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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF428330403CFD83" bold="true" box="[151,329,577,603]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Austromorium</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="019061A8FFA23460FF4A83154072FDA6" box="[159,263,612,638]" captionStart-0="FIGURES 1 – 3. A" captionStart-1="FIGURES 4 – 6. A" captionStart-2="FIGURES 7 – 8" captionStartId-0="2.[151,271,1900,1924]" captionStartId-1="2.[151,269,1970,1994]" captionStartId-2="5.[151,269,1858,1882]" captionTargetBox-0="[151,1436,274,1875]" captionTargetBox-2="[162,1425,1314,1830]" captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[151,1436,274,1875]" captionTargetId-2="figure@5.[162,1425,1314,1831]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-2="5" captionText-0="FIGURES 1 – 3. A. flavigaster Clark, worker: Fig. 1, front of head; Fig. 2, lateral view of body; Fig. 3, dorsal view of body." captionText-1="FIGURES 4 – 6. A. hetericki sp. n., worker: Fig. 4, front of head; Fig. 5, lateral view of body; Fig. 6, dorsal view of body." captionText-2="FIGURES 7 – 8. Distribution of material examined during this study: Fig. 7, A. flavigaster; Fig. 8, A. hetericki." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/189447/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/189448/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Figs 1–8</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA23460FF4283C142BBFD13" blockId="1.[151,1437,688,2030]" box="[151,974,688,715]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">
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<typeStatus id="4610C38FFFA23460FF4283C141A1FD12" box="[151,212,688,714]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Type</typeStatus>
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species.
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FE9D83C04276FD13" authority="Clark, 1938" authorityName="Clark" authorityYear="1938" box="[328,771,689,715]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Xiphomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FE9D83C0431AFD12" box="[328,623,689,714]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Xiphomyrmex flavigaster</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FDA383C04276FD13" author="Clark" box="[630,771,689,715]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Clark, J. (1938) The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n. s.), 50, 356 - 382." type="journal article" year="1938">Clark, 1938</bibRefCitation>
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, here designated.
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<subSubSection id="D1B12EA6FFA23460FF1383A642ABFBFF" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA23460FF1383A640AAFCBE" blockId="1.[151,1437,688,2030]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF1383A64033FD29" bold="true" box="[198,326,727,753]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Antennae 12 segmented (including the scape) with a 3-segmented club. Antennal scrobes absent. Mandibles with 4 or 5 teeth. Upper surface of the mesosoma forming a uniform arch which is interrupted only by the shallow metanotal groove. Tip of sting broadly flattened and expanded (visible only when the sting is extended).
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These ants are superficially similar to workers of
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FCC7820342DFFC53" box="[786,938,882,907]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FC3182034509FC53" box="[996,1148,882,907]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Tetramorium</emphasis>
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. They can be separated from
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF0282E8401AFC6A" box="[215,367,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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by the lower number of mandibular teeth (4 or
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this group, 7 or more in
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FB2682E844FEFC6A" box="[1267,1419,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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), the relatively smooth mesosomal dorsum and the broad, expanded tip of the sting (which is sharply pointed in
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF428296405AFBD8" box="[151,303,999,1024]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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). They differ from
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FDCB829643C3FBD8" box="[542,694,999,1024]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetramorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FDCB829643C3FBD8" box="[542,694,999,1024]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Tetramorium</emphasis>
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in having the region below the antennal socket rounded rather than ridged, and in lacking a triangular extension on the tip of the sting.
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF138542402AFB95" bold="true" box="[198,351,1075,1101]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Description.</emphasis>
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Mandibles triangular, with 4–5 teeth. Palp formula 2,2. Clypeus projecting slightly forward, bicarinate. Frontal lobes narrow but covering antennal insertions. Eyes with 8–18 ommatidia in greatest diameter, located laterally on head at or just anterior of the midpoint of its length. Antennae 12 segmented with a 3-segmented club.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA23460FF1385BF45ECFA5B" blockId="1.[151,1437,688,2030]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Mesosoma compact to moderately elongate. Dorsal surface of mesosoma forming a continuous flat to weakly convex surface, the metanotal groove weak or essentially absent. Propodeal spines well developed. Propodeal lobes either large and rounded or developed as sharp spines which are 3/4 the length of the propodeal spines. Propodeal spiracle small, located at or before the base of the propodeal spine and well forward of the posterior propodeal face. Tibial spurs absent from middle and hind legs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA23460FF1384E14422F9C6" blockId="1.[151,1437,688,2030]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Mandibles smooth but overlain with low carinae. Head, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole distinctly sculptured, legs and gaster smooth. Entire body with elongate erect or suberect hairs, those on scapes and legs sometimes appressed. Anterior clypeal margin with a row of long, curved setae which extend anteriorly about 1/2 the length of the mandibles. Colour yellowish-red to dull red, antennae and legs sometimes lighter.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="D1B12EA6FFA23462FF13875B41ADFD5A" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="65" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF13875B4020F99C" bold="true" box="[198,341,1578,1604]" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Comments.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FEBD875A438DF99C" authority="Clark" authorityName="Clark" box="[360,760,1578,1604]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FEBD875A43E2F99C" box="[360,663,1579,1604]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Austromorium flavigaster</emphasis>
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(Clark)
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, the only known representative of this genus before this study, was originally described in the genus
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FD7487204236F9B2" box="[673,835,1617,1642]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Xiphomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FD7487204236F9B2" box="[673,835,1617,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Xiphomyrmex</emphasis>
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. When
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<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FC7C8720453BF9B3" author="Bolton" box="[937,1102,1617,1643]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Bolton, B. (1976) The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 34, 281 - 379." type="journal article" year="1976">Bolton (1976)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymised
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FB2C872044E9F9B2" box="[1273,1436,1617,1642]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Xiphomyrmex</emphasis>
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with
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF0087094007F949" box="[213,370,1656,1681]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Tetramorium</emphasis>
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he questioned the generic placement of
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FCB687094293F949" box="[867,998,1656,1681]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">flavigaster</emphasis>
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and, on the advice of R. W. Taylor, transferred it in the genus
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FE1D87EE4343F960" box="[456,566,1695,1720]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Chelaner" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Chelaner</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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Bolton was justified in removing
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FC1A87EE4518F960" box="[975,1133,1695,1720]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">A. flavigaster</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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from
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FB6687EE443EF960" box="[1203,1355,1695,1720]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Tetramorium</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as this species (1) lacks a dorsal lamellate appendage on the tip of sting shaft, (2) the anterolateral portions of the clypeus are low and rounded, not raised into a shield-wall around the antennal insertion, and (3) the mandibles have four teeth while six or more are found in
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FD158662422DF8F4" box="[704,856,1811,1836]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Tetramorium</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FCBD8663457CF8F4" author="Bolton" box="[872,1033,1810,1836]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Bolton, B. (2003). Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1 - 370." type="journal article" year="2003">Bolton, 2003</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Unfortunately, the placement of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FF4286484063F88A" box="[151,278,1849,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF4286484063F88A" box="[151,278,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FEE8864840DEF88A" box="[317,427,1849,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Chelaner" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FEE8864840DEF88A" box="[317,427,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Chelaner</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(which was subsequently synonymised with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FC1D8648451CF88A" box="[968,1129,1849,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FC1D8648451CF88A" box="[968,1129,1849,1874]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Monomorium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FB438648443DF88B" author="Bolton" box="[1174,1352,1849,1875]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Bolton, B. (1987). A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 54, 263 - 452." type="journal article" year="1987">Bolton (1987))</bibRefCitation>
|
||
is also unsupportable. As pointed out by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FD8586114269F8A2" author="Heterick" box="[592,796,1888,1914]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Heterick, B. E. (2001) Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, 353 - 459." type="journal article" year="2001">Heterick (2001)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FCFF861142C7F8A1" box="[810,946,1888,1913]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FCFF861142C7F8A1" box="[810,946,1888,1913]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
lacks the central clypeal seta found in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FF4286F6404BF878" box="[151,318,1927,1952]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF4286F6404BF878" box="[151,318,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Monomorium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
while it possesses elongate, spine-like propodeal lobes, a feature absent from Australian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA23460FF4286DC404EF81E" box="[151,315,1965,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FF4286DC404EF81E" box="[151,315,1965,1990]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">Monomorium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Unfortunately
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA23460FDD286DC43BCF81F" author="Heterick" box="[519,713,1965,1991]" pageId="1" pageNumber="68" refString="Heterick, B. E. (2001) Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, 353 - 459." type="journal article" year="2001">Heterick (2001)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
could not determine an obvious generic placement for this species and considered it
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA23460FE6A86A54315F835" box="[447,608,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="63">incertae sedis</emphasis>
|
||
within the subfamily Myrmicinae, suggesting that it will likely need to be placed in a new genus. This follows
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA13463FDBA81E9425AFF6A" author="Shattuck" box="[623,815,152,178]" pageId="2" pageNumber="68" refString="Shattuck, S. O. (1999) Australian ants: their biology and identification. Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy, 3, 1 - 226." type="journal article" year="1999">Shattuck (1999)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, who similarly could not place this species within an existing genus and treated it as belonging to an undescribed genus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="CDD42DA5FFA13463FF42861D41A7F87F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/189447/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="64" targetBox="[151,1436,274,1875]" targetPageId="2">
|
||
<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA13463FF42861D41A7F87F" blockId="2.[151,1437,1900,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA13463FF42861D4033F85C" bold="true" box="[151,326,1900,1924]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">FIGURES 1–3.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA13463FE98861C4353F85C" authority="Clark" authorityName="Clark" box="[333,550,1901,1924]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA13463FE98861C4095F85C" box="[333,480,1901,1924]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">A. flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
Clark
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, worker: Fig. 1, front of head; Fig. 2, lateral view of body; Fig. 3, dorsal view of body.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="CDD42DA5FFA13463FF4286C344E8F811" box="[151,1437,1970,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">
|
||
<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA13463FF4286C344E8F811" blockId="2.[151,1437,1900,1994]" box="[151,1437,1970,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA13463FF4286C34036F812" bold="true" box="[151,323,1970,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">FIGURES 4–6.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA13463FE9D86C340B6F811" box="[328,451,1970,1993]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hetericki" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA13463FE9D86C340B6F811" box="[328,451,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">A. hetericki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA13463FE1C86C34370F812" bold="true" box="[457,517,1970,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B0EC1C44FFA13463FE1C86C34370F812" box="[457,517,1970,1994]" pageId="2" pageNumber="64" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, worker: Fig. 4, front of head; Fig. 5, lateral view of body; Fig. 6, dorsal view of body.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA03462FF1381E941ADFD5A" blockId="3.[151,1437,152,1260]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
|
||
As noted by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FE8C81E9437EFF6A" author="Heterick" box="[345,523,152,178]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Heterick, B. E. (2001) Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15, 353 - 459." type="journal article" year="2001">Heterick (2001</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FDC281E94323FF6A" author="Heterick" box="[535,598,152,178]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Heterick, B. E. (2009) A guide to the ants of the South-west Botanical Province, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement (in press)." type="book" year="2009">2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FDBC81E94393FF69" box="[617,742,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FDBC81E94393FF69" box="[617,742,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shares a number of similarities with at least some members of the tribe
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FEF481CF40DAFF00" box="[289,431,190,216]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="tribe" tribe="Stenammini">Stenammini</taxonomicName>
|
||
as defined by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FD8B81CF4270FF00" author="Bolton" box="[606,773,190,216]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Bolton, B. (2003). Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1 - 370." type="journal article" year="2003">Bolton (2003)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and while acknowledging the poor tribal understanding within this subfamily, this species seems best placed within this tribe as we currently understand it. It differs from most members of the tribe as follows: from
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD03807D45B3FEFD" box="[726,1222,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD03807D420FFEFD" box="[726,890,268,293]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Adelomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Adelomyrmex</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FC50807D4570FEFD" box="[901,1029,268,293]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Baracidris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Baracidris</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FBC4807D45B3FEFD" box="[1041,1222,268,293]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lachnomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lachnomyrmex</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FB28807D44ECFEFD" box="[1277,1433,268,293]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Tetheamyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FB28807D44ECFEFD" box="[1277,1433,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Tetheamyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the 3-segmented rather than 2-segmented antennal club; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FC4380434567FE93" box="[918,1042,306,331]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ancyridris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FC4380434567FE93" box="[918,1042,306,331]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Ancyridris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the lack of elongate spines on the dorsum of the petiolar node; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD8F80284261FEAA" box="[602,788,345,370]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Calyptomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD8F80284261FEAA" box="[602,788,345,370]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Calyptomyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the short, rounded rather than forked clypeus; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FF4280F14056FE41" box="[151,291,384,409]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cyphoidris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FF4280F14056FE41" box="[151,291,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Cyphoidris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FEE180F14310FE41" box="[308,613,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FEE180F140B2FE41" box="[308,455,384,409]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dacetinops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Dacetinops</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FE0080F14310FE41" box="[469,613,384,409]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Indomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Indomyrma</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD7180F14235FE41" box="[676,832,384,409]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lasiomyrma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD7180F14235FE41" box="[676,832,384,409]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lasiomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the 12-segmented rather than 11-segmented antennae; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FE8080D640B7FE18" box="[341,450,423,448]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dacatria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FE8080D640B7FE18" box="[341,450,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Dacatria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FE2880D6432DFE18" box="[509,600,423,448]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Proatta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FE2880D6432DFE18" box="[509,600,423,448]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Proatta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the smooth rather than protuberant or spined mesosomal dorsum; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FF0E80BC4014FE3E" box="[219,353,461,486]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Dicroaspis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FF0E80BC4014FE3E" box="[219,353,461,486]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Dicroaspis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the short, rounded rather than forked clypeus and the 12-segmented rather than 11- segmented antennae; from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FE0D808543F6FDD5" box="[472,643,500,525]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rostromyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FE0D808543F6FDD5" box="[472,643,500,525]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Rostromyrmex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the short, rounded rather than rostrum-like clypeus and the 12- segmented rather than 9-segmented antennae; from most
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FCBC836B429CFDEB" box="[873,1001,538,563]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Stenamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FCBC836B429CFDEB" box="[873,1001,538,563]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Stenamma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the 3-segmented rather than 4- segmented antennal club; and from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD98833043A9FD82" box="[589,732,577,602]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Vollenhovia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD98833043A9FD82" box="[589,732,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Vollenhovia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the elongate petiolar peduncle and lack of subpetiolar plate.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D1B12EA6FFA03462FF1383FE4049FB47" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" type="reference_group">
|
||
<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA03462FF1383FE4387FC6F" blockId="3.[151,1437,152,1260]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FF1383FE4086FD70" box="[198,499,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FF1383FE4086FD70" box="[198,499,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Austromorium flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FC9D83FE4295FD70" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[840,992,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FC9D83FE4295FD70" box="[840,992,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FBD283FE4510FD70" ID-CoL="6444C" box="[1031,1125,655,680]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rogeria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FBD283FE4510FD70" box="[1031,1125,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Rogeria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with both of these genera also occurring in the Australian region.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FDBB83C44252FD17" author="Heterick" box="[622,807,693,719]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Heterick, B. E. (2009) A guide to the ants of the South-west Botanical Province, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement (in press)." type="book" year="2009">Heterick (2009)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recognised this similarity and provisionally placed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FA5683C44060FD2D" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FA5683C44060FD2D" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">A. flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FEE983AD40EEFD2D" ID-CoL="6444C" box="[316,411,732,757]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rogeria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FEE983AD40EEFD2D" box="[316,411,732,757]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Rogeria</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
based on the diagnosis provided by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FC9883AD428DFD2E" author="Bolton" box="[845,1016,732,758]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Bolton, B. (2003). Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1 - 370." type="journal article" year="2003">Bolton (2003)</bibRefCitation>
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. However, using the more detailed diagnosis provided by Kugler (1994),
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FDB182734391FCC3" box="[612,740,770,795]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FDB182734391FCC3" box="[612,740,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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differs from species of
|
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FBD082734510FCC3" ID-CoL="6444C" box="[1029,1125,770,795]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rogeria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FBD082734510FCC3" box="[1029,1125,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Rogeria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in having (1) the anterior margin of the clypeus projecting slightly further anteriorly, (2) a posterior clypeal extension which is broader, causing the frontal lobes to be more broadly separated and (3) a smaller and more anteriorly placed propodeal spiracle which is more than
|
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<date id="ED155BEDFFA03462FE3E8207437DFC48" box="[491,520,886,912]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">3x</date>
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its diameter from the posterior propodeal face. Combined, these characters suggest that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FEFC82EC40D3FC6E" box="[297,422,925,950]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FEFC82EC40D3FC6E" box="[297,422,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
does not belong in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD5882EC439EFC6E" ID-CoL="6444C" box="[653,747,925,950]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rogeria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD5882EC439EFC6E" box="[653,747,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Rogeria</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA03462FF1382B54049FB47" blockId="3.[151,1437,152,1260]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
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Finally,
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<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FEFF82B540D2FC05" box="[298,423,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
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||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FEFF82B540D2FC05" box="[298,423,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
can be separated from species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FC8582B5429DFC05" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[848,1000,964,989]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FC8582B5429DFC05" box="[848,1000,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the (1) reduced number of palp segments (2,2 vs. 4,3, 3,3 or 3,2), (2) broadly spatulate sting tip (at most only slightly expanded in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FF4285604044FBF2" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[151,305,1041,1066]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FF4285604044FBF2" box="[151,305,1041,1066]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), (3) fewer mandibular teeth (4–5 vs. 7–9) and (4) absence or at most weak development of a metanotal groove (present to varying degrees in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD038549421BFB89" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[726,878,1080,1105]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD038549421BFB89" box="[726,878,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). The lack of scrobes will separate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FACB854944E9FB89" box="[1310,1436,1080,1105]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FACB854944E9FB89" box="[1310,1436,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from some but not all species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FDCE852E43C6FBA0" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[539,691,1119,1144]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FDCE852E43C6FBA0" box="[539,691,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as this character is variable within
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FB80852E4598FBA0" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[1109,1261,1119,1144]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FB80852E4598FBA0" box="[1109,1261,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FB28852F44E2FBA0" author="Sarnat" box="[1277,1431,1118,1144]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Sarnat, E. M. (2006) Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Fiji Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 90, 9 - 42." type="journal article" year="2006">Sarnat, 2006</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FD3A00DCFFA03462FF4285F4405AFB47" author="Taylor" box="[151,303,1157,1183]" pageId="3" pageNumber="68" refString="Taylor, R. W. (2009) Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa, 1979, 16 - 28." type="journal article" year="2009">Taylor, 2009</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D1B12EA6FFA03462FF1385DD4217FB34" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="99147D2DFFA03462FF1385DD4217FB34" blockId="3.[151,1437,152,1260]" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">
|
||
As a result of this analysis, it seems clear that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FD2385DD4206FB1D" box="[758,883,1196,1221]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FD2385DD4206FB1D" box="[758,883,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">flavigaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
cannot be placed in any existing genus and is best placed in a new genus,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5EAB06AEFFA03462FE0A85A243F2FB34" box="[479,647,1235,1260]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Austromorium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ABDFA13FFFA03462FE0A85A243F2FB34" box="[479,647,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="65">Austromorium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, as proposed here.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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