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,
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Oct
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</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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,
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ANA
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</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
;
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w
</specimenCount>
, ANA
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</materialsCitation>
;
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workers
</specimenCount>
ANA
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(deposited in
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,
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34012" box="[247,334,368,392]" collectionName="Austria, Admont, Naturhistorisches Museum der Benediktiner-Abtei" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34012" name="Naturhistorisches Museum der Benediktiner-Abtei" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">NMBA</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[345,410,368,391]" collectionName="NTM" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/jg13-7fbc" name="Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">NTM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[421,469,368,392]" collectionName="Australia, Queensland, South Brisbane, Queensland Museum" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">QM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode box="[480,543,368,392]" collectionName="Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australian Museum" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">SAM</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34981" box="[555,629,368,392]" collectionName="Australia, Western Australia, Perth, Western Australian Museum" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34981" name="Western Australian Museum" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">WAM</collectionCode>
).
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,321,404,429]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A large, very dark brown glossy species with large eyes and a heavily sculptured mesonotum. This species cannot be separated from
<taxonomicName box="[527,679,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eremoides">
<emphasis box="[527,679,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. eremoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
using morphology however, both
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<emphasis box="[1063,1214,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. eremoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[1268,1395,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. eremum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are two of the most distinctive species in the
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<emphasis box="[618,761,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. rothsteini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and can be distinguished from all other species by combination of dark cuticular colour, sinuous clypeal margin and sculptured mesonotum.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,552,548,573]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
Worker measurements (n=
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).
</emphasis>
HW
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, HL
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, EL
<number box="[962,1062,548,572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.21000000000000002" valueMax="0.22" valueMin="0.2">0.20.22</number>
, PMH
<number box="[1145,1260,548,573]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.31999999999999995" valueMax="0.35" valueMin="0.29">0.290.35</number>
,
<collectingCountry box="[1272,1308,549,572]" name="Philippines" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">PH</collectingCountry>
<number box="[1317,1432,548,572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.30000000000000004" valueMax="0.33" valueMin="0.27">0.270.33</number>
, PNH
<number box="[222,337,584,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.20500000000000002" valueMax="0.23" valueMin="0.18">0.180.23</number>
, LHW
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, EW
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, PML
<number box="[837,952,583,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.565" valueMax="0.6" valueMin="0.53">0.530.60</number>
, ML
<number box="[1029,1144,584,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.985" valueMax="1.03" valueMin="0.94">0.941.03</number>
, PL
<number box="[1211,1326,584,608]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.44999999999999996" valueMax="0.47" valueMin="0.43">0.430.47</number>
, PNWdv
<number box="[151,266,620,644]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.24" valueMax="0.27" valueMin="0.21">0.210.27</number>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,446,655,680]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Worker Description.</emphasis>
Large species with a medium sized, rectangular head, posterior cephalic margin mildly depressed centrally to almost straight. Anterodorsal margin of the clypeus sinuous to almost straight, frontolateral carinae forming smooth ridges; anteroventral margin without a small median projection, margin appears straight. Sculpture on frons limited to a few strigae only present on antennal lobes; coarse lateral cephalic strigae reach anterior margin of eye or if not reaching, with a few very fine strigae reaching eye margin. Eyes large and bulbous, EW&gt;
<number box="[224,273,836,860]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="0.23">0.23</number>
x LHW,
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ommatidia in longest vertical axis,
<quantity box="[805,862,836,861]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.048" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" unit="in" value="12.0">12 in</quantity>
longest horizontal axis
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
Mesonotum strigate/rugose over most of surface posteriad of promesonotal suture; metanotal groove deep and broad. Mesopleuron alveolate, dorsally with strigae extending from metanotal groove to promesonotal suture. Propodeum in lateral view with dorsolateral angles almost forming a right angle; posterior margin appears vertical, propodeum appears long and rectangular; sculpture alveolate, laterally with strigae curving from metanotal groove on to dorsal surface, extending over metapleural gland bulla to metanotal groove and over posterior half; dorsally with longitudinal strigae mostly absent, posterodorsal corners prominent and diverging; posterolateral corners with sharp carinae that extend from propodeal lobe onto dorsal surface. Petiole node narrow, less than
<date box="[1277,1315,1088,1112]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<number box="[1277,1291,1088,1112]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="2.0">2</number>
x
</date>
eye width when viewed from above; shape in posterior view tapering from widest point just below midline and narrowly rounded dorsally, in lateral view anterior and posterior faces converging to rounded point. Posterior surface of petiole node without sculpture, rarely with fine reticulation along basal posterior margin only, postpetiole with fine reticulation. T
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commonly with very fine reticulate pattern covering most of surface, rarely smooth and shining.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Dorsal surface of head and antennal scapes dark chestnut brown, ventral surface of head and area laterad of clypeus, mandibles and antennal flagellum light brown, mesosoma and legs dark brown although lighter than dorsal surface of head, metasoma very dark brown, almost black, cuticle with a high gloss.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,352,1375,1400]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species has a widespread distribution that spans the northwestern and central desert region of Western
<collectingCountry box="[279,382,1412,1437]" name="Australia" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Australia</collectingCountry>
and the Northern Territory. Its range overlaps with
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<emphasis box="[959,1110,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. eremoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1118,1204,1413,1436]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<emphasis box="[1258,1436,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicName box="[1258,1432,1412,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subapterum">M. subapterum</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[199,1120,1447,1472]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" box="[199,1120,1447,1472]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1447,1472]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name is taken from the Latin word for desert wilderness.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection box="[199,788,1484,1509]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" box="[199,788,1484,1509]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1484,1509]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Remarks.</emphasis>
See remarks under
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<emphasis box="[537,688,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">M. eremoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[695,782,1485,1508]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="14" pageNumber="503" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,386,1519,1544]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<collectionCode LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14498" box="[199,252,1519,1544]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14498" name="University of Coimbra Botany Department" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">COI</collectionCode>
sequences
</emphasis>
. Genbank accession numbers for this species are
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KC
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</accessionNumber>
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KC
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</accessionNumber>
,
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KC
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</accessionNumber>
,
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KC
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</accessionNumber>
and
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KC
<number box="[367,452,1556,1581]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" value="572948.0">572948</number>
</accessionNumber>
KC
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="14.[151,1437,151,1616]" box="[199,777,1591,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,564,1591,1616]" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
See
<emphasis box="[618,777,1592,1616]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="503">
<taxonomicName box="[618,773,1592,1616]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="503" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="eremoides">M. eremoides</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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