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B); (2) scape relatively long (SI 94–98
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); (3) ventral keel of petiole fading posteriorly, not connected to the two short subparallel carinulae at posterior margin (
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D),
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C).
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<paragraph id="1B5936CD39704E6AAC8781812AA5FA47" blockId="6.[151,1437,1035,2031]" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39704E6AAC8781812B26FA3B" bold="true" box="[199,345,1430,1455]" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39704E6AAD2081802820FA3B" box="[352,607,1431,1455]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">Worker. Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<typeStatus id="C45D886F39704E6AAE2E818028A8FA3B" box="[622,727,1431,1455]" pageId="6" pageNumber="41" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
): HW 0.846, HL 0.898, SL 0.885, EL 0.257, ML 1.287, CI 94, SI 99.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39704E6AAC8781F72B04F98F" blockId="6.[151,1437,1035,2031]" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39704E6AAC8781F72B16FA63" box="[199,361,1504,1527]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
(n=6): HW 0.816–0.895, HL 0.875–0.957, SL 0.851–0.918, EL 0.243–0.274, ML 1.287–1.391, CI 93–96, SI 96–99.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39704E6BAC8782302E98FE13" blockId="6.[151,1437,1035,2031]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="6" pageNumber="41">Palp formula 3,2; mandible generally with 6 teeth, apical largest, subapical next largest, 4 basal smallest and subequal in size (basal teeth vary from 4–6, and right and left mandible of same individual can vary in basal tooth number); dorsal surface of mandible coarsely striate; clypeus bulging; compound eye set in slight concavity of head capsule, most evident posterior to eye, ventral margin of concavity delimited by small carina (concavity and ventral carina of variable strength); occipital carina thin and not visible in full-face view; face and clypeus largely smooth and shining, with about 10 longitudinal linear carinulae on clypeus, coarse carinulae on malar space between compound eye and mandible, frontal carina fading into 2–3 longitudinal carinulae posteriorly, extending to about mid-length of compound eye, variable longitudinal etching elsewhere on face, 1–2 concentric carinulae around antennal fossa; ventral surface of head smooth and shining, anterior ends of occipital carina extend about 1/ 3 distance to hypostomal margin; mesosoma generally smooth and shiny; anepisternum, katepisternum, and lower sides of propodeum overlain with longitudinal carinulae (of variable strength on katepisternum); dorsal surface of propodeum concave; juncture of dorsal and posterior faces concave medially, forming blunt angles laterally; posterior face of propodeum with about 5 transverse carinulae; foraminal carina entire; dorsal petiole, postpetiole, and gaster smooth and shining, petiole and postpetiole with a few transverse posterodorsal carinulae; ventral keel of petiole in the form of a low translucent flange, forming a short angular tooth anteriorly, splitting and becoming two small subparallel carinulae posteriorly; posterolateral petiole with longitudinal carina, delimiting posteroventral concavity between lateral carina and ventral keel; ventral margin of postpetiole with short tooth; femora, tibiae, scapes, and dorsal surface of mandible covered with abundant subdecumbent setae; face, dorsal mesosoma, dorsal petiole and postpetiole with moderately abundant suberect coarse setae; dorsal gaster with dense suberect coarse setae; general body and appendage color orange, gaster darker, dorsal setae amber.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC878582284EFE5B" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC8785822BB9FE38" box="[199,454,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Queen. Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
(n=3): HW 0.939–1.023, HL 0.929–0.950, SL 0.905–0.945, EL 0.336–0.341, ML 1.529–1.578, CI 101–108, SI 92–96.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8785CB2BAAFDA8" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
Palp formula 3,2 or 4,3, with variable or partial fusion of terminal segments; general shape, sculpture, and pilosity characters, including mandibular dentition and sculpture, similar to worker; parapsidal lines barely visible; wing venation as in
|
||
<figureCitation id="83DD2A4839714E6BAD3886332BC5FDA8" box="[376,442,548,572]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="8.[151,244,1809,1830]" captionTargetBox="[197,1390,184,1762]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[183,1404,165,1784]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 7. Megalomyrmex adamsae. A. Holotype worker, face view. B. Same, lateral view. C. Paratype queen, face view. D. Same, lateral view. E. Paratype male, face view. F. Same, lateral view. G. Male antenna. H. Queen fore and hindwing. Scale bars on face views = 0.5 mm, on lateral views and wings = 1.0 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/199871/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
|
||
H.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC87865F2F78FDCB" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" box="[199,1287,583,608]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC87865F2BCFFDF4" box="[199,432,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Male. Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
(n=1): HW 0.898, HL 0.891, SL 0.759, EL 0.525, ML 1.643, CI 101, SI 85.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC87867B29D0FCA3" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Palp formula 4,3; mandible with 5 distinct teeth, apical largest, diminishing in size basally; dorsal surface of mandible striate; antenna with third segment bent, creating a kink; clypeus and face with longitudinal carinulae; head capsule with concavity around compound eye, like worker; fused notaulae present anteromedially, parapsidal lines distinct; wing venation similar to queen; ventral margin of petiole a more delicate version of condition in worker and queen; abundant coarse suberect setae on dorsal head, mesosoma, and metasoma; color orange with darker gaster, lighter appendages, antennal segments 2–4 nearly white.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="53FC654639714E6BAC8787542EAAFC53" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8787542EAAFC53" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC8787542B58FCC8" bold="true" box="[199,295,835,860]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Biology.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAD6F87532835FCC8" box="[303,586,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAD6F87532835FCC8" box="[303,586,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Megalomyrmex adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a specialized predator of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAFD1875329AAFCC8" box="[913,981,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Attini">Attini</taxonomicName>
|
||
, like its close relative
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA89887522FEAFCC8" box="[1240,1429,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA89887522FEAFCC8" box="[1240,1429,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Colonies cohabit nests with their attine hosts as "agro-predators," feeding on fungal mycelia and perhaps attine brood.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BACA8879B287DFC30" box="[232,514,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BACA8879B287DFC30" box="[232,514,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Megalomyrmex adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE7C879A2888FC30" box="[572,759,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE7C879A2888FC30" box="[572,759,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differ in host preference:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA863879A2ED1FC30" box="[1059,1198,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA863879A2ED1FC30" box="[1059,1198,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is typically found in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BACD787A72B00FC53" authority="Forel" authorityName="Forel" box="[151,383,943,968]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BACD787A72B43FC5C" box="[151,316,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
Forel
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
nests,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAD8C87A628F8FC5C" box="[460,647,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAD8C87A628F8FC5C" box="[460,647,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAEEB87A729F1FC5D" authority="Mayr" authorityName="Mayr" box="[683,910,944,969]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sericomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAEEB87A72934FC53" box="[683,843,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Sericomyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
Mayr
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
nests (Adams, pers. comm.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="53FC654639714E6BAC8787C32961FB9B" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8787C32961FB9B" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC8787C32B31FC78" bold="true" box="[199,334,980,1004]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is named for Rachelle Adams, whose extensive field and laboratory work has greatly advanced our understanding of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE2987EF2968FB84" box="[617,791,1016,1040]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE2987EF2968FB84" box="[617,791,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Megalomyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="53FC654639714E6BAC87800C2EE4F9E0" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC87800C2E2DFB34" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC87800C2B30FBA0" bold="true" box="[199,335,1051,1076]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAD1C800B2803FBA0" box="[348,636,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAD1C800B2803FBA0" box="[348,636,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Megalomyrmex adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAEFF800A29FFFBA0" box="[703,896,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAEFF800A29FFFBA0" box="[703,896,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are very similar species. There is molecular evidence that the two are probably sister taxa (Adams, pers. comm.). The characters differentiating them in the diagnosis are consistent in Central
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAE09807328D5FBE8" box="[585,682,1124,1148]" name="United States of America" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">America</collectingCountry>
|
||
and the concordant molecular, morphological, and behavioral characters strongly support the existence of two sympatric species in central
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAFB2809E2E31FB34" box="[1010,1102,1161,1184]" name="Panama" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Panama</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8780BA29F1FAC0" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
I examined three collections from near Manaus,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAF5D80BB291BFB50" box="[797,868,1196,1220]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and one collection from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BA8E980BA2EA3FB50" box="[1193,1244,1197,1220]" name="Peru" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Peru</collectingCountry>
|
||
that are in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BACD780C72B52FB7C" box="[151,301,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BACD780C72B52FB7C" box="[151,301,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex but do not cleanly fall into either
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAF6D80C729EEFB7C" box="[813,913,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAF6D80C729EEFB7C" box="[813,913,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAFFC80C72E2EFB7C" box="[956,1105,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAFFC80C72E2EFB7C" box="[956,1105,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. They vary in coarseness of pilosity and are somewhat in between the states of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE9180E3294AFA98" box="[721,821,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE9180E3294AFA98" box="[721,821,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAF2B80E32E7FFA98" box="[875,1024,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAF2B80E32E7FFA98" box="[875,1024,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the scape is long like
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA94080E32FEAFA98" box="[1280,1429,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA94080E32FEAFA98" box="[1280,1429,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the ventral petiolar keel is more like
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE1F810F28BCFAA4" box="[607,707,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE1F810F28BCFAA4" box="[607,707,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAF4D810F29DDFAA4" box="[781,930,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAF4D810F29DDFAA4" box="[781,930,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, they nest with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA82E810F2F6BFAA4" box="[1134,1300,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA82E810F2F6BFAA4" box="[1134,1300,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Molecular evidence weakly alligns them with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE63812B28F8FAC0" box="[547,647,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE63812B28F8FAC0" box="[547,647,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Adams, pers. comm.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8781482EE4F9E0" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
Other South American examples of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAECC8177295DFAEC" box="[652,802,1376,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAECC8177295DFAEC" box="[652,802,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex have been reported. Brown observed a colony from near Manaus,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAD3281932BC9FA08" box="[370,438,1412,1436]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
(reported as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE09819328D6FA08" box="[585,681,1412,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silvestrii">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE09819328D6FA08" box="[585,681,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">silvestrii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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in
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<bibRefCitation id="7F774B3C39714E6BAE8C819329B3FA08" author="Kempf" box="[716,972,1412,1436]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" refString="Kempf, W. W. & Brown, W. L. Jr. (1968) Report on some Neotropical ant studies. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo), 22, 89 - 102." type="journal article" year="1968">Kempf & Brown 1968</bibRefCitation>
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; reidentified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA83E81932F6CFA08" box="[1150,1299,1412,1436]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="symmetochus">
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<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA83E81932F6CFA08" box="[1150,1299,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">symmetochus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by
|
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<bibRefCitation id="7F774B3C39714E6BA97D81932AACFA2B" author="Brandao" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" refString="Brandao, C. R. F. (1990) Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, 31, 411 - 481." type="journal article" year="1990">Brandão 1990</bibRefCitation>
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). He reported "The colony ... was found in a small rotten log in rain forest on
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||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BA8C281B02F68FA2B" box="[1154,1303,1447,1471]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="1962-08-26">26.VIII.1962</date>
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, in a small chamber with a small species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAE4381DB28D6FA70" box="[515,681,1484,1508]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAE4381DB28D6FA70" box="[515,681,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The ants of both species were found throughout the fungus garden of the chamber, but off to one side in a small chamber was found a group of the
|
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<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA87881E72EA1F99C" box="[1080,1246,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA87881E72EA1F99C" box="[1080,1246,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
clustered with a small piece of fungus garden unoccupied by
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAECC82032945F9B8" box="[652,826,1556,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAECC82032945F9B8" box="[652,826,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Megalomyrmex</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
. ... the situation suggested that the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BA88382022F36F9B8" box="[1219,1353,1556,1580]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silvestrii">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BA88382022F36F9B8" box="[1219,1353,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">M. silvestrii</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
colony had successfully attacked and moved into the attine nest, and was in the process of plundering it."
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<bibRefCitation id="7F774B3C39714E6BA8AB82202FE3F9DB" author="Brandao" box="[1259,1436,1591,1615]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" refString="Brandao, C. R. F. (1990) Systematic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of thirteen new species. Arquivos de Zoologia, Sao Paulo, 31, 411 - 481." type="journal article" year="1990">Brandão (1990)</bibRefCitation>
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||
reported a collection from Belem, PA,
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||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAE08824B28F0F9E0" box="[584,655,1628,1652]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Brazil</collectingCountry>
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||
, from a nest of an unidentified
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAFAD824B2EEDF9E0" box="[1005,1170,1628,1652]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAFAD824B2EEDF9E0" box="[1005,1170,1628,1652]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="53FC654639714E6BAC8782682B09F848" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC878268281CF890" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
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<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAC8782682847F90C" bold="true" box="[199,568,1663,1688]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Additional material examined.</emphasis>
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||
All collections of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAF5282972909F90C" box="[786,886,1664,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAF5282972909F90C" box="[786,886,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been from Pipeline Road in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BA94382972F20F903" box="[1283,1375,1664,1687]" name="Panama" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Panama</collectingCountry>
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||
, near Barro Colorado Island, all from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BADBE82B328DAF928" box="[510,677,1700,1724]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Trachymyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BADBE82B328DAF928" box="[510,677,1700,1724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">Trachymyrmex</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
nests, from
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BAF6E82B329BAF928" box="[814,965,1700,1724]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="1999" valueMax="2005">1999 to 2005</date>
|
||
. Additional collections are those by A. M. Green (
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BACBD82D02B3FF94B" box="[253,320,1735,1759]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/b9qz-7eka" name="Albany Museum" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">AMG</collectionCode>
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BAD0082D02BE9F94B" box="[320,406,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="10-03-12">031210</date>
|
||
–02) and R. Adams (
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BAE8C82D02958F94B" box="[716,807,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">RMMA</collectionCode>
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BAF6782D02902F94B" box="[807,893,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="27-05-07">050727</date>
|
||
–06,
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BAF8682D02E5DF94B" box="[966,1058,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">RMMA</collectionCode>
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BA86182D02E0AF94B" box="[1057,1141,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="01-05-08">050801</date>
|
||
–08,
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BA8FE82D02F66F94B" box="[1214,1305,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">RMMA</collectionCode>
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BA95982D02F11F94B" box="[1305,1390,1735,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="18-05-08">050818</date>
|
||
–05,
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BACD782FB2A8DF890" box="[151,242,1772,1796]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">RMMA</collectionCode>
|
||
990930–03,
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BAD3C82FB2BA6F890" box="[380,473,1772,1796]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">RMMA</collectionCode>
|
||
990930–19).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="1B5936CD39714E6BAC8783182B09F848" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">
|
||
Collections of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE64D4E39714E6BAD2D83072BAEF8BC" box="[365,465,1808,1832]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adamsae">
|
||
<emphasis id="2992EADF39714E6BAD2D83072BAEF8BC" box="[365,465,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">adamsae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-like material from South
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAEB783182927F8B3" box="[759,856,1807,1831]" name="United States of America" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">America</collectingCountry>
|
||
are
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAFCA8318298DF8B3" box="[906,1010,1807,1831]" name="Brazil" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">BRASIL</collectingCountry>
|
||
: Amazonia: Manaus, Headquarters of Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA)–Amazonia Occidental, located at kilometer 28 of highway AM010,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BAD3083402B8EF8FB" box="[368,497,1879,1903]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-2.88">02°52'48"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BAE43834028E4F8FB" box="[515,667,1879,1903]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-59.98">059°58'48"W</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<quantity id="DC1E9B2839714E6BAEEC83402891F8FB" box="[684,750,1879,1903]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" unit="m" value="50.0">50 m</quantity>
|
||
, primary rainforest,
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BAFA583402E05F8FB" box="[997,1146,1879,1903]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="2003-06-20">20 Jun 2003</date>
|
||
(C. Rabeling); Dimona,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BACD7836B2B67F800" box="[151,280,1916,1940]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-2.3386111">02°20'19"S</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BAD66836B2BC1F800" box="[294,446,1916,1940]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-60.102776">060°06'10"W</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<quantity id="DC1E9B2839714E6BAD8B836B2876F800" box="[459,521,1916,1940]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.5" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" unit="m" value="85.0">85 m</quantity>
|
||
, forest,
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BAE26836B288EF800" box="[614,753,1916,1940]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="2009-01-16">16 Jan 2009</date>
|
||
(S. E. Solomon); Reserva Campina,
|
||
<collectionCode id="7DF7AE0839714E6BA8DC836B2EA0F800" box="[1180,1247,1916,1940]" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">EEST</collectionCode>
|
||
Km 44,
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BA907836B2AB0F82C" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="1992-08-18">18 Aug 1992</date>
|
||
(T.R. Schultz & J. D'Arc);
|
||
<collectingCountry id="63F1765D39714E6BAE5183B62822F82C" box="[529,605,1953,1976]" name="Peru" pageId="7" pageNumber="42">PERU</collectingCountry>
|
||
: Manú: Huacaria,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BAF7283B729CCF82C" box="[818,947,1952,1976]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-12.902778">12°54'10"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="7ED2500A39714E6BAF8183B72E25F82C" box="[961,1114,1952,1976]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" precision="15" value="-71.42361">071°25'25"W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="DC1E9B2839714E6BA82783B72ECCF82C" box="[1127,1203,1952,1976]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" unit="m" value="600.0">600 m</quantity>
|
||
, wet forest,
|
||
<date id="6F58100D39714E6BA90383B72AB0F848" pageId="7" pageNumber="42" value="2004-05-29">29 May 2004</date>
|
||
(C. Rabeling).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |