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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5719" ID-GBIF-Dataset="aee141e1-f63c-4ac1-94ae-45e96c428437" ID-PMC="PMC3800781" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-336-79" ID-PubMed="24146574" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2013" ModsDocID="1313-2970-336-79" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 336" ModsDocTitle="Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India" checkinTime="1451246868029" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Bharti, Himender & Akbar, Shahid Ali" docDate="2013" docId="6BCF5EABA2CA2016FA3778E1F2AB8E2A" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 336: 79-103" docOrigin="ZooKeys 336" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5719" docTitle="Cerapachys anokha Bharti & Akbar, 2013, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="89" masterDocId="975BFFAA1B34FFB2BC5CAB7D3411FFF7" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India" masterLastPageNumber="103" masterPageNumber="79" pageNumber="87" updateTime="1668156541714" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Bharti, Himender</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Akbar, Shahid Ali</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:number>336</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152048475" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2A8BE8D2-BED1-4DAC-A73F-E9AC2189FE23" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6BCF5EABA2CA2016FA3778E1F2AB8E2A" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="89" pageId="8" pageNumber="87">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/2A8BE8D2-BED1-4DAC-A73F-E9AC2189FE23" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="87" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="8" pageNumber="87">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 7B, 14, 15, 16, Table 1
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="87" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="87">Type material.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="87">Holotype and 3 paratypes (worker): India: Kerala, Periyar tiger reserve, Thanikkudy, 9°.30'N, 77°.16'E, 1003m a.s.l., 15.x.2011, hand picking method (coll. Shahid A. Akbar). Holotype in PUAC and paratype in BMNH.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="88" pageId="8" pageNumber="87" type="worker description">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="87">Worker description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="87">Measurements (holotype in brackets): HL 0.69-0.73 (0.72); HW 0.60-0.63 (0.63); EL 0.20-0.22 (0.22); WL 0.72-0.80 (0.80); MH 0.33-0.38 (0.38); PrW 0.42-0.47 (0.47); PL1 0.29-0.33 (0.33); PW1 0.38-0.41 (0.41); IIIAL 0.38-0.45 (0.41); IIIAW 0.44-0.55 (0.52); SL 0.29-0.32 (0.32); IVAL 0.85-0.92 (0.92); IVAW 0.57-0.64 (0.64). Indices: CI 86-87 (87); SI 48-51 (51); PI 124-131 (124) (n=4).</paragraph>
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Head. Rectangular, longer than broad, widest at about mid-length; sides parallel; vertexal margin slightly concave, posterior lateral corners are weakly acute to rounded.
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="88" start="start">Parafrontal</pageBreakToken>
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ridges present. Eyes prominent, placed below midline of head. Mandible triangular with acute apices and sharp concave, edentate, masticatory margins; anterior clypeal margin with small apron shaped transparent structure. Lateroclypeal teeth small, blunt and projecting slightly inwards. Antennae 12 segmented; scape short and clavate, reaching up to 1/3rd of posterior margin of head.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Mesosoma. Stout, rectangular in dorsal view; dorsal surface convex, the dorsal surface gently rounded along sides without any distinct margin. Declivous face of propodeum lacking cariniform margins across the top and along sides.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Metasoma. Petiole highly convex, broader than long, with traces of reduced dorsolateral margins, anterior and posterior faces continuous with dorsum. Subpetiolar process prominent, wedge like, with apex directed backward; no fenestra present. Postpetiole wider than long, uniformly rounded. Gaster elongate; base of cinctus of first gastral tergite with cross ribs; sting exerted.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Sculpture. Mandibles smooth and shining. Head with few small punctures. Sculpture on dorsal surface of mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole consist of very small, uniform punctures, distributed throughout the surface. Gaster mostly smooth, with few scattered punctures. Cinctus of 1st gastral, with few cross ribs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Vestiture. Body covered with decumbent or subdecumbent hairs. Longer hairs are also present on postpetiole and gaster. Head also consists of few long hairs; apical funicular segments and legs with standing hairs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Colour. Black with mandibles, antennae and legs castaneous.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="9" pageNumber="88">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">
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Figures 14-16.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="88" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. 14 body in profile 15 body in dorsal view. 16. head in full-face view.
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<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="88" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="88">
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The species epithet is Hindi for
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“unique”">"unique"</normalizedToken>
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, in reference to its unique nature of propodeal declivity.
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<subSubSection pageId="10" pageNumber="89" type="differential diagnosis">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="89" start="start">Differential</pageBreakToken>
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diagnosis.
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This species is unique in having the declivous face of the propodeum lacking cariniform margins across the top and along the sides, features unique in described workers of the
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Cerapachyinae">Cerapachyinae</taxonomicName>
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. The new species show interesting variation in the form of the petiole. The petiolar node has the inferior as well as the superior posterolateral angles produced, but not sharply angular. The sides of the petiole could not be considered either immarginate (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cerapachys</taxonomicName>
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lineage) or marginate (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Phyracaces" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phyracaces" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Phyracaces</taxonomicName>
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lineage). This makes the placement of this species somewhat transitional between the two lineages and easily distinguishes it from other reported species of the genus. When using
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<bibRefCitation author="Brown, WL" journalOrPublisher="Search: Agriculture; Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station" pageId="22" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 115" title="Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini." volume="15" year="1975">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Brown’s">Brown's</normalizedToken>
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(1975)
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key
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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comes close to singaporensis Viehmeyer, 1916. The two species however can be easily separated.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys singaporensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="singaporensis">Cerapachys singaporensis</taxonomicName>
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has the body arrayed with long pale hairs; and copiously pubescent, and the dorsal sides of the petiole strongly marginate, while
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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has only decumbent or subdecumbent body hairs, little pubescence and the dorsolateral sides of petiole are not marginate.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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could also be confused with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys nayana" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nayana">Cerapachys nayana</taxonomicName>
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which has similar habitat preferences and body colouration; however the two species can be easily separated:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys nayana" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nayana">Cerapachys nayana</taxonomicName>
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has larger eyes (EL 0.24-0.27 mm), the declivous face of the propodeum has cariniform margins across the top, and the petiole has marginate dorsolateral sides; while
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys anokha" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="89" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anokha">Cerapachys anokha</taxonomicName>
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has smaller eyes (EL 0.20-0.22 mm), the declivous face of its propodeum lacks cariniform margins across the top, and the petiole is without marginate dorsolateral sides.
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="89">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="10" pageNumber="89">This species seems to be infrequent. It is from the Western Ghats. Four specimens were collected by handpicking from the Thanikkudy region of the Periyar tiger reserve. Which is a primary, undisturbed tropical moist evergreen forest. The area is situated at 1003 meters elevation. It is a shady place with little sunlight penetration.</paragraph>
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