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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA654261CD08698FE493B8D" bold="true" box="[151,392,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Tetraponera cortina</emphasis>
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(
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,
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA654261CD0852CFE883871" bold="true" box="[151,329,1562,1588]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Type material.</emphasis>
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worker
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:
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, Tshopo,
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, 1949,
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&
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(
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) (
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.
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: series of
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, same data as holotype (
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,
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA6542618868508FAD5381D" box="[1217,1300,1598,1624]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/kd99-229r" name="R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="Museum">UCDC</collectionCode>
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). The workers have code numbers as follows: “C. 1943” (
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA654261EE18554FC453838" box="[678,900,1634,1661]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="worker" typeStatus="paratype">2 paratype workers</specimenCount>
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), “C. 1944” (
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), “C. 1945” (
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA6542619CA8554FEA138E4" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="worker" typeStatus="paratype">2 paratype workers</specimenCount>
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), “C. 1961” (
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA654261DBB85B0FD0F38E5" box="[508,718,1670,1696]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="worker" typeStatus="holotype">1 holotype worker</specimenCount>
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,
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA654261E9C85B0FC7138E4" box="[731,944,1670,1697]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="worker" typeStatus="paratype">1 paratype worker</specimenCount>
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), and “C. 1962” (
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<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA65426183B85B0FA9C38E4" box="[1148,1373,1670,1697]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="worker" typeStatus="paratype">2 paratype workers</specimenCount>
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). The significance of these code numbers is unclear; they might represent different collections or colony series.An inquiry to the
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<location id="8ED5D2AAFFA654261C9A85F8FDA838AD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FFA654211CD08698FB813AE4:8ED5D2AAFFA654261C9A85F8FDA838AD" box="[221,617,1742,1768]" name="Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale</location>
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(Tervuren) about Raignier and
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<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FFA654261F8D85F9FB8238AC" box="[970,1091,1743,1769]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">van Boven</collectorName>
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collection numbers yielded no information
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.
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA654261C808420FE163975" bold="true" box="[199,471,1814,1840]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Worker measurements</emphasis>
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(n = 5). HW 0.49–0.52, HL 0.69–0.71, LHT 0.37–0.40, CI 0.70–0.73, FCI 0.12–0.15, REL 0.27–0.30, REL2 0.38–0.43, SI 0.46–0.52, SI3 1.17–1.37, FI 0.46–0.49, PLI 0.82–0.91, PWI 0.69–0.76, LHT/ HW 0.73–0.78, CSC 0, MSC 0.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA654261C8084B4FE5939D9" bold="true" box="[199,408,1922,1948]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Worker diagnosis</emphasis>
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. Small species (
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0.49–0.52), with moderately elongate head (CI 0.70–0.73); frontal carinae separated by no more than 0.15× head width (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA654261E8F8490FD343985" box="[712,757,1958,1984]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">FCI</collectionCode>
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0.12–0.15, MFC/SL 0.26–0.31); scape short, about one-half head width (SI 0.46–0.52) and one-third of head length (SI2 0.33–0.37); anterior clypeal margin with a short, crenulate medial protrusion (
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<figureCitation id="133198F4FFA154211DE783A1FE323EF7" box="[416,499,151,178]" captionStart="FIGURES 4–6" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,258,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-97@13.[151,1436,257,1752]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 4–6. Tetraponera allaborans group, workers, full-face (dorsal) view of head (a) and lateral profile of body (b). 4, T. clypeata, South Africa (CASENT0220741); 5, T. continua, The Gambia (CASENT0794348); 6, T. cortina, holotype, DR Congo (CASENT0794352). Images from AntWeb (www.antweb.org); photographer Matthew Prebus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245614" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245614/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 6a</figureCitation>
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); profemur robust (FI 0.46–0.49), legs short (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA154211FBC83A1FBF03EF4" box="[1019,1073,151,177]" country="Finland" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13463" name="Lahti City Museum" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="Herbarium">LHT</collectionCode>
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/HL 0.53–0.57); metanotal plate conspicuous, about four-fifths the length of the mesonotum, and bounded anteriorly and posteriorly by transverse impressions with longitudinal rugulae; dorsal face of propodeum flattened, laterally submarginate, shorter than the declivitous face, and rounding insensibly into the latter; petiole short, high and rounded (see PLI and PWI values), with a distinct anterior peduncle and without well differentiated anterior, dorsal and posterior faces (
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<figureCitation id="133198F4FFA15421195E8211FAAE3F07" box="[1305,1391,295,322]" captionStart="FIGURES 4–6" captionStartId="13.[151,264,1775,1799]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,258,1750]" captionTargetId="figure-97@13.[151,1436,257,1752]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURES 4–6. Tetraponera allaborans group, workers, full-face (dorsal) view of head (a) and lateral profile of body (b). 4, T. clypeata, South Africa (CASENT0220741); 5, T. continua, The Gambia (CASENT0794348); 6, T. cortina, holotype, DR Congo (CASENT0794352). Images from AntWeb (www.antweb.org); photographer Matthew Prebus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6245614" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6245614/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 6b</figureCitation>
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); in profile, petiole height subequal to height of propodeum and about one-half head width (
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<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA1542118D1827DFB7A3F20" box="[1174,1211,331,357]" name="Philippines" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">PH</collectingCountry>
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/HW 0.48–0.57); in dorsal view, petiole slightly more than two-fifths of head width (
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/HW 0.41–0.46), and notably less broad than postpetiole (
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/PPW 0.72–0.79); postpetiole broader than long and more than one-half head width (
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<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA15421196C82A5FAA73FE8" box="[1323,1382,403,429]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">PPW</collectionCode>
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/HW 0.53–0.63). Head and mesosoma predominantly smooth and shiny with scattered punctures and faint reticulation, the latter better developed on the side of the mesosoma; petiole, postpetiole and gaster mostly smooth and shiny. Standing pilosity very sparse, absent from the dorsum of head, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole, and abdominal tergites 4–6. Medium to dark brown, appendages lighter.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFFA154211C808170FAD13DC4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211C808170FE893C25" bold="true" box="[199,328,582,608]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Comments</emphasis>
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. Workers of this small species are similar to those of
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<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211FEE8171FBE93C25" box="[937,1064,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="continua">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211FEE8171FBE93C25" box="[937,1064,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. continua</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA1542118278171FB083C24" baseAuthorityName="Stitz" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[1120,1225,583,609]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gerdae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA1542118278171FB083C24" box="[1120,1225,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. gerdae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but can be recognized by their shinier head, more closely adjacent frontal carinae, and shorter legs (see measurements cited in the key). In addition, the petiole tends to be narrower relative to the postpetiole in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA15421186A81B9FB5D3CED" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[1069,1180,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA15421186A81B9FB5D3CED" box="[1069,1180,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, such that DPW/PPW 0.72–0.79, as opposed to
|
||
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|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211E058185FD7E3C89" box="[578,703,691,716]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="continua">
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<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211E058185FD7E3C89" box="[578,703,691,716]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. continua</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211EB48185FC9A3C88" baseAuthorityName="Stitz" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[755,859,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gerdae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211EB48185FC9A3C88" box="[755,859,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. gerdae</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Workers of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211FAF8185FB943C88" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[1000,1109,691,717]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pedana">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211FAF8185FB943C88" box="[1000,1109,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. pedana</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also have a shiny integument and short legs, but they can be distinguished from those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211F7B81E1FC6B3CB5" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[828,938,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211F7B81E1FC6B3CB5" box="[828,938,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by their broader head (CI 0.82–0.86 versus
|
||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA154211CD081CDFEE43D50" box="[151,293,763,789]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8161" metricValueMax="1.8542" metricValueMin="1.7779999999999998" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="in" value="0.715" valueMax="0.73" valueMin="0.7">0.70–0.73 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211D6B81CDFE593D51" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[300,408,763,788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
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||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211D6B81CDFE593D51" box="[300,408,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and more widely separated frontal carinae (FCI 0.19–0.21 versus
|
||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA1542118CC81CCFAD93D50" box="[1163,1304,762,789]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.429" metricValueMax="3.81" metricValueMin="3.048" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="in" value="0.135" valueMax="0.15" valueMin="0.12">0.12–0.15 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA15421195881CDFA4D3D51" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[1311,1420,763,788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA15421195881CDFA4D3D51" box="[1311,1420,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). A small alate queen (HW 0.47, LHT 0.40) from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA154211EF28029FCC33D7C" box="[693,770,799,825]" name="Gabon" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gabon</collectingCountry>
|
||
, with shiny vertex, moderately elongate head (CI 0.64) and closely adjacent frontal carinae (FCI 0.17), and a small male (HW 0.45, LHT 0.39) with shiny head from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA15421190D8075FE9D3DC4" name="Central African Republic" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
|
||
, are considered likely to be conspecific with the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211F398051FC2B3DC5" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[894,1002,871,896]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211F398051FC2B3DC5" box="[894,1002,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
workers from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA1542118D78051FACD3DC4" box="[1168,1292,871,897]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFFA154211C8080BCFC983DA8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB58471FFA154211C8080BCFC983DA8" blockId="28.[151,1437,150,1186]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211C8080BCFE333DE1" bold="true" box="[199,498,906,933]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Distribution and biology</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA154211E4480BDFD263DE1" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" box="[515,743,907,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211E4480BDFD263DE1" box="[515,743,907,932]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tetraponera cortina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known only from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54B13AD3FFA15421184B80BDFBFD3DE0" box="[1036,1084,907,933]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series collected in central
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA15421193280BDFF233D8C" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">DR Congo</collectingCountry>
|
||
and probable alates from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA154211E428099FD913D8C" box="[517,592,943,969]" name="Gabon" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gabon</collectingCountry>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA154211EC08099FC613D8C" box="[647,928,943,969]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
|
||
(see above). The collections come from lowland rainforest, but nothing further is known about the biology.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C310D7FAFFA154211C8080C0FB813AE4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BB58471FFA154211C8080C0FB813AE4" blockId="28.[151,1437,150,1186]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211C8080C0FE6B3A55" bold="true" box="[199,426,1014,1040]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Material examined</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
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|
||
<typeStatus id="54B13AD3FFA154211DFE80C1FE303A54" box="[441,497,1015,1041]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Type</typeStatus>
|
||
series cited above, plus the following specimens provisionally identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C0AFFF2FFA15421191580C1FF023A71" authorityName="Ward" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetraponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cortina">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA15421191580C1FF023A71" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">T. cortina</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211C96872CFE3E3A71" bold="true" box="[209,511,1050,1076]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA154211C96872CFE3E3A71" box="[209,511,1050,1076]" name="Central African Republic" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Central African Republic</collectingCountry>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211E49872DFD033A70" box="[526,706,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FFA154211E49872DFD033A70" box="[526,706,1051,1077]" country="Central African Republic" name="Sangha-Mbaere" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sangha-Mbaéré</collectingRegion>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="6BD11E0BFFA154211E96872DFBD93A70" box="[721,1048,1051,1077]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFFA154211864872DFB5E3A70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FFA654211CD08698FB813AE4:8ED5D2AAFFA154211864872DFB5E3A70" box="[1059,1183,1051,1077]" country="Central African Republic" municipality="Parc National Dzanga-Ndoki" name="Mabea Bai" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" stateProvince="Sangha-Mbaere">Mabéa Bai</location>
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||
,
|
||
<locationDeviation id="9A079D53FFA1542118ED872DFF0E3A1C" location="Bayanga" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
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||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA1542118ED872DFAC73A70" box="[1194,1286,1051,1077]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1399999999999997" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="km" value="21.4">21.4 km</quantity>
|
||
53° NE Bayanga
|
||
</locationDeviation>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA154211C9C8708FEE23A1C" box="[219,291,1086,1113]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="510.0">
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||
<elevation id="00276342FFA154211C9C8708FEE23A1C" box="[219,291,1086,1113]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="510.0">510 m</elevation>
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||
</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FFA154211D748709FE0A3A1C" box="[307,459,1087,1113]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">van Noort, S.</collectorName>
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||
) (
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D0C4FF8FFA154211DAE8709FDF73A1C" box="[489,566,1087,1113]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
|
||
, sweeping, rainforest, marsh clearing) (
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBAC2C0AFFA154211FB18709FB093A1C" box="[1014,1224,1087,1113]" collectionCode="CASENT" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CASENT0092903</specimenCode>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA1542118A78709FAEE3A1C" box="[1248,1327,1087,1113]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CASC</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B628E2CFFA1542119038708FBFD3AE4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3861810453" collectionCode="CASC" collectorName="van Noort, S." country="Gabon" elevation="660" location="Reserve des Monts Doudou" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="CASENT0170712" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ogooue-Maritime" typeStatus="holotype">
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA1542119038708FA543A1D" bold="true" box="[1348,1429,1086,1112]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F31DC4E1FFA1542119038708FA543A1D" box="[1348,1429,1086,1112]" name="Gabon" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gabon</collectingCountry>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<emphasis id="B97E5863FFA154211CD08755FEA03A38" box="[151,353,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49CE4A93FFA154211CD08755FEA03A38" box="[151,353,1123,1149]" country="Gabon" name="Ogooue-Maritime" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ogooué-Maritime</collectingRegion>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
:
|
||
<location id="8ED5D2AAFFA154211D378755FD683A38" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03A33567FFA654211CD08698FB813AE4:8ED5D2AAFFA154211D378755FD683A38" box="[368,681,1123,1149]" country="Gabon" name="Reserve des Monts Doudou" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" stateProvince="Ogooue-Maritime">Réserve des Monts Doudou</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<locationDeviation id="9A079D53FFA154211EF38754FC303A38" box="[692,1009,1122,1149]" location="Doussala" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA154211EF38754FCD13A38" box="[692,784,1122,1149]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.52" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="km" value="25.2">25.2 km</quantity>
|
||
304° NW Doussala
|
||
</locationDeviation>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="4CF22994FFA154211FBB8755FB823A38" box="[1020,1091,1123,1149]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="660.0">
|
||
<elevation id="00276342FFA154211FBB8755FB823A38" box="[1020,1091,1123,1149]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="m" value="660.0">660 m</elevation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectorName id="26FFE1A7FFA1542118158755FB263A38" box="[1106,1255,1123,1149]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">van Noort, S.</collectorName>
|
||
) (1 alate queen, swept from low canopy in coastal lowland rainforest) (
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBAC2C0AFFA154211EBB87B1FC0F3AE4" box="[764,974,1159,1185]" collectionCode="CASENT" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CASENT0170712</specimenCode>
|
||
) (
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED1B1CB4FFA154211FA287B1FBF53AE4" box="[997,1076,1159,1185]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">CASC</collectionCode>
|
||
)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |