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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6037" ID-GBIF-Dataset="46cfb24b-675a-4bae-88a3-b55240ef8f8d" ID-PMC="PMC4607843" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-526-19" ID-PubMed="26487823" ID-ZBK="648DED714CAD42E0A19DF2E7DB27EE05" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-526-19" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 526" ModsDocTitle="Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol" checkinTime="1451243915363" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Csosz, Sandor & Fisher, Brian L." docDate="2015" docId="CF795A17D59A85E139F0526EC4890E16" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 526: 19-59" docOrigin="ZooKeys 526" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6037" docTitle="Nesomyrmex medusus Csosz & Fisher, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="EC3DCF85-8648-4FD2-90D5-113C8FA30099" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="35" masterDocId="FF89FFBBD738BB54FFC1FF9EFFE7FF9C" masterDocTitle="Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol" masterLastPageNumber="59" masterPageNumber="19" pageNumber="35" updateTime="1668160833139" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Csosz, Sandor</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Fisher, Brian L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>526</mods:number>
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<mods:start>19</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6037</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6037</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-526-19</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152062667" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC3DCF85-8648-4FD2-90D5-113C8FA30099" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF795A17D59A85E139F0526EC4890E16" lastPageNumber="35" pageId="16" pageNumber="35">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="35" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/EC3DCF85-8648-4FD2-90D5-113C8FA30099" authority="Csosz & Fisher" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesomyrmex medusus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="medusus">
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Nesomyrmex medusus
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Csősz">Csosz</normalizedToken>
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& Fisher
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="16" pageNumber="35">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 25-27, Table 4
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">The numerous long spines on the dorsal body make the workers reminiscent of Medusa of the Greek mythology who has snakes on her head in place of hair.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="35" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Type material investigated.</paragraph>
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Holotype worker.CASENT0455428, collection code: BLF06201; MADGAGASCAR: Prov. Toliara, Parc National de Tsimanampetsotsa, Mitoho Cave, 6.4 km 77° ENE Efoetse, 17.4 km 170°S Beheloka,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-24.05">24°03'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="43.75317">43.75317 E</geoCoordinate>
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], 65 m, 18-22.iii.2002 Fisher et al. (CAS);
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Paratypes. Ten workers, a single gyne and two males with the same label data as the holotype under CASENT codes: CASENT0746770, BLF06201, (2w, CAS); CASENT0455429, BLF06201, (3w, CAS); CASENT0455430, BLF06201, (3w, CAS); CASENT0455431, BLF06201, (2w, CAS); CASENT0455432, BLF06201, (2w, CAS); CASENT0455433, BLF06201, (1q, CAS); CASENT0455434, BLF06201, (1w, CAS); CASENT0455435, BLF06201, (1w, CAS); CASENT0455437, BLF06201, (1w, CAS); CASENT0455438, BLF06201, (1w, CAS); CASENT0455439, BLF06201, (1w, CAS); CASENT0455440, BLF06201, (3m, CAS);</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">The list of 54 non-type individuals belonging to 28 nest samples of other material investigated is given in Table 1.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="35" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">In key.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="16" pageNumber="35" type="description of workers">
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Description of workers.</paragraph>
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Body color: brown. Body color pattern: body concolorous, only clava darker. Absolute cephalic size: 1069 [958, 1189]
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(n=56). Cephalic length vs. maximum width of head capsule (CL/CWb): 1.046 [0.990, 1.097]. Postocular distance vs. cephalic length (PoOc/CL): 0.391 [0.371, 0.413]. Postocular sides of cranium contour frontal view orientation: converging posteriorly. Postocular sides of cranium contour frontal view shape: broadly convex. Vertex contour line in frontal view shape: straight; slightly concave. Vertex sculpture: main sculpture rugose, ground sculpture areolate. Gena contour line in frontal view shape: feebly convex. Genae contour from anterior view orientation: converging. Gena sculpture: rugo-reticulate with areolate ground sculpture. Concentric carinae laterally surrounding antennal foramen count: present. Eye length vs. absolute cephalic size (EL/CS): 0.232 [0.219, 0.249]. Frontal carina distance vs. absolute cephalic size (FRS/CS): 0.313 [0.295, 0.331]. Longitudinal carinae on median region of frons count: present. Longitudinal carinae on medial region of frons shape: forked. Smooth median region on frons count: absent. Antennomere count: 12. Scape length vs. absolute cephalic size (SL/CS): 0.907 [0.849, 0.997]. Facial area of the scape absolute setal angle: setae absent, pubescence only. Median clypeal notch count: present. Median clypeal notch depth vs. absolute cephalic size (Cdep/CS): 0.022 [0.017, 0.029]. Ground sculpture of submedian area of clypeus: smooth. Median carina of clypeus count: present. Lateral carinae of clypeus count: present. Median anatomical line of propodeal spine angle value to Weber length in lateral view: 65-72°. Spine length vs. absolute cephalic size (SPST/CS): 0.385 [0.333, 0.437]. Minimum spine distance vs. absolute cephalic size (SPBA/CS): 0.266 [0.234, 0.308]. Apical spine distance vs. absolute cephalic size (SPTI/CS): 0.443 [0.354, 0.504]. Propodeal spine shape: straight; slightly bent. Apical distance of pronotal spines vs. absolute cephalic size (PSTI/CS): 0.757 [0.711, 0.813]. Metanotal depression count: absent. Dorsal region of mesosoma sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, superimposed by dispersed rugae. Lateral region of pronotum sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, superimposed by dispersed rugae. Mesopleuron sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, superimposed by dispersed rugae. Metapleuron sculpture: areolate ground sculpture, superimposed by dispersed rugae. Petiole width vs. absolute cephalic size (PEW/CS): 0.268 [0.246, 0.295]. Anterodorsal spines on petiolar node angle of deviation from each other: 70°. Apical distance of anterodorsal spines on petiolar node vs. absolute cephalic size (NSTI/CS): 0.354 [0.278, 0.464]. Frontal profile of petiolar node contour line in lateral view shape: straight. Dorso-caudal petiolar profile contour line in lateral view shape: straight; convex. Dorsal region of petiole sculpture: ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture dispersed rugose; ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture absent. Postpetiole width vs. absolute cephalic size (PPW/CS): 0.543 [0.496, 0.585]. Dorsal region of postpetiole sculpture: ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture absent; ground sculpture areolate, main sculpture dispersed rugose.
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Figures 25-27.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nesomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesomyrmex medusus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="16" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="medusus">Nesomyrmex medusus</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. holotype worker (CASENT0455428). Lateral view of the body (25), head of the holotype worker in full-face view (26), dorsal view of the body (27). Scale 0.5 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="35">Distribution.</paragraph>
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This species occurs in the south-western forests (Parc National de Tsimanampetsotsa,
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de Bemanateza and Mahafaly Plateau) of Madagascar (Fig. 13) between the southern latitudes S 24° and S 24.65°.
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