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<mods:title>Taxonomic studies on the ant genus <i> Lepisiota </ i> Santschi 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) in India, with description of four new species</mods:title>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[438,676,1316,1342]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
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(
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)
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material
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-11-13" collectorName="A. Harshana" country="India" elevation="219" latitude="28.638332" location="Pusa campus" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="77.15195" municipality="IARI" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Delhi" typeStatus="holotype">
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.
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<collectingCountry box="[428,521,1411,1437]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" value="India">INDIA</collectingCountry>
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:
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:
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(
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28°38
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18”N
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77° 09
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07”E
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<collectingDate box="[389,524,1449,1475]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" value="2021-11-13">13.XI.2021</collectingDate>
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, Coll.
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<collectorName box="[600,756,1449,1475]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">A. Harshana</collectorName>
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;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-11-13" collectorName="A. Harshana" country="India" elevation="219" latitude="28.638332" location="Pusa campus" longLatPrecision="20" longitude="77.15195" municipality="IARI" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" specimenCount="11" specimenCount-worker="11" stateProvince="Delhi" typeStatus="paratype">
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workers
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.
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with the same data as holotype
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;
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2010-07-17" collectionCode="NPC" collectorName="Mir Samim Akhatar" country="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-worker="3" stateProvince="Delhi" typeStatus="type">
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<collectingDate box="[747,894,1486,1512]" pageId="9" pageNumber="9" value="2010-07-17">17.VII.2010</collectingDate>
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, Coll.
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<collectorName pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Mir Samim Akhatar</collectorName>
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. (type specimens deposited in
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, New Delhi)
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,507,1599,1625]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="9">Measurements and indices</emphasis>
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Workers (N = 5;
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values within parentheses). EL: 0.19–0.20 (0.19); HL: 0.58–0.59 (0.58); HW: 0.54–0.55 (0.55); MML: 0.29 (0.29); PH: 0.29– 0.32 (0.32); PRW: 0.38–0.39 (0.38); SL: 0.60–0.62 (0.61); TL: 2.33–2.52 (2.52); WL: 0.83–0.85 (0.83); CI: 91–94 (94); OI: 35–37 (35); REL: 32–35 (33); SI: 111–114 (111).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,323,1643,1666]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Figure 2A–C.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="Harshana & Dey, 2022" authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[328,509,1643,1666]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis box="[328,509,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[516,592,1643,1666]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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(Holotype worker).
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, body in profile view;
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, body in dorsal view;
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[317,331,1673,1696]" pageId="10" pageNumber="10">C</emphasis>
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, head in full-face view.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,513,291,317]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Description (Worker): Head</emphasis>
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Head slightly longer than broad, subquadrate, sides and posterior margin almost straight, posterolateral corners rounded and head sparsely covered with appressed pubescence (
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<figureCitation box="[554,647,402,428]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
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); posterior margin of head with 4–5 erect setae (including a pair of erect setae between lateral ocelli) while three pairs on middle of head; palp formula 6,4 and third maxillary segment from base is the longest of all segments; mandible triangular with five teeth on masticatory margin and third tooth is smallest; mandible covered with decumbent to semi-erect hairs; antennae 11 segmented, scape extending to posterior margin of head about 1/3
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<superScript attach="left" box="[622,642,619,638]" fontSize="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">rd</superScript>
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of its length, third antennal segment is smaller than second and fourth segment, length of second segment is about equal to combined length of third and fourth segment; antennae densely covered with appressed to decumbent pubescence; clypeus dorsally convex, subcarinate medially, anterior clypeal margin convex, posterior clypeal margin having a pair of long erect setae while anterior margin with two pair of long erect setae with a downwardly directed long median seta; clypeus covered sparsely with decumbent pubescence; compound eyes large, broadly oval, convex and positioned at about midlength of head; ocelli three in number.
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<paragraph blockId="11.[192,1124,1000,1325]" box="[192,319,1000,1026]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,319,1000,1026]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,319,1000,1026]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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Promesonotum convex in profile view, higher than metanotum while almost same height as propodeum (
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); propodeum armed with posteriorly directed, blunt spines; propodeal declivity slanting; the distal end of foretibia with pectinate spur and basitarsus with hairy notch; pronotum with more than 10 erect yellowish setae, mesonotum with two pairs of erect yellowish setae while metanotum with one pair of erect yellowish setae and propodeum with 2–3 pairs of erect yellowish setae (
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<figureCitation box="[868,963,1261,1287]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
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); mesosoma having sparse, appressed pubescence.
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<paragraph blockId="11.[192,1124,1374,1585]" box="[192,317,1374,1400]" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,317,1374,1400]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,317,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Metasoma</emphasis>
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Petiole upright, dorsally bispinose, sides angular with the presence of petiolar spiracles at about mid-height of the petiole (
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<figureCitation box="[799,891,1447,1473]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
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); gastral segments with abundant yellowish erect setae mostly on posterior half except first gastral segment which is entirely covered with sparse yellowish erect setae; acidopore well-developed with the fringe of hairs.
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,438,1635,1661]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="11" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,438,1635,1661]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="11">Sculpture and colour</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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Head microreticulate and shiny, the region between compound eyes and antennal insertions feebly striate; dorsum of pronotum microreticulate and subopaque, propleuron shiny, dorsum of mesonotum, metanotum, and propodeum reticulate (
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<figureCitation box="[572,670,178,204]" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
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); mesometapleuron rugose while pleuron of propodeum rugulose and subopaque; upper 1/3
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part of propodeal declivity having reticulate sculpture while remaining 2/3
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<superScript attach="none" box="[1102,1123,246,265]" fontSize="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">rd</superScript>
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part transversely striate; mandible, clypeus smooth and shiny; gaster faintly microreticulate and shiny. Body bicoloured; head, mesosoma, and petiole brown while gaster black (although some specimens have most of the first gastral segment yellowish-brown).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection box="[192,737,478,541]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="12.[192,737,478,541]" box="[192,317,478,504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
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<heading bold="true" box="[192,317,478,504]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" reason="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,317,478,504]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Etymology</emphasis>
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||
</heading>
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="12.[192,737,478,541]" box="[192,737,514,541]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
|
||
The species name refers to the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[579,632,515,541]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="12" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph blockId="12.[192,1124,590,1398]" box="[192,318,590,616]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
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||
<heading bold="true" box="[192,318,590,616]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" reason="6">
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||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,318,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Comments</emphasis>
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||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="12.[192,1124,590,1398]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,439,626,652]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[192,439,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Lepisiota binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[620,776,627,652]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[620,776,627,652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on the distribution of setae on body, size, and colouration. In
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[777,933,664,689]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[777,933,664,689]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the posterior margin of the head has 4–5 erect setae as compared to 2–3 erect setae in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[234,395,738,764]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[234,395,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Mesosoma of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[613,773,739,764]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[613,773,739,764]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
abundantly covered with erect setae while
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[425,582,775,801]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[425,582,775,801]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have very less pilosity.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[908,1064,776,801]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[908,1064,776,801]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a comparatively larger (HL 0.58–0.59, WL 0.83–0.85) species than
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(HL 0.51–0.56, WL 0.69–0.76). The first gastral segment in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[193,354,887,913]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="binghami">
|
||
<emphasis box="[193,354,887,913]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. binghami</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is yellowish-brown to brown while the remaining segments are black while
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[487,640,925,950]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[487,640,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have completely dark gaster in most specimens.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[346,503,963,988]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[346,503,963,988]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
distinctly differs from another similar species
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[193,341,999,1025]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
|
||
<emphasis box="[193,341,999,1025]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pulchella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the sculpture of the body. The head and pronotum of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pulchella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are reticulate-punctate whereas
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[740,895,1037,1062]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[740,895,1037,1062]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has microreticulate sculpture. The gaster of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[568,716,1074,1100]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
|
||
<emphasis box="[568,716,1074,1100]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pulchella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is subopaque while shiny in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="12.[192,1124,590,1398]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[224,488,1149,1174]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[224,488,1149,1174]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was possibly misidentified as
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[954,1076,1149,1174]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaca">
|
||
<emphasis box="[954,1076,1149,1174]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. opaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wachkoo AA & Bharti H & Akbar SA" box="[193,501,1186,1213]" journalOrPublisher="Bonn Zoological Bulletin." pageId="12" pageNumber="12" pagination="227 - 245" part="70" refId="ref13395" refString="Wachkoo AA, Bharti H, Akbar SA. 2021. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India. Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 70 (2): 227 - 245." title="Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India" type="journal article" year="2021">Wachkoo et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[523,772,1187,1212]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[523,772,1187,1212]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
distinctly differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaca">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. opaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the sculpture of the body.
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[660,858,1224,1249]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaca">
|
||
<emphasis box="[660,858,1224,1249]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Lepisiota opaca</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is entirely dull with the reticulate-punctate sculpture on the head and mesosoma (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Forel A." journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique." pageId="12" pageNumber="12" pagination="1 - 6" part="36" refId="ref12791" refString="Forel A. 1892. Notes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 1 - 6." title="Notes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1892">Forel 1892</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) whereas the head of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[567,724,1299,1324]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[567,724,1299,1324]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is microreticulate and shiny; the dorsum of pronotum is microreticulate and subopaque, propleuron shiny.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="12" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="12.[191,1123,1448,1698]" box="[192,561,1448,1474]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[192,561,1448,1474]" fontSize="11" level="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" reason="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,561,1448,1474]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Ecological and biological notes</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="12.[191,1123,1448,1698]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Harshana & Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,418,1485,1510]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis">
|
||
<emphasis box="[192,418,1485,1510]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been found at the base of the
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[863,1032,1485,1511]" class="Gastropoda" family="Ficidae" genus="Ficus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Littorinimorpha" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="religiosa">
|
||
<emphasis box="[863,1032,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Ficus religiosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
L. tree where they made a nest in soil with small entrance holes. The workers were slowly foraging on the tree trunk and ground around their nest. Workers are seen to be collecting dead dry insects and taking them to nest. Workers were also observed tending aphids on the grass,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[693,882,1634,1661]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Bothriochloa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="12" pageNumber="12" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis box="[693,843,1634,1660]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Bothriochloa</emphasis>
|
||
sp.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
at IARI, New Delhi.
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,467,1671,1697]" pageId="12" pageNumber="12">Distribution in India</emphasis>
|
||
: Delhi.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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