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<document ENCODING="UTF8" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6160165" ID-GBIF-Dataset="5918b440-d835-4e34-9618-f1b58aab1bed" ID-GBIF-Taxon="114913875" ID-HNS-Pub="27552" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6160165" checkinTime="1409237179507" checkinUser="donat" docAuthor="Longino, John T" docDate="2013" docId="921537B7FE6440C0D0257197555C7968" docLanguage="en" docName="27552.htm.xml" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3699" docTitle="Octostruma gymnogon Longino, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="5" lastPageNumber="33" masterDocId="EE74F677DCA4F13702125E9CE8D29A0F" masterDocTitle="A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" masterLastPageNumber="61" masterPageNumber="1" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" updateTime="1645264522075" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Longino, John T</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Zootaxa</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>3699</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="HNS-Pub">27552</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.11646/zootaxa.3699.1.1</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">65A19D30-8E7A-4073-B92B-9709F8384752</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6160165" ID-GBIF-Taxon="114913875" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6160165" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:921537B7FE6440C0D0257197555C7968" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/921537B7FE6440C0D0257197555C7968" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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<taxonomicName authority="Longino" authorityName="Longino" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gymnogon">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="32" pageNumber="33" start="start">Octostruma</pageBreakToken>
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gymnogon
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<authority pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Longino</authority>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="32" pageNumber="33" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">(Figs 1E, 3D, 5D, 24, 42)</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Type material. Holotype worker: COSTA RICA, Alajuela: Casa Eladio, Rio Penas Blancas, 10.31667, -84.71667,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">+/-</normalizedToken>
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2 km, 800 m, 26 Apr 1987, primary wet forest, sifted leaf litter (J. Longino#1579-s) [INBC, unique specimen identifier CASENT0627379]. Paratype workers, queen: same data [INBC, CASENT0627380]; same data except (J. Longino#1578-s) [CAS, LACM ENT 143374; USNM, LACM ENT 143375]; 27 Apr 1988 (J. Longino#2015-s) [MCZC, LACM ENT 143379; MZSP, LACM ENT 143380]; 10 May 1989 (J. Longino#2529-s) [UVGC, INBI0CRI001281404; EAPZ, INBI0CRI001281422]; 23 May 1990 (J. Longino#2701-s) [UCDC, INBI0CRI001282517]; 2 Mar 2004 (J. Longino#5278-s) [CAS, JTLC000005383; JTLC, JTLC000005390].
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">Geographic range. Guatemala to Panama.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Diagnosis. Mandible with 8 teeth (Fig. 3D), tooth 1 a broad blunt lamella, strongly differentiated from tooth 2, teeth 2-5 acute, similar in shape, with denticles between them; teeth 5-8 forming an apical fork, with 5 and 8 large, 6 and 7 small partially confluent denticles (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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complex); face setation as in Fig. 5D, lacking erect setae on posterolateral margins of head (present in
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<taxonomicName authority=", O. megabalzani" authorityName=", O. megabalzani" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">
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O. balzani
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<authority pageId="32" pageNumber="33">, O. megabalzani</authority>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trithrix">O. trithrix</taxonomicName>
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) and on the posteromedian margin (present in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amrishi">O. amrishi</taxonomicName>
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); mesosomal dorsum lacking a pair of erect setae (present in
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<taxonomicName authority=", O. megabalzani" authorityName=", O. megabalzani" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">
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O. balzani
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<authority pageId="32" pageNumber="33">, O. megabalzani</authority>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trithrix">O. trithrix</taxonomicName>
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); metanotal groove not impressed in profile view (impressed in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megabalzani">O. megabalzani</taxonomicName>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Description. Worker. HW 0.62-0.68, HL 0.56-0.59, WL 0.62-0.68, CI 109-114 (n=6). Matching in almost every respect the description for
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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, except the differences outlined in the Diagnosis and key.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gymnogon">Octostruma gymnogon</taxonomicName>
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is generally darker brown than either
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amrishi">O. amrishi</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Queen. HW 0.66, HL 0.60, WL 0.79, CI 110 (n=1). Similar in all respects to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Biology.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gymnogon">Octostruma gymnogon</taxonomicName>
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is a montane species. It occurs mostly in mature cloud forest. On the Barva Transect in Costa Rica it shows a sharp elevationally parapatric distribution with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="amrishi">O. amrishi</taxonomicName>
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and is restricted to elevations above 400 m. Almost all collections are from Berlese and Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood from the forest floor. Dealate queens and intercaste workers occasionally occur together with workers in litter samples. See additional comments under
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balzani">O. balzani</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="mainText">
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Etymology. The
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Octostruma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="name">name</taxonomicName>
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refers to the lack of a spatulate seta on the posterolateral vertex margin. It is a noun in apposition and thus invariant.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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