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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97021FFC7FF73E9E78B14F80C" bold="true" box="[151,287,1970,1993]" pageId="95" pageNumber="96">FIGURE 46.</emphasis>
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(paratype, Stirling Range, Gold Holes, WA, ANIC32-041840): A. Front of head; B. Side of body; C. Top of body; D. Distribution of material examined.
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Worker Description.
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Posterior margin of head strongly convex; erect setae on posterior margin in fullface view set in a row; sides of head straight or weakly convex; erect genal setae present on sides of head in fullface view. Ocelli absent; in full-face view, eyes set at about midpoint of head capsule; in profile, eye set anteriad of head capsule; eye semi-circular. Frontal carinae convex; antennal scape surpassing posterior margin of head by at least 0.5 x its length. Erect setae on scape present and abundant, or present and sparse; prominence on anteromedial clypeal margin present as an indistinct swelling or undulation; mandible elongate triangular with oblique basal margin; long, curved setae on venter of head capsule absent.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FC87EF2589EFFE42" bold="true" box="[867,996,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
Pronotum weakly undulant or almost straight. Erect pronotal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly. Mesonotum sinuous, or straight. Erect mesonotal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly. Mesothoracic spiracles always inconspicuous; propodeal dorsum smoothly and evenly convex; placement of propodeal spiracle mesad, more than its diameter away from propodeal declivity; propodeal angle weakly present or absent, the confluence of the dorsal and declivitous propodeal faces indicated, if at all, by an undulation. Erect propodeal setae numerous (12 or more), short and bristly.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FA89EC718AC3FDA5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Petiole.</emphasis>
Dorsum of node acuminate; node thick, orientated anteriad.
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Non-marginal erect setae of gaster present on first gastral tergite; marginal erect setae of gaster present on first tergite.
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Allometric differences between workers of same nest absent. Colour uniformly medium to dark chocolate with very weak yellowgreen, bluish and/or purple iridescence. Colour of erect setae light brown.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FF23EC8D8B76FD35" bold="true" box="[199,381,728,752]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" reason="1">Measurements.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FE6CEC8D8BD2FD35" box="[392,473,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Worker</emphasis>
(n = 2)
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FDD3EC8C885BFD35" box="[567,592,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97"></emphasis>
CI 7980; EI 2929; EL 0.230.24; EW 0.190.20; HFL 1.891.99; HL 1.011.07; HW 0.810.85; ML 1.621.73; MTL 1.381.47; PpH 0.150.20; PpL 0.560.61; SI 150153; SL 1.23 1.30.
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<subSubSection id="37966560701EFFF8FF23ED168F31FB92" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="7F3336EB701EFFF8FF23ED168F31FB92" blockId="96.[151,1436,151,1148]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FF23ED168B44FC99" bold="true" box="[199,335,835,860]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" reason="1">Comments.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="B88C4D68701EFFF8FEBCED11886CFC99" authorityName="Heterick &amp; Shattuck" authorityYear="2011" box="[344,615,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Iridomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longisoma">
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FEBCED11886CFC99" box="[344,615,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Iridomyrmex longisoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
superficially resembles
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FC9AED10898CFC99" box="[894,903,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FC7CED1189F3FC99" box="[920,1016,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">bicknelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with which it often occurs. Despite the surface similarities, however, the two ants are probably not closely related:
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FBF0ED3C8E16FC45" box="[1044,1053,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FBC8ED3D8EAAFC45" box="[1068,1185,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">longisoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has much longer hind tibiae, hirsute antennal scapes (glabrous in
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FD7DEDD888A9FC61" box="[665,674,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FD51EDD9891EFC61" box="[693,789,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">bicknelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), an elongate pronotal sclerite, and a broadly rounded occiput (narrowly rounded in
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FE02EDE48BE4FC0D" box="[486,495,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FE1AEDE58855FC0D" box="[510,606,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">bicknelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This species also resembles a small
<taxonomicName id="B88C4D68701EFFF8FBEFEDE48E6FFC02" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1915" box="[1035,1124,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Iridomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mayri">
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FBEFEDE48E1FFC0D" box="[1035,1044,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FBC7EDE58E6FFC02" box="[1059,1124,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">mayri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, an eastern taxon, but lacks the erect hind tibial setae found in that species and its close relatives. This ant is only found in south-western
<collectingRegion id="BD48F809701EFFF8FABFED818B26FBCA" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
, and appears to be confined to the coast. Known nests have been made directly into sandy soil, and are identical to those of
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FE46EA488BA0FBF1" box="[418,427,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FE5DEA498812FBF1" box="[441,537,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">bicknelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Like the latter ant,
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FD1DEA488909FBF1" box="[761,770,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FCEBEA49898FFBF1" box="[783,900,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">longisoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
seems to favour coastal habitats, including vegetated sand-dunes near the ocean, but is less common. Also, as with
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FC70EA148996FB9D" box="[916,925,1089,1112]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">I</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FC48EA158E07FB9D" box="[940,1036,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97">bicknelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, this is a timorous species.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="37966560701EFFF8FF23EA318970FBB9" box="[199,891,1124,1148]" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9701EFFF8FF23EA318B45FBB9" bold="true" box="[199,334,1124,1148]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="96" pageNumber="97" reason="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
Latin: longus—long plus Greek: soma—body
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