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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. A head of L. elbazi sp. nov. in profile, CASENT 0922860 (Michele Esposito) B head of L. gracilicornis in profile, CASENT 0906458 (Cerise Chen) C body of L. arabica in profile, CASENT 0906264 (Estella Ortega) D body of L. elbazi sp. nov. in profile, CASENT 0922860 (Michele Esposito) E body of L. elegantissima in profile, CASENT 0922860 (Michele Esposito) F body of L. gracilicornis in profile, CASENT 0906458 (Cerise Chen), www. AntWeb. org." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404549" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figs 1A, D</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. A body in profile B body in dorsal view C head in full-face view, CASENT 0922860, (Michele Esposito), www. AntWeb. org." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404554" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">, 6A-C</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Holotype</emphasis>
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: pinned worker from Oman: Dhofar: Ayn Razat,
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, 98 m, 20.xi.2017, CASENT0872069, SF, (M. R. Sharaf).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Paratype</emphasis>
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: one pinned worker with same data as holotype, CASENT0922860, (King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Holotype worker.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Measurements (paratype in parentheses): EL 0.17 (0.20); HL 0.82 (0.87); HW 0.57 (0.62); ML 0.50 (0.57); PH 0.30 (0.32); PRW 0.45 (0.50); PSL 0.12 (0.15); SL 1.07 (1.15); TL 3.20 (3.50); WL 1.40 (1.50). Indices: CI 70 (71); OI 30 (32); PSLI 15 (17); SI 188 (185).</paragraph>
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<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3786067" doi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404549" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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head of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elbazi" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elbazi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elbazi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in profile, CASENT0922860 (Michele Esposito)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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head of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. gracilicornis" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="gracilicornis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. gracilicornis</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0906458 (Cerise Chen)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. arabica" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="arabica">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. arabica</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0906264 (Estella Ortega)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elbazi" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elbazi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elbazi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. in profile, CASENT0922860 (Michele Esposito)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">E</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elegantissima" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elegantissima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elegantissima</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0922860 (Michele Esposito)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">F</emphasis>
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body of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. gracilicornis</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0906458 (Cerise Chen), www.AntWeb.org.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">This new species can be distinguished from its regional congeners by the following combination of characters: in profile, posterior margin of head anteroposteriorly compressed; limited number of hair pairs on body: two pairs on posterior margin of head, two to three pairs on promesonotum, and one to two pairs on first gastral tergite.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elegantissima" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elegantissima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elegantissima</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0922860 (Michele Esposito)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
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head of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elegantissima" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elegantissima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elegantissima</emphasis>
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in full-face view, CASENT0922860 (Michele Esposito)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. bipartita" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="bipartita">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. bipartita</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0903167 (Zach Lieberman)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. dolabellae" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="dolabellae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dolabellae</emphasis>
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in profile, CASENT0249883 (Shannon Hartman)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">E</emphasis>
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mesosoma of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dammama</emphasis>
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in dorsal view showing mesonotun, CASENT0906337 (Estella Ortega)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">F</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. dammama" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="dammama">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dammama</emphasis>
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in profile showing propodeal and petiolar spines, CASENT0906337 (Estella Ortega), www.AntWeb.org.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Description.</paragraph>
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Worker.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Head</emphasis>
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Elongate, distinctly more than 1.3-1.6
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longer than broad, with straight posterior margin and feebly convex lateral margins; posterior margin of head, in profile, anteroposteriorly compressed; antennal scapes when laid back from their insertions surpassing posterior margin of head by more than one third of length (SI 185-188); eyes of moderate size (OI 30-32), with the anteriormost point of the eye lies touching the midlength of head in full-face view; anterior clypeal margin strongly convex anteriorly and dorsally, and with raised lateral margins; frontal triangle opened posteriorly; masticatory margin of mandibles armed with four teeth, the first tooth being longest, the third being smallest, the second and fourth teeth are of moderate size and subequal (counting from apex).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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.
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Promesonotum convex in profile; first half of mesonotal outline descending posteriorly into a concave curve then elevated and descending posteriorly in a straight line to an impressed metanotal groove; propodeal spines long and acute in profile (PSLI 15-17), propodeal spines in profile rising slightly to the rear from the level of the propodeal dorsum.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Petiole</emphasis>
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.
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Acutely dorsally bispinose.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Pilosity</emphasis>
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.
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First two-thirds of scape without hairs, distal quarter with a few stiff hairs, funiculus with dense appressed pubescence; cephalic dorsum with several pairs of stiff, black, long, blunt hairs (hair length 0.10-0.12) arranged as follow: two on anterior clypeal margin, one on posterior clypeal margin, one at end of frontal carinae; one close to level of anterior margins of eyes; one behind level of mid-length of eyes; two at posterior margin of head; promesonotum with one to three pairs of hairs; mandibular surfaces with fine long pale hairs; gaster with several scattered hairs.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Sculpture</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Cephalic, clypeal surfaces, and promesonotal dorsum faintly but finely reticulate-rugulose, moderately shiny, mandibular surface smooth and shining; mesonotum, propodeum, and petiole distinctly reticulate-punctate; first gastral tergite smooth and shining.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Color</emphasis>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Bicolored species, head, mesosoma, petiole yellow or red-yellow, distal end of scapes, first funicular segment and mandibular teeth darker; gaster mostly dark brown to black with first tergite of slightly lighter brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dolabellae</emphasis>
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in dorsal view showing mesonotun, CASENT0909887 (Zach Lieberman)
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body of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dolabellae</emphasis>
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in profile propodeal and petiolar spines, CASENT0909887 (Zach Lieberman)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
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body of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. dhofara" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="dhofara">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. dhofara</emphasis>
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in profile showing surface sculpture and propodeal spines, CASENT0906340 (Estella Ortega)
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
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mesosoma of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. karawaiewi" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="karawaiewi">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. karawaiewi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing propodeal spines, CASENT0912405 (Will Ericson)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">E</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. nigra" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="nigra">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. nigra</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing propodeal and petiolar spines, CASENT0179896 (Erin Prado)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">F</emphasis>
|
||
Body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. spinisquama" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="spinisquama">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. spinisquama</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing petiolar spines, CASENT0922270 (Michele Esposito), www.AntWeb.org.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3786073" doi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404552" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
|
||
mesosoma of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. omanensis" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="omanensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. omanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing propodeal spines, CASENT0922278 (Michele Esposito)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. frauenfeldi" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="frauenfeldi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. frauenfeldi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile propodeal and petiolar spines, CASENT0909884 (Zach Lieberman)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. nigrescens" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="nigrescens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. nigrescens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile, CASENT0912400 (Will Ericson)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. obtusa" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="obtusa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. obtusa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing reduced petiolar spines, CASENT0280477 (Shannon Hartman), www.AntWeb.org.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">The patronymic name honors Prof. Farouk El-Baz, the Egyptian space scientist, Boston University, USA in recognition of his distinguished scientific achievements.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
The occurrence of hairs and their distribution on the surface of the body are diagnostic characters for the recognition of species in many ant genera, notably used in the taxonomy of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Collingwood, CA" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" pagination="230 - 302" refId="B19" refString="Collingwood, CA, 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230 - 302" title="Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia." volume="7" year="1985">Collingwood 1985</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Collingwood, CA" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" pagination="300 - 385" refId="B20" refString="Collingwood, CA, Agosti, D, 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300 - 385" title="Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2)." volume="15" year="1996">Collingwood and Agosti 1996</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharaf & Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota elbazi" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is not similar to any of the known Arabian
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, except the Arabian endemic species
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. arabica" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="arabica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. arabica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Collingwood, 1985) described from the southwestern Asir Mountains, KSA. Both species are bicolored and have a compressed posterior margin of the head when seen in profile, acute and long propodeal spines, stiff and blunt hairs, impressed metanotal groove, characteristically paler first gastral tergite and similar body sculpture. The compressed profile of the posterior margin of the head sets the two species apart from any of the Arabian
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as those all have a rounded profile to the posterior margin of the head.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
The two species can be separated by the number of body hairs and dimensions.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharaf & Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota elbazi" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has fewer hairs on the posterior margin of the head (two pairs), on the mesosoma (two to three pairs on promesonotum), and on the first gastral tergite (one to two pairs).
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Collingwood" baseAuthorityYear="1985" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota arabica" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arabica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota arabica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has more than seven pairs of hairs on the posterior margin of the head, many pairs scattered on the mesosomal dorsum (six pairs on promesonotum, four pairs on mesonotum, and two pairs on the propodeal dorsum), and several pairs on the first gastral tergite. Additionally,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. elbazi" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a greater head length (HL 0.82-0.87 vs. HL 0.72-0.77 in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. arabica" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="arabica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. arabica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), longer scapes (SL 1.07-1.15, SI 185-188 vs. SL 0.87-0.89, SI 155-159), and relatively longer head (HL 0.82-0.87 vs. HL 0.73-0.75).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3786075" doi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404553" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 5.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. obtusa" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="obtusa">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. obtusa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing propodeum and gastral pilosity, CASENT0905150 (Zach Lieberman)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
|
||
body of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. carbonaria" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="carbonaria">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. carbonaria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in profile showing propodeal spines and gastral pilosity, CASENT0906261 (Estella Ortega)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
|
||
head of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. validiuscula" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="validiuscula">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. validiuscula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in full-face view showing pilosity on posterior margin, CASENT0280473 (Shannon Hartman)
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">D</emphasis>
|
||
head of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. canescens" order="Isoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" rank="species" species="canescens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">L. canescens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in full-face view showing pilosity on posterior margin, CASENT0905153 (Zach Lieberman), www.AntWeb.org.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3786077" doi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404554" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 6.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharaf & Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota elbazi" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">A</emphasis>
|
||
body in profile
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">B</emphasis>
|
||
body in dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">C</emphasis>
|
||
head in full-face view, CASENT0922860, (Michele Esposito), www.AntWeb.org.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="ecological and biological notes">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Ecological and biological notes.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
Both workers of the new species were collected at Ayn Razat (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Ayn Razat, the type locality of Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. (Mostafa Sharaf)." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404555" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">7</figureCitation>
|
||
) and were foraging in leaf litter covering dry soil under an
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Acacia" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Acacia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
tree.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="geographic range">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Geographic range.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Oman.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="127" type="queen and male">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Queen and male.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Not known.</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Zenodo-Dep="3786079" doi="10.3897/jhr.76.50193.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/404555" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="127">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Figure 7.</emphasis>
|
||
Ayn Razat, the type locality of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sharaf & Hita Garcia" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lepisiota elbazi" order="Odonata" pageId="0" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elbazi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="127">Lepisiota elbazi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. (Mostafa Sharaf).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |