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<mods:title>A third species of the rare ant genus Rotastruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Cambodia, with illustrated generic diagnoses and key to species</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/F1B26A56-24A1-41E0-A356-3D7118AEF351" authority="Hosoishi & Yamane" authorityName="Hosoishi & Yamane" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rotastruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rotastruma epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina" status="sp. nov.">Rotastruma epispina Hosoishi & Yamane</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 1–6" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 6. Rotastruma epispina sp. nov., worker. 1, Mouthparts [1]; 2, Left mandible [2]; 3, Clypeus [3, 4, 5, 6]; 4, Full-face view of head [7, 8, 9, 18]; 5, Mesosoma in profile view [10, 11, 12, 18]; 6, Mesosoma in dorsal view [10, 18]. Figures in brackets correspond to diagnostic characters (Appendix 1)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563067" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figs 1-6</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7–11" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 7 - 11. Rotastruma epispina sp. nov., worker. 7, Mesosoma in ventral view [13]; 8, Middle tibia [14]; 9, Hind tibia [14]; 10, Petiole and postpetiole in profile view [15, 16]; 11, Sting in profile view [17]. Figures in brackets correspond to diagnostic characters (Appendix 1)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures7-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563068" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">, 7-11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 12–14" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 12 - 14. Rotastruma epispina sp. nov., holotype worker (KUEC) from Cambodia (HW 0.62; WL 0.84). 12, Body in profile view; 13, Full-face view of head; 14, Dorsal view of body." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures12-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563069" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">, 12-14</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 15–17" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figures 15 - 17. Rotastruma epispina sp. nov., paratype queen (KUEC) from Cambodia (HW 0.68; WL 1.10). 15, Body in profile view; 16, Full-face view of head; 17, Dorsal view of body." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures15-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563070" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">, 15-17</figureCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="225" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Holotype</emphasis>
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: Cambodia • worker; Kampong Thom Province, regrowth forest;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="12.633333">12°38'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="105" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="105.26667">105°16'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 24 Dec 2010; S. Hosoishi leg.; colony SH10-Cam-172; KUEC.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Paratypes</emphasis>
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: Cambodia • 3 workers; Kampong Thom Province, regrowth forest;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="12.633333">12°38'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="105" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="105.26667">105°16'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 24 Dec 2010; S. Hosoishi leg.; colony SH10-Cam-172; KUEC; 2 dealate queens; Kampong Thom Province, regrowth forest;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="12.633333">12°38'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="105" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="105.26667">105°16'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 24 Dec 2010; S. Hosoishi leg.; colony SH10-Cam-172; KUEC.
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<caption doi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures1-6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563067" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" start="Figures 1–6" startId="F1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figures 1-6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hosoishi & Yamane" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rotastruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rotastruma epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Rotastruma epispina</emphasis>
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sp. nov., worker.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">1</emphasis>
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, Mouthparts [1];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">2</emphasis>
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, Left mandible [2];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">3</emphasis>
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, Clypeus [3, 4, 5, 6];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">4</emphasis>
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, Full-face view of head [7, 8, 9, 18];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">5</emphasis>
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, Mesosoma in profile view [10, 11, 12, 18];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">6</emphasis>
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, Mesosoma in dorsal view [10, 18]. Figures in brackets correspond to diagnostic characters (Appendix 1).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Non-type material examined.</paragraph>
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Cambodia • 2 pale-coloured workers; Kampong Thom Province, regrowth forest;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="12" direction="north" minutes="38" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="12.633333">12°38'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="105" direction="east" minutes="16" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="105.26667">105°16'E</geoCoordinate>
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; 24 Dec 2010; S. Hosoishi leg.; colony SH10-Cam-172; KUEC.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Diagnosis of worker.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Posterior margin of head almost straight. Lateral margin of head slightly convex. Propodeal spine curving upwards. Petiole pedunculate, peduncle longer than high. Two suberect hairs present around posterolateral corner of head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Measurements</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">(in mm) and indices of holotype worker.</emphasis>
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HW 0.62; HL 0.73; MaL 0.37; SL 0.50; EL 0.21; TL 3.32; WL 0.84; PNH 0.30; PNW 0.44; MW 0.31; SPL 0.30; PTL 0.45); PTH 0.22; PTW 0.20; PPL 0.25; PPH 0.23; PPW 0.26; CI 84; SI 81; MaI 61; PI 46); PPI 106.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Measurements (in mm) and indices of paratype worker (n = 3).</emphasis>
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HW 0.62-0.63; HL 0.75; MaL 0.35-0.37; SL 0.51-0.53; EL 0.20-0.21; TL 3.25-3.40; WL 0.84-0.86; PNH 0.28-0.29; PNW 0.45-0.46; MW 0.30-0.32; SPL 0.28-0.30; PTL 0.44-0.46; PTH 0.22-0.24; PTW 0.20-0.21; PPL 0.23-0.25; PPH 0.22-0.23; PPW 0.27-0.28; CI 82-84; SI 81-86; MaI 57-59; PI 44-46; PPI 110-120.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Description of worker.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Head rectangular in full-face view, longer than broad (CI 82-84), with posterior margin almost straight, lateral margin slightly convex and posterolateral corner rounded. Eye large, in the longest dimension with 11-13 ommatidia. Frontal carina irregularly extending to posterior margin of head. Mandible with 6 teeth; two apical teeth large. Antenna 12-segmented, with 3-segmented club; scape not reaching posterolateral corner of head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">With mesosoma in dorsal view, lateral margins converging posteriad; anterolateal corner of pronotum rounded; mesonotum and propodeum laterally marginate; metanotal groove indistinct. In lateral view, pronotum, mesonotum and anterior propodeum forming a slightly convex dorsal outline. Mesopleuron marginated anteriorly in lower half, demarcated from pronotum and metapleuron. Propodeum with steeply sloping declivity that is laterally marginated with carinae; spine long, directed diagonally upwards, with apical 2/3 slightly down-curved; spiracle very close to apex of metapleural gland bulla.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">In dorsal view, petiole rectangular with almost parallel sides. Petiole pedunculate in profile view; peduncle longer than high, dorsally almost continuous to anterior slope of node. Petiolar spiracle located at mid-length of peduncle (measured from anterior extremity of peduncle). Subpetiolar process small and triangular. Postpetiole globular and distinctly wider than petiole in dorsal view, as high as petiolar node in lateral view (PTH 0.22-0.24; PPH 0.22-0.23).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Frons with two to three pairs of longitudinal rugulae; irregular rugulae in several specimens. Dorsum of head between frontal carina and eye reticulate-rugose. Clypeus with median longitudinal rugula and one or two rugulae laterally. Pronotum dorsally reticulate with smooth interspaces, laterally with rugulae running anteroposteriorly. Mesonotum sparse with irregular rugae interrupted by transverse rugulae posteriorly. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral surface of propodeum shiny, with sparse anteroposteriorly running rugulae. Dorsum of propodeum generally smooth, with weak irregular sculpture. Petiole and postpetiole reticulate-rugulose in dorsal and lateral view; dorsum of petiolar peduncle, anterior slope of petiolar node and petiolar sternite only superficially sculptured. First gastral tergite smooth, with short basigastral costulae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Sparse standing setae present on dorsal surfaces of head, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and first gastral tergite; those on gastral sternites shorter. Two standing setae present around posterolateral corner of head. Clypeus bearing a pair of setae medially at anterior margin. Scape and flagellum with suberect setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Colour yellowish-brown; first gastral tergite with broad brown band.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Measurements (in mm) and indices of paratype queen (n = 2).</emphasis>
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HW 0.64-0.68; HL 0.79-0.82; MaL 0.41-0.42; SL 0.53-0.54; EL 0.24-0.25; TL 3.88-4.01; WL 1.05-1.10; PNH 0.30; PNW 0.56; MW 0.59-0.60; SPL 0.35-0.36; PTL 0.54-0.55; PTH 0.26-0.27; PTW 0.25-0.26; PPL 0.25-0.27; PPH 0.25-0.26; PPW 0.32-0.34; CI 81-83; SI 80-83; MaI 62-64; PI 46-49; PPI 126-128.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Description of queen.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Head rectangular in full-face view, longer than broad (CI 81-83), with posterior margin almost straight (slightly concave medially), lateral margin slightly convex and posterolateral corner rounded. Eye large, in the longest dimension with 12-13 ommatidia. Median ocellus at the level with posterior margin of eye. Frontal carinae extending to anterior margin of lateral ocellus and diverging towards posterior margin of head. Mandible with 6 teeth; two apical teeth large. Antenna 12-segmented with 3-segmented club; scape not reaching posterolateral corner of head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">In dorsal view, mesosoma longer than wide, wider anteriorly, gradually narrowed posteriad; pronotum demarcated from mesonotum, with evenly convex anterior margin and weakly convex lateral margin; metanotal groove distinct. In lateral view, dorsum of mesonotum slightly convex. Propodeal spiracle round and close to anterior margin of metapleural gland bulla. Wing scars clearly visible. Propodeal spines directed diagonally upwards, almost straight, apically blunt.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">In dorsal view, petiole rectangular with almost parallel lateral margins. In lateral view, petiole pedunculate, with an ill-defined node; peduncle longer than high, with dorsal surface almost flat; dorsum of node convex. Subpetiolar process small and triangular, located near propodeum. Petiolar spiracle located at mid-length of peduncle. Postpetiole globular and distinctly wider than petiole, as high as petiolar node in lateral view.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Frons with two to three pairs of longitudinal rugulae; irregular rugulae in several specimens. Dorsum of head between frontal carina and eye reticulate-rugose. Clypeus with one median longitudinal rugula and one or two rugulae laterally. Pronotum dorsally reticulate with shiny interspaces, laterally with reticulate or longitudinal rugulae. Dorsum of mesoscutum and mesoscutellar disc with longitudinal rugulae. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral propodeum with longitudinal rugae. Dorsum of propodeum with rugulae; declivity smooth and shiny. Dorsal surface of petiolar peduncle smooth and shiny; dorsal and lateral surfaces of node reticulate-rugose. Postpetiole reticulate-rugose. First gastral tergite smooth, with some short basigastral costulae.</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures7-11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563068" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" start="Figures 7–11" startId="F2">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figures 7-11.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hosoishi & Yamane" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rotastruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rotastruma epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Rotastruma epispina</emphasis>
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sp. nov., worker.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">7</emphasis>
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, Mesosoma in ventral view [13];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">8</emphasis>
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, Middle tibia [14];
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, Hind tibia [14];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">10</emphasis>
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, Petiole and postpetiole in profile view [15, 16];
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">11</emphasis>
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, Sting in profile view [17]. Figures in brackets correspond to diagnostic characters (Appendix 1).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figures 12-14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Rotastruma epispina</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype worker (KUEC) from Cambodia (HW 0.62; WL 0.84).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">12</emphasis>
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, Body in profile view;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">13</emphasis>
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, Full-face view of head;
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, Dorsal view of body.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Dorsal surface of head with suberect setae. Two standing setae present around posterolateral corner of head. Scape with suberect setae. Outer margin of mandible with decumbent setae. Pronotum and mesonotum with long suberect setae and short suberect to decumbent setae. Dorsal surface of propodeal spine with decumbent setae. Petiolar peduncle with decumbent setae; node with longer decumbent setae. Postpetiole with decumbent setae; subpostpetiolar process with suberect setae. Gaster with decumbent to suberect setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Colour yellowish-brown; first gastral tergite with broad brown band.</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figures15-17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563070" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" start="Figures 15–17" startId="F4">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figures 15-17.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hosoishi & Yamane" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rotastruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Rotastruma epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Rotastruma epispina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., paratype queen (KUEC) from Cambodia (HW 0.68; WL 1.10).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">15</emphasis>
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, Body in profile view;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">16</emphasis>
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, Full-face view of head;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">17</emphasis>
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, Dorsal view of body.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="225" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">The species name refers to the upwardly directed propodeal spine of the species.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="225" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Distribution and biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">
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This species is known only from the type locality of Cambodia. The nest series was collected from a dead twig on lower vegetation (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 18. Forest habitats on secondary forest, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, type locality of R. epispina sp. nov. (S. Hosoishi)." figureDoi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563071" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">18</figureCitation>
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). As
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00571.x" author="Bolton, B" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" pagination="1 - 13" refId="B1" refString="Bolton, B, 1991. New myrmicine ant genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16: 1 - 13, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00571.x" title="New myrmicine ant genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00571.x" volume="16" year="1991">Bolton (1991)</bibRefCitation>
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suggested that
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" genus="R." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="R. recava" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="recava">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. recava</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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appeared to be polygynous, the colony of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" genus="R." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="R. epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. epispina</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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found inside the dead twig also involved two dealate queens.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/dez.68.63478.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/563071" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" start="Figure 18" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Figure 18.</emphasis>
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Forest habitats on secondary forest, Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia, type locality of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" genus="R." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="R. epispina" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epispina">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. epispina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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sp. nov. (S. Hosoishi).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="225" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="225">
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This species is similar to
|
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" genus="R." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="R. stenoceps" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="225" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stenoceps">
|
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="225">R. stenoceps</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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, but can be distinguished by the propodeal spine directed upwards and the long peduncle of the petiole.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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