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</emphasis>
) (
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:
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FF64FB55BA1E0781" bold="true" box="[146,268,1216,1235]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<typeStatus id="54CBA3FEE57FFF91FF64FB55BA1E0781" box="[146,268,1216,1235]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="paratype">PARATYPES</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
, six pinned workers with same data as holotype (
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:
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;
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:
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;
<collectionCode id="ED618599E57FFF91FF64FB6EBBCB065C" box="[146,217,1275,1294]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">MCZC</collectionCode>
: MCZ-ENT00593562;
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:
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,
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,
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, MHNG-ENTO- 00012649;
<collectionCode id="ED618599E57FFF91FF64FAA3BBC1061B" box="[146,211,1334,1353]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/94p5-pepz" name="Iziko Museums of Cape Town" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="Museum">SAMC</collectionCode>
:
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)
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE57FFF91FF44FAC6B8110503" blockId="42.[146,771,997,1617]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FF44FAC6BA030634" bold="true" box="[178,273,1363,1382]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Cybertype</emphasis>
Volumetric raw data (in DICOM format), 3D rotation video, still images of surface volume rendering, and 3D surface (in PLY format) of the physical
<typeStatus id="54CBA3FEE57FFF91FE52FA18BAE706F2" box="[420,501,1421,1440]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
(CASENT0790100) in addition to stacked digital color images illustrating head in full-face view, profile and dorsal views of the body.The data are deposited at Dryad (Hita Garcia et al. 2019, http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3qm4183) and can be freely accessed as virtual representation of the type. In addition to the cybertype data at Dryad, we also provide a freely accessible 3D surface model of the
<typeStatus id="54CBA3FEE57FFF91FE25F9A8B9360502" box="[467,548,1597,1616]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
at Sketchfab (Model 8).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FF64F9EEBA2505DC" bold="true" box="[146,311,1659,1678]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Nontype Material</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE57FFF91FF64F90DB907059A" blockId="42.[146,770,1659,1737]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<materialsCitation id="3B181701E57FFF91FF64F90DB902059A" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2451560273" collectingDate="1969-02" collectorName="R. Mussard" country="Zimbabwe" county="Melsetter" elevation="1700" location="Mutare" municipality="Umtali" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Manicaland">
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,
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,
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,
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(=
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), [18.94, 32.69], ca.
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<elevation id="005DFA6FE57FFF91FF0EF923BA53059B" box="[248,321,1718,1737]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" unit="m" value="1700.0">1700 m</elevation>
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,
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</date>
(
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)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36A4ED7E57FFF91FF64F96EB9AB04F2" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE57FFF91FF64F96EBBFE045C" blockId="42.[146,770,1787,1953]" box="[146,236,1787,1806]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<heading id="D087AA30E57FFF91FF64F96EBBFE045C" bold="true" box="[146,236,1787,1806]" fontSize="8" level="3" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FF64F96EBBFE045C" bold="true" box="[146,236,1787,1806]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Diagnosis</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE57FFF91FF64F88DB9AB04F2" blockId="42.[146,770,1787,1953]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
The following character combination distinguishes
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FD9FF88CB9BF0479" box="[617,685,1817,1835]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">D. gaia</emphasis>
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from the remainder of the complex: moderately thick petiole (DPeI 192255; LPeI 194264); comparatively shorter legs (HFI 5458); mesotibia with distinct apicoventral spur; abundant, short and fine appressed pubescence more or less evenly distributed over entire body.
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FCC4FB30BFA607E5" bold="true" box="[818,1204,1188,1208]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
Worker Measurements and Indices (
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= 8)
</emphasis>
</heading>
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EL 0.040.05; HL 0.530.61; HW 0.430.51; SL 0.290.36;
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0.290.35; PW 0.310.38; DML 0.430.51; PrH 0.330.40; WL 0.600.74; HFL 0.350.41; PeL 0.090.12; PeW 0.210.25; PeH 0.200.27; LT3 0.300.41; LT4 0.360.47; OI 79; CI 7984; SI 5460; LMI 4649; DMI 5053; DMI2 6776; ASI 112125; HFI 5458; DPeI 192255; LPeI 194264.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE57FFF91FCC4FA02B8F506F8" blockId="42.[818,1443,1431,1949]" box="[818,999,1431,1450]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">
<heading id="D087AA30E57FFF91FCC4FA02B8F506F8" bold="true" box="[818,999,1431,1450]" fontSize="8" level="3" pageId="42" pageNumber="43" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FCC4FA02B8F506F8" bold="true" box="[818,999,1431,1450]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Worker Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FCC4FA21B8760695" box="[818,868,1460,1479]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Head</emphasis>
clearly longer than broad (CI 7984), subrectangular; posterior head margin straight, posterodorsal corners of head rounded. In frontal view, sides of head subparallel; eyes relatively large (OI 79), round, usually with several distinct ommatidia, situated almost halfway between anterolateral corner of gena and posterior head margin; eyes just visible in frontal view; frontal lamella in profile quite low, broadly triangular to lobate, apex convex to subacute; lamella slightly translucent, evenly so across its disc, without basal fenestra; medial clypeus gently to distinctly convex, prolonged anteromedially, lateral clypeus curving broadly between antennal sockets and anterolateral corners of head, bearing short curved setae.
<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FC9DF962B8AB0458" box="[875,953,1783,1802]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Antenna</emphasis>
with moderately long scape (SI 5460), scape moderately incrassate, gently bent; pedicel campaniform, longer than broad; true antennomere count eight; apparent antennomere count eight to eleven, flagellomeres basad apical club highly compressed, taken together only slightly longer than apical club.
<emphasis id="B904C14EE57FFF91FADCF8F9BEB0042D" box="[1322,1442,1900,1919]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Ventral head</emphasis>
with moderately developed postoccipital ridge, without or with very
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FF64FDEABBCE01C2" bold="true" box="[146,220,639,656]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Model 8.</emphasis>
3D surface model of
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FE6AFDEABACA01C2" box="[412,472,639,656]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. gaia</emphasis>
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(CASENT0790100). An interactive version of this model is available in the HTML version of this article online and at https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9956253ce2a04153b46 3d0efe493b464.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57EFF90FF64F963BBDC0455" bold="true" box="[146,206,1782,1799]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Fig. 34.</emphasis>
Still images from shaded surface display volume renderings of
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE57EFF90FD29F963B80A0455" box="[735,792,1782,1799]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">D. gaia</emphasis>
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holotype (CASENT0790100) showing virtually segmented body parts. (A) Body in dorsal view, (B) body in profile, (C) head in full-face view, (D) head in dorsal view, (E) head in anterodorsal view, (F) head in anterior view, (G) head in profile, (H) head in ventral view, (I) posterior propodeum in posterior view, (J) petiole in profile, (K) petiole and gaster in profile, (L) petiole in dorsal view, (M) petiole in anterior view, (N) petiole oblique anterior view, (O) gaster in dorsal view, (P) petiole in ventral view, (Q) abdominal sternite 3 in ventral view, (R) mesotibia and mesotarsus in anterior view.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FF64FC97BA4800B0" blockId="44.[146,771,770,1933]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
short anteromedian carina; medial region of hypostoma roundedtriangular, arms strongly narrowed, similar in width across their length; palpal formula not examined.
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FE1EFCA9B952001D" box="[488,576,828,847]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Mandible</emphasis>
edentate; basal angle round to somewhat truncate confluent with prebasal median irregularly shaped carina running halfway of masticatory margin; ectal face with longitudinal carina confluent with masticatory margin for most of its length, leaving a narrow comma-shaped depressed region including basal angle.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FF44FC78BA0600AD" box="[178,276,1005,1023]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Mesosoma</emphasis>
gently sloping posteroventrally, pronotum slightly higher than propodeum; in dorsal view mesosoma conspicuously slender and elongate (DMI 5053; DMI2 6776) with concave sides, pronotum wider than propodeum and narrowest point of mesosoma around midpoint; pronotal humeri rounded; posterior propodeal margin straight; posterodorsal corners of propodeum rounded; declivitous face of propodeum very weakly concave in profile and oblique posterior view; propodeal spiracle inconspicuous, directed posterolaterally; propodeal lobes well-developed, lobate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FF44FB60BA090610" blockId="44.[146,771,770,1933]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FF44FB60BBCF0655" box="[178,221,1269,1287]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Legs</emphasis>
short (HFI 5556); mesotibia with apicoventral spur; mesobasitarsus relatively short, about as long as tarsomeres IIIV taken together.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FF44FAD9BAF105F0" blockId="44.[146,771,770,1933]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FF44FAD9BA3D060D" box="[178,303,1356,1375]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Petiolar node</emphasis>
thick, scarcely attenuated dorsally, about 1.9 to 2.6 times higher than broad (LPeI 194264); in profile anterior face of node subvertical to shallowly sloping posterodorsally, apex thickly rounded to truncate, posterior face shallowly sloping posteroventrally; in dorsal view, petiole rectangular, sides divergent posteriorly, about 1.9 to 2.5 times broader than long (DPeI 192255); in anterior view, petiolar outline roughly disciform, dorsum broadly rounded, angles not distinct; in oblique anterior view, anterior face flat; in ventral view, roughly trapezoidal, sides divering posteriorly; subpetiolar process variable in shape, lobate to subrectangular, in general fairly short, apex broadly rounded to flat; petiolar spiracles elliptical to reniform in ventral view.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FF44F939BA6C0592" box="[178,382,1708,1728]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Abdominal segment 3</emphasis>
campaniform, widest point of tergite just anterad end of segment;
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3 deepest around its midpoint in profile, lacking distinct medial ridge or lobe;
<collectingCountry id="F3675DCCE579FF97FE01F972B90605A8" box="[503,532,1767,1786]" name="American Samoa" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">AS</collectingCountry>
3 without carinate prora, but still with anterior face distinctly depressed, anterior margin of ventral face weakly concave in ventral view; AT4 between 1.1 and 1.3 times longer than AT3 (ASI 112125); AT4 hemidemispherical;
<collectingCountry id="F3675DCCE579FF97FF64F8C8BBBC0422" box="[146,174,1885,1904]" name="American Samoa" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">AS</collectingCountry>
4 with moderately well-developed anterior lip, overlapping around the median one-third of
<collectingCountry id="F3675DCCE579FF97FE39F8EFBAFF04DF" box="[463,493,1914,1933]" name="American Samoa" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">AS</collectingCountry>
3, anterior margin convex in ventral view; successive abdominal segments short, telescopic, often concealed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCA4FF45B88502E2" blockId="44.[818,1443,149,726]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCA4FF45B8BE03B1" box="[850,940,208,227]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Sculpture</emphasis>
generally reduced; head, petiole, mesosomal dorsum, abdominal segment 3 shallowly punctulate-reticulate, gena somewhat more coarsely punctate; lateral mesosoma and declivitous face of propodeum becoming weakly rugulose to substrigulate, particularly on lower surfaces; mandible rather roughly sculptured with piligerous punctulae; AT4 somewhat shinier than AT3, mostly smooth but with numerous minute piligerous punctulae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCA4FE2EBEB201C9" blockId="44.[818,1443,149,726]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCA4FE2EB889029C" box="[850,923,443,462]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Setation</emphasis>
consisting of abundant but short and fine appressed pubescence more or less evenly distributed over entire body; petiolar node, AT3 and AT4 with variably developed layer of standing pilosity, sometimes predominantly decumbent with a few scattered erect setae, at other times numerous short erect setae present; successive abdominal segments with dense, distinctly longer, standing pilosity; ectal face of mandible with abundant, curved, appressed to decumbent setae; masticatory margin with row of straight setae inserted on mesal face.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCA4FD30BF410184" blockId="44.[818,1443,149,726]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCA4FD30B89501EA" box="[850,903,677,696]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Color</emphasis>
uniformly dull testaceous orange to matte sandy brown, head sometimes slightly darker.
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FC96B8870044" bold="true" box="[818,917,771,790]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Etymology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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In Greek mythology, Gaia was the primordial goddess of the Earth. The species is named for the habit of
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FB8DFCA8BFF70002" box="[1147,1253,829,848]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Discothyrea</emphasis>
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nesting cryptically in humus and leaf litter. The specific epithet is given as an appositive noun.
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<heading id="D087AA30E579FF97FCC4FC0EBF0A00FC" bold="true" box="[818,1048,923,942]" fontSize="8" level="3" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FC0EBF0A00FC" bold="true" box="[818,1048,923,942]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Distribution and Biology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCC4FC2DBE3C0754" blockId="44.[818,1442,923,1030]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName id="4C7066DFE579FF97FCC4FC2DB8C20099" authorityName="Hita-Garcia &amp; Lieberman &amp; Audisio &amp; Liu &amp; Economo" authorityYear="2019" box="[818,976,952,971]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Discothyrea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gaia">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FC2DB8C20099" box="[818,976,952,971]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Discothyrea gaia</emphasis>
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is known only from the
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locality in eastern
<collectingCountry id="F3675DCCE579FF97FCC4FC40B88400BA" box="[818,918,981,1000]" name="Zimbabwe" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Zimbabwe</collectingCountry>
(
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). Based on the location of the collecting site, it appears that it was collected in savannah or woodland.
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<subSubSection id="C36A4ED7E579FF97FCC4FBA0BE8105F2" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="discussion">
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<heading id="D087AA30E579FF97FCC4FBA0B884071A" bold="true" box="[818,918,1077,1096]" fontSize="8" level="3" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FBA0B884071A" bold="true" box="[818,918,1077,1096]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCC4FBC6B8A90553" blockId="44.[818,1442,1077,1537]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<taxonomicName id="4C7066DFE579FF97FCC4FBC6B8C60737" authorityName="Hita-Garcia &amp; Lieberman &amp; Audisio &amp; Liu &amp; Economo" authorityYear="2019" box="[818,980,1107,1126]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Discothyrea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gaia">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FBC6B8C60737" box="[818,980,1107,1126]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Discothyrea gaia</emphasis>
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is an easily recognizable species within the Afrotropical fauna. The presence of a conspicuous apicoventral spur on the mesotibia separates it from most other group members, except
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FB3EB89C07EF" box="[818,910,1195,1213]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. poweri</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FC49FB3EBF5607EC" box="[959,1092,1195,1214]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. traegaordhi</emphasis>
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. The latter two lack any standing pilosity on the dorsal surfaces of the body, which is present in
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FAACFB5CBE8F0789" box="[1370,1437,1225,1243]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. gaia</emphasis>
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.
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considering setation,
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FBEBFB73BF7207AA" box="[1053,1120,1254,1272]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. gaia</emphasis>
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possesses shorter legs (HFI 5458) and a thinner petiole (DPeI 192255; LPeI 194264) compared with
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FAB4B8820661" box="[818,912,1313,1331]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. poweri</emphasis>
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(DPeI 135173; LPeI 152194). The petiole of
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FAAAFAB4BEB00661" box="[1372,1442,1313,1331]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. gaia</emphasis>
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is also generally thinner compared with the one of
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FAECFAABBEB30602" box="[1306,1441,1341,1360]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. traegaordhi</emphasis>
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(DPeI 235289; LPeI 236313). However, there is some overlap in the morphometric ranges of these species. Furthermore, on the basis of the presence of a distinct mesotibial spur, relatively larger eyes (OI 710), and a Southern African distribution, it seems intuitive that
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FA44B86606B1" box="[818,884,1489,1507]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. gaia</emphasis>
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belongs to a putative clade that also contains
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FAEBFA44BE6B06B1" box="[1309,1401,1489,1507]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. poweri</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4FA7BB8A70552" box="[818,949,1517,1536]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">D. traegaordhi</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCC4F9A0B89A051A" blockId="44.[818,1442,1589,1697]" box="[818,904,1589,1608]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<heading id="D087AA30E579FF97FCC4F9A0B89A051A" bold="true" box="[818,904,1589,1608]" fontSize="8" level="3" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B904C14EE579FF97FCC4F9A0B89A051A" bold="true" box="[818,904,1589,1608]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Variation</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCF1D5CE579FF97FCC4F9C6BE8105F2" blockId="44.[818,1442,1589,1697]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Varies mainly in the shape of the subpetiolar process, which may be lobate or nearly rectangular. The color is inconsequentially variable from testaceous orange to matte brownish, with variable infuscation of the head.</paragraph>
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