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<emphasis id="B968EA9042656D1D849FA67DAF358444" box="[151,339,1028,1050]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="250">Prenolepis umbra</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042656D1D849FA626AF538426" bold="true" box="[151,309,1119,1144]" pageId="49" pageNumber="250">Morphology.</emphasis>
Worker.
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CMC: 48; EL: 0.190.24; EW: 0.150.17; HL: 0.810.92; HLA: 0.350.38; HLP: 0.370.40; HW: 0.620.70; IOD: 0.470.48; LF1: 0.210.22; LF2: 0.110.13; LHT: 1.121.26; MMC: 02; MTW: 0.410.47; MW: 0.280.33; PDH: 0.360.41; PMC: 01; PrCL: 0.580.64; PrCW: 0.340.38; PrFL: 0.961.06; PrFW: 0.230.24; PTH: 0.370.40; PTL: 0.300.33; PTW: 0.190.22; PW: 0.500.56; SL: 1.161.27; TL: 3.083.77; WF1: 0.070.08; WF2: 0.070.08; WL: 1.171.43; BLI: 182210; CI: 7681; EPI: 9397; FLI: 167191; HTI: 167185; PetHI: 101102; PetWI: 6469; PrCI: 5962; PrFI: 23 24; REL: 2328; REL2: 3035; REL3: 4049; SI: 173187.
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Dark brown to black with yellow to light brown legs and antennae; entire cuticle lightly to finely reticulate; dark, erect macrosetae with thick setal bases on head, gaster, and legs; erect macrosetae on head is sparse (CMC &lt;8); sparse erect setae and dense pubescence on scapes; no erect macrosetae on pronotum, mesonotum, metanotum, or propodeum; fine, dense pubescence covering most of the cuticle; head longer than broad and rectangular in shape with indistinct posterolateral corners and slight medial concavity in the posterior margin; compound eyes are positioned at or anterior to the midline of the head (EPI &lt;100); eyes are moderately sized and convex, but do not surpass the lateral margins of the head in full-face view; mandibles with 6 teeth on the masticatory margin; cuticle of ectal surface of mandibles has light longitudinal striations; mesosoma is gracile (
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); in profile view the dorsal surface of the mesonotum is flat and elongate; in profile view, propodeum is highly domed with a rounded dorsal face; mesonotal and metanotal sutures are deep and complete; dorsal apex of petiole scale is sharply angled and forward-inclined.
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042656D1D84CFA4C8AF778694" bold="true" box="[199,273,1713,1738]" pageId="49" pageNumber="250">Notes.</emphasis>
This species was likely thought to be a
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because its elongate mesosoma appears to be constricted.
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however does not have the depression in the dorsal surface of the mesonotum that is seen in
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species. This species also has deep and complete mesonotal and metanotal sutures (
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).
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worker USNMENT00755067. Lateral, full-face, and dorsal view of the body.
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has features consistent with
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morphology (
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), including elongate scapes (SI&gt; 170) with dense pubescence and a head that is distinctly longer than wide (CI &lt;81).
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has slightly anteriorly-placed eyes (EPI &lt;100) and 6 teeth on the masticatory margin, which are features consistent across
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species (
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LaPolla
<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8790A37CADB38142" box="[920,981,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">et al.</emphasis>
2010a
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). However, we have also found that like all
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8517A351AFD1811E" box="[287,439,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Paratrechina</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F85CDA350AC4E811E" box="[453,552,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">P. umbra</emphasis>
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has longitudinal striations across the ectal surface of the mandibles a feature that has never been observed in
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8606A335ACE9813A" box="[526,655,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Nylanderia</emphasis>
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species. Based on these findings in addition to molecular evidence (S.G. Brady, unpublished data), we place
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8687A308AC9E81D6" box="[655,760,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">P. umbra</emphasis>
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in
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8723A309ADA481D6" box="[811,962,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Paratrechina</emphasis>
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. This means that
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F80AAA308AB6B81D6" box="[1186,1293,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">P. umbra</emphasis>
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is the only
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F849FA3EDAF4981F2" box="[151,303,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Paratrechina</emphasis>
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species found only in Asia and its placement in
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F878CA3EDAA7A81F2" box="[900,1052,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Paratrechina</emphasis>
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means that
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F80BAA3ECAB3081F2" box="[1202,1366,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">P. longicornis</emphasis>
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is no longer the only
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<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F8544A3C1AF82818E" box="[332,484,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">Paratrechina</emphasis>
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species to be found outside of Africa (
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LaPolla
<emphasis id="B968EA9042676D1F800AA3C0AA5A818E" box="[1026,1084,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="252">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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).
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(
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