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<mods:namePart>Xu, Zheng-Hui</mods:namePart>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="156199962" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:09C9335F-C01F-4B6A-B289-1E6B9611E96F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E100705ADD5F17DE02A680F5D7CBC53" lastPageNumber="137" pageId="0" pageNumber="137">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/09C9335F-C01F-4B6A-B289-1E6B9611E96F" authority="Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium shohei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shohei">Proceratium shohei Staab, Xu & Hita Garcia</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="137">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 3A, 3C, 22, 23, 25
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype. Pinned worker from CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna, Kilometer 55 station,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="21.964">21.964°N</geoCoordinate>
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/
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="101.202">101.202°E</geoCoordinate>
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, 820 m asl, rain forest, Winkler leaf litter extraction, 13-VI-2013, leg. Benoit
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, Benjamin Blanchard & Cong Liu, label
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(CASENT0717686), deposited in SWFU.
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Cybertype. Volumetric raw data (in DICOM format), 3D rotation video (in mp4 format, see Suppl. material 10: Video 8), still images of surface volume rendering, and 3D surface (in PLY format) of the physical holotype (CASENT0717686) in addition to montage photos illustrating head in full-face view, profile and dorsal views of the body. The data is deposited at Dryad (
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<bibRefCitation author="Staab, M" journalOrPublisher="American Naturalist" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" url="https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h6j0g4p" year="2018">Staab et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
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, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h6j0g4p) 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 holotype at Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com/models/0dd8217041274f268fae8897958d9b6a).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium shohei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shohei">Proceratium shohei</taxonomicName>
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differs from the other oriental members of the
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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clade by the following character combination: head broadest at the level of eyes, sides and vertex of head weakly convex, almost straight; scapes relatively long (SI 72); frontal carinae relatively broad and slightly convex; posterodorsal corners of propodeum with broad teeth that project over less than half of the propodeal lobes in profile; petiole in dorsal view longer than broad; petiolar node relatively compressed dorsoventrally, subpetiolar process inconspicuous, a lamellae only, without a projection; LS3 with a straight ventral outline; abdominal segment IV strongly recurved and broadly rounded, LS4 reduced (IGR not measurable); head, mesosoma, petiole, and LT3 foveolate; LT4 smooth and shiny, dorsally without sculpture, laterally superficially punctured.
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Figure 22.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium shohei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shohei">Proceratium shohei</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. holotype worker (CASENT0717686). A Body in profile B Body in dorsal view C Head in full-face view.
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Figure 23. Still images from surface display volume renderings of 3D model of
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sp. n. holotype worker (CASENT0717686). A Body in profile B Body in dorsal view C Head in dorsal view D Head in anterodorsal view E Head in anterior view F Head in ventral view G Head in profile H Mesosoma in profile I Mesosoma in dorsal view J Propodeum in posterodorsal view K Abdominal segment II and parts of III in profile L Abdominal segment II and parts of III in dorsal view M Abdominal segments
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–VII">II-VII</normalizedToken>
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in profile N Abdominal segment III and parts of II and IV in dorsal view O Abdominal segments
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<normalizedToken originalValue="II–VII">II-VII</normalizedToken>
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in ventral view.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Worker measurements.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Holotype.TL 4.15; EL 0.09; SL 0.71; HL 0.99; HLM 1.13; HW 0.89; WL 1.25; MFeL 0.89; MTiL 0.71; MBaL 0.56; PeL 0.47; PeW 0.44; LT3 0.64; LS4 n.a.; LT4 0.66; OI 10; CI 90; SI 72; MFeI 100; MTiI 80; MBaI 63; DPeI 94; IGR n.a.; ASI 103.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Worker description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">In full-face view, head slightly longer than broad (CI 90), sides and vertex weakly convex, almost straight. Clypeus relatively broad, surrounding antennal insertions and protruding anteriorly, anterior clypeal margin with a distinct notch. Frontal carinae relatively short, broadly separated from each other, constantly diverging posteriorly and not covering antennal insertions, lateral expansions of frontal carinae slightly concave in full-face view; frontal area convex; frontal furrow absent. Genal carinae strongly developed; ventral face of head (gular area) concave. Eyes relatively large (OI 10), consisting of one convex ommatidium, located slightly anterior to the midline of head. Antennae 12-segmented, scapes comparatively long (SI 72), not reaching posterior head margin and thickening apically. Mandibles elongate and triangular, masticatory margin with three teeth in total, apical tooth large and acute, the other teeth smaller and decreasing in size from second to third tooth that is followed by a series of minute blunt denticles.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Mesosoma in profile convex and longer than maximum head length including mandibles. Lower mesopleurae (katepisterna) with demarcated sutures, upper mesopleurae (anepisterna), and promesonotum with inconspicuous and very shallow sutures; lower mesopleurae inflated posteriorly; posterodorsal corners of propodeum with broad teeth that project over less than half of the propodeal lobes in profile, propodeal lobes strongly developed as broadly triangular teeth protruding dorsolaterally; propodeal declivity almost vertical, slightly inclined anteriorly; in posterodorsal view, sides of propodeum separated from declivity by lamellate margins; propodeal spiracle relatively small, located above mid height; in profile, opening ellipsoid and facing posteriorly. Legs comparatively long; all tibiae with a pectinate spur; calcar of strigil with a basal spine; pretarsal claws simple; arolia present.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Petiole in dorsal view longer than broad, sides consistently diverging posteriorly, anterior border with a thick margin that is distinctly angulate on each side; in profile, petiolar node relatively compressed dorsoventrally, its anterior face slightly sloping; dorsum of node relatively flat, weakly convex; ventral face inconspicuous with a thin lamella and no projection.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">In dorsal view, abdominal segment III anteriorly much broader than petiole, its sides weakly convex; abdominal sternite III extended ventrally, its outline straight, anteriomedially with a conspicuous depression marked by a broad rim. Constriction between abdominal segments III and IV deep. Abdominal segment IV very large, very strongly recurved (abdominal sternum IV reduced and IGR not measurable) and posteriorly rounded, with a thin lamella on its anterior border; abdominal tergum IV slightly longer than abdominal tergum III (ASI 103), remaining abdominal tergites and sternites inconspicuous and projecting anteriorly. Sting large and extended.</paragraph>
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Whole body covered with dense relatively short decumbent to erect hairs; additionally significantly longer suberect to erect hairs abundant on the whole body, including legs and scapes; such hairs also present on funicular joints, but shorter and relatively thicker; dense appressed to decumbent pubescence on the funiculus only; mandibles striate; head, mesosoma, petiole, and abdominal segment III foveolate with superimposed punctures and granules, the foveae relatively deep, large, and irregular; abdominal segment IV smooth and shiny, dorsally without sculpture, laterally superficially punctured; scapes and legs densely punctured. Body color uniformly dark ferruginous-brown, antennae, legs, and abdominal segments
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orange brown.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="137" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">This species is named in honor of Dr. Shohei Suzuki (1979-2016), a Japanese marine biologist whose life was tragically lost in a diving accident while conducting coral reef research in Okinawa.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">No direct observations of biology and natural history are available. The type specimen was collected from rain forest leaf litter. Like many other ant species occurring in the tropical rain forest of Xishuangbanna, the species probably also occurs in adjacent countries such as Laos or Thailand.</paragraph>
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Figure 24. Maps of China (country is shown in dark grey with highlighted country and province borders) and South East Asia displaying known species distribution ranges (in green) of
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. bruelheidei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="bruelheidei">P. bruelheidei</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. itoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="itoi">P. itoi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. japonicum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="japonicum">P. japonicum</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. kepingmai" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="kepingmai">P. kepingmai</taxonomicName>
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.
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Figure 25. Maps of China (country is shown in dark grey with highlighted country and province borders) and South East Asia displaying known species distribution ranges (in green) of
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. longigaster" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="longigaster">P. longigaster</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. longmenense" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="longmenense">P. longmenense</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. zhaoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="zhaoi">P. zhaoi</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="137" type="taxonomic notes">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Taxonomic notes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">
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In
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<bibRefCitation author="Liu, C" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Hymenoptera Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.477.8775" year="2015 b">Liu et al. (2015b)</bibRefCitation>
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this species was erroneously listed as
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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, a species known from Borneo, peninsular Malaysia, and Thailand (see
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<bibRefCitation author="Baroni Urbani, C" journalOrPublisher="Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin)" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" pagination="1 - 492" title="The ant genus Proceratium in the extant and fossil record (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="36" year="2003">Baroni Urbani and de Andrade 2003</bibRefCitation>
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). However, a careful reexamination of the specimen from Yunnan and comparisons with images of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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(CASENT0915370) and further
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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specimens from Borneo (CASENT0790842, CASENT0790847, CASENT0790848; see Suppl. material 2: Figure S1 for micro CT images of CASENT0790842 and see Suppl. material 11: Video 9 for a 3D rotation video of the same specimen) revealed considerable morphological differences that convinced us to separate both species and to describe
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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as new. Among the other species of the
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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clade occurring in the oriental zoogeographic region (
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. foveolatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="foveolatum">P. foveolatum</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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),
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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is unsurprisingly most similar to
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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, but both species can be safely and easily separated.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proceratium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Proceratium shohei" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shohei">Proceratium shohei</taxonomicName>
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has an indistinct subpetiolar process without a median anterior projection (subpetiolar process with a distinct tooth in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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; opposed to the
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. itoi" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="itoi">P. itoi</taxonomicName>
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clade, the subpetiolar process is an informative character in the
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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clade). Also,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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has relatively longer scapes (SI 72) (SI 58-68 in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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), the posterodorsal corner of the propodeum with relatively shorter teeth that project over less than half of the length of the propodeal lobes in profile (at least projecting over half of propodeal lobes in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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), a very reduced LS4 so that IGR cannot be measured (LS4 also reduced but IGR 0.23-0.29 in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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), a straight ventral outline of LS3 (with a depression in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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), and slightly convex frontal carinae (slightly concave in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. deelemani" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="deelemani">P. deelemani</taxonomicName>
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). Superficially,
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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also resembles
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. foveolatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="foveolatum">P. foveolatum</taxonomicName>
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. From
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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it can be distinguished by the subpetiolar process without a median anterior projection (subpetiolar process with a distinct tooth in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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), the longer teeth on the posterodorsal corners of the propodeum that project straightly backwards (short and blunt, projecting slightly dorsally in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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), and the foveolate sculpture of the head, mesosoma, petiole, and LT3 (coarsely granulate with superimposed fovea in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. stictum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="stictum">P. stictum</taxonomicName>
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). The sculpture of the integument likewise easily distinguishes
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. foveolatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="foveolatum">P. foveolatum</taxonomicName>
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, which has the entire integument including LT4 covered with large, deep, regular, and clearly demarcated fovea (fovea smaller and shallower, at most superficial punctures but no fovea on LT4 in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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). Also, in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. foveolatum" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="foveolatum">P. foveolatum</taxonomicName>
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LT4 is extended posteriorly and forms a broad, strong angle while LT4 is not as extended and broadly rounded in
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<taxonomicName genus="P." lsidName="P. shohei" pageId="0" pageNumber="137" rank="species" species="shohei">P. shohei</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="137" type="variation">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Variation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="137">Since this species is known only from the holotype there is no available information about intraspecific variation.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |