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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="D700E726AB8EF2C4DC4EE366CC02C947" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 336: 79-103" docOrigin="ZooKeys 336" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5719" docTitle="Cerapachys seema Bharti & Akbar, 2013, sp. n." docType="treatment" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="97" masterDocId="975BFFAA1B34FFB2BC5CAB7D3411FFF7" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India" masterLastPageNumber="103" masterPageNumber="79" pageNumber="94" 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:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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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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<mods:start>79</mods:start>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5719</mods:url>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.336.5719</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-336-79</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152048473" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AE131489-5514-422C-BE6E-5BDBCCA2F111" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D700E726AB8EF2C4DC4EE366CC02C947" lastPageId="18" lastPageNumber="97" pageId="15" pageNumber="94">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/AE131489-5514-422C-BE6E-5BDBCCA2F111" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys seema" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seema">Cerapachys seema</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="15" pageNumber="94">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figures 8B, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, Table 1
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="15" pageNumber="94" type="type material">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="94">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype worker: India. Kerala, Periyar tiger reserve, Manalar,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="9.583333">9°35'N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="77.3">77°18'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1630m a.s.l., 24.x.2011, hand picking. Paratypes: 4 workers, 3 ergatoid queens and 1 gyne, same data as holotype (coll. Shahid A. Akbar). Holotype in PUAC and paratype in BMNH.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="96" pageId="15" pageNumber="94" type="worker description">
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="94">Worker description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="94">Measurements (holotype in brackets): HL 0.72-0.74 (0.74); HW 0.52-0.56 (0.56); EL 0.07-0.19 (0.19); WL 0.77-0.82 (0.77); MH 0.38-0.45 (0.45); PrW 0.37-0.40 (0.38); PL1 0.23-0.29 (0.26); PW1 0.36-0.41 (0.41); IIIAL 0.41-0.46 (0.41); IIIAW 0.51-0.54 (0.51); SL 0.33-0.41 (0.41); IVAL 0.70-0.74 (0.74); IVAW 0.62-0.69 (0.63). Indices: CI 72-75 (75); SI 63-73 (73); PI 141-157 (157) (n=9).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="15" pageNumber="94">Head, longer than broad; sides converging posteriorly; vertexal margin transverse. Posterior lateral corners weakly acute. Parafrontal ridges prominent, raised. Eyes small. Mandibles subtriangular; masticatory margins deflexed and downcurved, with a row of small denticles. Lateroclypeal teeth prominent. Antennae 12 segmented; scapes clavate, reaching up to 2/3rd the distance to the posterior margin of head.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="16" pageNumber="95">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="16" pageNumber="95" start="start">Mesosoma</pageBreakToken>
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moderately stout, rectangular in dorsal view; dorsal surface flattened and gently rounded towards the sides. Declivous face of propodeum with cariniform margins across the top and along its lateral margins.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="17" pageNumber="96" start="start">Metasoma</pageBreakToken>
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, Petiole broader than long, lacking dorsolateral margins. Anterior and posterior faces transverse. Subpetiolar process well developed, located below the anterior 1/3rd of the petiole; fenestra present. Postpetiole broader than long with posterolateral angles uniformly rounded. Gaster elongate; base of cinctus of first gastral tergite with cross ribs; sting exerted.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">Sculpture. Mandibles smooth with few punctures. Head with prominent punctures, spaced more widely than their diameter. Similar sculpture on dorsal surface of mesosoma. Petiole and postpetiole with larger punctures, forming a rugae-like surface on the dorsum. Gaster with similar sculpture to mesosoma. Cinctus of 1st gastral segment with prominent transverse ribs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">Vestiture. Whole body covered with dense decumbent or subdecumbent yellowish hairs, sides of head and mesosoma with fewer hairs; apical funicular segments and legs with standing hairs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">Colour. Dark brownish black with mandibles, antennae and legs castaneous.</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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Figures 29-31.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys seema" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="96" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seema">Cerapachys seema</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. 29 body in profile 30 body in dorsal view 31 head in full-face view.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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Figures 32-34.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys seema" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="96" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seema">Cerapachys seema</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. ergatoid queen. 32 body in profile 33 body in dorsal view 34 head in full-face view.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">
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Figures 35-37.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys seema" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="96" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seema">Cerapachys seema</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. queen. 35 body in profile 36 body in dorsal view 37 head in full-face view.
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<subSubSection pageId="17" pageNumber="96" type="ergatoid queen measurements">
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">Ergatoid queen measurements.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">HL 0.73-0.82; HW 0.55-0.60; EL 0.14-0.18; WL 0.81-0.86; PL1 0.27-0.29; MH 0.36-0.41; PrW 0.41-0.44; PW1 0.36-0.39; IIIAL 0.44-0.50; IIIAW 0.51-0.53; SL 0.39-0.42; IVAL 0.75-0.76; IVAW 0.72-0.77. Indices: CI 73-75; SI 70-71; PI 133-134 (n=3).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="17" pageNumber="96">Like the workers of the same colony, but larger, with a more stout body, especially the mesosoma and gaster. Ocelli present on vertex, prominent. The pilosity is much more prominent when compared with the workers. Distinction between ergatoid queens and workers is vague with size variation of workers very high.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="97" type="gyne measurements">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="18" pageNumber="97" start="start">Gyne</pageBreakToken>
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measurements.
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">HL 0.77; HW 0.55; EL 0.08; WL 0.93; MH 0.44; PrW 0.41; PL1 0.27; PW1 0.36; IIIAL 0.38; IIIAW 0.49; SL 0.38; IVAL 0.76; IVAW 0.73. Indices: CI 71; SI 69; PI 133 (n=1).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">Resembles the worker, with modifications expected for caste and the following differences; three prominent ocelli present on vertex, thicker body with heavy pilosity and prominent sculpture.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="97" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">The species epithet is Hindi for border, in reference to its type locality, Manalar, a place which marks border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="97" type="differential diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">
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Thespecies is characterized by the punctures on the dorsum of the head being relatively small, separated, with their diameter smaller than the average distance separating them. The new species sharesmost characters with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys schoedli" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schoedli">Cerapachys schoedli</taxonomicName>
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. 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 seema" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seema">Cerapachys seema</taxonomicName>
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has dull body colouration, sculpture much more prominent and course, pilosity denser, eyes not breaking the lateral margins of head and head almost oval, with anterior and posterior sections of the sides converging, while
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cerapachys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cerapachys schoedli" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="18" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schoedli">Cerapachys schoedli</taxonomicName>
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is brightly coloured, its sculpture and pilosity are reduced, its eyes break the lateral margins of the head and the head is rectangular with parallel sides.
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<subSubSection pageId="18" pageNumber="97" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">Ecology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="18" pageNumber="97">Manalar, part of Periyar tiger reserve, the type locality of this species is a fascinating green hill station (with plenty of leaf litter) surrounded on all sides by the tea gardens of Tamil Nadu. This species was found nesting beneath the marker stone on the border which separates Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is presumed that the nest was in its initial stages of establishment as there were hardly any galleries and underground chambers. A single queen, 3 ergatoid queens and 7 workers were collected. This species seems uncommon in the Western Ghats range, since it was not encountered again from any other locality.</paragraph>
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