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<taxonomicName id="EEE39526FBC68F2DAFCB51286B6DE086" ID-CoL="42CPN" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31372" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Metapone" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Metapone madagascarica Gregg" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="madagascarica">Metapone madagascarica Gregg</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="2AB4573B7014AFD5F7DA9478CAE7F205" pageNumber="11">Figures 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 19 - 24</paragraph>
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Gregg (1958) described this species and included an illustration of a worker in dorsal view. Additional figures are provided here.
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was described from a small series of workers collected along with termites from a stump with a field label T4403. Moszkowski (1955, p. 34) described the associated drywood termite as a new species, Cryptotermes kirbyi Moszkowski, gave the field label as T- 4403, and described the collection locality in more detail [14 km. East (
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) of
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,
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, coll.
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, in large dead stump].
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On
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,
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,
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<collectorName id="08055739A557CAD8D283520C0FA3EB23">Emile Rajeriarison</collectorName>
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and the author discovered a series of
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from
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, 15 m,
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; spiny forest, in an Alluaudia sp. log in association with termites. On
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, the author returned to this locality with
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and
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and collected several nest series of
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in a dead hardwood tree (local Malagasy name Kelegnogne) in association with the termite Cryptotermes kirbyi. These nest series included larvae, pupae, workers, queens, males and ergatoid males.
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Additional material examined from
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, 65 m, spiny forest / thicket,
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;
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, 40 m, gallery forest,
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(
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, 1 worker,
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,
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,
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,
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<location id="3FBFF33499517C470D03180970B35EE5" LSID="plazi:916D30488A523ABA380F8434AECA4A32:216C06D1A35EAD4D410B494517FF7B81" country="Madagascar" latitude="-24.816946" longitude="46.609997" name="Hazofotsy">Hazofotsy</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="6540666A1759C8BCEFADD5DDB769EFEA" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-24.816946">24° 49 ' 1 " S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="2785F09DDCCBC50817ED5EBBA4A5C5B5" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="46.609997">46° 36 ' 36 " E</geoCoordinate>
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, 150 m, spiny forest / thicket, 12 -
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<date id="5D18B6C463966CA0C4D239716BFA9898" day="16" month="01" value="2002-01-16" year="2002">
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<collectingDate id="58AFA7EBD1933263D47EF68C8455CF52" day="16" month="01" value="2002-01-16" year="2002">16 Jan 2002</collectingDate>
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</date>
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(
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<collectorName id="8BC9383FE0430CE9897FC0EBDC92E806">coll. Fisher-Griswold Arthropod Team</collectorName>
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<specimenCode id="450B2771587F6063A0768240A0934F57">BLF 4837</specimenCode>
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)
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<specimenCode id="0362F3852B3777324EF35C6CB7E176A8">CASENT 0004526</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode id="16ECD90470317A1204A678BF66CA3A83">BLF 4840</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode id="88A08190D3C918F607C66E28BB0CEA1C">CASENT 0004529</specimenCode>
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, 2 workers,
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<collectionCode id="81BDC1DE3CC1557E45C4BF35ACF68103" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CASC</collectionCode>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F5189A6F665E6D9371DECAA662A77587" pageNumber="11">Worker-queen intermorphs were present in low numbers among the series of workers. Two intermorphs exhibiting rudimentary wing articulations were present among 51 workers. Other intermediate stages of intermorph development were also present and this is consistent with the variation in development of ovarioles from six to two (Hoelldobler et al., 2002 b).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7F899088C82054A8D6F17EF444966321" pageNumber="11">Several ergatoid males (Figs. 19, 21, 23) were collected along with typical winged males (Figs. 20, 22, 24) within the same colony at more than one location. These ergatoid males are almost identical to workers with the following exceptions, presence of male genitalia, large welldeveloped eyes and typical male antennae. The presence of both winged males and an ergatoid male caste in the same colony is exceptional in ants and warrants further study.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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