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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/DA28E247-B301-4642-8250-729C0F05AC66" authority="Wong & Guénard" authorityName="Wong & Guenard" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmecina magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens" status="sp. n.">
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Myrmecina magnificens Wong &
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Full-face view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93792" pageId="2" pageNumber="131">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Head view focusing on mandibles of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93793" pageId="2" pageNumber="131">, 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Profile view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93794" pageId="2" pageNumber="131">, 3</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Profile view focusing on the propodeum, petiole and subpetiole of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93795" pageId="2" pageNumber="131">, 4</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Dorsal view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93796" pageId="2" pageNumber="131">, 5</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="131" type="holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="131">Holotype.</paragraph>
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Worker from SINGAPORE, Seletar Trail, Central Catchment Nature Reserve,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="1.395141" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="1.395141">1.395141°N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="103.802595" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="103.8026">103.802595°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 47m, 02.IX.2015, leaf litter, leg. Mark K. L. Wong, label
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“MW020915-L1.1”">"MW020915-L1.1"</normalizedToken>
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(ANTWEB1009004) deposited in LKCNHM.
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<subSubSection pageId="2" pageNumber="131" type="paratypes">
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="131">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="131">Four workers in total (ANTWEB1009005, ANTWEB1009006, ANTWEB1009007, ANTWEB1009008), all with the same collection data as holotype (deposited at SBSHKU).</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="132" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="132">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="3" pageNumber="132" start="start">Measurements</pageBreakToken>
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and indices.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="132">Holotype</emphasis>
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: HL 0.98 mm; HW 1.12 mm; MaL 0.63 mm; SL 0.90 mm; EL 0.20 mm; WL 1.37 mm; PNW 0.71 mm; PNH 0.62 mm; MW 0.65 mm; PSL 0.24 mm; PTL 0.36 mm; PTW 0.32 mm; PTH 0.35 mm; TL 4.42 mm (stinger not included); PPL 0.23 mm; PPW 0.34 mm; PPH 0.39 mm; CI 114, SI 80, MaI 56, PI 88, PPI 149.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="132">Paratypes (n=4)</emphasis>
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: HL 0.94-0.98 mm; HW 1.06-1.11 mm; MaL 0.55-0.63 mm; SL 0.89-0.91 mm; EL 0.20-0.21 mm; WL 1.22-1.36 mm; PNW 0.70-0.74 mm; PNH 0.57-0.62 mm; MW 0.61-0.65 mm; PSL 0.23-024 mm; PTL 0.34-0.36 mm; PTW 0.29-0.31 mm; PTH 0.31-0.33 mm; TL 4.36-4.57 mm (stinger not included); PPL 0.22-0.24 mm; PPW 0.32-0.35 mm; PPH 0.34-0.36 mm; CI 113-116, SI 80-86, MaI 51-57, PI 83-87, PPI 141-151.
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="132">Worker description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="132">Head.</emphasis>
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Head in full-face view slightly shorter than wide (CI 113-116) and maximum HW occurs behind the eyes, sides convex, occipital corners triangular, occipital margin strongly convex (Fig.
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). Thin lamella finely rugulose present on the anterolateral margin of the clypeus (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Head view focusing on mandibles of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93793" pageId="3" pageNumber="132">2</figureCitation>
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). Eyes relatively large with EL approximately 1/5 of HL. Antennal scape long (SI 80-86); antenna with 12 segments, last three segments forming indistinct club. Clypeus short, anterior clypeal margin broadly convex with two angular projections on either sides. Mascitory margin
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<pageBreakToken pageId="4" pageNumber="133" start="start">of</pageBreakToken>
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mandible with two apical teeth followed by a series of extremely reduced blunt denticles (n=5).
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="133">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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Full-face view of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Myrmecina magnificens</emphasis>
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(Holotype, ANTWEB1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore.
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="981077" doi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93793" pageId="4" pageNumber="133" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="133">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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Head view focusing on mandibles of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wong & Guenard" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmecina magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="133" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Myrmecina magnificens</emphasis>
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(Holotype, ANTWEB1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
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In profile view, dorsal outline of promesonotum flat to broadly convex, sloping along anterodorsal part of propodeum (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Profile view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93794" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">3</figureCitation>
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). In profile view, propleuron angular and forming a distinct acute tooth. Two distinct propodeal spines both slightly longer than broad and pointing anteriorly (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Profile view focusing on the propodeum, petiole and subpetiole of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93795" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">4</figureCitation>
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). Propodeal declivity strongly concave before terminating at a right angle with a rounded edge.
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="981079" doi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93794" pageId="4" pageNumber="133" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="133">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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Profile view of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Myrmecina magnificens</emphasis>
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(Holotype, ANTWEB1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="133">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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Profile view focusing on the propodeum, petiole and subpetiole of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wong & Guenard" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmecina magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="133" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Myrmecina magnificens</emphasis>
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(Holotype, ANTWEB1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Metasoma.</emphasis>
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In profile view (Fig.
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), anterodorsal face of petiolar node broadly convex, posterodorsal face of petiolar node flat to weakly concave; overall dorsal outline of petiolar node triangular. Ventral outline of petiolar node rounded. Dorsal outline of postpetiole flat to weakly convex, sternopostpetiolar process well-developed and triangular, almost as long as broad and pointing anteriorly. Petiolar node is longer than postpetiole. In dorsal view (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Dorsal view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93796" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">5</figureCitation>
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), petiolar node is broader than long and exhibits trapezoid shape; petiolar node is distinctly broader at posterior margin than at anterior margin. Postpetiole is broader than long and exhibits rectangular shape; width of postpetiole is similar at both the anterior and posterior margins.
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<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="133">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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Dorsal view of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="133">Myrmecina magnificens</emphasis>
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(Holotype, ANTWEB1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="5" pageNumber="134" start="start">Sculpture</pageBreakToken>
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.
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Sculpturing on head and thorax running longitudinally. Sculpture on head parallel on its middle portion and divergent on the sides and posterior portions. Groove on head with latitudinal sculptures present on most of its length. In profile view, sculpture on thorax presenting a complex pattern with parallel or and convergent sculptures (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Profile view of Myrmecina magnificens (Holotype, ANTWEB 1009004, LKCNHM) from Singapore." figureDoi="10.3897/JHR.50.8652.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/93794" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">3</figureCitation>
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). Parallel sculptures present on the entire length of the petiole and postpetiole. Gaster smooth and shiny. In dorsal view, thorax entirely sculptured with a single median carina separating in two symmetrical portions the dorsal sculptures (Fig.
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). Other sculptures converging posteriorly to reach the median carina on the dorsum of the thorax.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Pubescence.</emphasis>
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Almost all of body covered in abundant erect long hairs (0.2-0.25 mm) with the exception of the propodeal junction and ventral surface of the petiole where pubescence is absent.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Coloration.</emphasis>
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Most of head, mesosoma and gaster black; antenna, clypeus and mandibles dark red to dark brown; legs, posterior portion of propodeum light amber to light brown; pubescence and margins of gastral tergites yellow to light gold.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Castes.</emphasis>
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Male and gyne castes unknown.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">
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The species epithet is derived from the English word
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<normalizedToken originalValue="‘magnificent’">'magnificent'</normalizedToken>
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, referencing the beautiful appearance of this species, which makes it truly magnificent to behold. The species epithet is a noun, and thus invariant.
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Southeast Asia. Only known from Singapore.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="135" pageId="5" pageNumber="134" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="134">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="135" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">
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Almost nothing is known about the ecology of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="134" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="134">M. magnificens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. All specimens were collected from a selectively logged lowland primary rainforest. Based on the
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<pageBreakToken pageId="6" pageNumber="135" start="start">collection</pageBreakToken>
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methods used to collect several workers (N=5), we suspect that
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. magnificens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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probably forages within the leaf litter and topsoil. This is based on our collection of the species via a Berlese extraction of sifted leaf litter and topsoil, as well as from a subterranean pitfall trap baited with tuna and buried at a depth of 5 cm underground. No other conspecifics were found in similar traps buried at greater depths (i.e. 15, 20, 25 cm) within the same locality.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="135" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="135">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="135">
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With the exception of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. sulcata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulcata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. sulcata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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for which body size was not recorded in the species description, the new species
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. magnificens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can quickly be distinguished from other
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1829" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmecina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmecina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">Myrmecina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species in the Sundaland region by its large overall size (TL 4.2-4.6 mm) and its distinctly long and forward-pointing propodeal spines. While
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. nesaea" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nesaea">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. nesaea</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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,
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. semipolita" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="semipolita">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. semipolita</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. sulcata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulcata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. sulcata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. undulata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undulata">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. undulata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also possess relatively long propodeal spines, their spines are posteriorly oriented. The other two species,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. bandarensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bandarensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. bandarensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. butteli" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="butteli">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. butteli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have relatively short propodeal spines, and are also notably smaller in their overall sizes (TL 1.9-2.2 mm), which by comparison would be approximately half that of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="M. magnificens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnificens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="135">M. magnificens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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