treatments-xml/data/03/D0/07/03D0077A054CFFBB12D8B59D4C5BFBBE.xml
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

263 lines
27 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="6B26C378731F5D01FC89AF8977A1C3D1" ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.193808" ID-GBIF-Dataset="9f229dfd-c07e-444d-b063-45a884c0adb9" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="193808" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1460171317647" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Lapolla, John S., Cheng, Chiu H. &amp; Fisher, Brian L." docDate="2010" docId="03D0077A054CFFBB12D8B59D4C5BFBBE" docLanguage="en" docName="zt02387p027.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 2387" docStyle="DocumentStyle:890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleId="890A69B780ED73D6DB8551B71C8AC79E" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.journal_article" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Paraparatrechina myops LaPolla and Fisher, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="11" lastPageNumber="22" masterDocId="FFE97F020558FFAE124FB4274D7CFFC2" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions" masterLastPageNumber="27" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="21" updateTime="1698236009178" updateUser="plazi">
<mods:mods id="29501AFED61BADBF02F572347FE0693D" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="B583EDE7449FCDA029229B77299C512C">
<mods:title id="101F17D2A9354FC34C62209D0085FA9E">Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="F7C2896CA5BC3F9BB29C5347B01AFB14" type="personal">
<mods:role id="CC59C4AB0552FC32D80BDB151F0FAFBD">
<mods:roleTerm id="D46535A2F97DB28018435EAF782188C8">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="23F3D8863CC156AF91BE83D97325AAFC">Lapolla, John S.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="FE395DB4900756689069728E005461C2" type="personal">
<mods:role id="0BE584CB8B80A09A20ECD34DEF242224">
<mods:roleTerm id="297CB82966F4094E2BA8550F4931AD96">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="E2640A6230A282789BA0238DE10E396F">Cheng, Chiu H.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="E66A977BE5171CD2A2CB5ADA03F65E6E" type="personal">
<mods:role id="E8F0F406FDB44642228B717354B6F9BA">
<mods:roleTerm id="620BC46956BA45519C3BC63E954B172B">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="9B34CEDFC114839CD31CFC2C8C1572D8">Fisher, Brian L.</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="4A64DB152F4AD37376099167408C1E2C">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="BFB87A5D30367EE7BCBA2C4E82DC5B0A" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="52F063E1557D990DE18B6C9810DACDB9">
<mods:title id="4F6D685836E3BC3DC603AB70B234BC9E">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="167A2112FEEA1A75DD8CF96054D0330E">
<mods:date id="910A6677D06C8753AF28D54A89B582A9">2010</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="533C4A37E010ED2DDC0B8BE2C1FBCD11" type="volume">
<mods:number id="053CC9D7CFCE713B9E5DEB545293F5F2">2387</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="BE62AE51B5DC64F9209BFB1194F69BA6" unit="page">
<mods:start id="00A815F63BCA0509E357B3EC71F57AF4">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="EBD0F5C66D96F05BA44748FD4348F0A8">27</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="10CA77E923F7345FDEE56E003F91220F">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="074C7D0F704AC56F0C172C1A93F1B38B" type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.193808</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="889BAEC913BB3CDD3B99423CE56BDAD5" type="GBIF-Dataset">9f229dfd-c07e-444d-b063-45a884c0adb9</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="5BF18132D6A6C02B7F22C29433A50899" type="ISSN">1175-5326</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="D2163A72884A0774E4839ABDFDD15B7E" type="Zenodo-Dep">193808</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="03D0077A054CFFBB12D8B59D4C5BFBBE" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6204199" ID-GBIF-Taxon="124956382" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6204199" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D0077A054CFFBB12D8B59D4C5BFBBE" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D0077A054CFFBB12D8B59D4C5BFBBE" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<subSubSection id="C363E5E7054CFFBA12D8B59D4C29FE35" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA12D8B59D4E5DFE16" blockId="20.[151,801,442,503]" box="[151,801,442,468]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<heading id="D08E0100054CFFBA12D8B59D4E5DFE16" bold="true" box="[151,801,442,468]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA12D8B59D4E5DFE16" bold="true" box="[151,801,442,468]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054CFFBA12D8B59D4FCBFE16" authority="LaPolla and Fisher" authorityName="LaPolla and Fisher" box="[151,695,442,468]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA12D8B59D4CBEFE16" bold="true" box="[151,450,442,468]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Paraparatrechina myops</emphasis>
LaPolla and Fisher
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23ED705054CFFBA108BB59D4E5DFE16" box="[708,801,442,468]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA12D8B5FA4C29FE35" blockId="20.[151,801,442,503]" box="[151,341,477,503]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
(
<figureCitation id="1342AAE9054CFFBA12D0B5FA4D89FE35" box="[159,245,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE 13" captionStartId="20.[151,255,1983,2007]" captionTargetBox="[341,1241,914,1959]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[341,1242,914,1966]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 13. Paraparatrechina myops worker holotype CASENT 0042527. A, profile; B, dorsum; C, full face." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/193820/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1342AAE9054CFFBA134DB5FA4C5DFE35" box="[258,289,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="24.[151,255,1922,1946]" captionTargetBox="[152,1401,236,1921]" captionTargetId="figure@24.[151,1416,194,2053]" captionTargetPageId="24" captionText="FIGURE 16. Various measurements of Paraparatrechina workers." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/193823/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">16</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1342AAE9054CFFBA1361B5FA4C30FE35" box="[302,332,477,503]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="25.[151,258,1727,1751]" captionTargetBox="[179,1426,195,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@25.[151,1436,194,1706]" captionTargetPageId="25" captionText="FIGURE 17. Distribution of Paraparatrechina species. NOTE: The specimens of brunnella and umbranatis from Kenya were received after the proofing stage of this paper and are not included on the maps above. Instead, the Kenya locality records can be found under the non-type materials examined section of each species." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/193824/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">17</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C363E5E7054CFFBA12D8B60F4C0AFDBD" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA12D8B60F4C0AFDBD" blockId="20.[151,1437,552,639]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<typeStatus id="54C208CE054CFFBA12D8B60F4D86FDFD" box="[151,250,552,575]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
worker,
<collectingCountry id="F36EF6FC054CFFBA1316B60F4F67FDFD" box="[345,539,552,575]" name="Madagascar" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
: Prov. Antsiranana; P.N. Marojejy;
<quantity id="4C811B89054CFFBA11D8B60F4E93FDFD" box="[919,1007,552,575]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.66" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" unit="km" value="26.6">26.6 km</quantity>
31° NNE Andapa;
<date id="FFC790AC054CFFBA168DB60F4823FDFD" box="[1218,1375,552,575]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="2003-11-18" valueMax="2003-11-21" valueMin="2003-11-18">1821.xi.2003</date>
; elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054CFFBA128BB66F4C66FD9D" box="[196,282,584,607]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.325" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" unit="m" value="1325.0">1325 m</quantity>
;
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054CFFBA1369B66F4CE2FD9D" box="[294,414,584,607]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" precision="92" value="-14.4366665">14°26.2 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054CFFBA13E5B66F4F61FD9D" box="[426,541,584,607]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" precision="92" value="49.743332">49°44.6E</geoCoordinate>
; Fisher
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA103BB66F4FD0FD9D" box="[628,684,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al.</emphasis>
(BLF 9080) (
<collectionCode id="ED682EA9054CFFBA110BB66F4EEDFD9D" box="[836,913,584,607]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">CASC</collectionCode>
); 6
<typeStatus id="54C208CE054CFFBA11F5B66F4964FD9D" box="[954,1048,584,607]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
workers, same locality as
<typeStatus id="54C208CE054CFFBA1773B66F48E0FD9D" box="[1340,1436,584,607]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(
<collectionCode id="ED682EA9054CFFBA1283B64F4C6AFDBD" box="[204,278,616,639]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">CASC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED682EA9054CFFBA136FB64F4C13FDBD" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[288,367,616,639]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">USNM</collectionCode>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C363E5E7054CFFBB12D8B68A4F0BFE50" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA12D8B68A4938FD05" blockId="20.[151,1436,685,860]" box="[151,1092,685,711]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA12D8B68A4C01FD05" bold="true" box="[151,381,685,711]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
small eyes (REL: &lt;20); scapes with decumbent pubescence.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA1289B6F54FDFFD2E" blockId="20.[151,1436,685,860]" box="[198,675,722,748]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA1289B6F54CFFFD2E" bold="true" box="[198,387,722,748]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Compare with:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054CFFBA13C4B6F44C89FD2E" box="[395,501,723,748]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="glabra">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA13C4B6F44C89FD2E" box="[395,501,723,748]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">P. glabra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054CFFBA1061B6F44FDFFD2E" box="[558,675,723,748]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellatula">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA1061B6F44FDFFD2E" box="[558,675,723,748]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">ocellatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA1289B6DF4E0FFC9E" blockId="20.[151,1436,685,860]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
WORKER.
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA1316B6DF4F1FFCD3" box="[345,611,760,785]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Measurements (n=27)</emphasis>
: TL: 1.82.4; HW: 0.420.51; HL: 0.510.64; EL: 0.070.11; SL: 0.550.74; PW: 0.310.36; WL: 0.560.78; PDH: 0.210.3; PrFL: 0.430.62; PrFW: 0.10.14; GL: 0.61 1.05.
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA1296B7644C51FC9E" box="[217,301,835,860]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Indices</emphasis>
: CI: 7789; REL: 1317; SI: 121162; FI: 2025
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF06E6E4054CFFBA12D8B3984844F814" box="[151,1336,1983,2007]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/193820/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" targetBox="[341,1241,914,1959]" targetPageId="20">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054CFFBA12D8B3984844F814" blockId="20.[151,1336,1983,2007]" box="[151,1336,1983,2007]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA12D8B3984C5AF815" bold="true" box="[151,294,1983,2007]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054CFFBA1362B3E74F4BF815" box="[301,567,1984,2007]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054CFFBA1362B3E74F4BF815" box="[301,567,1984,2007]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Paraparatrechina myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
worker holotype CASENT0042527. A, profile; B, dorsum; C, full face.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054DFFBB128BB4BF4F0BFE50" blockId="21.[151,1437,152,1148]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Head yellow, with slightly lighter yellow antennae; cuticular surface shining. Pubescence covering head appressed, but long, giving it a shaggy appearance. Scapes surpass posterior margin by about the length of the first 34 funicular segments; scapes covered in short, decumbent pubescence. Mesosoma yellow and compact; a fine pubescence covers entire mesosomal dorsum. Metanotal area distinct, with prominent mesonotal spiracles. Pronotum rises steeply from anterior margin to dorsum. Propodeum possesses a short, slightly rounded dorsal face, with a long declivitous face. Legs yellow and in some specimens the trochanters and tarsi are slightly lighter yellow; gaster yellow.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C363E5E7054DFFBB128BB5BA4CB6FE1E" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054DFFBB128BB5BA4CB6FE1E" blockId="21.[151,1437,152,1148]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB128BB5BA4C28FE75" bold="true" box="[196,340,413,439]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species epithet is a Greek noun in apposition for mouse eye, in reference to the small eyes found in this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C363E5E7054DFFBB1289B5C04C5BFBBE" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054DFFBB1289B5C04800FD20" blockId="21.[151,1437,152,1148]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1289B5C04E5EFDC3" bold="true" box="[198,802,487,513]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Non-type material examined:
<collectingCountry id="F36EF6FC054DFFBB100EB5C04E60FDC3" box="[577,796,487,513]" name="Madagascar" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">MADAGASCAR</collectingCountry>
:
</emphasis>
Prov. Antsiranana, R.S. Manongarivo,
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB16B6B5CF4827FDC0" box="[1273,1371,488,514]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.45" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="14.5">14.5 km</quantity>
220° SW Antanambao,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB133AB62A4F7FFDE5" box="[373,515,525,551]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="92" value="48.428333">48° 25.7 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB105FB62A4FE0FDE5" box="[528,668,525,551]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="92" value="-13.998333">13° 59.9 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB10E5B62A4E59FDE5" box="[682,805,525,551]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="1998-10-20">20.x.1998</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB113DB62A4EB0FDE5" box="[882,972,525,551]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.175" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1175.0">1175 m</quantity>
(B.L. Fisher); Prov. Antsiranana, P.N. Marojejy,
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1341B6154C13FD8E" box="[270,367,562,588]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.66" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="26.6">26.6 km</quantity>
31° NNE Andapa,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB101EB6154FA5FD8E" box="[593,729,562,588]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="92" value="49.743332">49° 44.6 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB10AAB6154E17FD8E" box="[741,875,562,588]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="92" value="-14.4366665">14° 26.2 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB1138B6154958FD8E" box="[887,1060,562,588]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="2003-11-18" valueMax="2003-11-21" valueMin="2003-11-18">1821.xi.2003</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1623B61549B8FD8E" box="[1132,1220,562,588]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.325" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1325.0">1325 m</quantity>
(Fisher
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB176BB6154822FD89" box="[1316,1374,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">et al.</emphasis>
);
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1738B6154DC1FDB0" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="9.2">9.2 km</quantity>
WSW Befingotra, Res. Anjanaharibe-Sud,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB10F4B67F4E52FDB0" box="[699,814,600,626]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="49.466667">49° 28 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB1175B67F4ED6FDB0" box="[826,938,600,626]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="-14.75">14° 45 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB11F9B67F4954FDB0" box="[950,1064,600,626]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="1994-11-05">5.xi.1994</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB163EB67F49B5FDB0" box="[1137,1225,600,626]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1280.0">1280 m</quantity>
(B.L. Fisher);
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1737B67F4DC1FD55" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="6.5">6.5 km</quantity>
SSW Befingotra, Res. Anjanaharibe-Sud,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB10F9B65A4E56FD55" box="[694,810,637,663]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="49.5">49° 30 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB1177B65A4ED6FD55" box="[824,938,637,663]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="-14.75">14° 45 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB11F7B65A494CFD55" box="[952,1072,637,663]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="1994-10-19">19.x.1994</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1634B65A49BAFD55" box="[1147,1222,637,663]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.75" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="875.0">875 m</quantity>
(B.L. Fisher);
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1738B65A4DC0FD7E" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="9.2">9.2 km</quantity>
WSW Befingotra, Res. Anjanaharibe-Sud,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB10F1B6854E4DFD7E" box="[702,817,674,700]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="49.466667">49° 28 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB1171B6854ED3FD7E" box="[830,943,674,700]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="-14.25">14° 15 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB11F3B6854951FD7E" box="[956,1069,674,700]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="1994-11-09">9.xi.1994</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB1638B68549ACFD7E" box="[1143,1232,674,700]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</quantity>
(B.L. Fisher);
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB17CFB6854DC1FD20" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="km" value="11.0">11 km</quantity>
WSW Befingotra, Res. Anjanaharibe-Sud,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB10F2B6EF4E53FD20" box="[701,815,712,738]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="49.45">49° 27 E</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE4DD0AB054DFFBB1173B6EF4ED1FD20" box="[828,941,712,738]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" precision="925" value="-14.75">14° 45 S</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="FFC790AC054DFFBB11F5B6EF4946FD20" box="[954,1082,712,738]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" value="1994-11-16">16.xi.1994</date>
, elev.
<quantity id="4C811B89054DFFBB16CCB6EF49A0FD20" box="[1155,1244,712,738]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.565" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1565.0">1565 m</quantity>
(B.L. Fisher)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC6B66C054DFFBB1289B6CA4C5BFBBE" blockId="21.[151,1437,152,1148]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1289B6CA4C68FCC5" bold="true" box="[198,276,749,775]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Notes.</emphasis>
There are two species of
<collectingCountry id="F36EF6FC054DFFBB1019B6CA4FB4FCC5" box="[598,712,749,775]" name="Madagascar" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Malagasy</collectingCountry>
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB109CB6CA4EDAFCC4" box="[723,934,749,774]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB109CB6CA4EDAFCC4" box="[723,934,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Paraparatrechina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that possess small eyes,
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB1694B6CA483BFCC4" box="[1243,1351,749,774]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1694B6CA483BFCC4" box="[1243,1351,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB17C9B6CA4C71FCE9" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellatula">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB17C9B6CA4C71FCE9" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. ocellatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Interestingly, both appear to be montane species. These two species are difficult to separate, their main distinguishing feature being the different sizes of various anatomical structures.
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB16FDB71F4862FC93" box="[1202,1310,824,849]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB16FDB71F4862FC93" box="[1202,1310,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a much larger species and also possesses decumbent pubescence on the scapes;
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB1643B77A49D9FCB4" box="[1036,1189,861,886]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellatula">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1643B77A49D9FCB4" box="[1036,1189,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. ocellatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a smaller species overall, and possesses appressed pubescence on the scapes. Given the propensity of
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB16CDB7A5487DFC59" box="[1154,1281,898,923]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prenolepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB16CDB7A5487DFC59" box="[1154,1281,898,923]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Prenolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus-group species to evolve worker polymorphism (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE8CB9D054DFFBB10C6B78F4E02FC00" author="LaPolla" box="[649,894,936,962]" pageId="21" pageNumber="27" refString="LaPolla, J. S., Brady, S. G. &amp; Shattuck, S. O. (2010) Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 35, 118 - 131." type="journal article" year="2010">
LaPolla
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB10BEB78F4E52FC03" box="[753,814,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">et al.</emphasis>
, 2010
</bibRefCitation>
), we at first considered
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB16D0B78F4876FC03" box="[1183,1290,936,961]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myops">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB16D0B78F4876FC03" box="[1183,1290,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. myops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be larger workers of
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB136AB7EA4CBDFC24" box="[293,449,973,998]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellatula">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB136AB7EA4CBDFC24" box="[293,449,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. ocellatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, plots of their corresponding morphological data clearly indicate the presence of two groups (fig. 16E) rather than continuous variation.
<collectingCountry id="F36EF6FC054DFFBB118EB7D54E9EFBCE" box="[961,994,1010,1036]" name="American Samoa" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">As</collectingCountry>
a result, we have chosen to consider these two groups as distinct species based on their significant morphometric differences, but as molecular and other forms of data become available the specific status of both
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1184B01A494BFB94" box="[971,1079,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. m y o p s</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C79CDEF054DFFBB1635B01A4865FB94" box="[1146,1305,1085,1110]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paraparatrechina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ocellatula">
<emphasis id="B90D6A7E054DFFBB1635B01A4865FB94" box="[1146,1305,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">P. ocellatula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be reexamined.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>