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<mods:title id="490EDECA33698ADE7E82E64F4122D401">The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with descriptions of ten new species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFAEFFFF77F9FBBFFE23FBA0" bold="true" box="[151,412,1105,1131]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Polyrhachis longiseta</emphasis>
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(
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ac)
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFAEFFFF77F9FB52FEAEFB1E" bold="true" box="[151,273,1212,1237]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A small species in the
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFAEFFFF757FFB52FDE6FB1E" box="[529,601,1212,1237]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">revoili</emphasis>
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-group with evenly convex anterior clypeal margin, reduced pronotal teeth, unarmed propodeum, and abundant long standing hairs on body and appendages.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFAEFFFF77A9FAEAFE3CFAD6" box="[199,387,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Holotype worker</emphasis>
. HL 1.22, HW 1.02, CI 84, SL 1.44, SI 141, FW 0.37, FI 36, PW 0.74, WL 1.51, HTL 1.20.
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FFAEFFFF77A9FAC9FCB5F9DC" blockId="27.[151,1437,1212,1813]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Clypeus medially weakly carinate and with its anterior margin evenly convex. Head in full face view oval, with anteriorly converging sides and convex posterior margin. Eyes moderately developed and convex. Mesosoma stout, fully immarginate, evenly convex in profile. Pronotal teeth minute, their anterior edge perpendicular to the longitudinal body axis. Propodeal dorsum and declivity in profile meeting at a blunt obtuse angle, without teeth or ridges. Promesonotal suture clearly visible, metanotal suture faint. Petiole with a dorsal pair of moderately long, slightly diverging spines and a lateral pair of small teeth; the space between dorsal spines evenly and shallowly concave. First gastral tergite anteriorly weakly concave.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FFAEFFFF77A9F9CAFCE7F963" blockId="27.[151,1437,1212,1813]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Mandibles smooth and shining with sparse piligerous pits. Head, mesosoma and petiole mostly irregularly reticulate-punctate. Head, except clypeus, with a superimposed mostly longitudinal rugosity. Mesosomal dorsum mostly finely longitudinally rugulose. Appendages finely reticulate-punctate. Head, mesosoma and appendages moderately shining. Gaster superficially reticulate and shining.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FFAEFFFF77A9F95AFB05F8DE" blockId="27.[151,1437,1212,1813]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Standing hairs of uneven length, pale, flexuous and abundant on body and appendages. Longest hairs on tibiae exceed the maximum tibial width; longest hairs on scapes are four times as long as the scape diameter at midlength, or even longer. Pubescence whitish, moderately long and dense on most body surfaces.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF877F9FA32FEA9FA3A" bold="true" box="[151,278,1500,1521]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF8764EFA32FDBFFA39" box="[288,512,1500,1522]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Polyrhachis longiseta</emphasis>
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, holotype worker: A, body profile; B, dorsum of mesosoma; C, head in full-face view. (Photos by M. Zilioli)
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FFA9FFF877A9F9B5FC2CF953" blockId="28.[151,1437,1627,1868]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Body black, mandibles, legs and scapes mostly piceous, mandibles apically ferrugineous. Funiculus almost entirely testaceous, except its proximally darkened basalmost joints.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF877A9F94AFE91F970" box="[199,302,1700,1723]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Paratype</emphasis>
. HL 1.19, HW 0.95, CI 80, SL 1.30, SI 137, FW 0.38, FI 40, PW 0.73, WL 1.42, HTL 1.15. A single worker from the Rep. of the Congo shares all main feature with the holotype.
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Holotype.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF87653F905FE5AF8CF" bold="true" box="[317,485,1771,1796]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CAMEROUN</emphasis>
: Mbalmayo, xi.1993 (
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) (BMNH, specimen tagged “B.Mec, 1 (2)”).
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Paratype.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF87659F8FEFD8DF8E3" bold="true" box="[311,562,1807,1832]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">REP. of the CONGO</emphasis>
: Niari Region, 2.30921 S 12.82224 E, 754 m, 4.vii.20139.vii.2013, primary forest, canopy fogging (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA9FFF876CAF8DAFD99F887" box="[420,550,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">L. Niemand</emphasis>
) (1 w, AFRC: LN-RC1-045, CASENT0250168).
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF977A9FF79FEFBFF7B" bold="true" box="[199,324,151,176]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Comment.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF97624FF79FD81FF7B" box="[330,574,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Polyrhachis longiseta</emphasis>
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comes from the same locality as
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF974C1FF76FBB5FF7B" box="[943,1034,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">P. dubia</emphasis>
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and these species look very similar; the relative length of standing hairs is a good feature to separate them. In
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF97486FF53FBD3FF1E" box="[1000,1132,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">P. longiseta</emphasis>
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the longest hairs on tibiae clearly exceed the maximum tibial width and this feature distinguishes it from
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF9734BFF0EFB3CFF33" box="[1061,1155,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">P. dubia</emphasis>
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and other species in the
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF977F9FEEAFF60FED6" box="[151,223,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">revoili</emphasis>
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-group with a convex anterior clypeal margin and immarginate mesosoma, i.e.
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF97324FEEAFB79FED6" box="[1098,1222,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">lanuginosa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF973BDFEEAFAA4FED6" box="[1235,1307,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">revoili</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF9723EFEEBFA2BFED7" box="[1360,1428,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">weissi</emphasis>
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. All of these are also more strongly sculptured than
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FFA8FFF975BAFEC9FC84FE8B" box="[724,827,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">longiseta</emphasis>
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.
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