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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.372.6039" ID-GBIF-Dataset="c99e46eb-46b4-476f-be79-ee2b58db25f6" ID-PMC="PMC3909803" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-372-27" ID-PubMed="24493957" ID-ZBK="" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2014" ModsDocID="1313-2970-372-27" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 372" ModsDocTitle="Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" checkinTime="1451246413845" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Snelling, Roy R., Borowiec, Marek L. & Prebus, Matthew M." docDate="2014" docId="ECA2422CCEB685F8F8C397A5CA694749" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 372: 27-89" docOrigin="ZooKeys 372" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.372.6039" docTitle="Temnothorax myrmiciformis Snelling, Borowiec & Prebus, 2014, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="42" masterDocId="3E563566BD635917FFE1FFB50020290B" masterDocTitle="Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" masterLastPageNumber="89" masterPageNumber="27" pageNumber="40" updateTime="1668157522282" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Snelling, Roy R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Borowiec, Marek L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Prebus, Matthew M.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2014</mods:date>
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<mods:number>372</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152050645" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BCBFE027-0E6D-48B1-AC1C-F28B0AE1FD43" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/ECA2422CCEB685F8F8C397A5CA694749" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="13" pageNumber="40">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/BCBFE027-0E6D-48B1-AC1C-F28B0AE1FD43" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax myrmiciformis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmiciformis">Temnothorax myrmiciformis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="13" pageNumber="40">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 10, 19, 24-26
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptothorax" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptothorax" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Leptothorax</taxonomicName>
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sp. BCA-9;
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<bibRefCitation author="Johnson, RA" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Biogeography" pageId="35" pageNumber="62" pagination="1009 - 1026" title="Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview." url="10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00746.x" volume="29" year="2002">Johnson and Ward 2002</bibRefCitation>
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: 1024.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="40">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Temnothorax</taxonomicName>
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sp. CA-07;
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<bibRefCitation author="Ward, PS" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="35" pageNumber="62" pagination="1 - 68" title="A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="936" year="2005">Ward 2005</bibRefCitation>
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: 68.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="13" pageNumber="40" type="diagnosis of worker">
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="40">Diagnosis of worker.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="40">Large, gracile species with large eyes; scape extending well beyond posterior margin; dorsum of mesosoma evenly sloping from pronotum to base of propodeal spines; side of head behind eyes with numerous standing setae along margin.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="40">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="13" pageNumber="40">Worker measurements (mm) (9 measured): EL 0.216-0.250 (0.217); HFL 0.759-0.908 (0.789); HFW 0.150-0.187 (0.164); HL 0.774-0.904 (0.821); HW 0.624-0.748 (0.665); IOD 0.525-0.636 (0.556); OMD 0.210-0.255 (0.220); PPW 0.243-0.285 (0.265); PSL 0.164-0.210 (0.182); PTW 0.174-0.210 (0.193); PW 0.467-0.550 (0.493); SL 0.728-0.863 (0.748); WL 1.012-1.175 (1.049). Indices: CI 77.4-84.0 (81.0); FI 116-127 (118); OI 26.8-28.9 (26.3); PI 128-140 (138); PSI 19.9-23.6 (22.2); SI 89.4-97.6 (90.7).</paragraph>
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Head longer than broad in frontal view, widest anterior to eyes; posterior to eyes evenly narrowed toward slightly convex posterior margin. Antenna 12-segmented; scape exceeding posterior margin by more than its apical width; 3-segmented apical club poorly defined. Eyes with scattered very short setae arising between ommatidia; IOD 2.34-2.60
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EL; EL 0.96-1.15
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OMD. Mandibles coarsely longitudinally rugose. Clypeus with strong median carina and without flanking carinae between it and carina defining median lobe; lateral lobes each with several short longitudinal carinae. Malar area with several irregular coarse longitudinal rugae, some of which extend back mesad of eyes to posterolateral corners; others curve mesad over antennal fossa; interspaces shiny and weakly reticulate; frons and vertex shiny between fine sparse piligerous punctures. Dorsum with numerous long standing setae, longest exceeding one-half minimum eye diameter, setae slender and not appreciably flattened; venter with several shorter setae on each side.
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Mesosoma slender, WL 2.07-2.17
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PW; in profile, dorsum sloping from pronotum to base of propodeal spines; propodeal spines about as long as distance between their bases. Mesosoma moderately shiny and weakly sculptured between coarse irregular longitudinal rugae; posterior face of propodeum with weak transverse rugae. Metafemur 4.77-5.15 times longer than wide in dorsal view. Entire length of dorsum with>40 long fully erect setae similar to those of frons, longest subequal to minimum eye diameter.
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Petiole with short anterior peduncle; node thick-triangular in profile, posteriorly gently curved; subpetiolar tooth short, acute. Postpetiole node high and subrectangular in profile. Postpetiole node 1.28-1.40 times as wide as petiole node. Both nodes longitudinally rugose, petiole node with weakly reticulate interspaces at side, postpetiole weakly reticulate throughout. Setae on nodes numerous and similar to those of mesosomal dorsum.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Gaster in dorsal view 3.34-4.15 times wider than node of postpetiole; disc of first tergite moderately shiny and very finely reticulate throughout, between sparse fine piligerous punctures. Segments with numerous suberect setae similar to those of mesosoma.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Dark brown, gaster darker posteriorly.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Gyne and male unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Holotype worker, U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA: Riverside Co.: Skinner Reservoir, 1360 m, 33.59°, -117.07°, 1-31.iii.1997 (T. Prentice) oak woodland, 1 worker (LACMENT299342) [LACM].</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="14" pageNumber="41">Paratypes. U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA: Riverside Co.: Skinner Reservoir, 1360 m, 33.59°, -117.07°, 1-31.iii.1997 (T. Prentice) oak woodland, 1 worker (LACMENT299339) [LACM], 1 worker (LACMENT299340) [LACM]; Riverside Co.: Skinner Reservoir, 1360 m, 33.59°, -117.07°, 1-30.ix.1997 (T. Prentice) oak woodland, 1 worker (LACMENT299341) [CASC], 1 worker (LACMENT299337) [MCZC].</paragraph>
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Non-paratypic material examined. U.S.A.: CALIFORNIA: Orange Co.: Starr Ranch, 520 m, 33.6°, -117.55°, 2.iv.2001 (P. S. Ward, #PSW14325-4), ex midden of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Solenopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Solenopsis xyloni" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xyloni">
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xyloni
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, coastal sage scrub, 1 worker (CASENT0339309) [UCDC]; Ventura Co.: Point Mugu State Park, 34.1367°, -118.9983°, 1-31.viii.2002 (F. Villalba) under chamise, 1 worker (CASENT0339314) [UCDC]; San Diego Co.: Miramar Naval Air Station, 32.87°, -117.06°, 20-30.viii.1997 (T. Prentice) oak woodland, 1 worker (LACMENT299338) [LACM]; San Diego Co.: Elliot Chaparral Reserve, 198 m, 32.8909°, -117.0975°, 1-30.vi.2005 (R. N. Fisher) 1 worker (CASENT0339323) [UCDC]; MEXICO: BAJA CALIFORNIA: Co.: Bahia San
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, 30.6°, -115.9°, 21.v.1952 (W. S. Creighton) 1 worker (LACMENT299335) [LACM]; 19.3 km S Guillermo Prieto, 27.7°, -113.3°, 7.iv.1982 (B. Phelps & M. Phelps) 1 worker (CASENT0339316) [UCDC]; 8.7 km NW Catavina, 27.79°, -114.78°, 21.ix.1981 (F. Andrew & D. Faulkner) 1 worker (LACMENT299336) [LACM].
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="42">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The name is derived from the superficial resemblance to species of the unrelated genus
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myrmica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="42">Remarks.</paragraph>
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The large size, depressed mesosomal profile and long scapes will separate this from all other western
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Temnothorax</taxonomicName>
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. These features are shared with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax paiute" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="paiute">Temnothorax paiute</taxonomicName>
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, as is the presence of short setae on the eyes. The two differ, however, in the much more conspicuously and coarsely sculptured head and mesosoma of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax myrmiciformis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmiciformis">Temnothorax myrmiciformis</taxonomicName>
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(compare Figures 10 and 13).
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The type series specimens were all collected in pitfall traps in grassy areas in oak woodland. The species has otherwise been collected in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and Sonoran desert. The specimen collected by Creighton was taken near the beach at Bahia San
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Quintín">Quintin</normalizedToken>
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, under a clump of
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<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Aizoaceae" genus="Mesembryanthemum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Mesembryanthemum" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Mesembryanthemum</taxonomicName>
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.
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Figure 10.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Temnothorax myrmiciformis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myrmiciformis">Temnothorax myrmiciformis</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., worker (CASENT0339323) A Body in dorsal view B Body in lateral view C Head in full-face view.
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