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,
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(
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101D5D81D1FE9A3CBA" box="[282,347,743,767]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">andrei</emphasis>
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Mayr
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9BF980FF9054101DE381D1FD9D3CBA" author="Arnold, G." box="[420,604,743,767]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" pagination="159 - 270" refId="ref63178" refString="Arnold, G. (1916) A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum, 14, 159 - 270." type="journal article" year="1916">Arnold 1916: 179</bibRefCitation>
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. Combination in
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101F4D81D1FCFC3CBB" box="[778,829,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Sima</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101F0C81D1FCBF3CBB" box="[843,894,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Sima</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101CD08031FE9A3D5B" box="[151,347,774,798]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tetraponera andrei</emphasis>
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(Mayr)
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<treatmentCitation id="0AABA260FF9054101DF18030FD493D5B" author="Wheeler, W. M." box="[438,648,774,798]" page="796" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" year="1922">
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9BF980FF9054101DF18030FD493D5B" author="Wheeler, W. M." box="[438,648,774,798]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" pagination="711 - 1004" refId="ref69501" refString="Wheeler, W. M. (1922 b) Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 45, 711 - 1004." type="journal article" year="1922">Wheeler 1922b: 796</bibRefCitation>
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. Combination in
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101F718031FC733D5B" box="[822,946,775,798]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tetraponera</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101CD08013FE9A3D79" box="[151,347,804,828]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tetraponera andrei</emphasis>
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(Mayr)
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9BF980FF9054101DF08012FD503D79" author="Chomicki, G. & Ward, P. S. & Renner, S." box="[439,657,804,828]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" pagination="20152200" refId="ref64252" refString="Chomicki, G., Ward, P. S. & Renner, S. (2015) Macroevolutionary assembly of ant / plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282, 20152200. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rspb. 2015.2200" type="journal article" year="2015">
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Chomicki
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101E668013FD953D79" box="[545,596,804,828]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">et al.</emphasis>
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2015
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: figure S1. Placement in molecular phylogeny.
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101CD0805DFE673DC0" bold="true" box="[151,422,875,901]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Worker measurements</emphasis>
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(n = 8). HW 1.03–1.15, HL 1.14–1.30, LHT 0.74–0.85, CI 0.89–0.95, FCI 0.17–0.19, REL 0.50–0.56, REL2 0.53–0.59, SI 0.46–0.50, SI3 0.81–0.91, FI 0.45–0.50, PLI 0.75–0.86, PWI 0.69–0.81, LHT/HW 0.71–0.74, CSC 0–2, MSC 0–3.
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101C8080E1FE5B3DB5" bold="true" box="[199,410,982,1009]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Worker diagnosis</emphasis>
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. Moderate-sized species, with broad head (CI 0.89–0.95) and large eyes (REL 0.50–0.56); posterior margin of eye attaining the level of the lateral ocelli; frontal carinae widely separated, the minimum distance between them almost one-fifth of head width (FCI 0.17–0.19) and more than one-third of scape length (MFC/ SL 0.35–0.40); scapes relatively short (SI 0.46–50), less than eye length (SI3 0.81–0.91); anterior clypeal margin almost straight (slightly emarginate medially) and weakly crenulate (
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); profemur robust (FI 0.45–0.50); mesonotum bounded posteriorly by a well marked, longitudinally rugulose impression; metanotal plate lacking; dorsal face of propodeum flattened, laterally submarginate, longer than declivitous face and rounding insensibly into the latter; petiole relatively short and high (see PLI and PWI values), dorsolaterally marginate, and with an anteroventral tooth; in profile, petiolar node with steep anterodorsal and posterodorsal faces, rounding insensibly into one another (
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<figureCitation id="133198F4FF9054101D69862DFE523B73" box="[302,403,1307,1334]" captionStart="FIGURES 22–24" captionStartId="19.[151,264,1707,1731]" captionTargetBox="[152,1436,181,1682]" captionTargetId="figure-17@19.[151,1436,181,1683]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURES 22–24. Tetraponera grandidieri group (22) and T. natalensis group (23, 24), workers, full-face (dorsal) view of head (a) and lateral profile of body (b). 22, T. elegans, Madagascar (CASENT0300734); 23, T. andrei, Mozambique (CASENT0794345); 24, T. anthracina, Uganda (CASENT0794191). Images from AntWeb (www.antweb.org); photographer Matthew Prebus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245641" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245641/files/figure.png" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Fig. 23b</figureCitation>
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); postpetiole broader than long. Head and mesosoma densely punctulate-coriarious, matte. Standing pilosity very sparse (CSC 0–2, MSC 0–3), absent from petiole and postpetiole, the few erect setae relatively long, and distinct from the inconspicuous, short pubescence. Dark brownish-black, the mandibles, antennae, tibiae and tarsi lighter.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BB58471FF9054101C80869CFA433813" blockId="45.[151,1437,874,1874]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101C80869CFE893B81" bold="true" box="[199,328,1450,1476]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Comments</emphasis>
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. Within the
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF9054101D9A869DFDAE3B80" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1852" box="[477,623,1451,1477]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101D9A869DFDAE3B80" box="[477,623,1451,1477]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">T. natalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group this species is easily recognized by its small worker size (HW 1.03–1.15), large eyes, short and strongly marginate petiole (PL/HW 0.50–0.55), dark color, and sparse standing pilosity. Workers of the most closely similar species,
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF9054101EB786C5FC463848" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1910" box="[752,903,1523,1549]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anthracina">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101EB786C5FC463848" box="[752,903,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">T. anthracina</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
, are larger (worker HW 1.40–1.54), have more closely adjacent frontal carinae (FCI 0.14–0.16), lack a rugulose transverse impression at the posterior margin of the mesonotum, and have standing pilosity on the petiole and postpetiole (2–4 and 2–6 standing hairs, respectively).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFF9054101C808568FB453884" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BB58471FF9054101C808568FB453884" blockId="45.[151,1437,874,1874]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101C808568FE2F383D" bold="true" box="[199,494,1630,1657]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Distribution and biology</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF9054101DB98569FD19383C" baseAuthorityName="Mayr" baseAuthorityYear="1895" box="[510,728,1631,1657]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andrei">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101DB98569FD19383C" box="[510,728,1631,1657]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tetraponera andrei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
is an East African species of rather limited distribution, being known only from
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<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF9054101D2085B5FE3F38D8" box="[359,510,1667,1693]" name="Mozambique" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF9054101E4C85B5FDB238D8" box="[523,627,1667,1693]" name="Tanzania" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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, and
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<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF9054101EF685B5FD3F38D8" box="[689,766,1667,1693]" name="Kenya" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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. Workers have been collected foraging on foliage and tree trunks, in semi-dry habitats. One nest collection is known, from a dead twig (BLF37780).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFF9054101C8085FCFBB53914" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="8BB58471FF9054101C8085FCFBB53914" blockId="45.[151,1437,874,1874]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101C8085FCFE6838A1" bold="true" box="[199,425,1738,1764]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Material examined</emphasis>
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(
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,
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||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF9054101E4985FDFDA138A0" box="[526,608,1739,1765]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">MCZC</collectionCode>
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,
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||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF9054101E2C85FDFD0638A0" box="[619,711,1739,1765]" country="Austria" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/91g3-0mnw" name="Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="Museum">NHMW</collectionCode>
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,
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||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF9054101E9685FDFCE138A0" box="[721,800,1739,1765]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">PSWC</collectionCode>
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||
,
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||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF9054101F6C85FDFCBC38A0" box="[811,893,1739,1765]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
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||
,
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF9054101FC085FDFC1B38A0" box="[903,986,1739,1765]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/kd99-229r" name="R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="Museum">UCDC</collectionCode>
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||
).
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101FAB85FDFBFB38A0" bold="true" box="[1004,1082,1739,1765]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF9054101FAB85FDFBFB38A0" box="[1004,1082,1739,1765]" name="Kenya" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Kenya</collectingCountry>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF905410180085FDFECD394D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810407" country="Mozambique" location="Waboniland" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Lamu">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF905410180085FDFB4638A1" box="[1095,1159,1739,1764]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF905410180085FDFB4638A1" box="[1095,1159,1739,1764]" country="Kenya" name="Lamu" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Lamu</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
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||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFF90541018D285FDFADD38A0" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FF9054101CD08115FBB53914:8ED5D2AAFF90541018D285FDFADD38A0" box="[1173,1308,1739,1765]" country="Mozambique" name="Waboniland" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" stateProvince="Lamu">Waboniland</location>
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||
(c.u.);
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF905410192D85FDFECD394D" bold="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF905410192D85FDFECD394D" name="Mozambique" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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</emphasis>
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||
</materialsCitation>
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||
:
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||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF9054101D5C85D9FBE7394C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810356" box="[283,1062,1774,1801]" collectorName="P. N. Quirimbas & Fisher, B. L." country="Mozambique" elevation="505" location="Taratibu" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Cabo Delgado">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101D5C85D9FE7F394C" box="[283,446,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF9054101D5C85D9FE7F394C" box="[283,446,1775,1801]" country="Mozambique" name="Cabo Delgado" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Cabo Delgado</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
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||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101D8985D9FDBD394C" box="[462,636,1775,1801]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">P.N. Quirimbas</collectorName>
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||
,
|
||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFF9054101EC085D9FD26394C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FF9054101CD08115FBB53914:8ED5D2AAFF9054101EC085D9FD26394C" box="[647,743,1775,1801]" country="Mozambique" name="Taratibu" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" stateProvince="Cabo Delgado">Taratibu</location>
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||
,
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||
<quantity id="4CF22994FF9054101EB585D8FCF8394C" box="[754,825,1774,1801]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.05" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" unit="m" value="505.0">
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<elevation id="00276342FF9054101EB585D8FCF8394C" box="[754,825,1774,1801]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.05" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" unit="m" value="505.0">505 m</elevation>
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||
</quantity>
|
||
(
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||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101F0F85D9FC14394C" box="[840,981,1775,1801]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Fisher, B. L.</collectorName>
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||
;
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101FA385D9FBD4394C" box="[996,1045,1775,1801]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">et al</emphasis>
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||
.)
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
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||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF905410187385D9FEC53969" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810350" collectorName="Brauns" country="Tanzania" location="Delagoa Bay" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Maputo">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF905410187385D9FB4A394D" box="[1076,1163,1775,1800]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF905410187385D9FB4A394D" box="[1076,1163,1775,1800]" country="Mozambique" name="Maputo" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Maputo</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
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||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFF90541018DD85D9FAEA394C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FF9054101CD08115FBB53914:8ED5D2AAFF90541018DD85D9FAEA394C" box="[1178,1323,1775,1801]" country="Tanzania" name="Delagoa Bay" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" stateProvince="Maputo">Delagoa Bay</location>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF905410197C85D9FA51394C" box="[1339,1424,1775,1801]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Brauns</collectorName>
|
||
);
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101CD08424FEC53969" bold="true" box="[151,260,1810,1836]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF9054101CD08424FEC53969" box="[151,260,1810,1836]" name="Tanzania" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
:
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF9054101D548425FBD43968" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810334" box="[275,1045,1811,1837]" collectorName="Dindera Dam & van Noort, S." country="Tanzania" location="Mkomazi Game Reserve" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kilimanjaro">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101D548425FE5A3968" box="[275,411,1811,1837]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF9054101D548425FE5A3968" box="[275,411,1811,1837]" country="Tanzania" name="Kilimanjaro" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Kilimanjaro</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
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||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFF9054101DED8425FD033968" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FF9054101CD08115FBB53914:8ED5D2AAFF9054101DED8425FD033968" box="[426,706,1811,1837]" country="Tanzania" name="Mkomazi Game Reserve" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" stateProvince="Kilimanjaro">Mkomazi Game Reserve</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101E8A8425FCA53968" box="[717,868,1811,1837]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Dindera Dam</collectorName>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101F348425FBCB3968" box="[883,1034,1811,1837]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">van Noort, S.</collectorName>
|
||
)
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
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||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF90541018668425FDA03917" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810450" country="Tanzania" location="Morogoro" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Morogoro">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF90541018668425FB533969" box="[1057,1170,1811,1836]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF90541018668425FB533969" box="[1057,1170,1811,1836]" country="Tanzania" name="Morogoro" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Morogoro</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
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||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF90541018E68425FAD23968" box="[1185,1299,1811,1837]" country="Tanzania" name="Morogoro" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Morogoro</collectingRegion>
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||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF90541019658425FF743914" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Loveridge, A.</collectorName>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101C8C8401FED23915" box="[203,275,1847,1872]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF9054101C8C8401FED23915" box="[203,275,1847,1872]" country="Tanzania" name="Pwani" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Pwani</collectingRegion>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101D668401FE473914" box="[289,390,1847,1873]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Mafia Is.</collectorName>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101DD38401FD983917" box="[404,601,1847,1874]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Vesey-Fitzgerald</collectorName>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF9054101E2B8401FC863914" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810459" box="[620,839,1847,1873]" collectorName="Kange" country="Tanzania" location="Tanga" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tanga">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF9054101E2B8401FD703915" box="[620,689,1847,1872]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF9054101E2B8401FD703915" box="[620,689,1847,1872]" country="Tanzania" name="Tanga" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tanga</collectingRegion>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101E878401FCCD3914" box="[704,780,1847,1873]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Kange</collectorName>
|
||
, near
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFF9054101F098401FBB13914" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810420" box="[846,1136,1846,1873]" collectorName="Ward, P. S." country="Tanzania" elevation="50" location="Tanga" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Tanga">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF9054101F098401FC543914" box="[846,917,1847,1873]" country="Tanzania" name="Tanga" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Tanga</collectingRegion>
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||
,
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||
<quantity id="4CF22994FF9054101FE78400FC183914" box="[928,985,1846,1873]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" unit="m" value="50.0">
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<elevation id="00276342FF9054101FE78400FC183914" box="[928,985,1846,1873]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" unit="m" value="50.0">50 m</elevation>
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||
</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF9054101FA08401FBA43914" box="[999,1125,1847,1873]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Ward, P. S.</collectorName>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |