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<taxonomicName id="793C7CB48A620149671A91EF108EE0FD" LSID="6959E7C7-FAD1-5974-9DCF-384A26A905C2" authority="Santschi, 1911" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Plagiolepis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plagiolepis barbara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbara">Plagiolepis barbara Santschi, 1911</taxonomicName>
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Santschi, 1911 Two type workers were investigated from NHM Basel, labelled &quot;Kairouan Tunisie Santschi. 1903&quot;, &quot;
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type Sant&quot;, &quot;v.
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type Sant&quot;, &quot;ANTWEB CASENT0912428 top specimen&quot;.
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Santschi, 1920 [syn.
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] The collection data published by Santschi are &quot;Maroc: Mogador (Vaucher), avril 1905, types w, m,g. Tanger (Vaucher), Rabat (Thery)&quot;. One type worker was morphometrically investigated from NHM Basel, labelled &quot;4.905 Mogador Vaucher&quot;, &quot;
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type Sants&quot;, &quot;ANTWEB CASENT0912424&quot;. This specimen belongs to the true type series as Santschi published only the Mogador specimens as types. Furthermore, no specimens in the Santschi collection from Tanger and Rabat are labelled as
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or as types.
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<paragraph id="72FF2380E0AF8E9C01D7B2FA226D43C5" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="70B6280396C3FCC541B6513829650B67" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">A total of three samples with seven workers were subject to morphometric investigation.</paragraph>
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<collectingCountry id="4D3BA0A7D62A547A5100F1E215115578" name="Morocco">Morocco</collectingCountry>
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:
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, 1905.04 (Vaucher),
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:
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, 1903,
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,
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;
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,
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[
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,
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,
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.
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<paragraph id="30B7FFFAC9BA87A05470699AAB51C864" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Diagnosis and taxonomy</paragraph>
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(Table
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, key, AntWeb, 2020: pictures of specimens CASENT0912424 and CASENT0912428):
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<taxonomicName id="0DA2B6A48F26C01295349D60C30E9A82" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pl. barbara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbara">
<emphasis id="E281F13A19C75A4C57850E664C634790" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. barbara</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="4F63E8F8CB2E145724E731F52BC3D13C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. schmitzii</emphasis>
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by a much shorter scape and a shorter postocular distance, from
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<emphasis id="4EBA2BBF79BC51A6254242A72B1F54FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. atlantis</emphasis>
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by larger eye and from
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<emphasis id="390DD95BCD667BA3F629CC7474AB57DE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. invadens</emphasis>
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sp. nov. by larger eye and much longer 3rd funiculus segment. The most similar species is
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<emphasis id="957C325A1213B2DD3CA84D168D029D99" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. atlantis</emphasis>
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and it may be asked if there is a risk of synonymy, considering the small sample size in
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<emphasis id="68346A9FD8558D9E28DB6533FE0BF6D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. barbara</emphasis>
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. This risk is low.
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<paragraph id="A1E088E71F352B872A7AE6871AD8B44B" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Running a PCA with absolute head size and the 16 RAV-corrected shape, pubescence and surface characters, there is a very strong separation of all individuals by the first principal component (ANOVA, F1,61 149.0, p &lt;&lt; 0.001):</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="073FE390C683D95821E0D38BFB5EBDB6" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pl. atlantis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atlantis">
<emphasis id="BE618410670412E98A2EC4446988124D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. atlantis</emphasis>
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-0.295
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0.532 [-1.337, 0.758] n = 56
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<taxonomicName id="2EE448F20CAEA699FD61C132D8305632" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pl. barbara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="183" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="barbara">
<emphasis id="D78178F25300BAEE269460248588E458" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. barbara</emphasis>
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2.363
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0.638 [1.564, 3.311] n = 7
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<paragraph id="BB0AA84FCF5FC81CF35548EA4DAE6FE5" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Distribution and biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="672E8345297023FF8C45070462D1710F" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Distributed in west Mediterranean Africa. Biology unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="838827451276870E2673FE2B74C81E65" pageId="0" pageNumber="183" type="excursus: the tramp-species-supercolony syndrome in plagiolepis">
<paragraph id="8EDAD763434E118A5E07F57EF0E791F1" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">
Excursus: The tramp-species-supercolony syndrome in
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<emphasis id="E5A782F65D63AFAC0830BDF14F9CC1E0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Plagiolepis</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="488BDE010B59F09D3151F2E804256CFE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Plagiolepis invadens</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is, together with
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<emphasis id="BBB0DF9FD3DB1636E4226182FEEF4E9D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. schmitzii</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ABAE09A240470A4B21A943B0B3FAF6D3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. pygmaea</emphasis>
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, the third
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<emphasis id="91298105DA7AD0D3B31A89C8038043A7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Plagiolepis</emphasis>
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species known from areas north of the Alps to show anthropogenous introduction, supercoloniality and permanent outdoor nesting throughout the year. The situation in
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<emphasis id="A0ACEC635C95CD853C74A07AB076D699" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. schmitzii</emphasis>
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is commented in the species chapter above and is not entirely new, but the case of
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<emphasis id="732194F87362DAB6B17021728777134A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. pygmaea</emphasis>
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with an apparently new dynamics towards supercoloniality in introduction areas needs commentary. According to samples sent to me during last the three decades and deposited in SMN
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,
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<emphasis id="D489D59B1E13A0826E19C5749C2A8257" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. pygmaea</emphasis>
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has been anthropogenously introduced to settlements and inner urban areas - most of these are situated far north of its natural range. The first year of observation and localities are 1993 in Mainz-Hechtsheim (
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,
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), 2007 in
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(
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,
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), 2011 in Hanhofen (
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,
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), 2019 in
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(
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,
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), 2019 in Zurich (
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,
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) and 2020 in
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(
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,
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). In three cases, introduction with plant material was apparent and, in the last two localities (Zurich and
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), the formation of supercolonies was observed.
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<paragraph id="FCA884D8EFC6EE49CC6029FA4576883C" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">
Are there general traits or pre-adaptations in
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<emphasis id="2F5F07C09CC851DFFFC398B9F0C6AD5A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Plagiolepis</emphasis>
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ants for a career as a tramp species, for eventual transformation to supercoloniality and for developing a competitive advantage - traits that might also explain the sudden emergence of
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<emphasis id="A93B4AE59D522FFE4EE9C270A51701F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. invadens</emphasis>
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sp. nov. as if from nowhere? There are four
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<emphasis id="C8CFB5C55CE941AE1DF01555D892059F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Plagiolepis</emphasis>
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species with known mating scenarios and colony demography: the Palaearctic
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<emphasis id="171D4044A7A457863FF8855331AEA025" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. pygmaea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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and
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<emphasis id="E62AEA99AFC0268916DE84A300C9F550" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. schmitzii</emphasis>
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, studied by
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and
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<emphasis id="67373BE9EF79DAA7CAC854F7143FB6A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. alluaudi</emphasis>
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Emery, 1894 from the tropics of the old world observed by
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in greenhouses of the Darmstadt Botanical Garden. All four species share characters facilitating anthropogenous introduction and transition to supercoloniality: (a) very small size, (b) wide food spectrum, (c) strong tendency for intranidal mating and (d) high degree of polygyny. A single medium-sized flower pot allows long-term survival and reproduction of these tiny ants and, placed at the right spot, it may serve as a beach head for supercolony formation by nest splitting.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="008D275BAD65F4B9AFE5D51B6EA4B8A6" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">
Another factor is probably also important for the success of
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ants. At least for
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<emphasis id="4DD2F6F5E2D879FFB595CD2ADF823E1B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. taurica</emphasis>
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, we have direct observations that an unidentified secretion emitted from the gaster tip is extremely toxic and repellent to other ant species (
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) and which may explain that it is tolerated within the territories of dominant ants.
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<emphasis id="07EB4F4CA2A4432366CF8003181C6999" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. taurica</emphasis>
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may share a bait or trophobiont colony with so-called dominant ants or even displace these. These observations are repeated in other species:
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<emphasis id="78571DC101D850F6C5296ED7B80668AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. pygmaea</emphasis>
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was the only ant species allowed to co-exist and move freely within the territory of a
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<emphasis id="1F3C0FE79CABF08CCBB1A5EF90206CA2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Linepithema humile</emphasis>
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(Mayr, 1868) supercolonies in France and Spain (
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) and
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<emphasis id="7B3A34806FADF894965E9A09335AFF0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pl. alluaudi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was observed in the Bermudas (
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), New Caledonia (
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) and the Great Barrier Reef islands (
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) to show, in contrast to other ants, no population decrease in the presence of dominant supercolonial
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<emphasis id="A73A828C2323D2E9152A7F800C823A55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="183">Pheidole megacephala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fabricius, 1793).
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