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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC21A14C8DB31D04543FB46" bold="true" box="[151,345,1529,1555]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aenictus currax</emphasis>
Emery
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC21A14C8DB324C452DFB2F" box="[151,311,1637,1658]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aenictus currax</emphasis>
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: 310
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, pl. 8, fig. 1;
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: 459
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, figs. 23, 86;
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: 59
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.
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One
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worker from NE New
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, Astrolabe Bay, Erima (MCSN) was examined and selected as the
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.
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Worker
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: TL
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; HL
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; HW
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; ML
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; PL
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; CI 80; SI 104.
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(
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and non-type specimens). Head in full-face view distinctly longer than broad, with sides slightly convex and posterior margin feebly concave; occipital margin bearing a distinct carina. Antenna relatively thick; scape not reaching posterolaterial corner of head; antennal segments IIX each longer than broad, but VVIII rather short; II slightly longer than each of IIIVI. Frontal carina short, slightly extending beyond the level of posterior margin of torulus. Parafrontal ridge short. Masticatory margin of mandible with a large apical tooth followed by a medium-sized subapical tooth and 46 denticles; basal margin of mandible sinuate with 34 ill-defined denticles. Mesosoma elongate; promesosoma in profile convex dorsally and sloping gradually to metanotal groove; mesopleuron clearly demarcated from metapleuron by a groove. Propodeum in profile with moderately convex (in smaller specimens almost flat) dorsal outline; propodeal junction obtusely angulate; declivity of propodeum shallowly concave and encircled with a thin rim; area below propodeal spiracle distinctly impressed; distance between propodeal spiracle and metapleural gland bulla almost as long as spiracular diameter; the spiracle clearly circular, in diameter about 2.5 times as long as postpetiolar spiracle. Petiole distinctly longer than high, with its dorsal outline convex; subpetiolar process reduced, low, anteriorly right-angulate. Postpetiole round, almost as long as high.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC31A15C8DB3320454EFA4A" bold="true" box="[151,340,1800,1824]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">FIGURES 1116.</emphasis>
Workers of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC31A15C99B33224663FA75" box="[471,633,1803,1824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Aenictus currax</emphasis>
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group. 11, 12,
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, lectotype; 13, 14,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC31A15CC0A332240A5FA75" box="[1094,1215,1802,1824]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. huonicus</emphasis>
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, holotype; 15, 16,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC31A15CDCA332244FAFA6A" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. diclops</emphasis>
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, paratype. 11, 13, 15, Head in full-face view; 12, 14, 16, habitus in profile.
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Body with relatively sparse standing hairs; longest pronotal hair
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long. Entire body brownishyellow except for a much darker median area from upper frons to vertex between large
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spots occupying the occipital corner; basal 1/3 of antennal scape also darker.
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Non-type material examined.
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:
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Madang, Haya Village,
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, H. O. Tanaka leg. (
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C88935BA4544FCF9" bold="true" box="[197,350,403,428]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Distribution.</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C889359E4552FC85" bold="true" box="[197,328,439,464]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Bionomics.</emphasis>
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reported that a colony of
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB5135914792FC85" box="[797,904,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. currax</emphasis>
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was found in Karima,
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, the morning of
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, on the open floor of a virgin lowland rainforest. It consisted of a packed mass of workers, which must have numbered at least 100,000. The workers extended up the tree trunk to about
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.
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The colony was apparently entirely above ground, and the workers were carrying bodies of adult workers and males of the ant genus
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C8933661459EFF0A" box="[223,388,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Crematogaster</emphasis>
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. This species is very probably restricted to New
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.
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C88B36454521FFD1" bold="true" box="[199,315,620,644]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C909364545E0FFD1" box="[325,506,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Aenictus currax</emphasis>
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is very similar in general appearance to
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB9636454054FFD1" box="[986,1102,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. diclops</emphasis>
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,
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CC1336454169FFD1" box="[1119,1395,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16CC13364540F3FFD1" box="[1119,1257,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="huonicus">A. huonicus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16CCBB36454169FFD1" box="[1271,1395,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pfeifferi">A. pfeifferi</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CDC83645418FFFD1" box="[1412,1429,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C8DB36BF452BFFFB" box="[151,305,662,686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">parahuonicus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C92236BF45C4FFFB" box="[366,478,662,686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. wayani</emphasis>
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. Among these this species is more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CC7D36BF40BBFFFB" box="[1073,1185,662,686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. diclops</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CC9436BF4152FFFB" box="[1240,1352,662,686]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. wayani</emphasis>
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than to the others in having a slender mesosoma and relatively long antennal scape (SI 97104, while SI is less than
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<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16C8DB36F7450AFFA3" box="[151,272,734,758]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pfeifferi">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C8DB36F7450AFFA3" box="[151,272,734,758]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. pfeifferi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C96D36F745BDFFA3" box="[289,423,734,758]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. huonicus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C9A636F746BFFFA3" box="[490,677,734,758]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. parahuonicus</emphasis>
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16CAF336F7476EFFA2" box="[703,884,734,759]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="currax">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CAF336F7476EFFA2" box="[703,884,734,759]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Aenictus currax</emphasis>
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can be separated from
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CCCF36F740EFFFA3" box="[1155,1269,734,758]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. diclops</emphasis>
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by having the propodeal and petiolar dorsa smooth and shiny (entirely sculptured in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB8E372F402EFE4B" box="[962,1076,774,798]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. diclops</emphasis>
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), and it is easily distunguished from
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C894370344F3FE17" box="[216,233,810,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16C8B637024551FE17" box="[250,331,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">wayani</emphasis>
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as follows: antennal scape relatively longer (SI
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<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16CB9A37034059FE17" box="[982,1091,810,834]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="currax">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB9A37034059FE17" box="[982,1091,810,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. currax</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C2B4D61FFC01A16CC983703415DFE17" box="[1236,1351,810,834]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aenictus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wayani">
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CC98370340FFFE17" box="[1236,1253,810,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CCBA3702415DFE17" box="[1270,1351,811,834]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">wayani</emphasis>
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); basal margin of mandible sinuate with 34 ill-defined denticles in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB10376747D3FE33" box="[860,969,846,870]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. currax</emphasis>
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(denticles absent in
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CCF13767412BFE33" box="[1213,1329,846,870]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. wayani</emphasis>
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). All the species mentioned above are completely allpatric, but
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CB4A375B4766FEDF" box="[774,892,882,906]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. gracilis</emphasis>
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is sympatric with
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CC18375B40D5FEDF" box="[1108,1231,882,906]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. pfeifferi</emphasis>
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in Borneo and
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<emphasis id="B95FEAF0FFC01A16CDC8375B452BFEFB" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">A. parahuonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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etc.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9436E2FFC01A16C88937934527FEA2" blockId="14.[151,1436,151,1015]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
The workers from Haya Village, Madang,
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are on average smaller than the
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from Astrolabe Bay.
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