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species group
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<paragraph id="DC283D317C6EFA76FF07FC67FD521E51" blockId="7.[189,1399,960,1091]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Antennae with 11 segments; anterior clypeal lobe conspicuously convex and rounded, without a small median triangular projection; frontal carinae absent; propodeal spines very well developed, long and spiniform; petiole and postpetiole each with a pair of large and conspicuous lateral spines; all dorsal surfaces of body without standing pilosity.</paragraph>
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The
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FF49FB3DFE5A1EA1" box="[243,440,1177,1203]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">N. cataulacoides</emphasis>
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species group holds only one morphologically bizarre and extraordinary species, which is impossible to confuse with any other
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FD5CFB1AFC9C1EC4" box="[742,894,1213,1238]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nesomyrmex</emphasis>
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species from the Afrotropical or any other region. The 11-segmented antennae, lack of standing pilosity on all dorsal surfaces, and the extreme spinosity render
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FE31FAA3FDB71F0F" box="[395,597,1283,1309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">N. cataulacoides</emphasis>
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immediately recognizable. The possession of spines/teeth on the anterior pronotal corners, the anterior and posterior propodeum, and on both waist segments is unique within the genus. The affinities of
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FDFFFAEDFCEA1F71" box="[581,776,1353,1379]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">N. cataulacoides</emphasis>
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to other
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FCD6FAEDFBE61F71" box="[876,1028,1354,1379]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nesomyrmex</emphasis>
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are difficult to ascertain, mostly due to the extreme morphological specializations. So far it is not possible to associate it closely with any other
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<emphasis id="EEE3E1237C6EFA76FEB8FA36FE781FB8" box="[258,410,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Nesomyrmex</emphasis>
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species or species group. Currently, the species is known only from
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and
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. Based on the few collections available, this species is strictly arboreal. The observed disjunctive distribution is most likely a sampling artefact due to the scarcity of collecting in Central African canopies, and we expect that
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will be collected in intermediate countries in the future.
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