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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF203512FE36D350" bold="true" box="[151,493,836,862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Myrmecosticta exceptionalis</emphasis>
Maruyama
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,
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(
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FF283530FEFED370" box="[159,293,870,894]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 10 18" captionStart-1="FIGURES 19 25" captionStartId-0="6.[151,264,1866,1889]" captionStartId-1="7.[151,264,1928,1951]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,213,1845]" captionTargetBox-1="[199,1390,193,1903]" captionTargetId-0="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1845]" captionTargetId-1="figure@7.[197,1394,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionText-0="FIGURES 10 18. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. (12 18, SEM photographs). 10, habitus, dorsal view; 11, ditto, lateral view (holotype); 12, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral view; 13, head, dorsal view; 14, head, ventral view; 15, pronotum, dorsal view; 16, meso- and metathorax, coxae and trochanters, ventral view; 17, abdomen, dorsal view; 18, ditto, ventral view." captionText-1="FIGURES 19 25. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. 19, labrum, dorsal view; 20, right mandible, dorsal view; 21, right maxilla, ventral view; 22, mentum, ventral view; 23, labium, ventral view; 24, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view (holotype); 25, spermatheca." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/201586/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/201587/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figs. 1025</figureCitation>
)
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, 3 “
<collectingCountry id="4CA599925C126630FE8535F8FE11D3C8" box="[306,458,942,966]" name="Malaysia" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">MALAYSIA</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingCountry id="4CA599925C126630FE6335F8FDECD3C8" box="[468,567,942,966]" name="Malaysia" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Sarawak</collectingCountry>
, Lambir Hills National Park,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FC3735F8FC23D3C8" box="[896,1016,942,966]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-10-18">18 X 2004</date>
, Matsumoto T. /
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590 / HOLO-
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF533582FDFED3E5" box="[228,549,979,1003]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Myrmecosticta exceptionalis</emphasis>
Maruyama
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” (no. 590).
<typeStatus id="EB0967A05C126630FC983585FC7BD3E5" box="[815,928,979,1003]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
: 1, same data as
<typeStatus id="EB0967A05C126630FBEA3584FB64D3E4" box="[1117,1215,978,1002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
but
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FB463584FAB3D3E4" box="[1265,1384,978,1002]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-05-17">17 V 2004</date>
(no. 399); 2, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FE8F35A0FE74D400" box="[312,431,1014,1038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-05-16">16 V 2004</date>
(no. 418); 1, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FD3B35A0FD25D400" box="[652,766,1014,1038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-11-08">8 XI 2004</date>
(no. 501); 2, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FC6D35A0FB96D400" box="[986,1101,1014,1038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-11-08">8 XI 2004</date>
(no. 502); 6, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FA9E35A1FA47D400" box="[1321,1436,1014,1038]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-11-07">7 XI 2004</date>
(no. 541); 5, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FEDE324CFE04D43C" box="[361,479,1050,1074]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-10-13">13 X 2004</date>
(no. 572); 17, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FD72324CFCE0D43C" box="[709,827,1050,1074]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-10-12">12 X 2004</date>
(no. 575); 22, ditto,
<date id="400CFFC25C126630FB95324CFB43D43C" box="[1058,1176,1050,1074]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2004-10-18">18 X 2004</date>
(no. 590). See,
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for detailed collecting data.
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF723234FEA6D475" bold="true" box="[197,381,1122,1147]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Symbiotic host.</emphasis>
Morphotype S of the
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FDC43235FC99D475" box="[627,834,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Aenictus laeviceps</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF7232D0FE85D491" bold="true" box="[197,350,1158,1183]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="4CA599925C126630FED232D0FE10D490" box="[357,459,1158,1182]" name="Malaysia" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
(Borneo).
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<paragraph id="340DD9025C126630FF7232FDFB09D504" blockId="5.[151,1437,942,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF7232FDFE90D4CD" bold="true" box="[197,331,1195,1219]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Etymology.</emphasis>
The Latin
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FE7A32FDFDBAD4CD" box="[461,609,1195,1219]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">exceptionalis</emphasis>
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means exceptional, for the exceptionally myrmecoid body shape within the tribe
<taxonomicName id="F3B2A2815C126630FF4B3298FE5FD4E8" box="[252,388,1230,1254]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Aleocharini">Aleocharini</taxonomicName>
. The body shapes of other
<taxonomicName id="F3B2A2815C126630FD023298FCE2D4E8" box="[693,825,1230,1254]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Aleocharini">Aleocharini</taxonomicName>
members are of the standard staphylinid-type, similar to most other species of
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, and no myrmecoid forms have been described previously.
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF723340FE8DD521" bold="true" box="[197,342,1302,1327]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Description.</emphasis>
Body surface smooth, shining. Almost uniformly reddish brown except for mouthparts and tarsi somewhat paler. Head (
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) oval, much longer than wide in dorsal view, widest at eyes, with a v-shaped prominence between antennal insertions in dorsal view; clypeus with a small projection medially; surface sparsely covered with setae; eyes large, about half as long as head. Antennae short, evidently shorter than combined length of head and pronotum; segment I slender, gently widened apically; segment II small, conical; segment III short, slightly longer than II; segments IVX slightly longer than wide; segment XI parallel-sided around base, rounded at apex. Pronotum (
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FECE33B8FE16D608" box="[377,461,1518,1542]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 18" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1866,1889]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,213,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1845]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 10 18. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. (12 18, SEM photographs). 10, habitus, dorsal view; 11, ditto, lateral view (holotype); 12, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral view; 13, head, dorsal view; 14, head, ventral view; 15, pronotum, dorsal view; 16, meso- and metathorax, coxae and trochanters, ventral view; 17, abdomen, dorsal view; 18, ditto, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201586/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
) much longer than wide (length/width=1.431.50), strongly convex; surface sparsely and finely punctate, with 4 macrosetae along midline and 1 macroseta antero-laterally. Elytra slightly widened posteriorly, wider than long; surface with dense but fine microsculpture, and moderately covered with short setae, without macrosetae. Metaventrite (
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FDA8300CFDABD67C" box="[543,624,1626,1650]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 18" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1866,1889]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,213,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1845]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 10 18. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. (12 18, SEM photographs). 10, habitus, dorsal view; 11, ditto, lateral view (holotype); 12, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral view; 13, head, dorsal view; 14, head, ventral view; 15, pronotum, dorsal view; 16, meso- and metathorax, coxae and trochanters, ventral view; 17, abdomen, dorsal view; 18, ditto, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201586/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
) shining, with 2 large setae at middle and 34 small setae around posterior area. Abdomen (
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FE363028FDDCD698" box="[385,519,1662,1686]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 18" captionStartId="6.[151,264,1866,1889]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,213,1845]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,193,1845]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 10 18. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. (12 18, SEM photographs). 10, habitus, dorsal view; 11, ditto, lateral view (holotype); 12, head, pronotum and anterior part of elytra, lateral view; 13, head, dorsal view; 14, head, ventral view; 15, pronotum, dorsal view; 16, meso- and metathorax, coxae and trochanters, ventral view; 17, abdomen, dorsal view; 18, ditto, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201586/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figs. 1718</figureCitation>
) with segments IIIVIII sparsely covered with setae; number of macrosetae from tergites IIIX: 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 3, 3; with tergite VIII posterior margin rounded; sternite VIII with 1012 macrosetae. Male: median lobe of aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FDA53090FDBDD6D0" box="[530,614,1734,1758]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 25" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1928,1951]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,193,1903]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[197,1394,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 19 25. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. 19, labrum, dorsal view; 20, right mandible, dorsal view; 21, right maxilla, ventral view; 22, mentum, ventral view; 23, labium, ventral view; 24, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view (holotype); 25, spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201587/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 24</figureCitation>
) with flagellum coiled 7.5 times; apical lobe of paramere elongate and slightly curved. Female: spermatheca (
<figureCitation id="AC89C5875C126630FDE430BCFD7CD70C" box="[595,679,1770,1794]" captionStart="FIGURES 19 25" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1928,1951]" captionTargetBox="[199,1390,193,1903]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[197,1394,193,1904]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 19 25. Myrmecosticta exceptionalis gen. et sp. nov. 19, labrum, dorsal view; 20, right mandible, dorsal view; 21, right maxilla, ventral view; 22, mentum, ventral view; 23, labium, ventral view; 24, median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view (holotype); 25, spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/201587/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
) with basal part constricted, apical half parallel-sided; apical part somewhat oval.
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<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF723165FEA0D745" bold="true" box="[197,379,1843,1867]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Measurements.</emphasis>
BL, ≈ 3.13.4; FBL, ≈ 1.71.9; HW, 0.570.61; EL, 0.3130.337; AL, 1.491.69; PL, 0.66 0.75; PW, 0.440.53; ELW, 0.660.78; HTL, 1.311.35. N=5.
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<paragraph id="340DD9025C126630FF72312CFAE5D7D4" blockId="5.[151,1437,942,2011]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="06C605105C126630FF72312CFEE4D79D" bold="true" box="[197,319,1914,1939]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This species can easily be distinguished from any members of the tribe
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by the myrmecoid body shape. This species can be distinguished from the other myrmecoid species of
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by characters which define the tribe
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, e.g., presence of a pseudosegment on the apex of the labial palpus.
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