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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar</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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<mods:affiliation>Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="165090195" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0F8A6886-41A2-4031-A3C8-26E286D37819" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/206193C3EB1D5F3A8DA519D451D92280" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName LSID="206193C3-EB1D-5F3A-8DA5-19D451D92280" authority="Salata & Fisher, 2020" authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole mainty" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainty" status="sp. nov.">Pheidole mainty</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 40A-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 63" captionStartId="F63" captionText="Figure 63. Major worker, hypostomal teeth. Pheidole alina sp. nov. (A). Pheidole ambohimanga sp. nov. (B). Pheidole analavelona sp. nov. (C). Pheidole andohahela sp. nov. (D). Pheidole anomala sp. nov. (E). Pheidole anosyenne sp. nov. (F). Pheidole antranohofa sp. nov. (G). Pheidole beanka sp. nov. (H). Pheidole befotaka sp. nov. (I). Pheidole dasos sp. nov. (J). Pheidole flavominuta sp. nov. (K). Pheidole gracilis sp. nov. (L). Pheidole haboka sp. nov. (M). Pheidole havoana sp. nov. (N). Pheidole hazo sp. nov. (O). Pheidole itremo sp. nov. (P). Pheidole joffreville sp. nov. (Q). Pheidole kely sp. nov. (R). Pheidole lavasoa sp. nov. (S). Pheidole litigiosa Forel (T). Pheidole mahamavo sp. nov. (U). Pheidole mainty sp. nov. (V). Pheidole mamiratra sp. nov. (W). Pheidole manantenina sp. nov. (X)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure63" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432232" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 63V</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Distribution. Pheidole mahamavo sp. nov. (A). Pheidole mainty sp. nov. (B). Pheidole mamiratra sp. nov. (C). Pheidole manantenina sp. nov. (D). Pheidole masoandro sp. nov. (E). Pheidole mavohavoana sp. nov. (F). Pheidole midongy sp. nov. (G). Pheidole mikros sp. nov. (H). Pheidole mivory sp. nov. (I). Pheidole nitidobruna sp. nov. (J). Pheidole parvula sp. nov. (K). Pheidole parvulogibba sp. nov. (L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432235" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 66B</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" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype.</emphasis>
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Madagascar. • 1 major worker; Antsiranana; Sava Region: Parc National de Marojejy, near summit, 25.4 km 20.1°NE Andapa;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="14.44918" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-14.44918">-14.44918</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="49.73243" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.73243">49.73243</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 2100 m; 10 Feb 2018; B. L. Fisher et al.; montane shrubland, under rootmat, on stone; BLF40947; CASENT0923261 (CASC).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype.</emphasis>
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• 1w.; same data as for holotype, CASENT0809553 (CASC).
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 40" startId="F40">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 40.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole mainty" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainty">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole mainty</emphasis>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0809553) and full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0923261).
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Moderately large species.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers.</emphasis>
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Head in full-face view sub-oval and slightly widening posteriorly, with anterior and posterior sides slightly convex, in lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; sides of the head with very dense, moderately long, suberect to erect pilosity; medial part of frons with thick, interrupted, dense, and longitudinal rugae with smooth to indistinctly rugulate interspaces; occipital lobes and area posterolateral from eyes without smooth notches; scape, when laid back, exceeding the midlength of head by one-fifth of its length; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, moderately large, and narrow, closely spaced, triangular with apex directed slightly inward; outer hypostomal teeth lobe-like, wider and higher than inner teeth, apex directed outward; inner and outer hypostomal teeth closely spaced and not connected by concavity; mesosoma rugofoveolate; katepisternum with smooth notch; dorsal side of promesonotum with reduced and sparser sculpture; gaster smooth; body black.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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Head foveolate; vertex with fading foveolae; frons with distinct and sparse, longitudinal rugae; area posterolateral from eyes smooth; scape, when laid back, exceeding the posterior head margin by one-third of its length; promesonotum low and moderately long; promesonotal groove present; propodeal spines small, triangular; mesosoma foveolate; promesonotal dorsum, katepisternum, and propodeum predominantly smooth; body black.
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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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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
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= 1): HL: 1.34; HW: 1.33; SL: 0.9; EL: 0.18; WL: 1.25; PSL: 0.22; MTL: 0.94; PNW: 0.53; PTW: 0.16; PPW: 0.36; CI: 100.4; SI: 67.8; PSLI: 16.5; PPI: 46.1; PNI: 39.6; MTI: 70.5.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
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In full-face view sub-oval, slightly widening posteriorly, with anterior and posterior sides convex (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40B</figureCitation>
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). In lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; inner hypostomal teeth invisible. Sides of the head with very dense, moderately long, suberect to erect pilosity; whole head with dense, long, decumbent to erect pilosity. Medial part of frons with thick, interrupted, dense, and longitudinal rugae with smooth to indistinctly rugulate interspaces; lateral sides of frons with denser, thick, and longitudinal rugae, interspaces with dense, thick, and distinct rugulae. Occipital lobes with sparser and fading rugae and indistinctly rugulate to smooth interspaces. Area posterolateral from eyes with dense, thick, longitudinal rugae with distinctly rugulate interspaces, sculpture slightly fading posteriorly. Gena with relatively sparse, thick, longitudinal rugae and indistinctly rugulate interspaces. Centre of clypeus smooth with few longitudinal rugulae and shiny, lateral sides with indistinct rugulae; median notch present, moderately wide, and shallow; median longitudinal carina present; lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, exceeding the midlength of head by one-fifth of its length; pilosity subdecumbent to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40B, D</figureCitation>
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). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, moderately large, and narrow, closely spaced, triangular with apex directed slightly inward; outer hypostomal teeth lobe-like, wider and higher than inner teeth, apex directed outward; inner and outer hypostomal teeth closely spaced and not connected by concavity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 63" captionStartId="F63" captionText="Figure 63. Major worker, hypostomal teeth. Pheidole alina sp. nov. (A). Pheidole ambohimanga sp. nov. (B). Pheidole analavelona sp. nov. (C). Pheidole andohahela sp. nov. (D). Pheidole anomala sp. nov. (E). Pheidole anosyenne sp. nov. (F). Pheidole antranohofa sp. nov. (G). Pheidole beanka sp. nov. (H). Pheidole befotaka sp. nov. (I). Pheidole dasos sp. nov. (J). Pheidole flavominuta sp. nov. (K). Pheidole gracilis sp. nov. (L). Pheidole haboka sp. nov. (M). Pheidole havoana sp. nov. (N). Pheidole hazo sp. nov. (O). Pheidole itremo sp. nov. (P). Pheidole joffreville sp. nov. (Q). Pheidole kely sp. nov. (R). Pheidole lavasoa sp. nov. (S). Pheidole litigiosa Forel (T). Pheidole mahamavo sp. nov. (U). Pheidole mainty sp. nov. (V). Pheidole mamiratra sp. nov. (W). Pheidole manantenina sp. nov. (X)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure63" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432232" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">63V</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum short, angular, and moderately low, posterior mesonotum moderately steep, mesonotal process indistinct, tubercle-like; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines moderately long, relatively wide, and with acute apex; humeral area weakly produced (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40D</figureCitation>
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). Surface shiny and rugofoveolate; katepisternum with smooth notch; dorsal side of promesonotum with reduced and sparser sculpture. Pilosity moderately dense, long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole.</emphasis>
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Shiny with sparse foveolae; node finely smooth, triangular, with rounded and thick apex, in rear view node dorsoventrally slightly convex; pilosity moderately sparse and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole.</emphasis>
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Shiny and foveolate; dorsum smooth; in dorsal view oval, lateral margins medially with two very small and dentate projections; pilosity long, moderately sparse, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gaster.</emphasis>
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Shiny and smooth; pilosity moderately dense, long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour.</emphasis>
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Black, antenna and legs brownish (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
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= 1): HL: 0.74; HW: 0.64; SL: 0.93; EL: 0.14; WL: 1.01; PSL: 0.12; MTL: 0.78; PNW: 0.45; PTW: 0.1; PPW: 0.19; CI: 114.3; SI: 144.6; PSLI: 15.9; PPI: 52.1; PNI: 69.8; MTI: 121.6.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
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Cephalic margin slightly convex (Fig.
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). Pilosity relatively sparse, short, subdecumbent. Sculpture shiny and foveolate; vertex with fading foveolae; frons with distinct, sparse, and longitudinal rugae; area posterolateral from eyes smooth; antennal sockets with few indistinct, curved outward rugae and foveolate interspaces. Clypeus with median longitudinal carina absent; two lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, exceeding the posterior head margin by one-third of its length; pilosity dense, subdecumbent to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40A, C</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum low and moderately long, arched; promesonotal groove indistinct; metanotal groove distinct; propodeal spines small and triangular (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40C</figureCitation>
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). Sculpture shiny and foveolate; promesonotal dorsum, katepisternum and propodeum predominantly smooth. Pilosity sparse, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gaster.</emphasis>
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With sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour.</emphasis>
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Black, with legs, gaster, and antenna yellowish brown (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 40" captionStartId="F40" captionText="Figure 40. Pheidole mainty sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0809553) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0923261)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure40" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432209" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">40C, E</figureCitation>
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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">Malagasy for black in reference to black body colouration.</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 2100 m in elevation, in montane shrubland. Nest was located under rootmats on stones.</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 mainty" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainty">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole mainty</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is a member of a group of taxa characterised by dark body colouration that in major workers ranges from brownish black to black and in minor workers ranges from black (head and mesosoma) to dark brown with body predominantly foveolate (only in dark brown specimens). The group consists of three species:
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. alina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="alina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. alina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. trichotos" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="trichotos">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. trichotos</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. mainty" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mainty">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. mainty</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. All members of this group are sympatric and their distribution is limited to the northernmost parts of the island, predominantly in Antsiranana prefecture. Major workers of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole mainty" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mainty">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole mainty</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differ from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. trichotos" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="trichotos">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. trichotos</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in medial part of frons with thick, interrupted, dense, and longitudinal rugae with smooth to indistinctly rugulate interspaces, base of first gastral tergite smooth and indistinct, bulge-like inner hypostomal teeth; from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. alina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="alina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. alina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in sides of the head with very dense, moderately long, suberect to erect pilosity, distinct, triangular inner hypostomal teeth, and wide and moderately long propodeal spines. Minor workers of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. mainty" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mainty">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. mainty</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. differ from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. trichotos" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="trichotos">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. trichotos</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. alina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="alina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. alina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. in entirely smooth area posterolateral from eyes and predominantly smooth promesonotal dorsum, katepisternum, and propodeum.
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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