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<taxonomicName id="C79CA2BFDD7D57E485596A85C488B8FA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:253527" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Lordomyrma sinensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">Lordomyrma sinensis</taxonomicName>
(Ma, Xu, Makio, and DuBois)
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<taxonomicName id="8C06117A2AD3456771D6AA1AE514F635" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223205" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Stenamma sinensis Ma, Xu, Makio &amp; DuBois" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="49" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sinensis">Stenamma sinensis</taxonomicName>
Ma, Xu, Makio, and DuBois, 2007: 371-377, Figs. 1-4. Holotype worker and paratype workers, CHINA: Mt. Qinling, Shaanxi,
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, 1580-1641m, 7-18 September 2005 and 1-13 August 2006, LiBin Ma. [Holotype and partype workers in DBSNU not examined.]
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Justification for transfer of species to
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<paragraph id="E0B7A94834F1ED8EC06F7EA97ED6BF14" pageNumber="49">Morphological analysis</paragraph>
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The holotype and several paratype specimens of
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from the
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were examined. Additional material recently collected from Nepal and Yunnan Province, China was borrowed from
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and
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, respectively. These latter specimens were sorted into two morphospecies and identified as L. cf.
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1 and L. cf.
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2 (Figures 28-33). Careful examination revealed several morphological characters distinguishing these species from
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: (1) Antenna with a 3-segmented club of which the last two segments display the largest increases in length relative to preceding segments (ACI 73- 77; compare Figures 34 and 37); (2) apex of anterior clypeal margin with a small projecting tooth (compare Figures 35 and 38; note, this character was not discerned in the types of
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because the mandibles were closed in all specimens); (3) posteromedial margin of clypeus as wide or wider than frontal lobes in full-face
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(compare Figures 35, 38); (3) postpetiolar node broader than long (Figures 27, 30, 33); (4) sting robust and often exposed and projecting dorsally in pinned specimens (compare Figures 36 and 39). Although specimens of
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were not examined, the characters mentioned above were confirmed by reviewing the species description and accompanying figures (Ma et al. 2007).
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FIGURES 25-33. Full-face, profile, and dorsal images of several
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taxa. Figures 25-27:
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holotype CASENT0171178 (Bhutan). Figures 28-30: L. cf.
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1 CASENT0097951 (Yunnan Prov., China). Figures 31-33: L. cf.
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2 CASENT0171179 (Yunnan Prov., China).
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To adequately delimit species in this group, a more detailed analysis of regional variation will be necessary. From the specimens examined here, I find it difficult to comfortably define species boundaries. Surprisingly, Ma et al. (2007) did not directly compare
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to
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, but instead stated that it would most likely be confused with other species within the
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species group, the group to which both
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and
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were assigned. I examined three additional members of this species group,
<taxonomicName id="7C62F992B7043A8F6E432F8DA4726DDA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:181637" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Stenamma koreanensis Lyu, DuBois &amp; Cho" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="koreanensis">S. koreanensis,</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4EE310A5A995EBE6A5A0B5EBC879EE61" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36464" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" genus.bestMatchDistance="102" genus.bestMatchVote="2" genus.innerRound="1" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Stenamma owstoni Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="owstoni">S. owstoni</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="8BF069BAAD492C753AB33B0259B86350" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:36461" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" genus.outerRound="1" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Stenamma nipponense Yasumatsu &amp; Murakami" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nipponense">S. nipponense</taxonomicName>
(Figures 5-7), and determined that these have the attributes of true
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. It is likely that this confusion was caused by a poor understanding of which characters are most important in diagnosing
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. For example, Ma et al. (2007) were the first to notice the presence of a median clypeal tooth. However, they incorrectly used this trait as a species diagnosing rather than a genus diagnosing character.
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