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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFDFFFA95B3C01FAFCE5F967" bold="true" box="[552,836,1675,1701]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
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Within the
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFDFFFA9585F0032FE6DF89E" box="[331,460,1858,1885]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">C. degeeri</emphasis>
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-assemblage, this species is uniquely recognized by a transverse impression (
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) across the propodeum, although this character can be faint and difficult to see. Additional useful distinguishing characters are abundant erect pilosity on the promesonotum (&gt;eight setae) and carinulate or costulate sculpture on the pronotum. In its distribution range
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFDFFFA95D3200DFFB08F805" box="[1062,1193,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">C. ramamy</emphasis>
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can only be confused with
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFDFFFA9589A00A0FDA8F829" box="[398,521,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="47" pageNumber="48">C. dentata</emphasis>
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, however, the species has longer propodeal spines than the latter (
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659D3067DFEE0FEE7" box="[199,321,267,294]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. dentata</emphasis>
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: SPI 0.01
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0.10;
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B64067DFD53FEE7" box="[624,754,268,294]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. ramamy</emphasis>
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: SPI 0.07
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65AD2067DFC71FEE7" box="[966,976,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.12), and costulate sculpture on the pronotum (aciculate
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reticulate in
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B5B0641FD69FE8B" box="[591,712,303,330]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. dentata</emphasis>
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). Mean barcode divergences between
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65DE10641FAD7FE8B" box="[1269,1398,304,330]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. ramamy</emphasis>
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and other species within the
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B9D0625FCA6FEAF" box="[649,775,339,366]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. degeeri</emphasis>
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-assemblage are 12.7
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18.7 %, except with regard to
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A90609FE98FE53" box="[189,313,375,402]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C degeeri</emphasis>
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, where this is only 4.7% (
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). In our analyses,
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65AB90609FB91FE53" box="[941,1072,376,402]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. ramamy</emphasis>
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renders
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65DEF0609FAD7FE53" box="[1275,1398,375,402]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. degeeri</emphasis>
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paraphyletic (see comments in description of
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65BC706EDFCEFFE77" box="[723,846,411,438]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">C. degeeri</emphasis>
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).
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<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A906AFFEE5FE3A" bold="true" box="[189,324,478,504]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Etymology</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC0FFB659A9057CFE74FDE5" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[189,469,525,551]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ramamy" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A9057CFE74FDE5" box="[189,469,525,551]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is named after a Malagasy friend and research assistant, Maminiaina “Mamy” Rajaonarivo, in appreciation of support over several years. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A905E6FE20FD73" blockId="48.[189,385,663,689]" box="[189,385,663,689]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC0FFB659A905E6FE20FD73" bold="true" box="[189,385,663,689]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A905E6FE20FD73" bold="true" box="[189,385,663,689]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Type specimens</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659FE05B6FEFDFD23" blockId="48.[189,1398,711,845]" box="[234,348,711,737]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659FE05B6FEFDFD23" bold="true" box="[234,348,711,737]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<typeStatus id="54ACD1CAFFC0FFB659FE05B6FEFDFD23" box="[234,348,711,737]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A9059AFCB9FC8F" blockId="48.[189,1398,711,845]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<specimenCount id="9D11A4E1FFC0FFB659A9059AFEB8FCC7" box="[189,281,747,773]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="worker">Worker</specimenCount>
: pinned,
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, BLF20074, on low vegetation [imaged on AntWeb]; original locality label: MADGR:
<collectingRegion id="49D3A18AFFC0FFB658E7047EFDDBFCEB" box="[499,634,783,809]" country="Madagascar" name="Mahajanga" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Mahajanga</collectingRegion>
:
<location id="8EC839B3FFC0FFB65B91047EFC8AFCEB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BEDE7EFFDFFFB45B3C01FAFA84FB56:8EC839B3FFC0FFB65B91047EFC8AFCEB" box="[645,811,783,809]" latitude="-14.87893" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="47.97712" municipality="Worker" name="Antanambezo" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" stateProvince="Mahajanga">Antanambezo</location>
,
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<elevation id="003A885BFFC0FFB65A2E047EFCD9FCEB" box="[826,888,783,809]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" unit="m" value="20.0">20 m</elevation>
</quantity>
-
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE2309AFFFC0FFB65D3A047EFB62FCEB" box="[1070,1219,783,809]" degrees="47.97712" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" precision="1" value="47.97712">47.97712º E</geoCoordinate>
,
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<collectingDate id="EFEDB040FFC0FFB65DC6047EFAD3FCEB" box="[1234,1394,783,809]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" value="2008-04-20">20 Apr. 2008</collectingDate>
</date>
, mangrove, Fisher
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB658860445FE6DFC8F" box="[402,460,819,845]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
, BLF#; deposited at
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB65BD70442FCB2FC8F" box="[707,787,819,845]" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASC</collectionCode>
.
</paragraph>
</materialsCitation>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659FE0404FEC6FC4D" blockId="48.[189,1399,885,1019]" box="[234,359,885,911]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<materialsCitation id="3B7F6535FFC0FFB659FE0404FEC6FC4D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4433204306" box="[234,359,885,911]" collectionCode="SAMC" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" specimenCode="CASENT0317781" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-worker="4" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659FE0404FEC6FC4D" bold="true" box="[234,359,885,911]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<typeStatus id="54ACD1CAFFC0FFB659FE0404FEC6FC4D" box="[234,359,885,911]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A904E8FD33FC39" blockId="48.[189,1399,885,1019]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<specimenCount id="9D11A4E1FFC0FFB659A904E8FE97FC71" box="[189,310,921,947]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="worker">4 workers</specimenCount>
, pinned, same collection and locality data as holotype. #1:
<specimenCode id="DBB1C713FFC0FFB65AEA04E8FB7BFC71" box="[1022,1242,921,947]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASENT0317781</specimenCode>
, deposited at
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB659A904CCFEB5FC15" box="[189,276,957,983]" collectionName="South Africa, Cape Town, Iziko Museum of Capetown (formerly South African Museum)" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B7F6535FFC0FFB6583504CCFC92FC15" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3761959316" box="[289,819,957,983]" collectedFrom="mangrove" collectingDate="2008-04-20" collectionCode="MHNG" country="Madagascar" elevation="20" latitude="-14.87893" location="Antanambezo" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="47.97712" municipality="Worker" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" specimenCode="CASENT0317782" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Mahajanga" typeStatus="paratype">
#2:
<specimenCode id="DBB1C713FFC0FFB6584404CCFD8AFC15" box="[336,555,957,983]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASENT0317782</specimenCode>
, deposited at
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.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B7F6535FFC0FFB65A2804CCFAE9FC15" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3761959329" box="[828,1352,957,983]" collectionCode="MCZC" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" specimenCode="CASENT0317783" specimenCount="1">
#3:
<specimenCode id="DBB1C713FFC0FFB65A7F04CCFBE6FC15" box="[875,1095,957,983]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASENT0317783</specimenCode>
, deposited at
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB65DF904CCFAE5FC15" box="[1261,1348,957,983]" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">MCZC</collectionCode>
.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B7F6535FFC0FFB65C4504CCFD33FC39" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3761959307" collectionCode="UCDC" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" specimenCode="CASENT0317784" specimenCount="1">
#4:
<specimenCode id="DBB1C713FFC0FFB659A90490FE39FC39" box="[189,408,993,1019]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASENT0317784</specimenCode>
, deposited at
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB65B2D0490FD2FFC39" box="[569,654,993,1019]" collectionName="USA, California, Davis, University of California, R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">UCDC</collectionCode>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D3CE3FFC0FFB659A90352FB0BFBAF" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A90352FEFCFBFF" blockId="48.[189,349,1059,1085]" box="[189,349,1059,1085]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC0FFB659A90352FEFCFBFF" bold="true" box="[189,349,1059,1085]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A90352FEFCFBFF" bold="true" box="[189,349,1059,1085]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Type locality</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A90322FB0BFBAF" blockId="48.[189,1194,1106,1133]" box="[189,1194,1106,1133]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<collectingCountry id="F3002FF8FFC0FFB659A90322FE33FBAF" box="[189,402,1107,1133]" name="Madagascar" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion id="49D3A18AFFC0FFB658890323FD85FBAE" box="[413,548,1106,1132]" country="Madagascar" name="Mahajanga" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Mahajanga</collectingRegion>
:
<location id="8EC839B3FFC0FFB65B390323FD74FBAE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03BEDE7EFFDFFFB45B3C01FAFA84FB56:8EC839B3FFC0FFB65B390323FD74FBAE" box="[557,725,1106,1132]" country="Madagascar" latitude="-14.87893" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="47.97712" name="Antanambezo" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" stateProvince="Mahajanga">Antanambezo</location>
:
<geoCoordinate id="EE2309AFFFC0FFB65BF40322FCFAFBAF" box="[736,859,1107,1133]" degrees="14.87893" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" precision="1" value="-14.87893">-14.87893</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE2309AFFFC0FFB65A720322FC76FBAF" box="[870,983,1107,1133]" degrees="47.97712" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" precision="1" value="47.97712">47.97712</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="4CEFC28DFFC0FFB65AF70322FB81FBAF" box="[995,1056,1107,1133]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" unit="m" value="20.0">
<elevation id="003A885BFFC0FFB65AF70322FB81FBAF" box="[995,1056,1107,1133]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" unit="m" value="20.0">20 m</elevation>
</quantity>
,
<collectedFrom id="380B2C95FFC0FFB65D390322FB07FBAF" box="[1069,1190,1107,1133]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">mangrove</collectedFrom>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D3CE3FFC0FFB659A903E4FCDFFB1C" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A903E4FE58FB6D" blockId="48.[189,505,1173,1199]" box="[189,505,1173,1199]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC0FFB659A903E4FE58FB6D" bold="true" box="[189,505,1173,1199]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A903E4FE58FB6D" bold="true" box="[189,505,1173,1199]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Other material examined</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A903B5FCDFFB1C" blockId="48.[189,894,1220,1247]" box="[189,894,1220,1247]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
(
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB659D103B5FEB6FB1C" box="[197,279,1220,1246]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">BBBC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB6583003B5FED5FB1C" box="[292,372,1220,1246]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">CASC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED06F7ADFFC0FFB6586B03B5FE74FB1C" box="[383,469,1220,1246]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">PSWC</collectionCode>
): refer to Supplementary Material 1.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D3CE3FFC0FFB459A90276FD46FD94" lastPageId="50" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A90276FEBEFAE3" blockId="48.[189,287,1287,1313]" box="[189,287,1287,1313]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC0FFB659A90276FEBEFAE3" bold="true" box="[189,287,1287,1313]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659A90276FEBEFAE3" bold="true" box="[189,287,1287,1313]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Worker</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659FE0247FE03FA92" blockId="48.[189,1399,1334,1540]" box="[234,418,1334,1360]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659FE0247FE03FA92" bold="true" box="[234,418,1334,1360]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Measurements</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A9022BFCB1F9C6" blockId="48.[189,1399,1334,1540]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
(n = 16) [
<typeStatus id="54ACD1CAFFC0FFB658310228FE33FAB6" box="[293,402,1369,1396]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
] HW 0.75
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B1C022AFDB3FAB6" box="[520,530,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.04 [0.95]; HL 0.71
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65BEB022AFCA8FAB6" box="[767,777,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.94 [0.90]; EL 0.16
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65AE6022AFC5DFAB6" box="[1010,1020,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.22 [0.17]; SL 0.62
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65DF0022AFB4FFAB6" box="[1252,1262,1371,1396]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.82 [0.72]; WL 0.86
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65832020EFE91FA5A" box="[294,304,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.12 [1.03]; SPL 0.06
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B27020EFD9CFA5A" box="[563,573,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.12 [0.09]; PTH 0.12
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65A52020EFCF1FA5A" box="[838,848,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.22 [0.18]; PTL 0.22
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65D40020EFBFFFA5A" box="[1108,1118,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.31 [0.27]; PTW 0.22
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65C79020EFAD6FA5A" box="[1389,1399,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.33 [0.28]; PPL 0.13
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB658AB02D2FE68FA7E" box="[447,457,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.19 [0.17]; PPW 0.20
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65BC202D2FD41FA7E" box="[726,736,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.33 [0.27]; LHT 0.65
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65AFD02D2FC52FA7E" box="[1001,1011,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.82 [0.73]; CI 1.05
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65DF502D2FB4AFA7E" box="[1249,1259,1443,1468]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.13 [1.05]; OI 0.19
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB6580302B6FE80FA22" box="[279,289,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.24 [0.19]; SI 0.75
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B1202B6FDB1FA22" box="[518,528,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.87 [0.80]; SPI 0.07
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65A1202B6FCB1FA22" box="[774,784,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.12 [0.09]; PTHI 0.55
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65D0802B6FB87FA22" box="[1052,1062,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.76 [0.66]; PTWI 0.95
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65C2D02B6FAE2FA22" box="[1337,1347,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.14 [1.04]; PPI 1.36
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB6586C029AFE23F9C6" box="[376,386,1515,1540]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.80 [1.58]; LBI 1.27
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65B69029AFD26F9C6" box="[637,647,1515,1540]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.41 [1.40].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659FE015DFEDAF984" blockId="48.[189,1021,1580,1643]" box="[234,379,1580,1606]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659FE015DFEDAF984" bold="true" box="[234,379,1580,1606]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">Description</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A90121FC5CF9A8" blockId="48.[189,1021,1580,1643]" box="[189,1021,1616,1643]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
(
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, C-D) Small to medium size (HW 0.75
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65BE80120FCA7F9A8" box="[764,774,1617,1642]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.04, WL 0.86
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65ABB0120FC18F9A8" box="[943,953,1617,1642]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.12).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB659A901E3FACBF8DA" blockId="48.[189,1399,1682,1817]" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
Masticatory margin of mandibles with four teeth; head shape quadrate, as long or slightly longer than wide (CI 1.05
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB6584801C6FEC7F912" box="[348,358,1719,1744]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
1.13); posterior margin of head in full-face view laterally rounded or subangular; occipital carinae usually distinct; antennal scapes reaching or surpassing head margin; midline of eyes situated slightly above midline of head in full-face view; eyes moderately large (OI 0.19
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB65D72018EFBD1F8DA" box="[1126,1136,1791,1816]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.24) and protruding.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC0FFB759A90030FECEFE4D" blockId="48.[189,1399,1857,2027]" lastBlockId="49.[189,1398,267,399]" lastPageId="49" lastPageNumber="50" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">
Pronotum laterally angular; promesonotal suture indistinct; mesonotum more or less forming one plane with pronotum, but often the two separated by distinct variation in sculpture (see below); mesonotum usually without posterior face; laterally mesonotum angular to carinate, not distinctly set off from propodeum; metanotal groove shallow, laterally constricted; propodeal spines short, spiniform (SPI 0.07
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC0FFB659E400A3FF5BF829" box="[240,250,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="48" pageNumber="49">-</emphasis>
0.12), usually curved downwards; dorsal face of propodeum short but distinct; posterior face of propodeum gently sloping, often with a transverse groove; petiole in dorsal view oval and fairly slender, dorsolaterally rounded, without posterolateral tubercules or denticles; subpetiolar process variable, usually a small dent; postpetiole distinctly bilobed, with a narrow median impression; subpostpetiolar process absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC1FFB459A906C7FD52FE23" blockId="49.[189,1399,438,535]" lastBlockId="50.[189,1399,267,482]" lastPageId="50" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Head sculpture aciculate to reticulate; pronotum usually dorsally carinulate and contrasting abruptly with a shiny to aciculate mesonotum; mesopleuron areolate, metapleuron mostly carinulate; dorsal face of propodeum carinulate or reticulate; otherwise sculpture reticulate; face usually with six to ten erect, longer setae, and regular appressed to decumbent pubescence; erect pilosity on promesonotum usually abundant, with&gt; eight long setae; otherwise promesonotum dorsally with regular appressed to subdecumbent pubescence; petiole and postpetiole usually with a pair of short erect, setae posterolaterally, and shorter suberect, decumbent or appressed pubescence; abdominal tergites and sternites four to seven usually with abundant, short, erect pilosity, and abundant appressed to decumbent pubescence throughout. Color reddish brown to dark brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC1FFB759A900DCFCCCF829" blockId="49.[189,1399,1965,2027]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB759A900DCFEB9F805" bold="true" box="[189,280,1965,1991]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Fig. 19.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC1FFB7580B00DFFD95F805" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[287,564,1966,1992]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ramamy" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB7580B00DFFD95F805" box="[287,564,1966,1992]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC1FFB75B2E00DFFD36F80A" box="[570,663,1966,1992]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, worker and distribution.
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB75AD500DCFBBEF805" bold="true" box="[961,1055,1965,1991]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">A, C-D.</emphasis>
Worker (CASENT0317780).
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB759A900A1FF7BF828" bold="true" box="[189,218,2000,2026]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">A.</emphasis>
Full-face.
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB7584D00A1FED7F828" bold="true" box="[345,374,2000,2026]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">C.</emphasis>
Profile.
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB758CE00A0FE56F829" bold="true" box="[474,503,2001,2027]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal.
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC1FFB75B4F00A0FDD7F829" bold="true" box="[603,630,2001,2027]" pageId="49" pageNumber="50">B.</emphasis>
Species distribution.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A9057AFE29FDE4" blockId="50.[189,392,523,550]" box="[189,392,523,550]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC2FFB459A9057AFE29FDE4" bold="true" box="[189,392,523,550]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB459A9057AFE29FDE4" bold="true" box="[189,392,523,550]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Queen and male</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A9054CFD46FD94" blockId="50.[189,743,572,599]" box="[189,743,572,599]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Queens and males of this species are unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D3CE3FFC2FFB459A905F1FC52FC6F" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="multiple">
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A905F1FE4EFD58" blockId="50.[189,495,640,667]" box="[189,495,640,667]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC2FFB459A905F1FE4EFD58" bold="true" box="[189,495,640,667]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB459A905F1FE4EFD58" bold="true" box="[189,495,640,667]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Distribution and biology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A905C0FC52FC6F" blockId="50.[189,1399,689,942]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<collectingCountry id="F3002FF8FFC2FFB459A905C0FE33FD09" box="[189,402,689,715]" name="Madagascar" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB4588A05C3FD16FD09" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[414,695,690,716]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ramamy" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB4588A05C3FD16FD09" box="[414,695,690,716]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45BD505C3FCBFFD0E" box="[705,798,690,716]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is a species found at low elevations in dry forest, savannah and sometimes mangrove habitats in western and northwestern Madagascar (
<figureCitation id="132C73EDFFC2FFB45DD205A6FA92FD33" box="[1222,1331,727,753]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="49.[189,232,1965,1991]" captionTargetBox="[202,1387,618,1913]" captionTargetId="figure@49.[189,1399,606,1924]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="Fig. 19. Crematogaster ramamy sp. nov., worker and distribution. A, C-D. Worker (CASENT0317780). A. Full-face. C. Profile. D. Dorsal. B. Species distribution." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825389" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825389/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 19B</figureCitation>
). The species further has a disjunct, isolated population at higher altitude in the transitional dry forest of RS Ambohitantely (
<quantity id="4CEFC28DFFC2FFB458690453FE7DFCFF" box="[381,476,802,829]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.41" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" unit="m" value="1410.0">1410 m</quantity>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB458E50452FCA6FCFE" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[497,775,803,829]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ramamy" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB458E50452FCA6FCFE" box="[497,775,803,829]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45A1B0452FCCBFCFF" box="[783,874,803,829]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
usually co-occurs with
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45D970452FB5FFCFE" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" baseAuthorityName="Dalla Torre" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[1155,1278,802,829]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dentata" status="stat. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45D970452FB5FFCFE" box="[1155,1278,802,829]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. dentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45C120452FAD3FCFF" box="[1286,1394,803,829]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB459A90439FE89FCA0" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[189,296,840,866]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maina" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB459A90439FE89FCA0" box="[189,296,840,866]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. maina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB4583B0438FE28FCA1" box="[303,393,841,867]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB458D40439FD8CFCA0" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1895" box="[448,557,840,866]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lobata">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB458D40439FD8CFCA0" box="[448,557,840,866]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. lobata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and at some locations also with
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45ABA0439FB8BFCA0" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[942,1066,840,866]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricolor" status="stat. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45ABA0439FB8BFCA0" box="[942,1066,840,866]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. tricolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45D240438FB34FCA1" box="[1072,1173,841,867]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">stat. rev.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45DB40439FAB7FCA0" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[1184,1302,840,866]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mafybe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45DB40439FAB7FCA0" box="[1184,1302,840,866]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. mafybe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45C090438FAD6FCA1" box="[1309,1399,841,867]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB459FB041FFECDFC4A" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1891" box="[239,364,878,904]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sewellii">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB459FB041FFECDFC4A" box="[239,364,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. sewellii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Generally it has been collected nesting arboreally in dead twigs above the ground, and is attracted to arboreal fish baits as strongly during the day as at night.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30D3CE3FFC2FFB459A904A6FA84FB56" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A904A6FEE5FC33" blockId="50.[189,324,983,1009]" box="[189,324,983,1009]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<heading id="D0E0D804FFC2FFB459A904A6FEE5FC33" bold="true" box="[189,324,983,1009]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB459A904A6FEE5FC33" bold="true" box="[189,324,983,1009]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA86F68FFC2FFB459A90379FA84FB56" blockId="50.[189,1399,1032,1172]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
This species has close affinities with
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45B6D0378FD54FBE0" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1886" box="[633,757,1032,1059]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="degeeri">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45B6D0378FD54FBE0" box="[633,757,1032,1059]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. degeeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and does not appear to be reciprocally monophyletic according to our analysis (
<figureCitation id="132C73EDFFC2FFB458FE035FFD8DFB8A" box="[490,556,1070,1096]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[189,232,1754,1780]" captionTargetBox="[491,1096,271,1706]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[482,1105,265,1715]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 1. Mitochondrial phylogeny of species in the Crematogaster degeeri-assemblage. Results of Bayesian inference based on 592 bp of COI, summarized as a consensus tree in MrBayes. Support values in black represent posterior probabilities (pp), those in blue ML (Maximum Likelihood) bootstrap values&gt;70, and those in red ML bootstrap values&lt;70. Values pp &lt;0.96 are not shown; nodes not present in the ML analysis are represented by a dash instead of a bootstrap value. The scale bar shows nucleotide changes per base pair. Long branches subtending the outgroup taxa C. madecassa Emery, 1895, C. ranavalonae Forel, 1887 and C. hova-complex have been shortened. Appended numbers on taxon labels represent CASENT#s of respective voucher specimens." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825353" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825353/files/figure.png" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45B57035FFCF6FB8A" authority="Blaimer &amp; Fisher, 2013" authorityName="Blaimer &amp; Fisher" authorityYear="2013" box="[579,855,1070,1096]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ramamy" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45B57035FFCF6FB8A" box="[579,855,1070,1096]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Crematogaster ramamy</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2500E01FFC2FFB45A48035FFC14FB8A" box="[860,949,1070,1096]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is however sufficiently distinguishable morphologically from
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB458DB0325FDEFFBAF" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1886" box="[463,590,1107,1134]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="degeeri">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB458DB0325FDEFFBAF" box="[463,590,1107,1134]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. degeeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and more importantly seems quite distinct in its distribution and ecological adaptation (dry forest in contrast to montane grassland and woodland for
<taxonomicName id="4C1714EBFFC2FFB45D8E030BFAB5FB51" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1886" box="[1178,1300,1145,1172]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Crematogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="degeeri">
<emphasis id="B963B37AFFC2FFB45D8E030BFAB5FB51" box="[1178,1300,1145,1172]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">C. degeeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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