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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF838440FF2BFD9BFE29278F" bold="true" box="[151,414,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Prenolepis nepalensis</emphasis>
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(worker)
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:
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9670-7 (ANTWEB CASENT0281462) (
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF838440FF7BFCE9FE14263E" bold="true" box="[199,419,798,823]" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
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Posterolateral borders of the clypeus are shallow, making the cuticle of the clypeus appear continuous with that of the gena (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF838440FDB2FCB5FDFC2652" box="[526,587,834,859]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–3" captionStartId="4.[151,264,946,969]" captionTargetBox="[166,1400,315,916]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,298,925]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1–3. Illustrations of head shapes in full-face view for all three species. 1, P. dugasi; 2, P. lakekamu; 3, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302001/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Fig 3</figureCitation>
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). Three small ocelli present. Mesosoma is robust and compact. Pronotum is rounded and discontinuous with the mesonotum, which forms a dorsal hump anteriorly (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF838440FBCBFC91FB022676" box="[1143,1205,870,895]" captionStart="FIGURES 4–6" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1350,1373]" captionTargetBox="[162,1425,1026,1320]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,1018,1329]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 4–6. Illustrations of mesosoma shapes in profile view for all three species. 4, P. dugasi; 5, P. lakekamu; 6, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302003/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Fig 6</figureCitation>
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). Petiole is forwardinclined, subtriangular, and not elongate (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF838440FDDBFC7DFD1226AA" box="[615,677,906,931]" captionStart="FIGURES 4–6" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1350,1373]" captionTargetBox="[162,1425,1026,1320]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,1018,1329]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 4–6. Illustrations of mesosoma shapes in profile view for all three species. 4, P. dugasi; 5, P. lakekamu; 6, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302003/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Fig 6</figureCitation>
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). A distinct sparsity of long macrosetae on the head and mesosoma. Scapes and legs with an abundance of smaller, decumbent setae and pubescence.
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<paragraph id="6325780FFF838440FF2BF84EFBD322E7" blockId="7.[151,1435,1977,2030]" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF838440FF2BF84EFEE322C6" bold="true" box="[151,340,1977,2000]" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">FIGURES 13–15.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF838440FEE6F84DFD8E22D9" authorityName="Williams & Lapolla" authorityYear="2018" box="[346,569,1978,2000]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="178" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nepalensis">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF838440FEE6F84DFD8E22D9" box="[346,569,1978,2000]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="178">Prenolepis nepalensis</emphasis>
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holotype worker ANTWEB CASENT0281462. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body. Images were downloaded from www.AntWeb.org and were taken by Zach Lieberman.
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFF7BFF60FECC25B9" bold="true" box="[199,379,151,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Compare with:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFE3EFF6EFE4F25B9" authorityName="Williams & LaPolla" authorityYear="2016" box="[386,504,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="darlena">P. darlena</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFDBFFF6EFDDE25B9" authorityName="Bharti & Wachkoo" authorityYear="2012" box="[515,617,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fisheri">P. fisheri</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFDC8FF6EFD4025B9" baseAuthorityName="Williams & LaPolla" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[628,759,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fustinoda">P. fustinoda</taxonomicName>
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WORKER.
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFEECFF4AFD8B25DD" box="[336,572,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Measurements (n=1)</emphasis>
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: CMC: 2; EL: 0.19; HL: 0.72; HW: 0.67; MMC: 0; PMC: 2; PrMC: 2; SL: 0.75; TL: 2.86; WL: 0.92; CI: 93; REL: 26; REL2: 28; SI: 112.
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Uniformly medium to dark brown head, mesosoma, gaster, legs, and antennae; entire cuticle smooth and shiny, with some light reticulation on head and gaster; sparse erect macrosetae on head and mesosoma; longer erect macrosetae on gaster; no erect macrosetae on scapes or legs, except for long, erect hairs on lateral margins of procoxae; decumbent setae and sparse pubescence cover entire head, mesosoma, and gaster; scapes and legs covered in dense pubescence; head about as broad as long and subtriangular in shape, with indistinct posterolateral corners; three small ocelli present; eyes moderately large and convex, but do not surpass lateral margins of head in full-face view; torulae overlap with posterior border of clypeus; clypeus without prominent anterolateral lobes; posterolateral borders of clypeus also relatively shallow, so that cuticle of clypeus and gena appears continuous (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF8C844FFF22FDD3FF692735" box="[158,222,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–3" captionStartId="4.[151,264,946,969]" captionTargetBox="[166,1400,315,916]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,298,925]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1–3. Illustrations of head shapes in full-face view for all three species. 1, P. dugasi; 2, P. lakekamu; 3, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302001/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Fig 3</figureCitation>
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); mandibles with 5 teeth on masticatory margin; ectal surface of mandibles smooth and shiny; in profile view, mesosoma is overall robust and compact; pronotum is rounded and discontinuous with mesonotum, which is also rounded and abruptly rises above pronotum, and declines posteriorly (
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); metathoracic spiracles abruptly rise above the mesonotum at the point of mesosomal constriction; propodeum is slightly rounded with a flattened dorsal face; dorsal apex of petiole scale is low in profile and forward-inclined (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF8C844FFBB7FD43FBFE27C4" box="[1035,1097,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURES 4–6" captionStartId="4.[151,264,1350,1373]" captionTargetBox="[162,1425,1026,1320]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,1018,1329]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 4–6. Illustrations of mesosoma shapes in profile view for all three species. 4, P. dugasi; 5, P. lakekamu; 6, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302003/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Fig 6</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="2B802B84FF8C844FFF7BFD20FDF82119" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="6325780FFF8C844FFF7BFD20FAE327F9" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1040]" box="[199,1364,727,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFF7BFD20FEE627F9" bold="true" box="[199,337,727,752]" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Etymology:</emphasis>
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The specific epithet is named after the country of
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<collectingCountry id="1B8D389FFF8C844FFC3AFD20FC7B27F9" box="[902,972,727,752]" name="Nepal" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Nepal</collectingCountry>
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, where the
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was collected.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6325780FFF8C844FFF7BFD0BFDF82119" blockId="8.[151,1437,151,1040]" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFF7BFD0BFEA4261C" bold="true" box="[199,275,764,789]" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Notes:</emphasis>
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This species most strongly resembles the other three that are known from
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<collectingCountry id="1B8D389FFF8C844FFBEBFD0BFB2D261C" box="[1111,1178,764,789]" name="Nepal" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Nepal</collectingCountry>
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and nearby regions (
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFA3BFD0AFED12631" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFA3BFD0AFF462631" authorityName="Williams & LaPolla" authorityYear="2016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="darlena">P. darlena</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFF40FCD6FED52631" authorityName="Bharti & Wachkoo" authorityYear="2012" box="[252,354,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fisheri">P. fisheri</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFE20FCD6FDA82631" baseAuthorityName="Williams & LaPolla" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[412,543,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fustinoda">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFE20FCD6FDA82631" box="[412,543,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">P. fustinoda</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) but can most readily be distinguished by its lack of long, erect macrosetae and distinct body shape. Of these four species,
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<taxonomicName id="A49A038CFF8C844FFD0FFCB2FCFA2654" authorityName="Williams & Lapolla" authorityYear="2018" box="[691,845,836,861]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="179" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nepalensis">
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<emphasis id="51EEA41DFF8C844FFD0FFCB2FCFA2654" box="[691,845,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">P. nepalensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is the only one to have: (1) relatively shallow posterolateral clypeal borders, making the cuticle of the clypeus and gena appear continuous (
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<figureCitation id="FBA1648AFF8C844FFB7EFC90FAB62689" box="[1218,1281,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURES 1–3" captionStartId="4.[151,264,946,969]" captionTargetBox="[166,1400,315,916]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,298,925]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1–3. Illustrations of head shapes in full-face view for all three species. 1, P. dugasi; 2, P. lakekamu; 3, P. nepalensis." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1302001/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="179">Fig 3</figureCitation>
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); (2) a sparse layer of pubescence or decumbent hairs across the mesosoma, rather than an abundance of erect macrosetae; (3) scapes that are densely covered in pubescence and lack erect macrosetae; (4) a distinctly more robust and compact mesosoma, with the mesonotum rounded and rising above the pronotum; and (5) a forward-inclined triangular petiole that is relatively short in length.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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