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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 38A-F, 85AA, 88K</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype</emphasis>
.
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Madagascar. •1 major worker; Antsiranana; Ambondrobe, 41.1 km 175° Vohemar;
<geoCoordinate degrees="13.71533" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-13.71533">-13.71533</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="50.10167" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="50.10167">50.10167</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 10 m; 1 Dec 2004; Fisher et al. leg.; BLF11264, CASENT0107946 (CASC).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Madagascar. •2w., 1q.; same data as for holotype; CASENT0107947, CASENT0217986, CASENT0872084 (CASC).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material.</paragraph>
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Madagascar. -
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Antsiranana</emphasis>
: •1s.; Binara Forest;
<geoCoordinate degrees="13.26207" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-13.26207">-13.26207</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49.60505" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.60505">49.60505</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 692 m; 20 Oct 2013; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0353324 (CASC). •2w., 1s.;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="dAnalabe">d'Analabe</normalizedToken>
, 30.0 km 72°ENE Daraina;
<geoCoordinate degrees="13.08333" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-13.08333">-13.08333</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49.90833" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.90833">49.90833</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 30 m; 27 Nov 2003; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0041430, CASENT0041449, CASENT0048846 (CASC). •1w., 2s.;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
de Bekaraoka, 6.8 km 60°ENE Daraina; -13.16667, 49.71; alt. 150 m; 7 Dec 2003; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0044312, CASENT0044422, CASENT0044438 (CASC). •2w., 2s.;
<normalizedToken originalValue="Forêt">Foret</normalizedToken>
de Binara, 7.5 km 230°SW Daraina;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49.61667" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.61667">49.61667</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 375 m; 1 Dec 2003; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0041832, CASENT0041833, CASENT0041890, CASENT0041895 (CASC). •1s.; Parc National de Marojejy, Manantenina River, 27.6 km 35°NE Andapa, 9.6 km 327°NNW Manantenina; -14.435, 49.76; alt. 775 m; 15 Nov 2003; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0045241 (CASC). •1w.;
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. Analamerana, 28.4 km 99° Anivorano-Nord;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="49.49483" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="49.49483">49.49483</geoCoordinate>
; alt. 60 m; 5 Dec 2004; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; CASENT0054163 (CASC).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Head, in full-face view, cordate, widened posteriorly; sides of the head with dense, long, suberect to erect pilosity; antennal scrobes present, impressed, and indistinctly delimited ventrally and posteriorly by carinulae; scrobe surface foveolate, with distinct, thick, moderately sparse, longitudinal rugae; propodeal spines long (PSL: 0.19-0.23 (0.21)); gaster shagreened; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, high, narrow, and triangular, closely spaced, with rounded apex; outer hypostomal teeth slightly lower and thinner than inner hypostomal teeth, lobe-like.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Head foveolate, genae with smooth notch; propodeal spines long (PSL: 0.12-0.14 (0.13)); promesonotum low, slightly convex, short, with posterior declivity relatively steep; mesosoma foveolate, katepisternum and mesonotum with smooth notches.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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Measurements (
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= 10): HL: 1.03-1.11 (1.08); HW: 0.99-1.1 (1.05); SL: 0.49-0.57 (0.52); EL: 0.12-0.14 (0.13); WL: 0.83-0.91 (0.87); PSL: 0.19-0.23 (0.21); MTL: 0.48-0.54 (0.51); PNW: 0.48-0.57 (0.53); PTW: 0.13-0.17 (0.15); PPW: 0.4-0.51 (0.47); CI: 95.1-99.3 (98.0); SI: 47.1-53.1 (49.7); PSLI: 18.2-20.8 (19.1); PPI: 29.1-36.1 (33.1); PNI: 45.9-52.9 (49.9); MTI: 44.8-50.8 (48.8).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In full-face view cordate, slightly longer than wide, anterior of eyes slightly convex, posterior of eyes convex, occipital margins of lobes convex (Fig.
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). In lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; dorsal face not depressed posteriorly; inner hypostomal teeth visible. Sides of the head with dense, long, suberect to erect pilosity; whole head with dense, short, suberect to erect pilosity. Antennal scrobes impressed and indistinctly delimited ventrally and posteriorly by carinulae; scrobe surface foveolate, with distinct, thick, moderately sparse, longitudinal rugae. Occipital lobes shiny, with thick, sparse, irregular rugae, rugae weakening posteriorly, interspaces with fine and dense rugulae; frons with moderately sparse, thick, longitudinal rugae, on the posterior part rugae longitudinal to irregular, interspaces with fine and dense rugulae, sometimes rugulae fading on the central part of frons; genae with dense, moderately thick, and irregular rugulae, interspaces with dense and fine rugulae; malar area with thick, sparse, longitudinal rugae, interspaces smooth to indistinctly rugulose. Centre of clypeus shiny and with indistinct, short rugulae, lateral sides with longitudinal rugae; median notch present, moderately wide and shallow; median longitudinal carina present; lateral longitudinal carinae present. Scape, when laid back, slightly exceeding the midlength of head; pilosity suberect to erect (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38B, D</figureCitation>
). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, high, narrow, and triangular, closely spaced, with rounded apex; outer hypostomal teeth slightly lower and thinner than inner hypostomal teeth, lobe-like (Fig. 85AA).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
.
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In lateral view, promesonotum relatively low and arched, posterior mesonotum relatively steep, without tubercle-like projections; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines long, triangular, thin, with sharp apex and moderately narrow base; humeral area laterally weakly produced (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38D</figureCitation>
). Surface foveolate, with additional sparse to dense, moderately thick rugoreticulation; dorsoventral propodeum with fading sculpture. Pilosity moderately sparse, long, erect (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38D, F</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Shiny; peduncle moderately long, foveolate, with very distinct, wide, horizontal lobes on its basal part; node relatively high, thin, with rounded apex, in rear view node with deep dorsoventral concavity; pilosity long and erect (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38D, F</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Shiny and foveolate; in dorsal view sides with long, wide, acute, and triangular projections; pilosity long and erect (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38D, F</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Shiny and shagreened; pilosity dense, long, and erect (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Bright brown to dark brown, sometimes head with brighter colouration; legs yellow (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 38.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0107947) and full-face view (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
), profile (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
), and dorsal view (
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0107946).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
Measurements (
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= 10): HL: 0.44-0.53 (0.49); HW: 0.4-0.45 (0.43); SL: 0.47-0.51 (0.5); EL: 0.08-0.11 (0.1); WL: 0.58-0.63 (0.6); PSL: 0.12-0.14 (0.13); MTL: 0.35-0.4 (0.37); PNW: 0.28-0.33 (0.3); PTW: 0.07-0.09 (0.08); PPW: 0.1-0.13 (0.11); CI: 82.6-94.3 (86.7); SI: 110.2-122.0 (115.8); PSLI: 23.4-30.9 (26.5); PPI: 60.4-82.9 (71.7); PNI: 67.2-75.3 (71.0); MTI: 81.0-90.9 (86.7).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Occipital margin straight or indistinctly concave; occipital carina indistinct (Fig.
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). Pilosity moderately dense, long, suberect. Head foveolate; genae with smooth notch. Clypeus foveolate; median longitudinal carina absent; two lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, surpassing the posterior head margin by two-fifths of its length; pilosity erect (Fig.
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).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In lateral view, promesonotum low, slightly convex, short, with posterior declivity relatively steep; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove present; propodeal spines long, triangular, with acute apex and narrow base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38C</figureCitation>
). Sculpture foveolate; katepisternum and mesonotum with smooth notches. Pilosity moderately sparse, short, and erect (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38C, E</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Peduncle moderately short and thin; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38C, E</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Short, low, and convex; with few short, erect setae (Fig.
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).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
With moderately sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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).
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour</emphasis>
.
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Yellow (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 38" captionStartId="F38" captionText="Figure 38. Pheidole vohamarensis sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0107947) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0107946)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.905.39592.figure38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/373085" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">38C, E</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">From type locality.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The species was collected between 10-775 m in elevation, in tropical dry forest, littoral rainforest, and rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole vohemarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is most similar to
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. manantenensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="manantenensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. manantenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
It differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. manantenensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="manantenensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. manantenensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in presence of longitudinal rugae on antennal scrobes, frons never with foveolae, higher promesonotum and petiolar peduncle with wide and distinct horizontal lobes on its basal part.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
It differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. vohemarensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="vohemarensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. vohemarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. in promesonotum with posterior declivity relatively steep and katepisternum and mesonotum with smooth notches.
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