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<mods:title>Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar - an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Salata, Sebastian</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Fisher, Brian L.</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="161777000" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D3D0EC8A-6586-4D6A-B972-D9AFDE718683" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/16A8E0EA117393477442362ACB83A687" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/D3D0EC8A-6586-4D6A-B972-D9AFDE718683" authority="Salata & Fisher, 2020" authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole ehazoara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ehazoara" status="sp. nov.">Pheidole ehazoara</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 49A-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 84" captionStartId="F84" captionText="Figure 84. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole aelloea sp. nov. (A). P. ala sp. nov. (B). P. andapa sp. nov. (C). P. ankerana sp. nov. (D). P. annemariae Forel (E). P. avaratra sp. nov. (F). P. bemarahaensis sp. nov. (G). P. bemarivoensis sp. nov. (H). P. binara sp. nov. (I). P. boribora sp. nov. (J). P. brevipilosa sp. nov. (K). P. curvistriata sp. nov. (L). P. diakritos sp. nov. (M). P. ehazoara sp. nov. (N). P. ensifera Forel (O). P. ferruginea sp. nov. (P). P. fisaka sp. nov. (R). P. fitarata sp. nov. (S). P. glabra sp. nov. (T). P. goavana sp. nov. (U). P. lamperos sp. nov. (W). P. longipilosa sp. nov. (X). P. longispinosa Forel (Y). P. lutea sp. nov. (Z)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure84" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373131" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 84N</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 86" captionStartId="F86" captionText="Figure 86. Distribution. Pheidole aelloea sp. nov. (A). P. ala sp. nov. (B). P. andapa sp. nov. (C). P. ankerana sp. nov. (D). P. annemariae Forel (E). P. avaratra sp. nov. (F). P. bemarahaensis sp. nov. (G). P. bemarivoensis sp. nov. (H). P. binara sp. nov. (I). P. boribora sp. nov. (J). P. brevipilosa sp. nov. (K). P. curvistriata sp. nov. (L). P. diakritos sp. nov. (M). P. ehazoara sp. nov. (N). P. ensifera Forel (O). P. ferruginea sp. nov. (P). P. fisaka sp. nov. (R). P. fitarata sp. nov. (S). P. glabra sp. nov. (T). P. goavana sp. nov. (U)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure86" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373133" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 86N</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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Madagascar. •1 major worker; Toliara; Ehazoara Canyon, 26 km E Betioky;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="23.68333" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-23.68333">-23.68333</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="44.63333" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="44.63333">44.63333</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 175 m; 27 Apr 1997; Fisher et al. leg.; BLF01518, CASENT0872059, middle specimen (CASC).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype</emphasis>
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Madagascar. •2w., 2s.; same data as for holotype; CASENT0198555, CASENT0923186, CASENT0872218, CASENT0872219 (CASC).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
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Head in full-face view elongated; sides of the head with dense, very long, erect pilosity; occipital lobes with thick, sparse, short, irregular, and arcuate rugae, interspaces indistinctly rugulose; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, narrow, and triangular, closely spaced, with narrow and rounded apex directed outward; outer hypostomal teeth bigger and wider than inner hypostomal teeth, dentate.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
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Head foveolate, foveolate, with additional longitudinal rugae on frons and malar area; genae with fading sculpture; scape, when laid back, reaching head margin; promesonotum low, convex, short, with posterior declivity smoothly declining towards propodeum; mesosoma foveolate; propodeal spines short, triangular.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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= 3): HL: 1.07-1.1 (1.08); HW: 0.85-0.88 (0.87); SL: 0.41-0.44 (0.42); EL: 0.14-0.15 (0.14); WL: 0.82-0.86 (0.84); PSL: 0.13-0.14 (0.14); MTL: 0.44-0.46 (0.45); PNW: 0.49-0.51 (0.5); PTW: 0.15-0.16 (0.16); PPW: 0.38-0.42 (0.4); CI: 81.5-83.6 (82.3); SI: 41.8-49.0 (45.9); PSLI: 13.5-15.0 (14.09); PPI: 34.8-37.3 (36.2); PNI: 54.9-55.7 (55.4); MTI: 47.2-52.5 (50.4).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
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In full-face view longitudinal, longer than wide, anterior of eyes straight, posterior of eyes slightly convex, occipital margin of lobes straight, inclining towards centre (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49B</figureCitation>
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). In lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; dorsal face finely depressed posteriorly, forming indistinct transverse depression between frons and occipital lobes; inner hypostomal teeth visible. Sides of the head with dense, very long, erect pilosity; whole head with dense, moderately long, suberect to erect pilosity. Antennal scrobes indistinct and not delimited by carinulae; scrobe surface shiny, with thick, moderately sparse, longitudinal rugae; interspaces rugulose. Occipital lobes shiny, with thick, sparse, short, irregular, and arcuate rugae, interspaces indistinctly rugulose; frons with moderately sparse, thick, longitudinal rugae, on the anterior part of frons interspaces with fine, short, and longitudinal rugulae, on the posterior part of frons interspaces with fine and irregular rugulae; genae shiny, with fine, dense and longitudinal rugulae, and behind the eyes smooth; malar area with thick, sparse, longitudinal rugae, interspaces smooth to indistinctly rugulose. Centre of clypeus shiny and smooth, lateral sides with longitudinal rugae; median notch indistinct; median longitudinal carina absent; lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, not reaching the midlength of head; pilosity erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49B, D</figureCitation>
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). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, narrow, and triangular, closely spaced, with narrow and rounded apex directed outward; outer hypostomal teeth bigger and wider than inner hypostomal teeth, dentate (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 84" captionStartId="F84" captionText="Figure 84. Hypostomal teeth. Pheidole aelloea sp. nov. (A). P. ala sp. nov. (B). P. andapa sp. nov. (C). P. ankerana sp. nov. (D). P. annemariae Forel (E). P. avaratra sp. nov. (F). P. bemarahaensis sp. nov. (G). P. bemarivoensis sp. nov. (H). P. binara sp. nov. (I). P. boribora sp. nov. (J). P. brevipilosa sp. nov. (K). P. curvistriata sp. nov. (L). P. diakritos sp. nov. (M). P. ehazoara sp. nov. (N). P. ensifera Forel (O). P. ferruginea sp. nov. (P). P. fisaka sp. nov. (R). P. fitarata sp. nov. (S). P. glabra sp. nov. (T). P. goavana sp. nov. (U). P. lamperos sp. nov. (W). P. longipilosa sp. nov. (X). P. longispinosa Forel (Y). P. lutea sp. nov. (Z)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure84" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373131" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">84N</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum relatively low and arched, posterior mesonotum relatively convex, with small, tubercle-like projections; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove indistinct; propodeal spines short, triangular, with sharp apex and very wide base; humeral area laterally weakly produced (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D</figureCitation>
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). Surface foveolate; promesonotum with additional indistinct and thin, transverse rugulae; its dorsal surface with fading sculpture; propodeum with additional longitudinal rugae, its dorsoventral side with fading sculpture. Pilosity moderately dense, long, suberect to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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Shiny; peduncle moderately short, finely foveolate, with distinct, short, horizontal lobes on its basal part; node with fading sculpture, relatively high, triangular, with rounded apex, in rear view node slightly convex; pilosity long and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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Shiny and finely shagreened, dorsum with fading sculpture; in dorsal view sides with moderately short, very wide, acute, and triangular projections; pilosity long and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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Shiny and finely shagreened on the basal part of first gastral tergite; pilosity dense, long, and erect (Fig.
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Dark yellow; lower part of malar area brown; gaster yellowish brown to brown (Fig.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 49.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole ehazoara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ehazoara">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole ehazoara</emphasis>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0923186) and full-face view (
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0872059).
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Measurements (
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Occipital margin straight or indistinctly concave; occipital carina indistinct (Fig.
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). Pilosity moderately dense, short, suberect. Head shiny, foveolate, with additional longitudinal rugae on frons and malar area; genae with fading sculpture. Clypeus with fine, short, and longitudinal rugulae; median longitudinal carina absent; two lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, reaching head margin; pilosity suberect to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49A, C</figureCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum low, convex, short, with posterior declivity smoothly declining towards propodeum; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove present; propodeal spines small, triangular, with acute apex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C</figureCitation>
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). Sculpture foveolate. Pilosity moderately sparse, moderately short, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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Shiny; peduncle finely foveolate; short and thin; node moderately low, globular, and small; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole</emphasis>
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Moderately long, low, and slightly convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
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With moderately sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
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Dark yellow (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole ehazoara sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923186) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0872059)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373096" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">After the locus typicus.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The species was collected at 175 m in elevation, in tropical dry rainforest. Nest was located under a stone.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole ehazoara" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ehazoara">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole ehazoara</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is most similar to
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. fitarata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="fitarata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. fitarata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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It differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. fitarata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="fitarata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. fitarata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in dark yellow body colouration, frons with rugae connected with rugae on the occipital lobes, absence of foveolae on head, shorter propodeal spines with wider base, and dentate outer hypostomal teeth directed outward.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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It differs from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. fitarata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="fitarata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. fitarata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in presence of the additional longitudinal rugae on frons and malar area, longer postpetiole, and never smooth genae.
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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