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<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF11499D03FF3F60751576FBDC" box="[151,312,1114,1140]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Propodilobus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FF3F60751576FBDC" bold="true" box="[151,312,1114,1140]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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(
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)
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FF3F60E51575FB4C" bold="true" box="[151,315,1226,1252]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">
<typeStatus id="54B2DCDE11499D03FF3F60E5149AFB4C" box="[151,212,1226,1252]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Type</typeStatus>
species:
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<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF11499D03FEEB60E416D8FB4C" authority="DuBois" authorityName="DuBois" box="[323,662,1226,1252]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pingorum">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FEEB60E4167BFB4C" box="[323,565,1227,1252]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Stenamma pingorum</emphasis>
DuBois
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(replacement name for
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FC0660E410D6FB4C" box="[942,1176,1227,1252]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Stenamma orientale</emphasis>
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, junior homonym).
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FF6D60DF1563FAA2" bold="true" box="[197,301,1264,1290]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Gender:</emphasis>
Masculine
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<subSubSection id="C31331F711499D03FF6D61381573FAD7" pageId="13" pageNumber="54" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FF6D61381518FA99" bold="true" box="[197,342,1303,1329]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Etymology:</emphasis>
The name is descriptive of the prominent propodeal lobes found on the
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specimen. It is a combination of propodeum, which is the first abdominal segment in apocritan
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, and
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FA8361101122FAF0" box="[1323,1388,1343,1368]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">lobus</emphasis>
, L., meaning lobe.
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<subSubSection id="C31331F711499D00FF6E61A4161CFEDB" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="55" pageId="13" pageNumber="54" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E11499D03FF6E61A4159AFA0D" bold="true" box="[198,468,1419,1445]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">Diagnosis of worker.</emphasis>
With characters of the Myrmicinae as described by
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, and the following more specific features:
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<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E622F1633F9E8" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">1. Mandibles elongate triangular with 6 teeth which decrease in size irregularly from apex to base; teeth on basal half reduced and poorly defined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E626215E1F9CF" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,431,1613,1639]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">2. Palp formula 3,2.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E625B177DF926" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,819,1652,1678]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">3. Apex of anterior clypeal margin smoothly convex.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E62B517F5F91C" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,955,1690,1716]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">4. Anterior clypeal margin lacking a strong isolated median seta.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E62EE173EF973" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,880,1729,1755]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">5. Median portion of clypeus lacking longitudinal carinae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E62C7115EF8AA" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,1296,1768,1794]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">6. Posteromedial margin of clypeus narrowed and prolonged backward between frontal lobes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E632110A9F880" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,1255,1806,1832]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">7. Frontal lobes small and closely approximated, not entirely covering antennal insertions.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E631A16A5F8E7" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,747,1845,1871]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">8. Antennal scrobes and frontal carinae absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E637310F6F8DE" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,1208,1884,1910]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">9. Antenna 12 segmented and terminating in a distinct 3-segmented club (ACI 74-75).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E63AD1763F834" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,813,1922,1948]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">10. Promesonotum convex and prominent in profile.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E6386166AF86B" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,548,1961,1987]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">11. Metanotal groove present.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C11499D03FF6E63FF17CCF842" blockId="13.[151,1436,1536,2026]" box="[198,898,2000,2026]" pageId="13" pageNumber="54">12. Propodeum armed with a pair of well-developed spines.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E64B7177EFF70" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,371]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">13. Propodeal lobes present and elongate, bluntly triangular in shape and directed posterodorsally; space between lobes and propodeal spines distinctly U-shaped.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E64CA16E9FF57" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,371]" box="[198,679,229,255]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">14. Middle and hind tibiae lacking spurs.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E65231600FE8E" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,371]" box="[198,590,268,294]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">15. Pretarsal claws small, simple.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E651D1056FEE4" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,371]" box="[198,1048,306,332]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">16. Petiole with a long, anterior peduncle; anteroventral process lacking.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E6576161CFEDB" blockId="14.[151,1436,152,371]" box="[198,594,345,371]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">17. Postpetiole broader than long.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF6E658D151FFE14" bold="true" box="[198,337,418,444]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FEF2658D15B7FE13" box="[346,505,418,443]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FC96658D17F9FE13" box="[830,951,418,443]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Stenamma</emphasis>
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by the reduced palp formula (3,2 versus 4,3), smoothly convex anterior clypeal margin, distinct 3-segmented antennal club (ACI 74-75 versus 60-70), and elongate propodeal lobes. In addition, the postpetiole is broader than long and the scape and funiculus of
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF3F66381578FD98" box="[151,310,535,560]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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have a more robust appearance than in
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FCAE66381731FD98" box="[774,895,535,560]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Stenamma</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF114A9D00FF6E6612152BFDFE" box="[198,357,573,598]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Propodilobus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF6E6612152BFDFE" box="[198,357,573,598]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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may be confused with
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FD3866121766FDFE" box="[656,808,573,598]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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since
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FCD56612105BFDFE" box="[893,1045,573,598]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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is morphologically diverse and currently lacks an adequate diagnosis. It is possible that when a more comprehensive morphological review of
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF3F66A51579FD0B" box="[151,311,650,675]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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is undertaken or the phylogenetic position of
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FCD366A5106DFD0B" box="[891,1059,650,675]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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is tested with molecular data,
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF3F669E1577FD62" box="[151,313,689,714]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
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will be synonymized under
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FD27669E1767FD62" box="[655,809,689,714]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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or a related genus. Despite this, from the diagnoses listed in
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and
<bibRefCitation id="EF981F8D114A9D00FE7E66F71637FD5A" author="Taylor" box="[470,633,728,754]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57" refString="Taylor, R. W. (2009) Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa, 1979, 16 - 28." type="journal article" year="2009">Taylor (2009)</bibRefCitation>
,
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<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FD2E66F7176AFD59" box="[646,804,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Propodilobus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF114A9D00FBCC66F710B2FD59" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[1124,1276,728,753]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FBCC66F710B2FD59" box="[1124,1276,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its lack of longitudinal carinae on the clypeus, lack of scrobes and frontal carinae, the presence of an elongate petiolar peduncle, and the presence of elongate propodeal lobes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E676317EEFC72" blockId="14.[151,1437,418,1102]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">
Describing a new genus from a few specimens of one species should generally be avoided. However, no currently described genera have the above combination of characters and in an effort to create a monophyletic
<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF114A9D00FF3F67B6155EFC1A" ID-CoL="7MDH" box="[151,272,921,946]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF3F67B6155EFC1A" box="[151,272,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Stenamma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, I believe that this action is defensible. In addition, by erecting a new genus, there might be greater interest in discovering new material for future systematics studies.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C31331F7114A9D00FF6E67C91696FBE6" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BB6627C114A9D00FF6E67C91696FBE6" blockId="14.[151,1437,418,1102]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FF6E67C91529FBA8" bold="true" box="[198,359,998,1024]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="F31E22EC114A9D00FEC667C915C1FBA8" box="[366,399,998,1024]" name="American Samoa" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">As</collectingCountry>
reported in
<bibRefCitation id="EF981F8D114A9D00FDB567C91681FBA8" author="DuBois" box="[541,719,998,1024]" pageId="14" pageNumber="57" refString="DuBois, M. B. (1998) A revision of the ant genus Stenamma in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Sociobiology, 32, 193 - 403." type="journal article" year="1998">DuBois (1998)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0919FF114A9D00FD7467C81725FBA8" box="[732,875,999,1024]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pingorum">
<emphasis id="B97DBE6E114A9D00FD7467C81725FBA8" box="[732,875,999,1024]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">P. pingorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from two localities on the island of Borneo in
<collectingCountry id="F31E22EC114A9D00FE98602215D6FB8F" box="[304,408,1037,1063]" name="Malaysia" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Sarawak</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F31E22EC114A9D00FE0B6022165CFB8F" box="[419,530,1037,1063]" name="Malaysia" pageId="14" pageNumber="55">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
. These are the
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locality (listed below) and Fourth Division, Gunong Mulu National Park (
<date id="FFB744BC114A9D00FEE0601B15F4FBE6" box="[328,442,1076,1102]" pageId="14" pageNumber="55" value="1978-02">Feb 1978</date>
, N.M. Collins, BMNH).
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