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(
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<figureCitation id="133198F4FF8C540C1CD88114FF373C79" box="[159,246,546,572]" captionStart="FIGURES 31–32" captionStartId="22.[151,264,1000,1024]" captionTargetBox="[275,1314,181,976]" captionTargetId="figure-29@22.[274,1314,181,976]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURES 31–32. Tetraponera natalensis group workers, full-face (dorsal) view of head (a) and lateral profile of body (b). 31, T. setosa, holotype, Uganda (CASENT0794346); 32, T. kosi, holotype, South Africa (CASENT0815472). Images from AntWeb (www.antweb.org); photographers Matthew Prebus (31), Jill Oberski (32)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245649" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245649/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Figs 32</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="133198F4FF8C540C1D458114FEDE3C78" box="[258,287,546,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 41–46" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-29@24.[157,1430,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 41–46. Distribution maps for Afrotropical Tetraponera. 41, T. andrei (circles), T. anthracina (triangles), T. insularis (square); 42, T. caffra (circles), T. redacta (triangles); 43, T. mocquerysi (circles), T. schulthessi (triangles); 44, T. natalensis (circles), T. setosa (triangle); 45, T. aethiops (circles), T. kosi (triangle); 46, T. latifrons (circles)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245661" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245661/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">45</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1CD0815CFE853CC1" bold="true" box="[151,324,618,644]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Type material</emphasis>
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worker
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,
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, St. Lucia, nr
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,
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, nest in
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1DAA81B8FD033CED" box="[493,706,654,680]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Vachellia kosiensis</emphasis>
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thorn, forest fringe (
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),
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<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FF8C540C189481B9FAAA3CED" box="[1235,1387,654,681]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">P. G. Hawkes</collectorName>
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SL- MB-wp08-N (
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) (
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)
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<typeStatus id="54B13AD3FF8C540C1ECD8185FD3A3C88" box="[650,763,691,717]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FF8C540C1F418184FC463C89" box="[774,903,690,716]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="worker">17 workers</specimenCount>
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, 5 queens, and
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FF8C540C18718184FB513C89" box="[1078,1168,690,716]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
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, same data as holotype, except collection codes SL-MB-wp08-NT-2, SL-MB-wp08-NT-3, and SL-MB-wp08-NT-4 (
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to CASENT0886922) (
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1D9081CCFDE23D51" box="[471,547,762,788]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">CASC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1E6981CCFD413D51" box="[558,640,762,788]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">MCZC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1ECC81CCFD1B3D51" box="[651,730,762,788]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">PSWC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1EA181CCFCF93D51" box="[742,824,762,788]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1F0481CCFC573D51" box="[835,918,762,788]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/kd99-229r" name="R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="Museum">UCDC</collectionCode>
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)
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.
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1C808028FE1B3D7D" bold="true" box="[199,474,798,824]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Worker measurements</emphasis>
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(n=9). HW 0.98-1.08, HL 1.11-1.31, LHT 0.75-0.85, CI 0.82-0.88, FCI 0.10-0.13, REL 0.43-0.46, REL2 0.50-0.56, SI 0.46-0.49, SI3 0.85-0.97, FI 0.45-0.51, PLI 0.68-0.74, PWI 0.61-0.72, LHT/ HW 0.76-0.79, CSC 3-6, MSC 4-5.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1C8080BCFE5B3DE1" bold="true" box="[199,410,906,932]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Worker diagnosis</emphasis>
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. Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1E6780BDFDBE3DE1" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[544,639,906,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1E6780BDFDBE3DE1" box="[544,639,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(see above) with regard to head size, eye size, configuration of frontal carinae, and shape of anterior clypeal margin; scapes similarly short (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1FED8098FC053D8D" box="[938,964,942,968]" country="Argentina" name="Museo Botánico (SI)" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="Herbarium">SI</collectionCode>
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0.46-0.49) and profemur robust (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C19788098FA983D8D" box="[1343,1369,942,968]" country="Italy" name="Natural History Museum" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="Herbarium">FI</collectionCode>
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0.45- 0.51, FW/PL 0.52-0.56); mesonotum bounded posteriorly by a very weak transverse impression; metanotal plate not differentiated from dorsal face of propodeum; petiole relatively short and narrow (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C183280C0FB603A55" box="[1141,1185,1014,1040]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">PLI</collectionCode>
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0.68-0.74, PWI 0.61- 0.72, FW/
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<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF8C540C1D4E872CFEED3A71" box="[265,300,1050,1076]" name="Philippines" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">PH</collectingCountry>
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0.72-0.76); in profile, petiolar node with steep anterodorsal face rounding into a more gently sloping posterodorsal face; in dorsal view, petiole narrowly obovate (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1F268708FC5E3A1D" box="[865,927,1086,1112]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">DPW</collectionCode>
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/HW 0.39-0.44). Standing pilosity relatively sparse (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FF8C540C1CAC8754FEE33A39" box="[235,290,1122,1148]" country="Cuba" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12869" name="Colegio del Sagrado Corazón" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="Herbarium">CSC</collectionCode>
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3-6, MSC 4-5). Medium brown, the mandibles, antennae, anterior margin of head, tibiae, and tarsi light yellowish-brown; in some workers, luteous coloration extending to parts of the pronotum, postpetiole and gaster, producing a banded pattern on the latter.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFF8C540C1C8087F8FBC43830" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1C8087F8FE893AAD" bold="true" box="[199,328,1230,1256]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Comments</emphasis>
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. Like
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1DD487F9FE333AAD" box="[403,498,1230,1256]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, the worker of this species has rather short scapes and a robust profemur such that FW/SL 0.68-0.77 (
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1E4E87C5FDAA3B49" box="[521,619,1266,1292]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), as opposed to FW/SL
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other orange-brown and medium brown species in the
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1DD58621FDE23B75" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1852" box="[402,547,1302,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1DD58621FDE23B75" box="[402,547,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. natalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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group. Workers of
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1F4D8621FC973B75" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[778,854,1302,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosi">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1F4D8621FC973B75" box="[778,854,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. kosi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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are distinguished from those of
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C18918621FAF93B75" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1238,1336,1302,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C18918621FAF93B75" box="[1238,1336,1302,1328]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by their predominantly darker (medium brown) coloration and a slightly less robust petiole (DPW/HW 0.39-0.44, FW/
|
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0.72-0.76, as opposed to DPW/HW 0.45-0.49, FW/
|
||
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1FE68669FBC03B3D" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[929,1025,1374,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1FE68669FBC03B3D" box="[929,1025,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Although samples sizes are small, similar differences seem to apply to the queens: those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1F5286B5FC9F3BD9" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[789,862,1410,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosi">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1F5286B5FC9F3BD9" box="[789,862,1410,1436]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. kosi</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are predominantly medium to dark brown in color, with a more slender petiole (DPW/HW 0.48-0.51; n=4), while the queens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1FB28691FB953B85" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1013,1108,1446,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1FB28691FB953B85" box="[1013,1108,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are light orange-brown, with a slightly broader petiole (DPW/HW 0.53-0.56; n=2). A possible distinguishing feature of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C18DA86FDFB263BA1" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[1181,1255,1482,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C18DA86FDFB263BA1" box="[1181,1255,1482,1508]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. kosi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
males is longer metatibiae (LHT/HW 1.09-1.13; n=3) compared to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1E9586D9FCF1384D" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[722,816,1518,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1E9586D9FCF1384D" box="[722,816,1518,1544]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(LHT/HW 1.07; n=1) but this requires confirmation. At a coarse geographical scale, the known population of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1EAA8525FCF43869" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[749,821,1554,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kosi">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1EAA8525FCF43869" box="[749,821,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. kosi</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is contained within the range of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C18E58525FAC13869" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1186,1280,1554,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C18E58525FAC13869" box="[1186,1280,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="133198F4FF8C540C19498524FA4E3868" box="[1294,1423,1554,1581]" captionStart="FIGURES 41–46" captionStartId="24.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[157,1430,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-29@24.[157,1430,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURES 41–46. Distribution maps for Afrotropical Tetraponera. 41, T. andrei (circles), T. anthracina (triangles), T. insularis (square); 42, T. caffra (circles), T. redacta (triangles); 43, T. mocquerysi (circles), T. schulthessi (triangles); 44, T. natalensis (circles), T. setosa (triangle); 45, T. aethiops (circles), T. kosi (triangle); 46, T. latifrons (circles)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245661" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245661/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Figs 43, 46</figureCitation>
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||
), and hence the phenotypic differences between them can be interpreted as indicating that they are not conspecific. Further studies are needed, however, on the relationship between the two taxa.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFF8C540C1C808548FA5438A4" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BB58471FF8C540C1C808548FA5438A4" blockId="49.[151,1437,618,1797]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1C808548FE2D38DD" bold="true" box="[199,492,1662,1688]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Distribution and biology</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1DBC8549FD8538DD" box="[507,580,1662,1688]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. kosi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from one coastal forest site in
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FF8C540C180F8548FB3A38DD" box="[1096,1275,1662,1688]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
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||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FF8C540C19418548FA5938DD" box="[1286,1432,1662,1688]" name="South Africa" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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||
, where four nest series were collected in thorns of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C1EFE8594FC4A38F9" box="[697,907,1698,1724]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Vachellia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="kosiensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1EFE8594FC4A38F9" box="[697,907,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Vachellia kosiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, each from a different tree. The ants were found to keep scale insects in the thorns (Peter Hawkes, pers. comm.,
|
||
<date id="FFB4A2B1FF8C540C1F1885F0FBDD38A5" box="[863,1052,1734,1761]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" value="2022-01-14">14 January 2022</date>
|
||
), in apparent contrast to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FF8C540C197785F1FA4F38A5" baseAuthorityName="Santschi" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1328,1422,1734,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caffra">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C197785F1FA4F38A5" box="[1328,1422,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">T. caffra</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFF8C540C1C8085DCFCE33941" box="[199,802,1770,1797]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB58471FF8C540C1C8085DCFCE33941" blockId="49.[151,1437,618,1797]" box="[199,802,1770,1797]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FF8C540C1C8085DCFE683941" bold="true" box="[199,425,1770,1796]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Material examined</emphasis>
|
||
. Known only from
|
||
<typeStatus id="54B13AD3FF8C540C1EC085DDFD763940" box="[647,695,1771,1797]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">type</typeStatus>
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||
material.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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||
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