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<mods:title>A new species of the ant Platythyrea clypeata species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) from continental Asia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Jaitrong, Weeyawat</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Office of Natural Science Research, National Science Museum, 39 Moo 3, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand & Biology Divisions, Faculty of Science and Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Xu, Zhenghui</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province, College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650224, China</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Khachonpisitsak, Salinee</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, 169 Long-Hard Bangsaen Road, Sanesuk, Mueang, Chon Buri, 20131 Thailand</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName LSID="ED5F2E00-8A46-56BF-9E4F-D09DCF33DF73" authority="Forel, 1911" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Platythyrea clypeata (non-type worker, WJT 290819 - 09). A body in profile view B head in full-face view C body in dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1115.86477.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722381" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Figs 2</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. SEM images of Platythyrea clypeata (A 1 - A 3) P. homasawini sp. nov. (B 1 - B 3) and P. janyai (C 1 - C 3). A 1, B 1, C 1 sculpture on lateral face of head A 2, B 2, C 2 ommatidia of eye A 3, B 3, C 3 petiole in profile view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1115.86477.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722384" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">, 5A1-A3</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">Platythyrea clypeata</taxonomicName>
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Forel, 1911: 378; Brown 1975: 50;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1086/419489" author="Bolton, B" journalOrPublisher="Harvard University Press, Cambridge" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" refId="B5" refString="Bolton, B, 1995. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/419489" title="A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World." url="https://doi.org/10.1086/419489" year="1995">Bolton 1995</bibRefCitation>
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: 336;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1" author="Schmidt, CA" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="1 - 242" refId="B19" refString="Schmidt, CA, Shattuck, SO, 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of Ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817: 1 - 242, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1" title="The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of Ponerine ecology and behavior." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1" volume="3817" year="2014">Schmidt and Shattuck 2014</bibRefCitation>
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: 51;
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.998.54902" author="Khachonpisitsak, S" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="1 - 182" refId="B14" refString="Khachonpisitsak, S, Yamane, S, Sriwichai, P, Jaitrong, W, 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998: 1 - 182, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.998.54902" title="An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.998.54902" volume="998" year="2020">Khachonpisitsak et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
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: 153. Senior synonym of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. thwaitesi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="thwaitesi">P. thwaitesi</taxonomicName>
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: Brown 1975: 8.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Donisthorpe" authorityYear="1931" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea thwaitesi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thwaitesi">Platythyrea thwaitesi</taxonomicName>
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Donisthorpe, 1931: 496. Junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">P. clypeata</taxonomicName>
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: Brown 1975: 8.
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<typeStatus>Type</typeStatus>
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<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2022-01-01" collectingDateMax="2022-12-31" collectingDateMin="2022-01-01" country="Sri Lanka" location="Pays des Mois" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Holotype">
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of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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: alate queen from "
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Pays des
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, Cochinchinne
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(Indochina), deposited in MHNG (AntWeb image examined, CASENT0907112).
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of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. thwaitesi</emphasis>
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: alate queen from
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, deposited in BMNH (AntWeb image examined, CASENT0900568)
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Non-type material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Laos • 10 workers (THNHM-I-24983) and 1 dealate queen (THNHM-I-24982), Laos, Vientiane, Pak Ngum District, Ban Phang Dang, ca 300 m alt., 14.VI.2010, W. Jaitrong leg., Colony no. WJT-LAO-143 (THNHM-I-24981) • 1 worker (THNHM-I-24984), Laos, Vientiane, Pak Ngum District, Ban Phang Dang, 14.VI.2010, Sk. Yamane leg., Colony no. LA10-SKY-128 • 1 worker (THNHM-I-24981) Laos, Vientiane, Pak Ngum District, Ban Phang Dang, ca 300 m alt., 12.VI.2010, W. Jaitrong leg. - Thailand • 9 workers (THNHM-I-02423 to THNHM-I-02431), eastern Thailand, Chachoengsao Province, Tha Takiab District, Khao Ang Reu Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, 27.IX.2002, W. Jaitrong leg., Colony no. WJT270902-01 • 3 workers (THNHM-I-02432 to THNHM-I-02434), same locality, date and collector, Colony no. WJT270902-1 • 6 workers (THNHM-I-02435 to THNHM-I-02440), eastern Thailand, Sa Kaeo Province, Khao Ang Reu Nei Wildlife Sanctuary, 26.VI.2003, W. Jaitrong leg., Colony no. WJT03-TH-228; 22 workers (THNHM-I-02441 to THNHM-I-02452) and 1 male (THNHM-I-02453), eastern Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Soi Dao District, 14.V.2008, W. Jaitrong leg., Colony no. WJT08-E065 • 14 workers (THNHM-I-24980, THNHM) and 1 dealate queen, central Thailand, Nakhon Nayok Prov., Muang Dist., Nang Rong Temple, in rotting wood, 29.VIII.2018, W. Jaitrong leg., Colony no. WJT290819-09.</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1115.86477.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722381" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Platythyrea clypeata</emphasis>
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(non-type worker, WJT290819-09).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">A</emphasis>
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body in profile view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">B</emphasis>
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head in full-face view
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body in dorsal view.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Measurements and indices</paragraph>
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TL 5.74-6.20, HL 1.29-1.39, HW 0.86-0.89, SL 1.12-1.18, EL 0.10, PW 0.76-0.83, ML 1.85-2.05, PL 0.66-0.73, PH 0.46-0.53, DPW 0.40-0.43, CI 61-69, EI 11, SI 125-138.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Description of workers.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Head</emphasis>
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in full-face view rectangular, clearly longer than broad, with sides weakly convex or almost parallel, posterior corners narrowly rounded, posterior margin feebly concave. Antennae relatively short, scapes extending beyond posterior corners of head by about 1/5 of their length. Clypeus roughly triangular, median portion distinctly convex, anterior margin bluntly angled. Mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with a large apical tooth, followed by about ten smaller teeth, large and small teeth alternating, basal margin without denticle. Eye very small and flat, located laterally at anterior to mid-length of head, with five ommatidia along longest axis. Frontal lobes close to each other and rounded. Space between frontal carinae distinctly narrowed posteriad.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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elongate, in profile pronotum weakly convex, promesonotal suture distinct, dorsal outline of mesonotum and propodeum straight, metanotal groove absent, propodeal junction broadly rounded, declivity of propodeum obviously concave, propodeal spiracle opening elliptical. Legs long.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Petiole</emphasis>
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cylindrical in profile view and sessile; in profile view clearly longer than high, dorsal outline almost straight, anterodorsal corner broadly rounded, posterodorsal corner forming an acute angle, posterior margin weakly concave, ventral margin weakly concave with narrowly rounded anteroventral corner; in dorsal view the node roughly rectangular, longer than broad, slightly narrower posteriorly, posterior margin convex and with shallow median concavity.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Sculpture</emphasis>
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Dorsum of head finely punctate, lateral face of head above eyes punctate, with dense foveae. Dorsum of mesosoma finely punctate similar to dorsum of head, lateral faces of pronotum, metapleuron and propodeum punctate, with sparse shallow foveae. Petiole finely micropunctate. Gastral tergites I and II finely reticulate. Antennal scapes finely micropunctate.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Pilosity</emphasis>
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Pubescence very short and fine all over the body surface; standing hairs present on tip of gaster.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Coloration</emphasis>
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Body color reddish brown to darkish brown; antennae, legs, and tip of gaster yellowish brown to reddish brown. Eyes grey. Pilosity white.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Description of dealate queen.</paragraph>
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See
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21378" author="Phengsi, N" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" pagination="87 - 102" refId="B18" refString="Phengsi, N, Jaitrong, W, Ruangsittichai, J, Khachonpisitsak, S, 2018. A sibling species of Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). ZooKeys 729: 87 - 102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21378" title="A sibling species of Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 in Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.729.21378" volume="729" year="2018">Phengsi et al. (2018)</bibRefCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Habitat.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Platythyrea clypeata</emphasis>
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occurs in the lowlands (200-300 m alt.) and inhabits primary dry evergreen forest and disturbed forests. All colonies of this species were collected from dead wood on the forest floor in an advanced stage of decomposition.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos (Vientiane), and Thailand (Chachoengsao, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, and Nakhon Nayok provinces) (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Comparative notes.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Platythyrea clypeata</emphasis>
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is similar to
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. gracillima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="gracillima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. gracillima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. janyai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="janyai">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. janyai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. prizo" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="prizo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. prizo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. However,
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be easily separated from
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. gracillima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="gracillima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. gracillima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the following characteristics (characters of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. gracillima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="gracillima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. gracillima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in parentheses unless otherwise stated): 1) body size smaller (TL = 5.74-6.20 in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; TL = 9 mm in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. gracillima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="gracillima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. gracillima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 2) eye smaller and flat (0.1 mm long in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; 0.3 mm long and convex in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. gracillima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="gracillima">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. gracillima</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 3) clypeus narrow and rather convex (clypeus broad and rather flat); 4) declivity of propodeum concave (propodeal declivity flat); 5) seen from back propodeal declivity rounded above (propodeal declivity concave above); 6) petiole laterally swollen (petiole laterally compressed); 7) head finely punctate (head rather smooth).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Platythyrea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Platythyrea clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">Platythyrea clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. prizo" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="prizo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. prizo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the following characteristics (characters of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. prizo" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="prizo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. prizo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in parentheses unless otherwise stated): 1) head shorter (CI = 61-69 in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; CI = 70-72 in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. prizo" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="prizo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. prizo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 2) eye flat and small (0.1 long mm in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; eye very large, 0.31 long mm
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. prizo" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="prizo">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. prizo</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 3) eye without erect pubescence (eye covered with extremely fine short erect pubescence); 4) propodeum junction obtusely angulated (propodeum junction armed with a pair of short teeth or tubercles); 5) in profile, posterodorsal corner of petiole forming an acute angle (roundly convex).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="151">
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Lastly, this species is separated from
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. janyai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="janyai">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. janyai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(characters of
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. janyai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="janyai">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. janyai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in parentheses unless otherwise stated) by 1) head relatively longer (CI 61-69 in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; CI 72-74 in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. janyai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="janyai">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. janyai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 2) eye clearly smaller (EL 0.10 mm long with 5 ommatidia on longest axis in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. clypeata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="clypeata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. clypeata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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; EL 0.20 mm long with 11 ommatidia on longest axis in
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<taxonomicName family="Formicidae" genus="P." kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. janyai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="151" rank="species" species="janyai">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">P. janyai</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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); 3) eye flat (eye convex); 4) head finely punctate with dense shallow foveae (dorsum and lateral face of head finely micropunctate without foveae); 5) in profile petiole slightly longer than high and in dorsal view its node slightly narrower posteriorly (clearly longer than high and in dorsal view node anteriorly as broad as posteriorly); 6) ventral outline of petiole feebly concave (weakly convex) (see Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. SEM images of Platythyrea clypeata (A 1 - A 3) P. homasawini sp. nov. (B 1 - B 3) and P. janyai (C 1 - C 3). A 1, B 1, C 1 sculpture on lateral face of head A 2, B 2, C 2 ommatidia of eye A 3, B 3, C 3 petiole in profile view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1115.86477.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722384" pageId="0" pageNumber="151">5</figureCitation>
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for comparison).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |