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<mods:title>Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName LSID="643CAC9C-316D-5003-882B-FEEF10CDF6E7" authority="Salata & Fisher, 2020" authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole parvula" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula" status="sp. nov.">Pheidole parvula</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="1">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 49A-F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 64" captionStartId="F64" captionText="Figure 64. Major worker, hypostomal teeth. Pheidole masoandro sp. nov. (A). Pheidole mavohavoana sp. nov. (B). Pheidole midongy sp. nov. (C). Pheidole mikros sp. nov. (D). Pheidole mivory sp. nov. (E). Pheidole nitidobruna sp. nov. (F). Pheidole parvula sp. nov. (G). Pheidole parvulogibba sp. nov. (H). Pheidole renirano sp. nov. (I). Pheidole sava sp. nov. (J). Pheidole sikorae Forel (K). Pheidole sofia sp. nov. (L). Pheidole sparsa sp. nov. (M). Pheidole tampony sp. nov. (N). Pheidole trichotos sp. nov. (O). Pheidole tsaravoniana sp. nov. (P). Pheidole vadum sp. nov. (Q). Pheidole veteratrix Forel (R). Pheidole volontany sp. nov. (S). Pheidole vony sp. nov. (T)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432233" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 64G</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Distribution. Pheidole mahamavo sp. nov. (A). Pheidole mainty sp. nov. (B). Pheidole mamiratra sp. nov. (C). Pheidole manantenina sp. nov. (D). Pheidole masoandro sp. nov. (E). Pheidole mavohavoana sp. nov. (F). Pheidole midongy sp. nov. (G). Pheidole mikros sp. nov. (H). Pheidole mivory sp. nov. (I). Pheidole nitidobruna sp. nov. (J). Pheidole parvula sp. nov. (K). Pheidole parvulogibba sp. nov. (L)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432235" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 66K</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype.</emphasis>
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Madagascar. • 1 major worker; Toamasina; Ankerana;
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="48.81311" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="48.81311">48.81311</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 865 m; 17 Jan 2012; B. L. Fisher et al. leg.; rainforest, ex rotten log; BLF27754; CASENT0274865 (CASC).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratype.</emphasis>
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• 1w.; same data as for holotype, CASENT0923270 (CASC).
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 49" startId="F49">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 49.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole parvula" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole parvula</emphasis>
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sp. nov., full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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), profile (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
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), and dorsal view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
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) of paratype minor worker (CASENT0923270) and full-face view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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), profile (
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), and dorsal view (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
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) of holotype major worker (CASENT0274865).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Other material.</paragraph>
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Madagascar. -
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Antananarivo</emphasis>
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: •1w., 1s.;
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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Speciale
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Ambohitantely">d'Ambohitantely</normalizedToken>
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;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="18.22444" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-18.22444">-18.22444</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="47.2774" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="47.2774">47.2774</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 1490 m; 9 Mar 2012; B. L. Fisher et al. leg.; montane forest, ex litter; BLF28300 (CASC). -
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Toamasina</emphasis>
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: •1w., 1q.; Ankerana;
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="48.82107" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="48.82107">48.82107</geoCoordinate>
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; alt. 750 m; 21 Jan 2012; B. L. Fisher et al. leg.; rainforest, ex rotten log; BLF27962 (CASC).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Minute species.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers.</emphasis>
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HL <0.9 mm and WL <0.8 mm; head in full-face view sub-oval, slightly widening posteriorly, with anterior and posterior sides convex, in lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; body dark orange; sides of head with moderately dense, moderately long, suberect pilosity; entire head distinctly sculptured, medial part of frons with thick and dense rugae and distinctly rugulate interspaces, rugae predominantly irregular and only centre and basal parts with few longitudinal rugulae; scape, when laid back, exceeding the midlength of head by one-fifth of its length; pronotum distinctly foveolate with additional irregular rugae on dorsum; anepisternum, katepisternum, and propodeum with fine rugulae and smooth interspaces; inner hypostomal teeth distinct, large, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex directed upward; outer hypostomal teeth lobe-like, slightly lower and wider than inner teeth; inner and outer hypostomal teeth moderately closely spaced and not connected by concavity; base of first gastral tergite smooth.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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HL <0.5 mm and WL <0.6 mm, scape, when laid back, surpassing the posterior head margin by one-fifth of its length; propodeal spines small and triangular; head relatively oval; body dark yellow; medial frons smooth; lateral sides of frons and vertex with fine, sparse, and irregular rugulae with smooth interspaces; area posterolateral from eyes smooth; mesosoma predominantly smooth with very sparse, fine, and irregular rugulae.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N</emphasis>
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= 2): HL: 0.86, 0.91; HW: 0.88, 0.9; SL: 0.49, 0.51; EL: 0.11, 0.12; WL: 0.79, 0.83; PSL: 0.15, 0.16; MTL: 0.48, 0.46; PNW: 0.43, 0.43; PTW: 0.09, 0.15; PPW: 0.28, 0.32; CI: 97.6, 101.7; SI: 56.1, 57.1; PSLI: 17.8, 17.8; PPI: 31.8, 45.3; PNI: 48.5, 48.2; MTI: 54.3, 51.7.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
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In full-face view sub-oval, slightly widening posteriorly, with anterior and posterior sides convex (Fig.
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). In lateral view sub-oval; ventral and dorsal faces convex; inner hypostomal teeth visible. Sides of the head with moderately dense, moderately long, suberect pilosity; whole head with dense, long, decumbent to erect pilosity. Medial part of frons with thick and dense rugae and distinctly rugulate interspaces, rugae predominantly irregular and only centre and basal parts with few longitudinal rugulae; lateral sides with thick, dense, and irregular rugae, interspaces shiny and distinctly rugulate. Occipital lobes with denser, irregular rugae and distinctly rugofoveolate interspaces. Area posterolateral from eyes with thick, dense, and irregular rugae, interspaces shiny and distinctly rugulate, posteriormost part distinctly foveolate with few thick, irregular rugae. Gena with relatively sparse, thick, and longitudinal rugae and indistinctly rugoreticulate interspaces. Centre of clypeus smooth and shiny, lateral sides with indistinct rugulae; median notch present, moderately wide, and shallow; median longitudinal carina present; lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, exceeding the midlength of head by one-fifth of its length; pilosity subdecumbent to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49B, D</figureCitation>
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). Inner hypostomal teeth distinct, large, closely spaced, triangular, with rounded apex directed upward; outer hypostomal teeth lobe-like, slightly lower and wider than inner teeth; inner and outer hypostomal teeth moderately closely spaced and not connected by concavity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 64" captionStartId="F64" captionText="Figure 64. Major worker, hypostomal teeth. Pheidole masoandro sp. nov. (A). Pheidole mavohavoana sp. nov. (B). Pheidole midongy sp. nov. (C). Pheidole mikros sp. nov. (D). Pheidole mivory sp. nov. (E). Pheidole nitidobruna sp. nov. (F). Pheidole parvula sp. nov. (G). Pheidole parvulogibba sp. nov. (H). Pheidole renirano sp. nov. (I). Pheidole sava sp. nov. (J). Pheidole sikorae Forel (K). Pheidole sofia sp. nov. (L). Pheidole sparsa sp. nov. (M). Pheidole tampony sp. nov. (N). Pheidole trichotos sp. nov. (O). Pheidole tsaravoniana sp. nov. (P). Pheidole vadum sp. nov. (Q). Pheidole veteratrix Forel (R). Pheidole volontany sp. nov. (S). Pheidole vony sp. nov. (T)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure64" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432233" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">64G</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum short, angular, and moderately low, posterior mesonotum moderately steep, mesonotal process very indistinct, tubercle-like, or absent; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove absent; propodeal spines long, with moderately narrow base and acute apex; humeral area laterally weakly produced (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D</figureCitation>
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). Surface shiny; pronotum distinctly foveolate with additional irregular rugae on dorsum; anepisternum, katepisternum, and propodeum with fine rugulae and smooth interspaces. Pilosity moderately dense, long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Petiole.</emphasis>
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Shiny with fine foveolae; node smooth to finely foveolate, triangular, with rounded and thick apex, in rear view node dorsoventrally straight to slightly convex; pilosity moderately sparse and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Postpetiole.</emphasis>
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Shiny and foveolate; dorsum with reduced sculpture; in dorsal view oval, lateral margins medially with two dentate projections; pilosity long, moderately sparse, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gaster.</emphasis>
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Shiny and smooth; pilosity dense, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49D, F</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour.</emphasis>
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Dark orange; mandibles and gaster brown (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Minor workers.</emphasis>
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Measurements (
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= 3): HL: 0.45-0.49 (0.47); HW: 0.4-0.43 (0.42); SL: 0.43-0.45 (0.44); EL: 0.09-0.1 (0.09); WL: 0.55-0.59 (0.57); PSL: 0.05-0.05 (0.05); MTL: 0.34-0.36 (0.35); PNW: 0.27-0.29 (0.28); PTW: 0.06-0.07 (0.06); PPW: 0.09-0.1 (0.1); CI: 111.5-116.3 (113.5); SI: 103.0-108.5 (106.3); PSLI: 9.3-11.2 (10.1); PPI: 64.6-71.0 (67.3); PNI: 65.8-68.1 (66.9); MTI: 82.9-85.8 (84.3).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
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Cephalic margin indistinctly concave to straight (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49A</figureCitation>
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). Pilosity relatively dense, moderately long, decumbent to suberect. Sculpture shiny; medial frons smooth; lateral sides of frons and vertex with fine, sparse, and irregular rugulae with smooth interspaces; area posterolateral from eyes smooth; antennal sockets with few thick, curved outward rugae and indistinctly foveolate interspaces. Clypeus with median longitudinal carina absent; two lateral longitudinal carinae absent. Scape, when laid back, surpassing the posterior head margin by one-fifth of its length; pilosity dense, subdecumbent to erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49A, C</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
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In lateral view, promesonotum moderately high and short, arched; promesonotal groove absent; metanotal groove distinct; propodeal spines small and triangular (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C</figureCitation>
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). Sculpture shiny and predominantly smooth with very sparse, fine, and irregular rugulae. Pilosity moderately sparse, moderately long, and erect (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gaster.</emphasis>
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With sparse, erect pilosity (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour.</emphasis>
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Dark yellow, gaster and vertex brownish (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 49" captionStartId="F49" captionText="Figure 49. Pheidole parvula sp. nov., full-face view (A), profile (C), and dorsal view (E) of paratype minor worker (CASENT 0923270) and full-face view (B), profile (D), and dorsal view (F) of holotype major worker (CASENT 0274865)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.949.51269.figure49" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/432218" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">49C, E</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Latin for small in reference to the body size.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The species was collected between 750-1490 m in elevation, in montane forest and rainforest. Nests were located in rotten logs and litter.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="comments">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Comments.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Salata & Fisher" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pheidole parvula" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pheidole parvula</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. belongs to the group of species characterised by small body size (major workers: HL <1.05 mm, WL <0.9 mm and minor workers HL <0.5 mm, WL <0.6 mm), head sub-oval and slightly widening posteriorly with anterior and posterior sides convex in major workers, and minor workers with yellow to brown body colouration and head foveolate or predominantly smooth and relatively oval. The group includes six species:
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. havoana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="havoana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. havoana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. kely" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kely">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. kely</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvula" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvula</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvulogibba" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvulogibba">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvulogibba</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. volontany" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="volontany">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. volontany</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. midongy" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="midongy">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. midongy</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. Within this group,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvula" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvula</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., described form two localities,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Réserve">Reserve</normalizedToken>
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Speciale
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Ambohitantely">d'Ambohitantely</normalizedToken>
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in Antananarivo and Ankerana in Toamasina, is most similar to parapatric
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. kely" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kely">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. kely</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvula" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvula</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. may also be confused with two taxa known only from the Anosyenne Mts. in Toliara,
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvulogibba" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvulogibba">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvulogibba</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. and
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. havoana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="havoana">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. havoana</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. Minor workers of
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvula" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvula</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. distinctly differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. kely" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kely">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. kely</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. havoana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="havoana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. havoana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. in never foveolate head; and from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvulogibba" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvulogibba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvulogibba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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sp. nov. in lateral sides of frons and vertex with fine, sparse and irregular rugulae with smooth interspaces. Major workers of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvula" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvula">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. kely" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kely">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. kely</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. parvulogibba" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="parvulogibba">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. parvulogibba</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. by medial part of frons with thick and dense rugae and distinctly rugulate interspaces; and differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. havoana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="havoana">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. havoana</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. in promesonotum foveolate with sparse, thick to moderately thick, transverse to irregular rugae on dorsum and lack of smooth notches.
|
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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