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<paragraph id="0C04E1A2D60D58CE9C898E485D034843" pageNumber="288">TERATANER Emery</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D75BE86DF7E5E758FE0342CC5FD9A2A4" pageNumber="288">(Figs 38 - 55)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="DD30F4E0D112F6434E28B8E845418CAE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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Emery, 1912: 103. Type-species:
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<taxonomicName id="C31A54725EC8D218C06103AC3DEEDE2D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:144856" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atopomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atopomyrmex foreli Emery" lsidName-HNS="Atopomyrmex foreli Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foreli">Atopomyrmex foreli Emery</taxonomicName>
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, 1900: 274; by original designation. Tranetera Arnold, 1952: 130 [as subgenus of
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<taxonomicName id="22C913EB422CD25EB649068E84E88B7B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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]. Type-species:
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<taxonomicName id="96C2FBC36A4CCB7EFB90E8E4F32AC640" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">Atopomyrmex bottegoi Emery</taxonomicName>
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, 1896: 155; by original designation. Syn. n.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="1894215C511C244525981DB153017280" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="BF2A464F81AA15D9CB1AB50310C26F21" pageNumber="288">
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Diagnosis of worker. Monomorphic arboreal myrmicine ants. Mandibles armed with 5 or 6 teeth. Palp formula 5, 3 (
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<taxonomicName id="348C6ECE122EFA8B7D8CF371258B0746" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alluaudi">alluaudi</taxonomicName>
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) or 4, 3 (
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<taxonomicName id="6309D75B9B871F93980D04BFB5B5BBC3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="BBD5D395269A779FF20CE6932B514766" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="6AA5AB76A272DDE3951D1526960D713B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="B124A690C8EC506FECE62D3DF97147C3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner piceus Menozzi" lsidName-HNS="Terataner piceus Menozzi" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piceus">piceus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="478D9B08B6BDA680FCA3466CD6F8D4AF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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). Anterior clypeal margin with a median notch or impression. Median portion of clypeus broad and broadly inserted between the frontal lobes, bounded laterally by a pair of widely separated carinae which run to the anterior margin; lateral portions of clypeus unmodified. Frontal lobes narrow, continuing back into a pair of more or less straight frontal carinae which are usually roughly parallel and relatively close together on the dorsum of the head. Towards the occiput the frontal carinae either fade out or are sharply angled outwards as a ridge or row of tubercles which runs to the sides of the head. Antennal scrobes absent or at most the sides of the head below the frontal carinae with a broad and very shallow concavity. Antennae 12 - segmented with a 3 - segmented club, the scapes when laid back failing to reach the occipital margin. Eyes large and conspicuous, situated at or in front of the midlength of the head. Occipital corners tuberculate or denticulate in full-face view. Pronotum marginate laterally and usually also anteriorly, the lateral marginations generally simple but sometimes expanded into ornate lobes or flanges. Pronotal shoulders angulate, denticulate or tuberculate in dorsal view. Promesonotal suture absent on the dorsum or represented by a line or slight indentation, only rarely easily visible. Mesonotum usually marginate laterally and forming a low projecting angle or tubercle in dorsal view; rarely immarginate and armed with a sharp denticle laterally. Metanotal groove impressed, most frequently only shallowly so but deep in some species; very shallow indeed in some samples oi
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<taxonomicName id="5368795BD7E1CBE24B589E96B50D7219" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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. Propodeum bluntly marginate to rounded laterally, unarmed or with a pair of denticles or teeth. Metapleural lobes large and strongly developed; ventral margin of metapleuron with a strong broad groove running forward from the orifice of the metapleural glands. Ventral surface of alitrunk between hind coxae entire, simple, without a broad deep circular pit. Middle and hind tibiae frequently with a distinct simple spur, the spur reduced in some and indistinguishable from the hairs of the tibial apex in others. Petiole with a short, stout anterior peduncle, the node narrow and tapering dorsally so that it appears triangular or conical in profile. In anterior or posterior view the narrow dorsum of the node either forms a transverse crest or is indented medially so that a pair of blunt prominences are formed laterally. In some these prominences are acute and dentiform, in others developed into quite long teeth; rarely the petiole is strongly bispinose.
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<paragraph id="6B2F45E7578272FE23BBD7FCEA5EC4F3" pageNumber="289">
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In one species (
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<taxonomicName id="5BAC06E50C27065A6283D880DC2B78F8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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) the petiole is developed into a very high plate dorsally which has a central emargination. Postpetiole simple or armed dorsally with a transverse crest or a single spine. Pilosity very variable, some species densely hairy, others almost hairless. Sculpture generally of coarse rugae or sulci, but reduced in the African species
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<taxonomicName id="16E999CB2DCACD3F5D4BEA80115B5E89" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner piceus Menozzi" lsidName-HNS="Terataner piceus Menozzi" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piceus">piceus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="DD520EAFF47ABE1577E0C2E6E5A5C071" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="9DB40FB661494544ECDCA1B7F0A23DAF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4183FB3FCD0709B4B4E26D84AC9A2156" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36869" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner velatus Bolton" lsidName-HNS="Terataner velatus Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velatus">velatus</taxonomicName>
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.
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<subSubSection id="71350E895D732CDBACCE0D34F900BEE9" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="882A03ED975305DBC5A71196360D7BCC">
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<taxonomicName id="15B21F562E2DBCF4E1DF1E6905226FB1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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is a small genus of arboreal ants containing 12 species, six of which occur in the Ethiopian region and six in the Malagasy region. Nests are constructed in rotten parts of standing timber, often some considerable distance above the ground. Of the African species four occur quite widely in West and Central African forests {
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<taxonomicName id="BC90347F1DBB213E12048611DD3CC39C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="81A5CD77030530B3A0BC96C18620B9DC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="0E1D28B49658BF526C861B71B0BF8726" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner piceus Menozzi" lsidName-HNS="Terataner piceus Menozzi" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piceus">piceus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="0FB45D9F11C10FC2E670F12831316619" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36869" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner velatus Bolton" lsidName-HNS="Terataner velatus Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velatus">velatus</taxonomicName>
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), one is East African (
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<taxonomicName id="721CF8DD5EDF1BFD6A74C88E08AAD74E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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) and the last (
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<taxonomicName id="0290896BAD2796F5A270ACC2004336DC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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) is known only from South Africa. The first four named form a complex of closely related species; the last two form a close species-pair which shows marked similarity to the Malagasy species
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<taxonomicName id="4E7CD76A5181F04CE4D1286ED5B11073" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner foreli (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner foreli (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foreli">foreli</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="CE55BDC2104EE2FEBFCF22283AD7DAEC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36865" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner rufipes Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner rufipes Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipes">rufipes</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="AD90DF7D32D158212260C91329470461" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36867" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steinheili">steinheili</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="C0C1B1E708FCA69CD3BF2ABE4A9D77D2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36870" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner xaltus Bolton" lsidName-HNS="Terataner xaltus Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xaltus">xaltus</taxonomicName>
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. Apart from these Madagascar has another species,
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<taxonomicName id="7AD6947CB8A378E92AA44B5376C3053E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alluaudi">alluaudi</taxonomicName>
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, which is certainly the most bizarre representative of the genus as it is presently understood. The final species of the Malagasy region,
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<taxonomicName id="F27EEF8A7B0DE1D43514D8FF891A5550" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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, is known only from a single worker from the Seychelles. A synopsis of the Malagasy species is given at the end of this section.
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<subSubSection id="FB48A8D884D977B0E370E21CCED363A0" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="015FCBDA3CD01A1AFCC3C1D3864729CF" pageNumber="289">
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Females (queens) are known for a few species and in general show the same characters as the workers, except for the usual modifications associated with this caste. Males are very poorly known, having been recorded only for
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<taxonomicName id="1F38F0A097B8D9D48E204BF84C0060E4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="13A65198CC6B938C6F6B56E1483787D3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="D3E6D20BAEE1FEBCE532F67E0C0D9250" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner foreli (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner foreli (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foreli">foreli</taxonomicName>
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, the total number of specimens amounting to six or seven.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A4429C295E3E0B1D4FCDD1DF03B6EC6B" pageNumber="289">
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Arnold (1952) proposed a subgenus of
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<taxonomicName id="6A6EAB14231D3A85C3AED184C7DCBAD6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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which he called
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<taxonomicName id="981323A6C44571CB9A5830E5CDEAEEA5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147268" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tranetera Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tranetera</taxonomicName>
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, erected to include only the species
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<taxonomicName id="FE70B506B2C809B26CF84C43F82F159E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="1C2C79F2AE7828D029A4C3BFC6F71000" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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, with the former nominated as type-species. In the same paper he chose to treat Atopula Emery as a subgenus of
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<taxonomicName id="B64313DEC3CEAF7F343DCCB02B7714DA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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. It has since been shown (Bolton, 1976; 1980) that the type-species of
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<taxonomicName id="CD17F8C7C42E3ED2C3F6CA403DA4ADDC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:146826" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atopula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atopula Emery" lsidName-HNS="Atopula Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Atopula</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="3EB12CD9998C238CEE7B864E55F393B5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:229882" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atopula" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Atopula nodifera" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nodifera">A. nodifera</taxonomicName>
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(Emery), is in fact a tetramoriine, and the name Atopula has fallen as a straight synonym of Tetramorium Mayr.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A712E0CC167F2E1A11C3A3924BF493EE" pageNumber="289">
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Turning now to
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<taxonomicName id="4FBEAE0C23AEC0938D802203DAD8E94A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147268" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tranetera Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tranetera</taxonomicName>
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, it seems probable that Arnold erected this name on the strength of original descriptions alone, and did not see any material other than that of
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<taxonomicName id="3F5669A56BA69BBFFD330E886CD3AFB0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:232202" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="transvaalensis" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera transvaalensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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which, however, he did recognize as being close to
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<taxonomicName id="BA67C6F0E616341963EBB6E6CE6E5C92" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:232203" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="bottegoi" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera bottegoi" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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. From his description of the subgenus only three characters emerge to differentiate
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<taxonomicName id="C6544305E36697DEFAA0FAF48AAF64D7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147268" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tranetera Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tranetera</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName id="7F6611F679BD2F1E92329415F1337955" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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, namely that in
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<taxonomicName id="52FE06C27464DECABA186BF4072002C0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147268" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tranetera Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tranetera</taxonomicName>
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the promesonotal suture was clearly defined, the metanotal groove (= meso-epinotal suture) was not depressed, and that the petiole was quadrate and without spines. Opposed to this the six species which he left in
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<taxonomicName id="6EF1AF1C269257D21C9F5B84E400C623" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="F7021BE5C2939B3DC1E2EB463B85DAE4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alluaudi">alluaudi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="D1800F7A1660FC472A55EDD015275B3E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner foreli (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner foreli (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foreli">foreli</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="1C0F8ABBCE8F298A71FF0D9AF2AC784C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="998BF1D9A0AE0620ED52A710E696DA90" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36865" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner rufipes Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner rufipes Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipes">rufipes</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="AA1841EAFE005BD1F0AA87E55B6E7800" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="9E4F10402FA0AF44B3706CAB8CFA489B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36867" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steinheili">steinheili</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="76944C82FD00BF307FDD55B1F454827B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner piceus Menozzi" lsidName-HNS="Terataner piceus Menozzi" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piceus">piceus</taxonomicName>
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is not mentioned and the description of
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<taxonomicName id="5F8EFE8A3DDA7794A0670C2427E2466F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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had not then appeared) were supposed to have the promesonotal suture obsolete or slightly indented at the sides, the metanotal groove deeply depressed and the petiole not quadrate, armed with two long spines.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7CC2790CF87861F3BBCE7071F03AE61B" pageNumber="289">
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Taking the last character, it is obvious when specimens are compared that an almost complete morphocline is present. Only one species has the petiole transverse above,
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<taxonomicName id="D254B9F7ED64DB9690D06AF092DF2C98" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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, and even here a feeble indentation can be seen; only one species,
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<taxonomicName id="5EE9F1A2B1849ACB427997D093EE5297" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alluaudi">alluaudi</taxonomicName>
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, has the petiole strongly bispinose. Between these two extremes the petiole dorsally is indented to emarginate in
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<taxonomicName id="B6B469BCB7894C2EA62607476FA68710" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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, bilobate in
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<taxonomicName id="B09B44FBE9D650F8441BAB080CD6356A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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, shortly and bluntly bidentate in
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<taxonomicName id="F68ED097B5B9E74AFBC949F8E9327233" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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, long bidentate in
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<taxonomicName id="89F76080A91745847CB5132F408C374E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36867" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steinheili">steinheili</taxonomicName>
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. The presumed separation petiole not quadrate and with two long spines versus petiole quadrate and without spines, does not exist in fact; all major steps between them being bridged in already described species.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8D52EF61036F719904FE2935AFE958B2" pageNumber="289">
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Similarly with the degree of definition of the promesonotal suture. It is quite clearly marked in
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<taxonomicName id="E3EAFB5EDB4ADD6F1691BE8A15875AA6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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(though fused), weakly defined in
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<taxonomicName id="78BC58A0B90D113A13F59C6CAEBA9281" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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, vestigial in
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<taxonomicName id="3D75F298C82BECE3F5C42CE4B4B83AF4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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where it is indicated more by a change in sculpture pattern, almost invisible in
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<taxonomicName id="329DB516FFC3496E89C66116F94164CD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36867" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steinheili">steinheili</taxonomicName>
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where at certain angles the strong sulcate sculpture is very feebly indented along the former track of the suture; obliterated elsewhere. It should be noted that all species have an impression, notch or groove at each side of the dorsum where pronotum and mesonotum meet, which indicates the ends of the former track of the promesonotal suture, and which separates the marginations of the two segments.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="09E71617E3960366ECAB0CD8442EED4A" pageNumber="289">
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Finally, the degree of impression of the metanotal groove varies considerably from species to species. The variation does not allow a split such as that proposed by Arnold and a number of species were incorrectly placed by him, as in
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<taxonomicName id="3399F959BE6FB74C2F75908772E8E2EA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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the metanotal groove is impressed where it is as shallow in
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<taxonomicName id="6828E6BE76E3B90B5974EA289AB801BE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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as it is in
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<taxonomicName id="FEEACC605F7E0F7037F686C5AF0A3049" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="289" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D0C95D6A6649F0297B0F5DE9A1C94CD0" pageNumber="290">
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Thus the concept of a subgenus
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<taxonomicName id="7D0DD8BD9FC20ACE0851225EAD6C6094" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147268" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tranetera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tranetera Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Tranetera Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tranetera</taxonomicName>
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collapses and the name is relegated to the synonymy. In point of fact
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<taxonomicName id="4CE99ECA865ABD6A914383E384DCB7D6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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, as presently constituted, forms a fairly compact genus, within which the following species-complexes can be discerned.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C9CAF549E28F951CEC606C8EE180D17C" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph id="D3CB917B364DD23EBA49D9B494F21F02" pageNumber="290">
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luteus-complex (
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<taxonomicName id="EC5153393AE94DFC844694A1238E92C3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner elegans Bernard" lsidName-HNS="Terataner elegans Bernard" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">elegans</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="17192CBDA9797806C6D5F2B75FD5A740" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36863" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner luteus (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner luteus (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luteus">luteus</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="076FE37BB94FEF3B090EE67E2201328E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36864" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner piceus Menozzi" lsidName-HNS="Terataner piceus Menozzi" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="piceus">piceus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="215B4431BBF51B877B97D0B0802BEF39" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36869" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner velatus Bolton" lsidName-HNS="Terataner velatus Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velatus">velatus</taxonomicName>
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). Frontal carinae more or less straight, fading out posteriorly, not angled outwards towards the sides of the head. Sculpture fine. Hairs very sparse and scattered or absent on first gastral tergite. Dorsal (outer) surfaces of middle and hind tibiae without projecting hairs. West and Central Africa.
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<paragraph id="CD70CD8620349D98CCE94D94A6E038DD" pageNumber="290">
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foreli-complex (
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<taxonomicName id="A9C47669807A529ADB3D52A3459D593E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36860" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner bottegoi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bottegoi">bottegoi</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="2911092E5DA6F4EDF516356650308EE5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner foreli (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner foreli (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foreli">foreli</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="70EDCC7C673EA2E6997774A615F63641" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36865" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner rufipes Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner rufipes Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipes">rufipes</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="883672F37202D494E8B55CD1F00ABE4F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36866" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner scotti (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner scotti (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scotti">scotti</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="26978A9A7DE1898836F6E0B1074751C1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36867" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner steinheili (Forel)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steinheili">steinheili</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="B631E5146C5DB79D714A3F5DF33D5DAD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36868" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" lsidName-HNS="Terataner transvaalensis Arnold" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="transvaalensis">transvaalensis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="5871B198484543CC4670507333045EBD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36870" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner xaltus Bolton" lsidName-HNS="Terataner xaltus Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xaltus">xaltus</taxonomicName>
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). Frontal carinae angled outwards posteriorly, running across the head either to the sides or towards the occipital corners as a crest, ridge or row of tubercles. Sculpture coarse. Hairs dense and very conspicuous on first gastral tergite. Dorsal (outer) surfaces of middle and hind tibiae with projecting hairs. East and South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FEFE41A43FE10DFC443C8F91C0EF9DE9" pageNumber="290">
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alluaudi-complex (
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<taxonomicName id="E9D7B187B276D8DC5AA1401E422DC5AB" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36859" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" lsidName-HNS="Terataner alluaudi (Emery)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="290" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alluaudi">alluaudi</taxonomicName>
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). As foreli-complex but frontal carinae feeble, sometimes almost indistinguishable from the cephalic sculpture, not running transversely on the head posteriorly. Postpetiole with a single long median dorsal spine. Margins of pronotum expanded into a pair of broad laminae. Madagascar.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="DB658EB879CF96DD31B5E0A29E32F544" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="9497CD459B8AE4731D4D7241B26B5362">
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<taxonomicName id="66F23CD9A2D5BB375265AAEE48ED0021" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2530" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Terataner" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Terataner Emery" lsidName-HNS="Terataner Emery" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Terataner</taxonomicName>
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belongs to a group of genera which also includes the African genus
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<taxonomicName id="F2AEAF0E7982A2900F44C49454354914" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2365" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atopomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atopomyrmex Andr" lsidName-HNS="Atopomyrmex André" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Atopomyrmex Andre</taxonomicName>
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, the Oriental / Indo-Australian genus
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<taxonomicName id="DCC64F5AEB81EB3D277928FDAFEE4EB8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2515" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dilobocondyla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dilobocondyla Santschi" lsidName-HNS="Dilobocondyla Santschi" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dilobocondyla</taxonomicName>
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Santschi and the predominantly Australian genera Dacryon Forel,
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<taxonomicName id="910EAE0E962EBC257161D5CD81F04D3A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2523" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Peronomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer" lsidName-HNS="Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="6049DF271992FA4C6CADE622C91B994E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2524" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Podomyrma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Podomyrma Smith" lsidName-HNS="Podomyrma Smith" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Podomyrma</taxonomicName>
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F. Smith and
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<taxonomicName id="8B5F44F5650F54CBD68EFC709010BD89" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147214" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pseudopodomyrma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudopodomyrma Crawley" lsidName-HNS="Pseudopodomyrma Crawley" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pseudopodomyrma Crawley</taxonomicName>
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(Taylor, 1970). Possibly also the strange monotypic genus
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<taxonomicName id="CCB97F77C0677DC6DC8125A984D0E13F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2520" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ireneopone" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ireneopone Donisthorpe" lsidName-HNS="Ireneopone Donisthorpe" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Ireneopone</taxonomicName>
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Donisthorpe of Mauritius belongs to this assemblage. As can be seen, the only other African genus noted is
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<taxonomicName id="30C239867236D974DEC50EA2F63EE1E3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2365" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Atopomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Atopomyrmex Andr" lsidName-HNS="Atopomyrmex André" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Atopomyrmex</taxonomicName>
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; the two are separated as follows in the worker.
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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