.xii.2003 (B.L.Fisher); Fianarantsoa,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Forestière">Forestiere</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Agnalazaha">d'Agnalazaha</normalizedToken>
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, Mahabo, 42.9 km 215° Farafangana,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-23.1938">23.1938°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="47.723">47.723°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 20 m, littoral rainforest, 19.iv.2006 (B.L. Fisher et al.); Toamasina, 19 km ESE Maroantsetra,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-15.4833">15.4833°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5555" value="49.9">49.9°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 350 m, rainforest, 22.iv.1989 (P. S. Ward); Toamasina, Montagne
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Akirindro">d'Akirindro</normalizedToken>
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7.6 km 341° NNW Ambinanitelo,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-15.2883">15.2883°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.5483">49.5483°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 600 m, rainforest, 17.iii.2003 (Fisher, Griswold et al.); Toamasina, Nosy Mangabe,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5555" value="-15.5">15.5°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.7667">49.7667°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 300 m, rainforest, 18.iv.1989 (P. S. Ward); Toamasina, Parc National Mananara-Nord, 7.1 km 261° Antanambe,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-16.455">16.455°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.7875">49.7875°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 225 m, rainforest, 14.xi.2005 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toamasina, Reserve Betampona, Camp Rendrirendry 34.1 km 332° Toamasina,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="-17.924">17.924°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.1997">49.1997°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 390 m, rainforest, 28.xi.2005 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toamasina, Reserve Betampona, Camp Vohitsivalana, 37.1 km 338° Toamasina,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-17.8867">17.8867°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.2025">49.2025°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 520 m, rainforest, 1.xii.2005 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toamasina,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Spéciale">Speciale</normalizedToken>
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Ambatovaky, Sandrangato river,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-16.7727">16.7727°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="49.2655">49.2655°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 450 m, rainforest, 20.ii.2010 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toamasina,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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Ambatovaky, Sandrangato river,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-16.8175">16.8175°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="49.295">49.295°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 360 m, rainforest, 25.ii.2010 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toamasina, Sahafina forest 11.4 km W Brickaville,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-18.8145">18.8145°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="48.962">48.962°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 140 m, rainforest, 13.xii.2007 (B.L.Fisher et al.); Toliara, 2.7 km WNW 302° Ste. Luce,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-24.7717">24.7717°S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="47.1717">47.1717°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 20 m, littoral rainforest, 9.xii.1998 (B.L.Fisher, J.-Baptiste).
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