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<mods:title id="F8EF3AC1E5D83F38B65A109D127C75A1">A new genus of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Venezuela.</mods:title>
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<treatment id="2570B7F62D11A855DBA11493BB6516D6" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6282252" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100120460" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6282252" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:2570B7F62D11A855DBA11493BB6516D6" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2570B7F62D11A855DBA11493BB6516D6" lastPageNumber="177" pageNumber="174">
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<taxonomicName id="46A418F2A76903BB897219A16B17E391" ID-CoL="KPBK" ID-ENA="604458" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26044" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="174" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispidula" status="sp. n.">Bariamyrma hispidula</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="0D3C416BEA9FF4F64CDFFDAAC359666A" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="A61D1E1FF16F70D8301A9EBED0D7983B" pageNumber="174">(Figs. 1-4)</paragraph>
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material. -
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<materialsCitation id="A847681E7751A597B8E21E24CCAA202A" collectedFrom="rainforest" collectingDate="1985-11-21" collectingDateMax="1985-11-28" collectingDateMin="1985-11-21" collectingMethod="flight intercept pan trap" collectorName="P. J. Spangler" country="Venezuela" latitude="0.8333333" location="Cerro de la Neblina Basecamp" longitude="-66.166664" municipality="Amazonas" specimenCount="141" specimenCount-male="140" specimenCount-queen="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus id="E20F893CE2DE24ECE0F421CCD8148F44">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<specimenCount id="892BE5B8BB07395D55003E8536B08260" type="male">140 m</specimenCount>
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<collectingMethod id="84DAC8B3E69173C883251FCAFF9D972B">flight intercept pan trap</collectingMethod>
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in
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<date id="744E2A9A15D2882377A857EACE78AEB0" value="1985-11-28">28.11.1985</date>
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<collectorName id="FFC40904C12F2C82A6D19FADB4163039">P. J. Spangler</collectorName>
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. In the Instituto de Zoologia Agricola collection, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection id="A187893CB0EE07506264A6906270EAF6" type="description">
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<paragraph id="DD9F66EAACA3DFF3F3EA1A384DC82628" pageNumber="174">Description</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3068E1AF7669030529F45E879F7FCE37" pageNumber="174">Holotype female (Fig. 1). - Dimensions: HL 1.34, HW (excluding eyes) 1.17, ED 0.33, ML (straight line distance along external margin from insertion to anteriormost margin) 0.73, SL 0.95, WL 2.03 mm, CI 0.87, SI 0.81, MI 0.63.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5E7FC3C8349E6585F1FE4E91D1BEC417" lastPageNumber="175" pageNumber="174">Head (Fig. 2) in full face view with posterior margin broadly convex, sides more or less parallel. Clypeus with transverse rugae. Eyes large and prominent, situated at cephalic midlength, 3 well developed ocelli present at vertex. Dorsolateral mandibular surface rugulose, but smooth and shining about the chewing and basal margins. Dorsal cephalic sculpture between frontal carinae longitudinally porcate. Frontal lobes anteriorly thin and lamellar, partially raised and leaving the basal condyles partially exposed in frontal view. Basal antennal sclerite partially covering part of the basal condyle, condylar constriction sharp, forming an obtuse angle with an oblique basal flat surface of the scape. Antennal fossae deep, laterally bordered by more or less parallel rugulae that become more irregular between the eye and frontal carina and posterad. Flexor surface of scape with a broad sul-</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3B808279C9569E96CE1563EFF5865ADF" pageNumber="175">
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Fig. 2.
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<taxonomicName id="1C486EA6CBA2E9E1EF4DCB0A44B163C5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26044" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="175" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispidula" status="gen. n., sp. n.">Bariamyrma hispidula</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="BE75BEFC96B915541EC4B9505A4BF017" rank="species">gen. n., sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, alate queen: head, frontal view. Scale = 0.4 mm.
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<paragraph id="B110A2869529EB49C0CB24406F36525B" pageNumber="175">cus, scape slightly bent basally, expanding apicad. Scape with longitudinal costulae; funicular segments colliculate. Cephalic ventrum with a median carina, and medially smooth and shining.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="693E065001BE6200BDA3CD1AAB60E4A7" lastPageNumber="176" pageNumber="175">Pronotal collar with imbricate microsculpture. Frontal pronotal surface transverse porcate, anterolaterally with an excavate area of smooth sculpture behind the lower occipital corners of the head. Pronotum with a lateromedian depression and with a convex posterior lobe; sculpture porcate-rugose. Humeri bluntly angulate in dorsal view. Mesonoturn longitudinally rugose. Anepisternum with transverse rugae, divided from katepisernum by a broad and deep sulcus. Katepisternum with transverse rugae but more sharply defined than in the anepisternum, with broader and shallower areas between them. Carinae on metapleuron and lateral propodeal face as in anepisternum, slightly more effaced. Propodeal spiracle large and rounded, facing obliquely caudad. Suture before scutellum broad and with two median concave depressions. Scutellum roughly rugose, with an anterior shelf and a slight median depression deviding the sclerite into two low lateral bulges. Declivitous propodeal face transversely porcate above teeth, smooth and shining between and below them. Inferolateral propodeal margin with very broad smooth and shining areas between sparse carinae; opening of metapleural gland contained in a thin-walled cup like structure. Low rugosities on petiole and postpetiole(Fig. 4).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="26E6E1A1EABE1A3842A87B948965234A" pageNumber="176">
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Figs 3-4.
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<taxonomicName id="E8C1207362691B604676EA1B007C9EF5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26044" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma hispidula Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispidula" status="gen. n., sp. n.">Bariamyrma hispidula</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="EF0B3E3E22F02079F482C5D2CA6DD309" rank="species">gen. n., sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, alate queen: (3) venation of anterior wing; (4) petiole and postpetiole, lateral view. Scales = 1.0 mm.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="07E185303A72D8BF205F85D083422975" pageNumber="176">First gastric segment larger than other segments, mostly smoth and shining except for a short series of longitudinal carinae next to the postpetiolar junction. Gaster in lateral view ventrally convex and dorsally broadly convex. Tibiae and femora with longitudinal low rugosity; claws simple. Most of body plus extremities covered with abundant stiff,</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="016605186B9ACE072AFF98AFCA10FFEC" pageNumber="176">erect to suberect, bristle-like hairs. Decumbent hairs on mandibles, scapes, funiculus. Abundant decumbent pilosity on pronotum and legs; also on anterior and anterolateral procoxal faces, mesocoxae and anterior mesocoxal face. Sparse decumbent pilosity on gaster. Body blackish brown, legs slightly lighter, wings (Fig. 3) brown. Worker, male and larvae unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6AC2DE62FCA4D31B4923D6570E8B3545" pageNumber="176">Ecology. - Practically unknown. The fact that the specimen was taken from a flight intercept trap on the ground would make it likely that this is a ground nesting species and not a canopy dwelling ant.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C520443C4467047A1C8D2BFC1A518255" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="B79F2BF887A62743F739461BB4368683" pageNumber="176">Discussion</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="63102CE5711FD08F7D7C6116A9FA7C0A" pageNumber="176">
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The following characters from the generic diagnosis can be considered as plesiomorphic since they are common to the
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<taxonomicName id="56D58C243ACB7EC797041C6E56A35ACD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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group of genera, though to be close to the ancestral myrmicine stock:
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="255F16511B1F2A3F3506A5B3EA2B0DE2" pageNumber="176">
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1. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 21. A median clypeal carina can be found in tetramoriines, myrmicines and throughout many ectatommines, the group of ponerines thought to be direct ancestors of
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<taxonomicName id="3581285CE831BDA34A588654A06940A9" authorityName="Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau" authorityYear="1835" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Myrmicinae">Myrmicinae</taxonomicName>
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. The carinae on the clypeus are few and it is not hard to envisage a distinctly bicarinate state from the present condition. The position of the propodeal spiracle in
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<taxonomicName id="34650DE91FD558509EA4B025FE054E16" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24927" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1855" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetramorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetramorium</taxonomicName>
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and most myrmicine genus-group members is low on the side and towards the propodeal declivity, yet this is probably a derived state. The plesiomorphic state of situation of the propodeal spiracles is considered to be high and tending to midlength, or a little anterad of midlength(Bolton pers. comm.), a position quite similar to that in
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<taxonomicName id="F61F02BC346159303F2A7DF83EC01CBF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="2AC9B548F0EBEBEAC1100E02EA97C527" pageNumber="176">The following can be considered apomorphic through reduction:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C364C6FD5ACA19832EC14ECD6E1B559A" pageNumber="176">2. A higher palp formula count of 4,3 is predominant in myrmicines and tetramoriines, though the latter present occasional reductions of 3,2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3EC3385AFF89583E1224780EA7CFC123" pageNumber="176">
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4. A broader clypeus such as that found in
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<taxonomicName id="99D4F5F8136B47FECBEEEB7A9BD21AE2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authority="Latreille" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica Latreille</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="A619782C8E7272729C31EC18751153C2" authority="Mayr" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1855" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetramorium Mayr</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="63E7B4C54382A65EB14B5733F358C1E8" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1839" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pheidole Westwood</taxonomicName>
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, etc. would be the primitive state.
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<paragraph id="C3DDA24CA0A5C572E3976EABB44E2E38" pageNumber="176">
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20. Simple spurs, or their absence, is the apomorphic condition derived from pectinate spurs on the meso- and metatibiae, which is predominant in the
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<taxonomicName id="9E8F1EB0E72DCF305C955388AFCD4EEF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="9A51341637461A1FE2CAE23B4D64DCE8" pageNumber="176">The following are considered apomorphic through development:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8133E0ECA74F2F46095BE122DB283287" lastPageNumber="177" pageNumber="176">
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3. The plesiomorphic state would be a straight to evenly shallowly convex anteromedian border with no prominences nor ornaments and not covering the basal mandibular margins, as is predominant in the
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<taxonomicName id="87A680AB089D48A3ED721DC1781C11B8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="176" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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group and tetramoriines, with the exception of
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<taxonomicName id="6B21CEBD9F4668715B906F660E86D867" authority="Mayr." authorityName="Mayr" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rhoptromyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rhoptromyrmex Mayr.</taxonomicName>
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There the clypeus is convex and covers the basal mandibular margins but it is not pronounced into a point (Bolton 1976: 295).
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<paragraph id="568A150A94A513EA259FC29C60261922" pageNumber="177">
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8. Frontal carinae are absent in the
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<taxonomicName id="800D718D7931C502C63687057C78B364" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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group but developed in the tetramoriines. Other lower myrmicines with well defined frontal carinae are genera close to
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<taxonomicName id="8FB86E25F8F4A8C6710AFBFD5229BAEA" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma Emery</taxonomicName>
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, yet these groups have gone on to develop scrobes, a character not evident in
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<taxonomicName id="E44CFE8EA3255B3B8CD6A13BF90516D2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="3D6F7BB0704A102853A2DE92B2DA665A" pageNumber="177">
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14,15. The predominant and apparently primitive state in the
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<taxonomicName id="F5158DE80D83161044ED49675B6749EA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="FD2AD209877601D1313D8F9C2C707BD8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24927" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1855" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetramorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetramorium</taxonomicName>
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groups is a long and narrow V-shaped open cleft that reaches between the metacoxae and slightly beyond, and the presence of a metasternal process (Bolton 1988: 268).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9785EB25B8229FCB17646D3B9AC70C8F" pageNumber="177">
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16. A subquadrate node is probably plesiomorphic in myrmicines. The low conical node is characteristic of most lower and higher pheidolines and can be encountered in
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<taxonomicName id="385C011321238A78F8CB94F6E6F17C5D" authority="Westwood" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1839" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Stenamma Westwood</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="E433C613021484B716DFA04592D37576" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rogeria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Rogeria Emery</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="DE513361ED88A9377DAFCC3EC9911DE2" authority="Forel" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1890" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Messor" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Messor Forel</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="6C7C68646B46D39CF08EF94B742972D9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24885" authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1839" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Pheidole Westwood" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pheidole</taxonomicName>
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and others, including the
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<taxonomicName id="5C1C3F92D03B9B531065A23C4B39D70F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma</taxonomicName>
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group of genera.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F15FBFD23416828244C3D3B64B152198" pageNumber="177">
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19. A strongly sclerotized and relatively slender sting with no flange development is considered plesiomorphic and is the condition in the
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<taxonomicName id="2823D0E88B13A5B9A76738DBDA7F338C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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group. The tetramoriines present a similar flange as in
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<taxonomicName id="954527400CA14D77277F85EE4034261C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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but it is preapical and the sting has not totally lost its piercing function (Kugler 1978:499). The sting of
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<taxonomicName id="00F9DE3A9472445FC402C775621A90AE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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suggests that it has lost the piercing capacity altogether and instead functions exclusively by airing some defensive secretion.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7F5A845EA209598B48C7FBBCEF73DBA7" pageNumber="177">Bolton (1987:271) points out consistency of the position of the petiolar spiracle within narrow limits within genus groups, but the polarity of the states is difficult to assess due to the ways possible to reach that state.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="204FDA749FD26001C76657C1BF1610D5" pageNumber="177">
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The anterior wings have a closed radial cell, a primitive condition found in the
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<taxonomicName id="8FA6C67B5AB93C5544DBD87C6AABDA7A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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group, as opposed to an open cell, to be found in the tetramoriines and other groups: The loss of 1 cubital cell and of cross vein r-m is considered the derived state from 2 cells and the presence of the cross vein, as is the case with myrmicines, but lost in tetramoriines and other ants. The steps toward the loss of r-m have been documented by Bolton (1982: 339). In
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<taxonomicName id="3E7D3B91D34DD16354E901976FE9A204" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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Rs-M branches before r-2 but in
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<taxonomicName id="EEE517AAD15BDD369C49EA7C60DAFF5A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24927" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1855" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetramorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetramorium</taxonomicName>
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it diverges at r-2 or apicad (Bolton 1976:372). The significance of hairs on the wings is unknown, though Kusnezov (1962: 378) noted their presence as variable amongst groups of ants.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BAD53841E31717127295FAD3EC23E9DF" pageNumber="177">
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The placement of this genus of apparently lower
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<taxonomicName id="4B4DDFAB42ACDA17BFE09B2C63080EF8" authorityName="Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau" authorityYear="1835" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Myrmicinae">Myrmicinae</taxonomicName>
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into established tribes or genus groups at this moment is not clear. On account of its apomorphies it is obviously not a member of the
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<taxonomicName id="EF5446E0B0C71F9B1CFDF75EC64F5C0C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24868" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Myrmica" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Myrmica Latreille" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Myrmica</taxonomicName>
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nor
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<taxonomicName id="54F4FE8CCDEC14295ABE4039BD205AB1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24927" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1855" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Tetramorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tetramorium</taxonomicName>
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genera groups. If we consider the
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<taxonomicName id="BE86EB1C70F7D63B3C58617E7DE190DD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24893" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1862" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidologeton" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Pheidologeton Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pheidologeton</taxonomicName>
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group and the characters listed by Ettershank (1966: 115) as well as those pointed out by Bolton (1987: 265) there seems to be
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F717E36FBA7F580F7E925752D7BDF168" pageNumber="177">
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no affinity. The lack of a clearly defined antennal club and presence of well developed frontal carinae in
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<taxonomicName id="6834BF8474F87F5DE23A264F831D0F20" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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plead against such a grouping. The only other universal characters within pheidologetines are the lack of a prominent median clypeal seta and a closed radial cell of the fore wing, but both are plesiomorphic states and of limited phylogenetic value. To place it in the
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<taxonomicName id="116A0B8075F26F3B39ACA954B7051C9C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2303" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Pheidolini Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Pheidolini">Pheidolini</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName id="AA12B88909DC4A1B251CB5BF157AC4B2" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Myrmecini">Myrmecini</taxonomicName>
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, polyphyletic assemblages of genera, would be of no heuristic value. The specimen does share a number of characters with
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<taxonomicName id="065A0C931346BCF8B6A6F701B7E74C90" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma</taxonomicName>
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such as the mandibular structure, convex clypeus, frontal lobes, frontal carinae, antennae, and propodeal spiracles set well forward from the margin of the declivity. Yet in
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<taxonomicName id="189C5208C6AEE49F771D229C648CB07B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma</taxonomicName>
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the clypeus is clearly bicarinate, and distinct, albeit flat, antennal scrobes are formed. In this genus the petiolar peduncle tends to be shorter, the humeral angles somewhat sharper, tibial spurs are wanting, the sting presents no flange and the propodeal spiracle is below the base of the propodeal spine. Wheeler (1919: 105) illustrates the forewing of a male
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<taxonomicName id="27EA08582BCA5E2284A8658635E9AC31" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma</taxonomicName>
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and it is quite similar to
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<taxonomicName id="14EE966CCD5F9369C4162BEF3D34DFF0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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except for the anal vein, which does not extend beyond cu-a. Wheeler also notes the presence of hairy wings. A survey of the other genera related to
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<taxonomicName id="C601BFFF409194EC5E01A465E8D3831E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authorityName="Emery" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma</taxonomicName>
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, such as
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<taxonomicName id="21C2B087C347EF963B79C3A609E8697F" authority="Weber" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1952" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cyphoidris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cyphoidris Weber</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="F1E11D9EFAC9DA28E9507AC4A9742412" authority="Wheeler" authorityName="Wheeler" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lachnomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lachnomyrmex Wheeler</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="DD3DCB115CADDD45FA6105DF72299AD9" authority="Brown & Wilson" authorityName="Brown & Wilson" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dacetinops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dacetinops Brown & Wilson</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="21028BDAAA215E466B2F36F7A7AFC859" authority="Brown" authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="1986" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Indomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Indomyrma Brown</taxonomicName>
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reveals distinct antennal scrobes and clubs, the lack of apical spurs on the meso- and metatibiae, and a raised, usually bicarinate, median clypeus. The sting in
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<taxonomicName id="2B0AF95D03B679D0B8A201DC8A22ACE7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24912" authorityName="Wheeler" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lachnomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lachnomyrmex Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lachnomyrmex</taxonomicName>
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tends to be flattened, and in
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<taxonomicName id="93B90AE7A1E75403A2051048A0B3D42A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24907" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1952" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cyphoidris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Cyphoidris Weber" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cyphoidris</taxonomicName>
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terminates in a narrow spatulate appendage.
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<taxonomicName id="7981E65D78B30B5B7EE728CDB9D53578" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24912" authorityName="Wheeler" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lachnomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lachnomyrmex Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lachnomyrmex</taxonomicName>
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has its propodeal spiracles set well back from the declivitous face margin, but
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<taxonomicName id="C62DDB175831158D2C56DFAB920AF04A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24907" authorityName="Weber" authorityYear="1952" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cyphoidris" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Cyphoidris Weber" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cyphoidris</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="FA2E9C626C10FAACFFB45D859EE87E10" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24909" authorityName="Brown & Wilson" authorityYear="1957" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dacetinops" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Dacetinops Brown & Wilson" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dacetinops</taxonomicName>
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have them positioned quite posterad. Accepting
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<taxonomicName id="80604ABB7D12194678770B7B4CBA3445" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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as a member of this assortment of genera, and even though it has several apomorphies in relation to them, such as the reduced palpal segmentation and form of the sting, on the whole it seems that
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<taxonomicName id="BC148AF8CD11F2A930B6A5942327AF20" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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is a somewhat primitive member of the group. Additional
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<taxonomicName id="EA5AEC4A3682504E457B14A299D295F6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24905" authorityName="Lattke" authorityYear="1990" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Bariamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Bariamyrma Lattke" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bariamyrma</taxonomicName>
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material such as workers or larvae are needed, plus a detailed analysis of the
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<taxonomicName id="2F921E2A7881D35FAFD0B077A60D6A32" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24913" authority="genus group" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lordomyrma genus group</taxonomicName>
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, before relationships can be firmly established.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E2D4C0F98F4B152CA26C9505F524C0D7" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="A4328DA381A6113A692FA8FBB1F00F70" pageNumber="177">
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Etymology. - The generic name Baria is the name of a river next to the Cerro Neblina expedition basecamp. The species name is derived from the Latin diminutive for bristly,
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<taxonomicName id="3ABDE3504DCD32C676BB3DFA9DD695A5" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="177" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispidula">hispidula</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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