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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9FA19FE57F9D9" blockId="43.[151,488,1527,1554]" box="[151,488,1527,1554]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<heading id="D0E96129FF9EFFCF77F9FA19FE57F9D9" bold="true" box="[151,488,1527,1554]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9FA19FE57F9D9" ID-CoL="4LLDW" authority="Santschi" authorityName="Santschi" box="[151,488,1527,1554]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9FA19FE57F9D9" bold="true" box="[151,488,1527,1554]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9FA19FEC9F9DA" bold="true" box="[151,374,1527,1553]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis weissi</emphasis>
Santschi
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F9D7FB26F984" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" box="[151,1177,1593,1615]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F9D7FD98F984" authority="Santschi, 1910: 395" authorityName="Santschi" authorityPageNumber="395" authorityYear="1910" box="[151,551,1593,1615]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F9D7FEEAF984" box="[151,341,1593,1615]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis weissi</emphasis>
Santschi, 1910: 395
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. Holotype worker, CONGO: Brazzaville (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF74BFF9D7FB99F984" box="[977,1062,1593,1615]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">A. Weiss</emphasis>
) (NHMB).
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F9B6FF64F947" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F9B6FDFFF9A5" authority="Santschi, 1914: 41" authorityName="Santschi" authorityPageNumber="41" authorityYear="1914" box="[151,576,1624,1646]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="natalensis">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F9B6FEC2F9A5" box="[151,381,1624,1646]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis natalensis</emphasis>
Santschi, 1914: 41
</taxonomicName>
. Syntype workers, SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Stamford Hill, 25.i.1905 (NHMB).
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF7203F9B6FF64F947" bold="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Syn. n.</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F97BFCFDF901" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F97BFEE5F960" box="[151,346,1685,1707]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F97BFEE5F960" box="[151,346,1685,1707]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF760CF978FD07F960" authority="Forel, 1915: 351" authorityName="Forel" authorityPageNumber="351" authorityYear="1915" box="[354,696,1685,1707]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" rank="variety" variety="conduensis">
var.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76FEF97BFDBFF960" box="[400,512,1685,1707]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">conduensis</emphasis>
Forel, 1915: 351
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. Syntype workers, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO: Kasai, Kondue (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF7648F95BFECFF901" box="[294,368,1717,1738]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">E. Luja</emphasis>
) (MHNG) [synonymy by Bolton, 1973: 342].
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F93CFC99F8CC" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F93CFEE1F923" box="[151,350,1746,1768]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F93CFEE1F923" box="[151,350,1746,1768]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF7605F93DFD5FF923" authority="Forel, 1916: 453" authorityName="Forel" authorityPageNumber="453" authorityYear="1916" box="[363,736,1746,1768]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" rank="variety" variety="donisthorpei">
var.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76F2F93CFDA3F923" box="[412,540,1746,1768]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">donisthorpei</emphasis>
Forel, 1916: 453
</taxonomicName>
. Syntype workers, NORTH RHODESIA [= ZAMBIA] (MHNG) [synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF76FEF91CFE56F8CC" box="[400,489,1777,1799]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76FEF91CFE56F8CC" box="[400,489,1777,1799]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">P. revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Bolton, 1973: 338].
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF75B2F91FFC99F8CC" bold="true" box="[732,806,1777,1799]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Syn. n.</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F8FEFD99F88F" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F8FEFEE3F8ED" box="[151,348,1808,1830]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F8FEFEE3F8ED" box="[151,348,1808,1830]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76C1F8FFFE4EF8ED" box="[431,497,1809,1830]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">crassa</emphasis>
Emery, 1921: 23. Syntype worker and gyne, CAMEROUN, 1895 (L. Conradt) (MSNG) [synonymy by Bolton, 1973: 342].
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F8A3FBB2F849" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F8A3FEE3F8A8" box="[151,348,1869,1891]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F8A3FEE3F8A8" box="[151,348,1869,1891]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF7608F8A3FCCDF8A8" authority="Emery, 1921: 24" authorityName="Emery" authorityPageNumber="24" authorityYear="1921" box="[358,882,1869,1891]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" rank="variety" subSpecies="crassa" variety="phaenogaster">
subsp.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76DEF8A0FE4DF8A8" box="[432,498,1870,1891]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">crassa</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF7542F8A3FD09F8A8" box="[556,694,1869,1891]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">phaenogaster</emphasis>
Emery, 1921: 24
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. Syntype worker and gyne, CAMEROUN, 1895 (L. Conradt) (MSNG) [referred to
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF756EF883FDE8F849" box="[512,599,1901,1922]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF756EF883FDE8F849" box="[512,599,1901,1922]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">P. weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Bolton, 1973: 342]. [unavailable name]
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF9EFFCF77F9F864FBB4F874" blockId="43.[151,1436,1593,1983]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF9EFFCF77F9F864FEE3F86B" box="[151,348,1930,1952]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF77F9F864FEE3F86B" box="[151,348,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Polyrhachis revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF76DFF864FE60F86B" box="[433,479,1930,1952]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">balli</emphasis>
Santschi, 1939: 10. Syntype workers, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of the CONGO: Gazi, xii.1937 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF7647F844FE3FF874" box="[297,384,1962,1983]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Beinaert</emphasis>
) (NHMB) [synonymized by Bolton, 1973: 342 under
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF9EFFCF74CBF844FC46F874" box="[933,1017,1962,1983]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">P. we i s s i</emphasis>
].
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF99FFC877F9FF79FB2FFE1B" blockId="44.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC877F9FF79FEAEFF7B" bold="true" box="[151,273,151,176]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87672FF79FE4EFF64" box="[284,497,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Polyrhachis weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
looks easily identifiable within the
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC874F4FF79FC5DFF7B" box="[922,994,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group for this unique combination of features: 1) clypeus with an uniformly rounded anterior margin; 2) head in full face view distinctly trapezoidal with a strongly transverse, weakly convex posterior border; 3) eyes moderately convex and placed close to posterior corners; 4) mesosoma fully immarginate and stout (in dorsal view pronotum and mesonotum strongly transverse, propodeal dorsum trapezoidal, much wider in front than behind and distinctly shorter than its maximum width); 5) propodeal dorsum bearing a pair of small, sharp upturned teeth at its posterior corners; 6) petiole with two pairs of spines, the mid pair slightly curved backward and distinctly longer; 7) body mostly reticulate punctate with superimposed fine longitudinal rugulae on cephalic and mesosomal dorsa (cephalic rugulae tidier); 8) standing hairs moderately long and abundant all over the body and legs, mostly yellowish in colour.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF99FFC877A9FE32FC13FD24" blockId="44.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC877A9FE32FEFBFE3E" bold="true" box="[199,324,476,501]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Comment.</emphasis>
Bolton (1973: 339) separated
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC875F8FE33FD49FE3F" box="[662,758,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">P. weissi</emphasis>
Santschi
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from
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC874F0FE33FBF1FE3E" authority="Andre" authorityName="Andre" box="[926,1102,476,501]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC874F0FE33FBBDFE3E" box="[926,1026,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">P. revoili</emphasis>
André
</taxonomicName>
on “quite trivial” (in Boltons own words) characters: size, pilosity and sculpturation; he also gave them an allopatric distribution. Boltons
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<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC877F9FDCAFF60FDF6" box="[151,223,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has strongly hairy scapes, is larger and more irregularly sculptured and was reported as occurring in eastern and southern Africa. On the contrary, the west and central African
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC874E1FDA6FC6CFD94" box="[911,979,584,607]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC874E1FDA6FC6CFD94" box="[911,979,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has hairless or almost hairless scapes, a more regular sculpturation and smaller size. However, it must be pointed out that worker and gyne syntypes of
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC872E9FD83FF60FD63" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC872E9FD83FF60FD63" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">P. revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subsp.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87651FD7EFE37FD6C" box="[319,392,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">crassa</emphasis>
Emery, synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC875BFFD7EFCAAFD6C" box="[721,789,656,679]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC875BFFD7EFCAAFD6C" box="[721,789,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Bolton (1973), come from Cameroon and have as abundantly hairy scapes as Boltons
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC87556FD5AFDC0FD06" box="[568,639,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87556FD5AFDC0FD06" box="[568,639,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Consequently,
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87456FD5BFC3EFD07" box="[824,897,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">crassa</emphasis>
should belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC8733FFD5AFB26FD06" box="[1105,1177,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8733FFD5AFB26FD06" box="[1105,1177,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sensu Bolton and its collecting locality also denies the allopatry between
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC8758CFD36FC99FD24" box="[738,806,728,751]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8758CFD36FC99FD24" box="[738,806,728,751]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC87433FD39FC1BFD3B" box="[861,932,727,752]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87433FD39FC1BFD3B" box="[861,932,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF99FFC877A9FD12FDFFFC26" blockId="44.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Boltons
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC87640FD12FEC9FCDE" box="[302,374,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87640FD12FEC9FCDE" box="[302,374,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">revoili</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC876E8FD13FE75FCDF" box="[390,458,765,788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC876E8FD13FE75FCDF" box="[390,458,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and all of their synonyms share the diagnostic features reported above and cannot be conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC8760FFCCEFDA3FCF3" authority="Andre" authorityName="Andre" box="[353,540,799,824]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="revoili">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8760FFCCEFE75FCF3" box="[353,458,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">P. revoili</emphasis>
André
</taxonomicName>
(see under that heading). For this reason and because I could not see any consistent difference of size, sculpturation and pubescence, I assign all of them to
<taxonomicName id="4C1EADC6FF99FFC87328FCABFB35FC97" box="[1094,1162,837,860]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Polyrhachis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="weissi">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87328FCABFB35FC97" box="[1094,1162,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">weissi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the presence and number of standing hairs on scapes could suggest the existence of two distinct species. Some nest series have 0 to few standing hairs on scapes, whereas other samples have more than 30, without any seemingly intermediate condition. Because of lack of further reliable distinctive characters, I prefer to consider these alternative conditions as a matter of intraspecific variability.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30485CEFF99FFC877A9FC19FE42F872" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF99FFC877A9FC19FC2DF9E6" blockId="44.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC877A9FC19FE0EFBDB" bold="true" box="[199,433,1015,1040]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Material examined.</emphasis>
Scapes with 0 &lt;10 standing hairs.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8743AFC19FB15FBC4" bold="true" box="[852,1194,1015,1040]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.</emphasis>
: P.N. Dzanga-Ndoki, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km 53° NE Bayanga, 3°02N 16°25E, 510 m, 17.v.2001 #4004 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC873E4FBF3FAB1FBFE" box="[1162,1294,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">B.L. Fisher</emphasis>
) (1g, CAS: CASENT0415886); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00N 16°12E, 420 m, 1017.v.2001 #4083 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8779EFB8BFECEFBB6" box="[240,369,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">B.L. Fisher</emphasis>
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0081187); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00N 16°12E, 420 m, 1017.v.2001 #4123 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87523FB66FD73FB6B" box="[589,716,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">B.L. Fisher</emphasis>
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0403724); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00N 16°12E, 470 m, 1017.v.2001 #4087 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8736FFB43FB32FB0E" box="[1025,1165,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">B.L. Fisher</emphasis>
) (1 g, 11 w, CAS: CASENT0403857, CASENT0403891, CASENT0403945, CASENT0403958, CASENT0404012, CASENT0404014, CASENT0404030, CASENT0404062, CASENT0404069); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27N 16°11.55E, 420 m, 11.v.2001 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC874E9FAF6FB9FFAE4" box="[903,1056,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">S. van Noort</emphasis>
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0090751 CAR01-S109); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27N 16°11.55E, 420 m, 13.v.2001 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87236FAD2FF67FABC" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">S. van Noort</emphasis>
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0091738 CAR01-S151); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27N 16°11.55E, 420 m, 15.v.2001 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87564FA6AFD1FFA57" box="[522,672,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">S. van Noort</emphasis>
) (3 w, CAS: CASENT0091280 CAR01-S182, CASENT0091342 CAR01-S187, CASENT0092075 CAR01-S190); Res. Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27N 16°11.55E, 420 m, 1617.v.2001 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC8755FFA22FD79FA2F" box="[561,710,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">S. van Noort</emphasis>
) (1 w, CAS: CASENT0087509 CAR01-M151); Res. Dzanga- Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga, 3°00.27N 16°11.55E, 420 m, 17.v.2001 (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87355FA1EFB71F9CC" box="[1083,1230,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">S. van Noort</emphasis>
) (1 g, 1 w, CAS: CASENT0092087 CAR01-S191, CASENT0092184 CAR01-S199).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA1D645FF99FFC877A9F9D6FE42F872" blockId="44.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Scapes with&gt; 30 standing hairs.
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC87551F9D9FC30F99B" bold="true" box="[575,911,1591,1616]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">REPUBLIC of the CONGO</emphasis>
: Niari Region, 2.30757 S 12.82985 E, 660 m, 3.vii.2013, primary forest, canopy fogging, (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC875CCF9B3FC95F9BE" box="[674,810,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">L. Niemand</emphasis>
) (3 w, AFRC: CASENT0250020, CASENT0250023, CASENT0250032); Niari Region, 2.30339 S 12.83902 E, 705 m, 3.vii.2013, primary forest, canopy fogging, (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC872EBF96EFF43F976" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">L. Niemand</emphasis>
) (1 g, AFRC: CASENT0250024); Niari Region, 2.31500 S 12.82488 E, 710 m, 5.vii.2013, primary forest, canopy fogging, (
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC876DBF926FD84F92B" box="[437,571,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">L. Niemand</emphasis>
) (2 w, AFRC: CASENT0250016, CASENT0250017).
<emphasis id="B96A0A57FF99FFC873D5F929FA2BF92B" bold="true" box="[1211,1428,1735,1760]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">SOUTH AFRICA</emphasis>
: Kwazulu Natal, Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, 31°03.506S 30°10.392E, 160 m, 15 16.xi.2000 (S. van Noort) malaise trap, coastal forest (1 w, CAS: CASENT0099660 KW00-M74); Kwazulu Natal, Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, 31°03.506S 30°10.392E, 160 m, 17.xi.2000 (S. van Noort) sweep coastal forest (2 g, 6 w, CAS: CASENT0098295 KW00-S21, CASENT0098360 KW00-S30, CASENT0098382 KW00-S33, CASENT0098385 KW00-S34, CASENT0098386 KW00-S34, CASENT0098395 KW00-S35, CASENT0098398 KW00-S36, CASENT0098429 KW00-S39).
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</subSubSection>
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