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<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206016FFA88603F9787ED491E2" box="[1083,1185,1687,1710]" captionStart-0="Figs 1-6" captionStart-1="Figs 7-9" captionStart-2="Figs 10-17" captionStartId-0="4.[151,192,1906,1927]" captionStartId-1="6.[151,192,1887,1908]" captionStartId-2="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,273,1851]" captionTargetBox-1="[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetBox-2="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId-0="figure-6@4.[148,1436,257,1852]" captionTargetId-1="figure-6@6.[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetId-2="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId-0="4" captionTargetPageId-1="6" captionTargetPageId-2="7" captionText-0="Figs 1-6. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, worker. (1-3) The Malaysian holotype, including its label at the bottom left of (3). (4-6) Thai worker, BCMU-LNW04 (HB-W1). Dorsal habitus (1, 4), lateral habitus (2, 5), head, frontal view (3, 6). Scale bars: 1 mm." captionText-1="Figs 7-9. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1). Dorsal habitus (7), lateral habitus (8), head, frontal view (9). mt.cmb metatibial comb. Scale bars: 1 mm." captionText-2="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743377" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743383" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5743377/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5743383/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="120">Figs 1-17</figureCitation>
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/ Soc. T. 2 p 50/ Malacca M. Ophir” (see inset to
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and the
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, and the metatibial ratio less than 0.45 times.
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has robust hairs on the anterior and posterior margins of the mesoscutum and mesoscutellum, whereas the hairs are not robust on those areas in the
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.
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA9839EFD8978769531" box="[422,515,614,637]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">ventralis</emphasis>
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group.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98063FD897B6C95D1" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Lepidotrigona nitidiventris</emphasis>
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can be differentiated from
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98059FD6978B995D1" box="[609,716,646,669]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. latipes</emphasis>
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by their brown tegula and black T2-T6, whereas they are yellowish brown and reddish brown, respectively, in
<taxonomicName id="42904D266017FFA982AFFD077B7795B3" baseAuthorityName="Friese" baseAuthorityYear="1900" box="[151,258,744,767]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latipes">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFFD077B7795B3" box="[151,258,744,767]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. latipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The pale yellowish-brown vertex hairs in
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFFCE77B429453" box="[151,311,776,799]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
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separate it from
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA983CCFCE778D69453" box="[500,675,776,799]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. trochanterica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where those hairs are all black.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA983FCFCC7782A9473" box="[452,607,808,831]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. palavanica</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFFCA67B42942C" box="[151,311,841,864]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
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in being much smaller in body size and metatibial ratio.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFFC767B9194FC" bold="true" box="[151,484,921,944]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Re-description of the species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFFC567B77949C" box="[151,258,953,976]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Structure:</emphasis>
Body length
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. Head wider than long (width
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, length
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); eye width (in side view)
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; gena width
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; interocellar distance
<quantity id="42689B406017FFA982C0FBF57B28937D" box="[248,349,1050,1073]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" unit="mm" value="0.44">0.44 mm</quantity>
; ocellocular distance
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; inner orbits slightly converging below, upper interorbital distance
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, lower interorbital distance
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; scape length excluding basal bulb
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, with basal bulb
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; 1st flagellomere length
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; 2nd flagellomere length
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, width
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; 3rd flagellomere shorter than 2nd; malar space length
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; length of longest hair on vertex
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. Length of longest hair on mesoscutum
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; length of longest hair on mesoscutellum
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; forewing length
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, width
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; forewing diagonal
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, length of 1st submarginal cell
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, length of 2nd submarginal cell
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; 1st recurrent vein before mid-length of posterior margin of 2nd submarginal cell. Metatibia length
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, width
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; metabasitarsus length
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, width
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.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFF9CF7BDB917B" box="[151,430,1568,1591]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Coloration of integument:</emphasis>
Head black except as follows: apex of mandible dark brown; basal bulb and extreme base of scape, and base of F1 yellow; rest of flagellum dark brown. Mesosoma black except tegula, pronotal lobe, and sides of metanotum all brown; all legs black except all trochanters, procoxa, metacoxa ventrally, profemur ventrally, and posterior portion of metabasitarsus brown, tarsomeres 3 to 5 yellowish brown; wings hyaline to pale yellow, wing veins yellowish brown except C, R, M, and Rs brown. Metasomal terga black except basal depression and posterior margin of T1 whitish brown; metasomal sterna yellowish brown.
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<paragraph id="852F36A56017FFA982AFF84B7E439336" blockId="3.[151,757,921,2077]" lastBlockId="3.[831,1437,258,1434]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA982AFF84B7B6B90F7" box="[151,286,1956,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Pubescence:</emphasis>
Facial hairs mostly plumose, densely appressed and whitish yellow; hairs of lower edge of labrum and mandible pale brown, hairs of vertex robust and pale yellowish-brown, longest hairs on vertex approximately 1/5 times as long as scape. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum hairs minute yellowish white; hairs of anterior and posterior areas of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum robust, yellowish brown; mesoscutellum with some dark brown hairs intermixed, longest hairs on mesoscutum and mesoscutellum approximately 1/6th and 1/9th as long as scape, respectively; margins of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum with distinct band of short, plumose, scale-like yellow hairs, bands on mesoscutum wider anteriorly and posteriorly; mesepisternum, metepisternum, and pronotal lobe with whitish-yellow, plumose hairs, intermixed with long white hairs on mesepisternum ventrally; hairs on lateral surface of metanotum and propodeum plumose, yellowish white; metapostnotum bare; coxae and trochanters as well as ventral surface of profemur with yellowish-white hairs, rest of profemur with brown hairs intermixed with black hairs distally; tibiae with black hairs except metatibia with whitish-brown keirotrichia posteriorly; protarsi with brown hairs except probasitarsus with black hairs intermixed; meso- and metatarsi with black hairs intermixed with few brown hairs. T1 with minute, sparse, pale whitish-brown hairs except basal depression and posterior margin lacking hairs. Posterior margin of T2- T6 as well as visible portions of T5 and T6 with minute pale brown hairs intermixed with dark brown hairs on posterior half of T5 and T6; S1-S6 minute with sparse yellowish-brown hairs.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98107FB6C7E7A93D6" box="[831,1039,1155,1178]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Surface sculpture:</emphasis>
Head and mesosoma with fine, dense punctures, slightly larger on mesoscutellum; metapostnotum with larger crowded punctures all over, diameters 1.5-2 times those of head; all legs with sparse, shallow and fine punctures; lateral part of T1, posterolateral parts of T1-T4 and complete T5 and T6 with sparse shallow, fine punctures; posterior margin of T2-T4 and complete T5 and T6 with minute, shallow punctures; S1-S6 with fine shallow punctures all over.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="852F36A56017FFA98107FA0D7E2E92B6" blockId="3.[831,1115,1506,1530]" box="[831,1115,1506,1530]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98107FA0D798992B6" bold="true" box="[831,1020,1506,1530]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Worker (female):</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98107F9FC7E469166" bold="true" box="[831,1075,1555,1578]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Material examined:</emphasis>
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; nest UP45;
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;
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,
<collectingRegion id="4754F8476017FFA9864EF9DC7F6D9106" box="[1142,1304,1587,1610]" country="Thailand" name="Tak" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Tak Province</collectingRegion>
.,
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;
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; leg. prep.
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.
</materialsCitation>
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All remaining specimens with the same labels except as follows:
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02; nest UP45;
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;
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</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
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; nest UP45;
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;
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<collectingDate id="E16AE98D6017FFA98107F93C79CE91A6" box="[831,955,1747,1770]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" value="2016-03-21">21.III.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCode id="D5369EDE6017FFA981D9F93C7EE191A6" box="[993,1172,1747,1770]" collectionCode="BCMU-LNW" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">BCMU-LNW04</specimenCode>
; nest UP88;
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;
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<collectingDate id="E16AE98D6017FFA98107F91C79D19046" box="[831,932,1779,1802]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" value="2016-05-07">7.V.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
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<specimenCode id="D5369EDE6017FFA981EBF91C7EFF9046" box="[979,1162,1779,1802]" collectionCode="MHNG-LNW" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">MHNG-LNW05</specimenCode>
; nest UP88;
<specimenCount id="9396FD2C6017FFA98714F91C7FED9046" box="[1324,1432,1779,1802]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
;
<date id="F12E10656017FFA98107F8FC79D69066" box="[831,931,1811,1834]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" value="2016-05-07">
<collectingDate id="E16AE98D6017FFA98107F8FC79D69066" box="[831,931,1811,1834]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" value="2016-05-07">7.V.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CD8A652E6017FFAF8107F8AA7B3192CB" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" type="description">
<paragraph id="852F36A56017FFA98107F8AA7ED09030" blockId="3.[831,1437,1860,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98107F8AA79C19010" bold="true" box="[831,948,1861,1884]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Variation:</emphasis>
N=10, measured as range (average±SD). As in
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076017FFA98147F88A79A99030" box="[895,988,1893,1916]" pageId="3" pageNumber="121" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
except as follows:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56017FFAF8107F86A7BD994CD" blockId="3.[831,1437,1860,2077]" lastBlockId="5.[151,756,258,1351]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76017FFA98107F86A79DE90D0" box="[831,939,1925,1948]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="121">Structure:</emphasis>
Body length 5.69-6.56 (6.17±0.22) mm. Head width 2.58-2.87 (2.77±0.08) mm; head length 1.84- 2.03 (1.96±0.05) mm; eye width (in side view) 0.63- 0.68 (0.66±0.01) mm; gena width 0.3-0.42 (0.37±0.04) mm; interocellar distance 0.42-0.48 (0.45±0.02) mm; ocellocular distance 0.38-0.42 (0.4±0.01) mm; upper interorbital distance 1.51-1.61 (1.56±0.03) mm, lower interorbital distance 1.46-1.56 (1.52±0.03) mm; scape length excluding basal bulb 0.99-1.05 (1.03±0.02) mm, with basal bulb 1.09-1.2 (1.17±0.03) mm; 1st flagellomere length 0.16-0.18 (0.17±0.01) mm; 2nd flagellomere length 0.2-0.23 (0.21±0.01) mm, width 0.16-0.18 (0.17±0.004) mm; malar space length 0.14- 0.15 (0.14±0.005) mm; length of longest hairs on vertex 0.2-0.25 (0.21±0.02) mm. Length of longest hairs on mesoscutum 0.17-0.22 (0.19±0.01) mm; length of longest hairs on mesoscutellum 0.13-0.18 (0.15±0.02) mm; forewing length 5.73-6.27 (6.05±0.18) mm, width 2.35-2.52 (2.21±0.74) mm; forewing diagonal 1.94- 2.03 (1.98±0.03) mm, length of 1st submarginal cell 0.44-0.48 (0.46±0.01) mm, length of 2nd submarginal cell 0.84-0.95 (0.89±0.03) mm. Metatibia length 2.51- 2.67 (2.6±0.05) mm, width 1.23-1.32 (1.27±0.02) mm; metabasitarsus length 0.95-1.07 (1±0.04) mm, width 0.67-0.75 (0.7±0.02) mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="852F36A56010FFAE82AFF89D7FE590E8" blockId="4.[151,1436,1906,1956]" pageId="4" pageNumber="122">
Figs 1-6.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76010FFAE82CEF89D7B8E90CB" box="[246,507,1906,1927]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="122">Lepidotrigona nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, worker. (1-3) The Malaysian holotype, including its label at the bottom left of (3). (4-6) Thai worker, BCMU-LNW04 (HB-W1). Dorsal habitus (1, 4), lateral habitus (2, 5), head, frontal view (3, 6). Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFFC657B1193C8" blockId="5.[151,756,258,1351]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFFC657BD994ED" box="[151,428,906,929]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Coloration of integument:</emphasis>
Tegula, wing veins M, Rs, and stigma slightly paler yellow than those of the
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076011FFAF80B7FC447885948E" box="[655,752,939,962]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
; mesoscutellum dark brown, sometimes with a brown spot posteromedially; tarsomeres 3 to 5 sometimes dark brown. T1 laterally with two large black triangular spots which occasionally are in contact with each other, rest of T1 sometimes light brown; metasomal sterna vary in darkness of brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFFB627B0A924A" blockId="5.[151,756,258,1351]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFFB627B6B93E8" box="[151,286,1165,1188]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Pubescence:</emphasis>
Hairs of vertex slightly darker than those of the
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076011FFAF82E6FB417B4B9389" box="[222,318,1198,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, sometimes intermixed with dark brown hairs. Metasomal sternal hairs sometimes paler than those of the
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076011FFAF8322FB007B0E924A" box="[282,379,1263,1286]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFFAE07B8E920B" blockId="5.[151,756,258,1351]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFFAE07B2E926A" box="[151,347,1295,1318]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Surface sculpture:</emphasis>
Punctures on metasomal terga vary in density, otherwise as in
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076011FFAF83AEFADF7B82920B" box="[406,503,1328,1351]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFFA807B3192CB" blockId="5.[151,324,1391,1415]" box="[151,324,1391,1415]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFFA807AAC92CB" bold="true" box="[151,217,1391,1415]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Male:</emphasis>
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206011FFAF82E7FA9F7B3192CB" box="[223,324,1392,1415]" captionStart-0="Figs 7-9" captionStart-1="Figs 10-17" captionStartId-0="6.[151,192,1887,1908]" captionStartId-1="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox-0="[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetBox-1="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId-0="figure-6@6.[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetId-1="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId-0="6" captionTargetPageId-1="7" captionText-0="Figs 7-9. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1). Dorsal habitus (7), lateral habitus (8), head, frontal view (9). mt.cmb metatibial comb. Scale bars: 1 mm." captionText-1="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743383" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5743383/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Figs 7-17</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CD8A652E6011FFAF82AFFA4F78959185" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFFA4F78B89115" blockId="5.[151,757,1440,1625]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFFA4F7BFE92FB" bold="true" box="[151,395,1440,1463]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Material examined:</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="35F83CF86011FFAF8398FA4F7B089154" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3881943304" collectingDate="2016-05-07" collectionCode="BCMU" collectorName="H. Banziger" country="Thailand" location="Umphang Distr" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" specimenCode="BCMU-LNM01" specimenCount="7" specimenCount-male="7" stateProvince="Tak Prov.">
<specimenCode id="D5369EDE6011FFAF8398FA4F782192FB" box="[416,596,1440,1463]" collectionCode="BCMU-LNM" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">BCMU-LNM01</specimenCode>
; nest UP88;
<specimenCount id="9396FD2C6011FFAF82AFFA2F7A8C929B" box="[151,249,1472,1495]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="male">7 males</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCountry id="FD8776356011FFAF8335FA2F7BEE929B" box="[269,411,1472,1495]" name="Thailand" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">THAILAND</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingRegion id="4754F8476011FFAF8388FA2F7850929B" box="[432,549,1472,1495]" country="Thailand" name="Tak" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Tak Prov.</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="804F607E6011FFAF8002FA2F7885929B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0D3987B36016FFA281B3F9997B5690B5:804F607E6011FFAF8002FA2F7885929B" box="[570,752,1472,1495]" country="Thailand" name="Umphang Distr" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" stateProvince="Tak Prov.">Umphang Distr</location>
;
<date id="F12E10656011FFAF82AFFA0E7A8E92B4" box="[151,251,1505,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" value="2016-05-07">
<collectingDate id="E16AE98D6011FFAF82AFFA0E7A8E92B4" box="[151,251,1505,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" value="2016-05-07">7.V.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
; leg. prep.
<collectorName id="286553736011FFAF83BDFA0E786492B4" box="[389,529,1505,1528]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">H. Bänziger</collectorName>
; caught leaving the nest [not swarming].
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="35F83CF86011FFAF83BFF9EE78B89115" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3881943301" collectingDate="2016-05-07" collectionCode="MHNG" collectorName="H. Banziger" country="Thailand" location="Umphang Distr" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" specimenCode="MHNG-LNM02" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Tak Prov.">
<specimenCode id="D5369EDE6011FFAF83A7F9EE78269154" box="[415,595,1537,1560]" collectionCode="MHNG-LNM" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">MHNG-LNM02</specimenCode>
; nest UP88;
<specimenCount id="9396FD2C6011FFAF80DEF9EE7ABA9175" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion id="4754F8476011FFAF82E6F9CD7B399175" box="[222,332,1570,1593]" country="Thailand" name="Tak" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Tak Prov.</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="804F607E6011FFAF8362F9CD787D9175" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0D3987B36016FFA281B3F9997B5690B5:804F607E6011FFAF8362F9CD787D9175" box="[346,520,1570,1593]" country="Thailand" name="Umphang Distr" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" stateProvince="Tak Prov.">Umphang Distr</location>
;
<date id="F12E10656011FFAF8020F9CD780E9175" box="[536,635,1570,1593]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" value="2016-05-07">
<collectingDate id="E16AE98D6011FFAF8020F9CD780E9175" box="[536,635,1570,1593]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" value="2016-05-07">7.V.2016</collectingDate>
</date>
; leg. prep.
<collectorName id="286553736011FFAF82AFF9AD7B699115" box="[151,284,1602,1625]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">H. Bänziger</collectorName>
; caught leaving the nest [not swarming].
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFF99D78959185" blockId="5.[151,756,1650,1737]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFF99D780E91C5" bold="true" box="[151,635,1650,1673]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Male terminalia and associated sterna:</emphasis>
Dissected from five males (
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF8366F97D7B8291E5" box="[350,503,1682,1705]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">BCMU-LNM</collectionCode>
01) with the following codes:
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF82DAF95D7B709185" box="[226,261,1714,1737]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">GP</collectionCode>
3200,
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF837FF95D7B1E9185" box="[327,363,1714,1737]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">GP</collectionCode>
3201,
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF8393F95D7BBB9185" box="[427,462,1714,1737]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">GP</collectionCode>
3205,
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF8028F95D78469185" box="[528,563,1714,1737]" country="Brazil" name="Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">GP</collectionCode>
3365,
<collectionCode id="E381AE606011FFAF804DF95D78B79185" box="[629,706,1714,1737]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">GPKA</collectionCode>
88.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CD8A652E6011FFAF82AFF90D7F6F9530" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFAF82AFF90D7F6F9530" blockId="5.[151,757,1762,2077]" lastBlockId="5.[831,1437,258,636]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82AFF90D7B7B91B5" bold="true" box="[151,270,1762,1785]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Males differ from the males of
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF8056F90D788191B5" baseAuthorityName="F.Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[622,756,1762,1785]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="terminata">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF8056F90D788191B5" box="[622,756,1762,1785]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. terminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF82F6F8ED7B279055" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[206,338,1794,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventralis">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF82F6F8ED7B279055" box="[206,338,1794,1817]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. ventralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group by their overall larger size, shape of the metatibia and of S5 and S6 as follows: male of
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF833FF8AC7BC19016" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[263,436,1859,1882]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF833FF8AC7BC19016" box="[263,436,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with expanded, triangular metatibia with apical margin straight, with a black comb near apicodorsal area (missing in other species where males are known); metatibial hairs dark brown to black (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206011FFAF8339F82A7B129090" box="[257,359,1989,2012]" captionStart="Figs 7-9" captionStartId="6.[151,192,1887,1908]" captionTargetBox="[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetId="figure-6@6.[340,1253,257,1823]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs 7-9. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1). Dorsal habitus (7), lateral habitus (8), head, frontal view (9). mt.cmb metatibial comb. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743383" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743383/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Figs 7, 8</figureCitation>
). Metatibia of other species simple, rounded apically, without comb, with hairs grey to brown or intermixed with few dark brown hairs. S5 of
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF815DFEED7E789655" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[869,1037,258,281]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF815DFEED7E789655" box="[869,1037,258,281]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has long protruding apical-lateral lobes, but no subapical lobes (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206011FFAF8691FECD7E8B9675" box="[1193,1278,290,313]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
), whereas S5 of other known males of the genus have short to very short lateral lobes, two distinct subapical lobes, and strong apical setae. S6 of
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF8662FE6C7E8C96D6" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[1114,1273,387,410]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF8662FE6C7E8C96D6" box="[1114,1273,387,410]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with two deep subapical emarginations with long, narrow apicalmedial lobes (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206011FFAF81DBFE2C7E4C9696" box="[995,1081,451,474]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
), S6 of other known males of the genus do not have or have only weakly produced subapical emarginations, and short apical-medial lobes. Genital capsule of
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF864EFDCB7F6B9577" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[1142,1310,548,571]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidiventris">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF864EFDCB7F6B9577" box="[1142,1310,548,571]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bilaterally symmetrical (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A206011FFAF81E7FDAB7E4C9517" box="[991,1081,580,603]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
), asymmetrical in the known species that belong to the
<taxonomicName id="42904D266011FFAF866CFD8A7EB89530" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1857" box="[1108,1229,613,636]" class="Insecta" family="Apidae" genus="Lepidotrigona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ventralis">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF866CFD8A7EB89530" box="[1108,1229,613,636]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">L. ventralis</emphasis>
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group.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF8107FD7879A195E2" bold="true" box="[831,980,663,686]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Description:</emphasis>
N=8, measured as range (average±SD). As in the worker
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except as follows:
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF8107FD1479DE945E" box="[831,939,763,786]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Structure:</emphasis>
Body length 6.19-6.98 (6.56±0.3) mm. Head width 2.4-2.62 (2.55±0.07) mm; head length 1.81- 2 (1.89±0.06) mm; eye width (in side view) 0.62-0.72 (0.68±0.04) mm; gena width 0.28-0.37 (0.31±0.03) mm; interocellar distance 0.4-0.55 (0.49±0.05) mm; ocellocular distance 0.3-0.33 (0.33±0.01) mm; inner orbits converging below, upper interorbital distance 1.49-1.56 (1.52±0.02) mm, lower interorbital distance 1.04-1.11 (1.07±0.02) mm; scape length excluding basal bulb 0.75-0.78 (0.78±0.01) mm, with basal bulb 0.88-0.95 (0.93±0.02) mm; 1st flagellomere length 0.14- 0.16 (0.15±0.01) mm; 2nd flagellomere length 0.28- 0.3 (0.3±0.01) mm, width 0.16-0.17 (0.16±0.004) mm; malar space length 0.02-0.03 (0.03±0.003) mm; length of longest hairs on vertex 0.33-0.43 (0.37±0.04) mm. Length of longest hairs on mesoscutum 0.2-0.24 (0.22±0.01) mm; length of longest hairs on mesoscutellum 0.16-0.18 (0.17±0.01) mm; forewing length 5.6-6.05 (5.86±0.14) mm, width 2.05-2.18 (2.12±0.04) mm; forewing diagonal 1.78-1.97 (1.86±0.06) mm, length of 1st submarginal cell 0.43-0.48 (0.45±0.02) mm, 2nd submarginal cell length 0.77-0.83 (0.8±0.02) mm. Metatibia length 2.48- 2.66 (2.57±0.07) mm, width 1.08-1.2 (1.16±0.03) mm; metabasitarsus length 0.7-0.77 (0.73±0.02) mm, width 0.48-0.53 (0.51±0.02) mm. Apex of S1 and S2 entire, S3 with small narrow emargination apicomedially; apical margin of metatibia flat diagonally (not rounded) forming a triangular-shaped metatibia, and with a black metatibial comb on the apex near the dorsal margin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A56011FFA28107F94C78169635" blockId="5.[831,1437,662,2077]" lastBlockId="8.[151,756,258,2041]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="126" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76011FFAF8107F94C7E2991F6" box="[831,1116,1699,1722]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="123">Coloration of integument:</emphasis>
Yellowish-brown area on F1 slightly darker than in
<typeStatus id="5A2B88076011FFAF8609F92C7EE79196" box="[1073,1170,1731,1754]" pageId="5" pageNumber="123" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
. Mesosoma black except tegula and pronotal lobe light brown, mesoscutellum seldom with yellowish-brown spot posteromedially; procoxa and proximoventral area of profemur brown, protrochanter and protarsus yellowish brown, rest of fore leg black; mid and hind legs black except mesotrochanter, and meso- and metatarsomeres 4-5 yellowish-brown, metatrochanter and ventral area of meso- and metafemurs brown, anterodistal and posterior area of metatibia and metabasitarsus sometimes brown, hyaline wings pale yellowish, slightly more brownish tinged than in workers, wing veins yellowish brown except C and R, dark brown. Metasomal terga black except basal depression of T1 brownish white or vary to light brown, T6 and T7 sometimes dark brown; S1-S7 light brown.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="852F36A56012FFAC82AFF8B078DD90DD" blockId="6.[151,1437,1887,1937]" pageId="6" pageNumber="124">
Figs 7-9.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76012FFAC82CEF8B07B8F9038" box="[246,506,1887,1908]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="124">Lepidotrigona nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1). Dorsal habitus (7), lateral habitus (8), head, frontal view (9).
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76012FFAC82CEF8937B4990DD" box="[246,316,1916,1937]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="124">mt.cmb</emphasis>
metatibial comb. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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</caption>
<caption id="D1EF662D6013FFAD82A1F8437E249F54" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="125" startId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" targetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" targetPageId="7">
<paragraph id="852F36A56013FFAD82A1F8437E249F54" blockId="7.[153,1438,1964,2072]" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">
Figs 10-17.
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<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD8325F8437854908D" box="[285,545,1964,1985]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">Lepidotrigona nitidiventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17).
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD874BF8267FEB9092" box="[1395,1438,1993,2014]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">al.lb</emphasis>
apicolateral lobe,
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD83E3F809786490B7" box="[475,529,2022,2043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">am.lb</emphasis>
apicomedian lobe,
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD80D8F809797290B7" box="[736,775,2022,2043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">grdl</emphasis>
gradulus,
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD8146F80979C690B7" box="[894,947,2022,2043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">l.gnst</emphasis>
left gonostylus,
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD865EF8097ED790B7" box="[1126,1186,2022,2043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">r.pn.vl</emphasis>
right penis valve,
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB76013FFAD875FF8097FEB90B7" box="[1383,1438,2022,2043]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="125">sa.em</emphasis>
subapical emargination. All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="852F36A5601CFFA282AFFE6D786C93F5" blockId="8.[151,756,258,2041]" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB7601CFFA282AFFE6D7B6B96D5" box="[151,286,386,409]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Pubescence:</emphasis>
Hairs of vertex long whitish brown, longest hairs approximately half of scape length; scape with thin white hairs medioventrally. Hairs of mesoscutum and mesoscutellum mostly whitish brown with brown hairs intermixed on mesoscutellum posteriorly, the longest hairs on mesoscutum and mesoscutellum approximately 3/10 and 2/9 as long as scape, respectively; posterolateral margin of mesoscutum with thinly scattered whitishyellow plumose hairs, which vary in density, sometimes to the point that the plumose hairs are missing altogether laterally; pronotal lobe, mesepisternum, metepisternum, lateral surface of propodeum, and metanotum with short, plumose, yellowish-white hairs intermixed with yellowish-white simple hairs, the simple hairs longest on mesepisternum ventrally; coxae and trochanters with long white hairs; femurs with white hairs ventrally and with short dark brown hair dorsodistally; protarsi with light brown hairs intermixed with few dark brown hairs; pro-, mesotibiae, and metatarsus with dark brown hairs intermixed with few whitish-brown hairs; metatibia with black or sometimes dark brown hairs, and with a black comb restricted to the apical angle, as well as with yellowish-white keirotrichia posteriorly. Metasomal tergal hairs as those of the
<typeStatus id="5A2B8807601CFFA283F1FB8D78539335" box="[457,550,1122,1145]" pageId="8" pageNumber="126" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
except lateral and posterior area of T4-T5, T6 and T7 posteriorly with black hairs; S1-S3 with short brown hairs.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A5601CFFA282AFFB2D786193B5" blockId="8.[151,756,258,2041]" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB7601CFFA282AFFB2D7B149395" box="[151,353,1218,1241]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Surface sculpture:</emphasis>
As for the
<typeStatus id="5A2B8807601CFFA283CAFB2D783A9395" box="[498,591,1218,1241]" pageId="8" pageNumber="126" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
but punctures smaller and denser on mesoscutum.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="852F36A5601CFFA282AFFAED7B5690B5" blockId="8.[151,756,258,2041]" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="B7E4EAB7601CFFA282AFFAED78419255" box="[151,564,1282,1305]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Terminalia and associated sterna:</emphasis>
S4 emarginate apicomedially forming an apex with two broad shallow lobes, S4 gradulus almost touching anterior margin of sternum anteromedially; area posterior to gradulus with short hairs, the hairs denser on lateral lobes, and with a brown spot laterally (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A20601CFFA283BCFA4D7BA392F5" box="[388,470,1442,1465]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
). S5 with long protruding apicolateral lobe posterolaterally oriented, and with deep emargination apicomedially, gradulus transverse medially, touching anterior margin of sternum; S5 with hairs on posterior area from gradulus, longer on posterior margin and apicolateral lobe; S5 brown marked laterally, darker on the apicolateral lobe (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A20601CFFA283E2F98D78509135" box="[474,549,1634,1657]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
). S6 biconcave with long apicomedial lobe, narrowing distally with spatulate apex, apical emarginations with long hairs (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A20601CFFA280A9F94D789D91F5" box="[657,744,1698,1721]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
). S7 convex apicomedially and bisinuate apicolaterally, with small asymmetrical subapicolateral lobes, the left lobe appearing to be slightly more protruding than the right one (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A20601CFFA28331F8CD7B2C9075" box="[265,345,1826,1849]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). Gonostylus longer than penis valve, tip expanded widest at approximately apical 1/6, genital capsule and apical 1/3 of gonostylus light brown except penis valve and the remainder of gonostylus black. Penis valve narrow, first weakly curved ventrally mainly at mid-length, slightly curved lateroventrally towards apex (
<figureCitation id="1DAB2A20601CFFA282A7F80D7B6390B5" box="[159,278,2018,2041]" captionStart="Figs 10-17" captionStartId="7.[153,194,1964,1985]" captionTargetBox="[219,1352,264,1915]" captionTargetId="figure-7@7.[187,1397,254,1948]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figs 10-17. Lepidotrigona nitidiventris, male terminalia and associated sterna, BCMU-LNM01 (HB-M1), GPKA88. (10-13) S4-S7, ventral view. (14-17) Genital capsule. Dorsal aspect (14), ventral aspect (15), lateral aspect (16), caudal aspect (17). al.lb apicolateral lobe, am.lb apicomedian lobe, grdl gradulus, l.gnst left gonostylus, r.pn.vl right penis valve, sa.em subapical emargination.All figures are shown at the same scale. Scale bar: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5743385" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5743385/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="126">Figs 14-17</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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