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<mods:title>Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (2) the species-group of Heteroponera relicta (Wheeler), with descriptions of nine new species and observations on morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of the genus</mods:title>
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2.
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<taxonomicName box="[180,497,1412,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="161" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodopygea" status="sp. n.">Heteroponera rhodopygea</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph box="[151,295,1446,1471]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
(
<figureCitation box="[159,286,1446,1471]" captionStart="FIGURES 10 13" captionStartId="11.[151,263,1954,1976]" captionTargetBox="[195,1392,193,1931]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[195,1392,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 10 13. Heteroponera rhodopygea sp. n., holotype worker, standard views (HW = 1.27 mm, PW = 0.91 mm, WL = 1.55, GW = 1.02 mm)." pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Figs 1013</figureCitation>
)
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,487,1519,1544]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Type locality. AUSTRALIA</emphasis>
: QUEENSLAND:
<emphasis box="[712,898,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Thornton Range</emphasis>
(16°14'S, 145°26'E). Holotype and 20 worker paratypes from 4 separately collected colony series. No other workers examined here have been designated as Paratypes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph box="[199,1234,1628,1652]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,394,1628,1652]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Type deposition.</emphasis>
Holotype worker ANIC. Paratypes in ANIC (including gyne) and QMBA.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="161">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,595,1663,1688]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Distribution, material examined.</emphasis>
Apparently common at all elevations in the following Endemism Areas:
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,388,1700,1724]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">EA1 (Mt Finnigan):</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[396,536,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Mt Finnigan</emphasis>
, -15 48, 145 17 3 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 8501100 m (GBM, DKY &amp; DWC, 1922.iv.1982)
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pyrethrum knockdown, 1100 m (L. Roberts, 20.xii.1982)—summit, 1100 m, QMBA berlesate 54 (GBM &amp; DWC, 10.xi.1985)—summit, 1100 m (GBM, DWC &amp; Roberts, 2830.xi.1985). Mt Misery, summit, 2 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 850m (GBM, Sheridan &amp; Roberts, 6.xii.1990.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[939,1208,1844,1868]" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">EA2 (Thornton Peak):</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[1215,1436,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Roaring Meg Creek</emphasis>
(-16 0 4, 145 24), 6 km W of Cape Tribulation, 710m ()GBM, DKY &amp; GIT, 5.x.1982).
<emphasis box="[1117,1341,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Roaring Meg Valley</emphasis>
(-16 0 4, 145 25) 720m (GBM &amp; H. Janetzki, 22 xi 1993.
<emphasis box="[700,834,1916,1940]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Noah Creek</emphasis>
(-16 0 8, 145 26), 75m, ANIC Berlesate 946 (AAC &amp; TAW, 27 iii 1984).
<emphasis box="[365,557,1952,1976]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="161">Cape Tribulation</emphasis>
(all accessions by GBM, DKY &amp; GIT, unless otherwise noted) -(3 km W; Site 6), -16 0 4, 145 27, 5 workers, pyrethrum knockdown or QMBA berlesate 422, 500m (19.ix.1982)—(4.55 km W; Top camp), -16 0 5, 145 26, 760780 m (28.ix., 16.x. 1982)—(5 km W; Site 10), -16 0 5, 145 26, 3 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 780 m; stick brushings, QMBA berlesate 700, 780m (28.ix.1982)—(4 km W; Site 8), -16 0 5, 145 26, pyrethrum knockdown, 720m (28.ix.1982); 4 workers, QMBA Berlesates 423, 424, 437 (date range 2930.ix.1982 —(3.5 km W; Site 7), -16 0 5, 145 27, 2 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 680m (2.x.1982)—(2 km WNW; Site 2), -16 0 5, 145 28, 2 workers, stick brushing, QMBA Berlesate 483, 50m (2.x.1982); 3 workers, 50 m (3.x.1982); baited pitfall trap, 50m (GBM, 19.i.1983)—(Site 4), -16 0 5, 145 28, QMBA Berlesate 454, 200 m (7.x.1982); 2 workers, QMBA Berlesate 528, 200 m (GBM &amp; DKY, 21.iv.83)—(Site 5), 4 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 80 m (27.x.1982).
<emphasis box="[524,867,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Gold Creek, McDowall Range</emphasis>
(-16 0 5, 145 17) 650m (RWT &amp; TAW, 1.xi.1976.
<emphasis box="[151,348,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">McDowall Range</emphasis>
(-16 0 6, 145 20), pyrethrum knockdown, 520 m, (GBM &amp; DWC, 27.xi.1985).
<emphasis box="[1239,1384,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Oliver Creek</emphasis>
, -16 0 6, 145 28, stick brushing, 10 m (GBM, 5.i.83).
<emphasis box="[701,849,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Mt Hemmant</emphasis>
, -16 0 7, 145 23, 7 workers, QMBA Berlesates 543, 544, 545, 880 m (GBM &amp; DWC, 25.iv.1983).
<emphasis box="[674,792,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Mt Sorrow</emphasis>
, -16 0 8, 145 26, 5 workers, QMBA Berlesate 261, 800m (GBM, 19.x.1980).
<emphasis box="[377,557,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Table Mountain</emphasis>
(-16 0 9, 145 26), 320m (GBM &amp; DWC, 24.iv.1983).
<emphasis box="[1180,1340,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Cooper Creek</emphasis>
, -16 11, 145 26, 2 workers, near sea level (RWT &amp; JDF, 22.vi.1971).
<emphasis box="[857,1042,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Thornton Range</emphasis>
(-16 14, 145 26)(type locality) 20 workers from 4 separately collected colony series, 150180 m (RWT &amp; JDF, 23.vi.1971)—ANIC vials 12/27, 32, 35, 36—worker, ANIC berlesate 327 (RWT &amp; JDF, 23.vi.1971).
<emphasis box="[873,1040,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Thornton Peak</emphasis>
, -16 15, 145 26, 2 workers, QMBA Berlesate 301, 10001100 m (GBM &amp; DWC, 2022.ix.1981); 10001300 m (GBM &amp; DWC, 2022.ix.1981).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">EA3 (Windsor Tableland):</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[435,656,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Windsor Tableland</emphasis>
(-16 145)—site 1, 6 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 1140 m (27.xii.1989)—site 2, 3 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 1160 m (10.i.1989)—site 9, 6 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 1186 m (8.i.1989)—ref 901088, 6 workers, pyrethrum knockdown, 1186 m (12.i.1989)(all E. Schmidt &amp; ANZSES).
<emphasis box="[308,519,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Windsor Tableland</emphasis>
(-16 145)—3 workers, 1050 m, QMBA berlesate 393—2 workers, 900 m—pitfall trap, 900 m (all GBM, DKY &amp; DWC, labeled either 16 or 1518.iv.1982).
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1036,1354,871,896]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">EA4 (Carbine Tableland):</emphasis>
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Devils Thumb</emphasis>
area, —16 34, 145 17 (10 km NW of
<taxonomicName box="[661,771,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Staphylinidae" genus="Mossman" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="165" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mossman</taxonomicName>
)
<emphasis box="[779,803,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163"></emphasis>
pyrethrum knockdown, rainforest, 10001180 m (GBM, DKY &amp; GIT, 10.x.1982), 1 worker. All samples with ecological data are labelled “rainforest” or “RF. Unless noted each comprises a single worker collected by Berlese funnel from leafmould or litter (usually sieved).
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,340,1954,1976]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">FIGURES 1013.</emphasis>
<emphasis box="[347,616,1954,1976]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicName box="[347,616,1954,1976]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodopygea" status="sp. n.">Heteroponera rhodopygea</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" box="[623,681,1955,1976]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162">
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[623,681,1955,1976]" pageId="11" pageNumber="162" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype worker, standard views (HW = 1.27mm, PW = 0.91mm, WL = 1.55, GW = 1.02mm).
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</caption>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,491,1015,1040]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Elevational distribution.</emphasis>
Apparently represented throughout the rainforested elevational range in
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1323,1376,1015,1040]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">EA1</emphasis>
(850 to 1100 m),
<emphasis bold="true" box="[287,340,1052,1076]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">EA2</emphasis>
(“near sea level” to 1,300 m on Thornton Peak) and
<emphasis bold="true" box="[932,985,1052,1076]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">EA3</emphasis>
(9001186 m on Windsor Tableland).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="163" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,418,1087,1112]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Worker diagnosis.</emphasis>
General features, conformation, coloration and major sculpturation as illustrated. Closely similar to the allopatric
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<emphasis box="[422,529,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. relicta</emphasis>
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, as characterized above, but with the head, mesosoma and node medium-brown and the gaster more brightly orange brown, matching the antennae and legs. Sculpturing of scrobes, propodeal declivity and node posteriorly, and of borders of propodeal declivity as described for
<taxonomicName box="[1166,1277,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relicta">
<emphasis box="[1166,1277,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. relicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis box="[1296,1428,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Dimensions</emphasis>
: (holotype (Thornton Range); smallest paratype (Thornton Range), largest paratype (Mt Finnigan summit)): (ca): 5.4, 5.0, 6.0; HW: 1.27, 1.18, 1.39; HL: 1.22, 1.11, 1.30; CI: 104, 106, 106; EL: 0.25, 0.20, 0.26; SL: 0.76, 0.67, 0.77; SI: 59, 57, 55; PW: 0.91, 0.82, 0.96; WL: 1.55, 1.42, 1.66; petW: 0.52, 0.51, 0.60; GW 1.02, 0.92, 1.13.
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<paragraph box="[199,669,1340,1364]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,356,1341,1364]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Related taxa.</emphasis>
See above under
<emphasis box="[555,669,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<taxonomicName box="[555,665,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relicta">H. relicta</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,592,1375,1400]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">In-group sympatric associations.</emphasis>
Sympatric variously with
<emphasis box="[898,1205,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<taxonomicName box="[898,1048,1375,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trachypyx">H. trachypyx</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName box="[1061,1205,1377,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="viviennae">H. viviennae</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName box="[1264,1381,1375,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilsoni">
<emphasis box="[1264,1381,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see those species entries for details). Note the possibly biologically significant similarities in coloration between these three species (refer Figs).
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<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="163" type="discussion">
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1485,1508]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Remarks.</emphasis>
Despite their similarities and allopatric distribution
<taxonomicName box="[948,1061,1484,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="relicta">
<emphasis box="[948,1061,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. relicta</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis box="[1128,1303,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. rhodopygea</emphasis>
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are highly consistent morphospecies with well represented, clearly defined distributional ranges. They are considered here to represent separate biological species.
<emphasis box="[589,890,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<taxonomicName box="[589,890,1556,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rhodopygea">Heteroponera rhodopygea</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
was included in Feitosas (2011) phylogenetic analysis as “
<emphasis box="[291,446,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<taxonomicName box="[291,446,1593,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Heteroponera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="163" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Heteroponera</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
sp A”, sister to
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<emphasis box="[627,733,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">H. relicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph box="[199,1015,1628,1652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,333,1629,1652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="163">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name (a noun in apposition) refers to the reddish gaster.
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