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<mods:title>Romblonella longinoi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species and first record of the genus from Sabah, Malaysia, with a key to the species of Romblonella Wheeler, 1935</mods:title>
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General
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[863,1195,1617,1644]" pageId="1" pageNumber="113">Measurements and indices</emphasis>
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Worker measurements of
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worker [
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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Indices: CI
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[
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[
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[
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:
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Description of worker (
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Figures
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In full face view, posterior margin of head shallowly emarginate; head longer than wide; sides of head diverging posteriorly; eyes laterally located, slightly behind midlength of head; shallow scrobe present; frontal carina long, almost reaching the posterior margin of head; scapes short, exceeding posterior edge of eye by about
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X
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width of distal scape; antennal formula
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:
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; mandibles triangular, with
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robust teeth; palp formula
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:
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; median clypeus carinate, with a median carina flanked by
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pairs of lateral carinae; median clypeus inserted between frontal lobes and about as wide as frontal lobe; anterior clypeal margin entire, without an isolated median seta; head rugoreticulate with short cross-hatches that reach the adjacent rugae; punctae in interstitial spaces; mandibles striate.
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<paragraph blockId="2.[192,770,470,1778]" pageId="2" pageNumber="114">In lateral view, dorsal margin of mesosoma evenly convex and arched, without grooves or sutures; propodeal spines long and stout; petiole sessile, with anterodorsally directed angle over petiolar spiracle; petiole massive, larger and taller than postpetiole; anterior subpetiolar denticle present; spurs absent on meso- and metatibia.</paragraph>
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In dorsal view, pronotum with angulate humeri; sides of promesonotum converging posteriorly; sides of propodeum subparallel but bulging slightly anterior to propodeal spiracle; stout propodeal spines slightly divergent through their entire length; mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole dorsally reticulate with interstitial punctulae; first gastral segment(=
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th abdominal) punctulate.
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Head with evenly distributed short, blunt erect hairs that are shorter than distance between them; scape with suberect hairs; short, blunt erect hairs sparsely distributed over rest of body. Body distinctly bi-colored; body yellow to orange except for brown antennal club, legs, distal and lateral edges of first gastral segment, and gastral segments
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.
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Mean measurements (range in brackets) and indices of male
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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Diagnosis of male
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(
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Figures
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<paragraph blockId="2.[863,1441,706,1778]" box="[863,1064,773,800]" pageId="2" pageNumber="114">but more gracile.</paragraph>
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In full-face view, head longer than broad; sides of head diverging posteriorly, posterior head width behind compound eyes about ¾ wider than anterior head width; ocelli not unusually large (compared with images of male
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,
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M.R.Smith,
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), width of ocelli subequal to distance between lateral ocellus and median ocellus; lateral ocelli separated by about
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width of median ocellus; compound eye large, convex, occupying about
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/
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side of the head; posterior margin of head medially straight, laterally with lobes; antenna long, subfiliform, with
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segments (
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Figures
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and
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); length of antennomeres (one male measured) antennal scape, 0.0
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; antennomere
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,
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, range =
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slightly and gently broadened distally, such that the basal end of succeeding segment is narrower than the distal end; antennomere
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broader than antennomere
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; clypeus broadly projecting anteriorly, forming a rounded obtuse angle; mandible triangular, well-developed and functional; masticatory margin with
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sharp triangular teeth; apical tooth longest, about
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longer than preapical tooth; tooth
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smallest; rest of teeth subequal; palp formula
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:
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Figures 1-4.
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Figures 5-8.
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(paratype male): 5. lateral view; 6. full-face view; 7. head and antennae; 8. dorsal view. Images 5, 6, and 8 kindly provided by Dr. John T. Longino and image 7 kindly provided by Perry Buenavente.
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Figures 9-15.
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(paratype male): 9. forewing; 10. hindwing; 11. dorsal view of external genitalia; 12. lateral view of external genitalia; 13. ventral view of external genitalia; 14. apical view of external genitalia; 15. labels. Images of wings kindly provided by Perry Buenavente.
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In lateral view, lower portion of compound eye not obscuring gena and ventral margin of head; pronotum with a flat dorsal outline; mesonotum forming a low dome that slopes gently posteriorly to the propodeal dorsum; mesepimeron not bearing epimeral lobe; vertical impression on anterior third of metakatepisternum; propodeal spiracle circular; propodeal declivity almost vertical, forming a rounded obtuse angle with the propodeal dorsum; petiole tube-like, more than
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X
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longer than tall, with an indistinct, truncated node; postpetiole about half as long as petiole, with a low, rounded node; first gastral segment (AIV) longest, about half the length of gaster; tibial spurs absent on middle and hind legs; external genitalia as in
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Figures
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to 14.
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<paragraph blockId="5.[192,769,200,1710]" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">In dorsal view, notauli and parapsidal furrows present; notauli abbreviated, not meeting posteriorly; petiole longer than wide; postpetiole wider than petiole; gaster elongateovate.</paragraph>
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Forewing (
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Figure
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) with pterostigma; cross-veins
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r-rs and
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r-rs present; free abscissa
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rs-m originating at distal
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R
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R
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Clypeus carinate, with about
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short, sinuate longitudinal carinae; head longitudinally rugulose, with short cross-hatches that do not reach the adjacent rugula, and with a ground surface of fine reticulation; mandibles longitudinally carinate; dorsal mesosoma ruguloreticulate; propodeum transversely rugose; petiole dorsally and laterally rugo-reticulate; postpetiole dorsally and laterally ruguloreticulate; gaster finely reticulate dorsally.
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Body and distal
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antennal segments brown; mandibles, basal
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antennal segments and tarsi yellowish-brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,437,1752,1778]" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">Material examined</emphasis>
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worker, “
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: Sabah, Mamutik
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,
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.VIII.
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, leg. J. Longino, JTL
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, ex dead stem, CASENT0617007” (deposited in
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).
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(
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workers
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,
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male
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alates) same data as
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(deposited in
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[863,1003,368,394]" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">Bionomics:</emphasis>
This species, represented by a nest series, was collected from a dead stem in wet tropical forest.
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="117" type="etymology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[863,1008,504,530]" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">Etymology:</emphasis>
This species is dedicated to my friend and colleague, Dr. John T. Longino, who collected this rare nest series with
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associated males.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[863,1105,673,699]" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">Comparative Notes</emphasis>
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="117" type="diagnosis">
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The worker of
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<emphasis box="[1167,1308,706,732]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">R. longinoi</emphasis>
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is distinguishable from the workers of all known species of the genus in its head capsule that is posteriorly broadened. All other species possess a head capsule that is roughly parallel-sided. Other morphological differences are summarized in the key. In addition,
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<emphasis box="[1205,1346,908,934]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">R. longinoi</emphasis>
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workers are colored differently from any other
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species.
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The male
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<emphasis box="[1121,1273,1009,1035]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">R. longinoi</emphasis>
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is distinguished from
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<emphasis box="[1107,1273,1043,1069]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="117">R. palauensis</emphasis>
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M.R. Smith,
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by the following characters: sides of head diverging posteriorly, ocelli not unusually large, lateral ocelli separated by about
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X
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width of median ocellus; compound eye large, convex, occupying about
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/
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side of the head, lower portion of compound eye not obscuring gena and ventral margin of head, free abscissa
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rs-m originating at distal
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/
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of Rs (radial sector) vein, and propodeum transversely rugose (
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Smith,
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).
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