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, pl. 5, fig. 8.
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[labeled Alajuela, assumed mislabeled, true locality Jimenez] (Alfaro) [MCSN] (examined, worker here designated
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). Also described as new by
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. Description of male (incorrectly identified as
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):
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. Description of male:
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. Combination in
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(
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:
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:60
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; in
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:
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:4
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; in
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(
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:
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(
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var.
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worker, male:
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, Volcan de Chiriquí (Champion). Combination in
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(
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:
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:65
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.
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described the first two taxa in the complex.
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was described first, based on a
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worker and male from &quot;Alajuela, Jimenez.&quot; The worker was described as having a shiny fourth abdominal tergite, and the illustration showed somewhat convex neck and a non­tuberculate propodeum.
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was described from a
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worker, also from &quot;Alajuela, Jimenez.&quot; It was described as having an opaque gaster, and the illustration shows a tapered neck and a tuberculate propodeum. The published locality data for both species, &quot;Alajuela, Jimenez,&quot; is a composite of two collecting localities frequented by Anastasio Alfaro, who sent the material to Emery. Alajuela is a city in the Central Valley of
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, and is the likely source of the
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workers. Jimenez is a small town in the Atlantic lowlands very near La Selva Biological Station, and is the likely source of the
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workers. The senior author examined the
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at
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in 1990. Under
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FCE130C0954AFC73" box="[862,1027,956,981]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
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were (1) a pin with one worker, labeled &quot;Alajuela&quot;, and a &quot;
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&quot; label; and (2) a pin with two workers and an &quot;Alajuela&quot; label. Under
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FD9137709397FB83" box="[558,734,1036,1061]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were (1) a pin with one worker, labeled &quot;
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, Alfaro&quot;, and with a &quot;
<typeStatus id="54E684B6494F6539FDF3374893D3FBE8" box="[588,666,1076,1102]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Typus</typeStatus>
&quot; label; (2) a pin with two workers and a &quot;
<collectingCountry id="F34A7A84494F6539FB223748946FFBE8" box="[1181,1318,1076,1102]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
, Alfaro&quot; label, (3) a pin with one worker and an &quot;Alajuela, Alf.&quot; label; and (4) a pin with a male labeled &quot;Jimenez.&quot; The
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were examined before the significance of leg pilosity was understood, and the status of this character was not recorded. However, the worker material under
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FE0337A89329FB4B" box="[444,608,1236,1261]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
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had tapered necks, opaque abdominal tergites, and tuberculate propodeums, while the workers under
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FD45378092EFFAB3" box="[762,934,1276,1301]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had convex necks, shiny abdominal tergites, and non­tuberculate propodeums. The
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has a pin with two workers, labeled &quot;
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4197494F6539FECE36309391FAC0" authority="Em" authorityName="Em" box="[369,728,1356,1382]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ischnomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phalangium">
<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FECE363093EDFAC3" box="[369,676,1356,1381]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Ischnomyrma phalangium</emphasis>
Em
</taxonomicName>
,
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. from Emery.&quot; The specimens and the label look like part of the
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FDF7360893B1FA2B" box="[584,760,1396,1421]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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series, and the specimens have pilose femora. We suspect there were labeling errors, and that all the
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FBAC36E0958DFA13" box="[1043,1220,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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workers were from one collection from Alajuela, and all the
<taxonomicName id="4C5D4197494F6539FC6936B89530FA7B" box="[982,1145,1476,1501]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Aphaenogaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="araneoides">
<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FC6936B89530FA7B" box="[982,1145,1476,1501]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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workers and the one
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FE7A3690933AF9A3" box="[453,627,1516,1541]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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male were from one collection from Jimenez. We have requested that the
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add labels to these specimens with the suggested corrections. For
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FE3635409379F9F3" box="[393,560,1596,1621]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FDCD3540926AF9F3" box="[626,803,1596,1621]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we have selected the single workers with Emery's &quot;
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&quot; labels as the
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE23A14494F6539FE8735F093C5F950" blockId="8.[264,1323,516,1902]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
Borgmeier's (1949) description of the male was based on two specimens from Hamburg Farm, a site in the Atlantic lowlands of
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, where
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FBAF35C895FCF96B" box="[1040,1205,1716,1741]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is almost certainly the ony species present.
</paragraph>
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The
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of Forel's
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FDEB347893B9F8BB" box="[596,752,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. brevicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
come close to bridging the gap between
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FB693478902BF8E3" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. araneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B929E606494F6539FE253450930FF8E3" box="[410,582,1836,1861]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The workers are quite robust, there is a row of about five setae on the posterior border of the mesepisternum, the pilosity is abundant and coarse (approaching the more pilose condition of
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<emphasis id="B929E606494E6538FD41326092E3FE93" box="[766,938,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the fourth abdominal tergite is smooth and shining. The pilosity on the hind femur is relatively coarse compared to other
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<emphasis id="B929E606494E6538FEF1321090BAFE23" box="[334,499,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. araneoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and yet is clearly appressed on the dorsal surface and strongly contrasting with all known
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<emphasis id="B929E606494E6538FDA132E89382FE0B" box="[542,715,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. phalangium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
workers.
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