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(
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Distribution: 
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; worker &amp; gyne: 
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.
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, pl. 1, fig. B
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workers. 
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One 
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worker here designated 
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, figs. 54 &amp; 104. First combination in 
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<emphasis box="[498,741,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="421" pageNumber="422">Temnothorax politus</emphasis>
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(
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. First combination in 
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<emphasis box="[1322,1479,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="421" pageNumber="422">Temnothorax</emphasis>
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worker of
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workers of
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8 October 
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(No. 53249 
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(No. 53249 
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, 
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#I30k, 
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(No. 53249 
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Catalina Mountains, 
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, 
<collectorName pageId="422" pageNumber="423">R.G. Wesson</collectorName>
#24j, 
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(
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53249 
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, LACMENT323200) [
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,888,672,699]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Non-type material examined:</emphasis>
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: 
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: 
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NNE Punta Narragansett
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, 
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, 
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, 
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N
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112.216667 
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W
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, 
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</date>
, 
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#13464-6, 
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desert, ex spider middens under stone, body parts (CASENT0758314- CASENT0758317) [
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same data as previous, 
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#13465-3, 
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];
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same data as previous, 
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#13472-6, 
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desert wash, ex middens of ant, 
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<emphasis box="[1330,1525,872,898]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Solenopsis xyloni</emphasis>
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?, body parts (CASENT0758319, CASENT0758320) [
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</materialsCitation>
.
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: 
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: [no collection locality], [no collection date], 
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#99L, 
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(CASENT0758294) [
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: 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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</date>
, 
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(LACMENT323202) [
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] 
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(CASENT0759979) [
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N Vail
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, 
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32.03537 
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N
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110.67832 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[763,773,1106,1124]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
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W
</geoCoordinate>
± 
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<quantity box="[837,885,1111,1137]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="9.0">9 m</quantity>
, 
<quantity box="[898,973,1111,1138]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.85" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="985.0">985 m</quantity>
</elevation>
± 
<quantity box="[1007,1055,1111,1138]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">
<elevation box="[1007,1055,1111,1138]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date box="[1069,1210,1111,1137]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-02">
<collectingDate box="[1069,1210,1111,1137]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-02">2 May 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName box="[1223,1377,1111,1137]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">M.M. Prebus</collectorName>
# 
<accessionNumber box="[1391,1531,1111,1137]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MMP02493" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">MMP02493</accessionNumber>
, desert wash, nest in hollow 
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<emphasis box="[827,919,1151,1177]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Populus</emphasis>
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twig in leaf litter, 1 dealate gyne &amp; 
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(CASENT0756844-CASENT0756846) [
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] 
<specimenCount box="[1067,1172,1191,1217]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
(CASENT0758681) [
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3321861650" accessionNumber="MMP02493, MMP02500, MMP02501, MMP02503" collectingDate="1940-05-17" collectingDateMax="2016-08-05" collectingDateMin="1940-05-17" collectionCode="USNM, LACM, FSCA, MMPC, UCDC, RAJC, MCZC" collectorName="M. M. Prebus " country="United States of America" county="Pima Co." elevation="1070" latitude="33.10715" location="Baboquivari Mountains" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-111.9185" municipality="Forestry Cabin" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" specimenCount="14" specimenCount-worker="14" stateProvince="Arizona">
same data as previous, 
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32.03607 
<emphasis box="[871,881,1226,1244]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[871,881,1226,1244]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
</geoCoordinate>
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110.67967 
<emphasis box="[1030,1040,1226,1244]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[1030,1040,1226,1244]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
± 
<elevation box="[1102,1235,1230,1257]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<quantity box="[1102,1149,1231,1257]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="4.0">4 m</quantity>
, 
<quantity box="[1161,1235,1230,1257]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.85" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="985.0">985 m</quantity>
</elevation>
± 
<quantity box="[1267,1313,1230,1257]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">
<elevation box="[1267,1313,1230,1257]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date box="[1326,1465,1230,1257]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-01">
<collectingDate box="[1326,1465,1230,1257]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-01">1 May 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName pageId="422" pageNumber="423">M.M. Prebus</collectorName>
# 
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, desert wash, 
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<emphasis box="[897,989,1270,1296]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Populus</emphasis>
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leaf litter, 
<specimenCount box="[1118,1222,1270,1296]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
(CASENT0756857) [
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];
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3321861306" accessionNumber="MMP02493, MMP02500, MMP02501, MMP02503" collectingDate="1940-05-17" collectingDateMax="2016-08-05" collectingDateMin="1940-05-17" collectionCode="USNM, LACM, FSCA, MMPC, UCDC, RAJC, MCZC" collectorName="M.M. Prebus" country="United States of America" county="Pima Co." elevation="1070" latitude="33.10715" location="Baboquivari Mountains" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="-111.9185" municipality="Forestry Cabin" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" specimenCount="14" specimenCount-worker="14" stateProvince="Arizona">
same data as previous, 
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32.03653 
<emphasis box="[998,1008,1306,1324]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[998,1008,1306,1324]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[1040,1198,1306,1337]" degrees="110.68096" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" precision="1" value="-110.68096">
110.68096 
<emphasis box="[1158,1168,1306,1324]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[1158,1168,1306,1324]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
± 
<elevation box="[1232,1369,1310,1337]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<quantity box="[1232,1280,1310,1337]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</quantity>
, 
<quantity box="[1294,1369,1310,1337]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.85" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="985.0">985 m</quantity>
</elevation>
± 
<quantity box="[1403,1450,1310,1337]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">
<elevation box="[1403,1450,1310,1337]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-01">
<collectingDate pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-05-01">1 May 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName box="[570,723,1350,1377]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">M.M. Prebus</collectorName>
# 
<accessionNumber box="[737,877,1350,1377]" httpUri="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/MMP02501" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">MMP02501</accessionNumber>
, desert wash, 
<taxonomicName box="[1042,1134,1350,1376]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Salicaceae" genus="Populus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[1042,1134,1350,1376]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Populus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
leaf litter, 
<specimenCount box="[1262,1367,1350,1376]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
(CASENT0756864) [
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same data as previous, 
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32.04394 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[1234,1244,1385,1403]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
</geoCoordinate>
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110.69148 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[1394,1404,1385,1403]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
± 
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<quantity box="[1468,1516,1390,1416]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="4.0">4 m</quantity>
, 
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</elevation>
± 
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<elevation box="[607,655,1430,1457]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
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</date>
, 
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# 
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, desert wash, 
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<emphasis box="[1295,1402,1430,1456]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Vachellia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
leaf litter, 
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(CASENT0756873) [
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Preserve, 
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32.03341 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[1367,1377,1465,1483]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
</geoCoordinate>
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110.67424 
<emphasis box="[617,627,1505,1523]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[617,627,1505,1523]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
± 
<elevation box="[687,818,1509,1536]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<quantity box="[687,733,1509,1536]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</quantity>
, 
<quantity box="[745,818,1510,1536]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="980.0">980 m</quantity>
</elevation>
± 
<quantity box="[848,894,1509,1536]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">
<elevation box="[848,894,1509,1536]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date box="[906,1040,1509,1536]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-08-05">
<collectingDate box="[906,1040,1509,1536]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2016-08-05">5 Aug 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName box="[1051,1202,1509,1536]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">M.M. Prebus</collectorName>
#MMP2912, gallery forest, ex dead log in beetle burrows, 1 alate gyne (CASENT0758021) [
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].
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: Boyce-Thompson Arboretum, 
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33.28 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[923,933,1584,1602]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
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111.15667 
<emphasis box="[1083,1093,1584,1602]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[1083,1093,1584,1602]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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<elevation box="[1138,1214,1589,1616]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.44" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="744.0">744 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date box="[1227,1454,1589,1616]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2007-09-15">
<collectingDate box="[1227,1454,1589,1616]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2007-09-15">15 September 2007</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName pageId="422" pageNumber="423">R.A. Johnson</collectorName>
#RAJ3991, solitary forager on rock face, 
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(CASENT0869117) [
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Gilliland Ranch, 
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, 
<date box="[879,1031,1669,1695]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="1940-05-17">
<collectingDate box="[879,1031,1669,1695]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="1940-05-17">17 May 1940</collectingDate>
</date>
, Citrus sweeps, Lot No. 40-12517, Lot I, [no collector data], 
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(LACMENT323201) [
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NE Maricopa
</locationDeviation>
, 
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33.107150 
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<superScript attach="right" box="[617,627,1744,1762]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
N
</geoCoordinate>
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111.918500 
<emphasis box="[789,799,1744,1762]" italics="true" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">
<superScript attach="right" box="[789,799,1744,1762]" fontSize="8" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">°</superScript>
</emphasis>
W
</geoCoordinate>
, 
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<elevation box="[843,917,1748,1775]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.65" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" unit="m" value="365.0">365 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, 
<date box="[929,1113,1749,1775]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2002-08-27">
<collectingDate box="[929,1113,1749,1775]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" value="2002-08-27">27 August 2002</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
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, PFT 628(B25)- 
<collectorName box="[498,576,1788,1814]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Native</collectorName>
, 
<collectorName box="[590,694,1788,1814]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">Voucher</collectorName>
: EPA Proj. No. X82974701 “Assessment of Environmental Impact of Bt Cotton”, 
<collectingMethod box="[641,767,1828,1855]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
, 
<specimenCount box="[780,885,1828,1854]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
(MCZENT00541469) [
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];
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same data as previous, PFT 626(B25)-Native, 
<collectingMethod box="[765,890,1868,1895]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423">pitfall trap</collectingMethod>
, 
<specimenCount box="[904,1008,1868,1894]" pageId="422" pageNumber="423" type="worker">1 worker</specimenCount>
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];
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same data as previous, PFT 656(B25)-Native, 
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, 
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="423.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,753,234,260]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Geographic range:</emphasis>
Low-to-mid elevations, southern 
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, 
<collectingCountry box="[1252,1326,234,260]" name="United States of America" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">U.S.A.</collectingCountry>
&amp; 
<collectingRegion box="[1360,1444,234,260]" country="Mexico" name="Sonora" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Sonora</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry box="[1456,1542,234,260]" name="Mexico" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Mexico</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation box="[508,621,274,301]" captionStart="Figure 165" captionStartId="420.[524,589,733,755]" captionTargetBox="[498,1541,235,720]" captionTargetId="figure-282@420.[498,1534,234,705]" captionTargetPageId="420" captionText="Figure 165 Geographical and elevational distribution of the subditivus group. (A) Temnothorax politus (B) T. subditivus. Colored scale to the left of each map represents elevation in meters. Points in black represent the species named in each subfigure, while points in red represent other members of the species group. Type localities are represented by triangles; if present, types of synonyms are named; non-type localities are represented by circles. Bounding box in inset map shows location of main map. Full-size DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11514/fig-165" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5102487" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5102487/files/figure.png" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Fig. 165A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="423" pageNumber="424" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph blockId="423.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,754,314,340]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Worker diagnosis:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName box="[762,1004,314,340]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis box="[762,1004,314,340]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Temnothorax politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from all other species in the 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[498,573,354,380]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salvini">
<emphasis box="[498,573,354,380]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">salvini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade by the following character combination: posterior margin of head convex; in profile view, dorsum of mesosoma strongly convex; pronotal declivity not marked by an angle as it transitions from the anterior face of the pronotum to the dorsal face; propodeum not depressed below the level of the promesonotum; propodeal spines longer than the propodeal declivity, directed posterodorsally, and weakly downcurved; hind femora weakly to strongly incrassate; petiolar node node robust and erect, nearly squamiform and dorsally rounded, not leaning posteriorly over the caudal cylinder of the petiole; postpetiole narrow to moderately broad: greater than 1.7 times the width of the caudal cylinder of the petiole; legs and nearly all other surfaces of the body covered in long, tapering, suberect setae; antennal scape moderately long, surpassing the posterior margin of the head by about the maximum width of the antennal scape; integument predominantly dark brown, nearly black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="423.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,719,832,858]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Similar species:</emphasis>
Due to the predominantly smooth and shining sculpture, dark coloration, and long, tapering setae, 
<taxonomicName box="[928,1171,872,898]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis box="[928,1171,872,898]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Temnothorax politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is unlikely to be confused with any other species in the Nearctic. 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Baroni Urbani" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[899,1216,912,938]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuisculptus">
<emphasis box="[899,1216,912,938]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Temnothorax tenuisculptus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and less sculptured specimens of 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Wheeler" baseAuthorityYear="1903" box="[659,808,951,977]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subditivus">
<emphasis box="[659,808,951,977]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">T. subditivus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be confused with 
<taxonomicName box="[1085,1195,951,977]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis box="[1085,1195,951,977]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">T. politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but both of these have short, blunt setae.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="427" lastPageNumber="428" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" type="description">
<paragraph blockId="423.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,1018,1031,1058]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">
Worker measurements &amp; indices (
<emphasis bold="true" box="[941,957,1032,1058]" italics="true" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">n</emphasis>
= 7):
</emphasis>
SL = 
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<geoCoordinate box="[1146,1223,1031,1058]" degrees="0.555" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" precision="55" value="-0.555">–0.555</geoCoordinate>
(0.503); FRS = 
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(0.210); CW = 
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<geoCoordinate box="[740,817,1071,1098]" degrees="0.655" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="423" pageNumber="424" precision="55" value="-0.655">–0.655</geoCoordinate>
(0.577); CWb = 
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(0.526); PoOC = 
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(0.255); CL = 
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(0.648); EL = 
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(0.150); EW = 
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(0.116); MD = 
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(0.157); WL = 
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(0.744); SPST = 
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(0.276); MPST = 
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(0.247); PEL = 
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(0.302); NOL = 
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(0.179); NOH = 
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(0.133); PEH = 
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(0.216); PPL = 
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(0.143); PPH = 
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(0.168); PW = 
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(0.371); SBPA = 
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(0.143); SPTI = 
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(0.229); PEW = 
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(0.133); PNW = 
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(0.159); PPW = 
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(0.246); HFL = 
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(0.513); HFWmax = 
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(0.136); HFWmin = 
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(0.046); CS = 
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(0.851); ES = 
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(0.208); SI = 92–101 (96); OI = 23–27 (25); CI = 79–84 (81); WLI = 135–147 (141); SBI = 26–28 (27); PSI = 35–39 (37); PWI = 175–192 (185); PLI = 196–250 (212); NI = 100–171 (141); PNWI = 113–127 (120); NLI = 52–67 (60); FI = 243–350 (302).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,775,1549,1575]" pageId="423" pageNumber="424">Worker description:</emphasis>
In full-face view, head subquadrate, longer than broad (CI 79–84). Mandibles densely, finely striate but shining and armed with five teeth: the apical-most well developed and acute, followed by a less developed preapical tooth and three equally developed smaller teeth. Anterior clypeal margin flat medially. Antennal scapes moderately long: when fully retracted, surpassing the posterior margin of the head capsule by about the maximum width of the antennal scape (SI 92–101). Antennae 12-segmented; antennal club of composed of three segments, with the apical-most segment slightly longer than the preceding two in combination. Frontal carinae moderately long, extending past the antennal toruli by about three and a half times the maximum width of the antennal scape. Compound eyes moderately protruding past the lateral margins of the head capsule. Lateral margin of head weakly convex, forming a continuous arc from the mandibular insertions to the posterior margin of the head. Posterior head margin flat but rounding evenly into the lateral margins.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="424.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
In profile view, compound eyes ovular and moderately large (OI 23–27), with 12 ommatidia in longest row. Pronotal declivity indistinct, neck and anterior face of pronotum forming a ~120 
<emphasis box="[805,815,429,447]" italics="true" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
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angle. Mesosoma predominantly evenly convex from where it joins the pronotal neck to the propodeal spines; propodeum very weakly depressed, so that the dorsal margin dips slightly anterior to the base of the propodeal spines. Promesonotal suture extending from the posterior margin of the procoxal insertion only to the mesothoracic spiracle, which is moderately well developed. Metanotal groove visible as a disruption of the sculpture laterally from where it arises between the mid- and hind coxae to where it ends in the poorly developed metathoracic spiracle. Propodeal spiracle moderately well developed, directed posterolaterally, and separated from the propodeal declivity by about four spiracle diameters. Propodeal spines well developed and very long (PSI 35–39), longer than the propodeal declivity, tapering evenly from the base, very weakly downcurved, and acute. Propodeal declivity flat, forming a rounded ~100 
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</emphasis>
angle with the base of the propodeal spines. Propodeal lobes rounded and weakly developed. Metapleural gland bulla small, extending from the metacoxal insertion halfway to the propodeal spiracle. Petiole long (PLI 196–250), without tubercles anterodorsally. Subpetiolar process in the form of a small, acute tooth; ventral margin of petiole nearly flat posterior to it. Petiolar peduncle moderately long: comprising about half of the petiole. Petiolar node robust and erect, nearly squamiform: transition between peduncle and node marked by a rounded angle of ~120 
<emphasis box="[923,933,1106,1124]" italics="true" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
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</emphasis>
; anterior face forming a rounded ~90 
<emphasis box="[1382,1392,1106,1124]" italics="true" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
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</emphasis>
angle with the short, evenly convex dorsal face; dorsal face rounding evenly into the short posterior face, which forms a ~95 
<emphasis box="[781,791,1186,1204]" italics="true" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
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</emphasis>
angle with the caudal cylinder. Postpetiole evenly rounded anteriorly, flattened dorsally, and weakly lobed ventrally.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="424.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">
In dorsal view, humeri developed: evenly rounded and slightly wider than the rest of the mesosoma; mesothoracic spiracles weakly protruding past the lateral margins of the mesosoma, visible as angles where the pronotum meets the mesonotum. Metanotal groove absent: mesonotum and propodeum completely fused and lateral margins converging evenly to the bases of the propodeal spines. Propodeal spines narrowly approximated basally and diverging apically, their apices separated from each other by slightly less than their length, the negative space between them “V” shaped. Petiolar peduncle with spiracles weakly protruding past the lateral margins, and slightly broader where they arise. Petiolar node nearly evenly transversely ovular, but slightly flattened posteriorly; node wider than the peduncle and the caudal cylinder. Postpetiole narrow (PWI 175–192) and transversely rectangular, articulating with most of the anterior margin of the gaster. Anterior margin of the postpetiole flat and meets the lateral margins at a rounded ~90 
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</emphasis>
angle; lateral margins parallel to the angulate posterior corners; posterior margin flat. Metafemur moderately to strongly incrassate (FI 243–350).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="424.[498,1542,234,1934]" lastBlockId="425.[498,1542,234,1894]" lastPageId="425" lastPageNumber="426" pageId="424" pageNumber="425">Sculpture: median clypeal carina present, extending posteriorly to the level of the antennal toruli, and flanked on either side by two equally strong carinae. Lateral clypeal lobes with additional, weaker carinae; ground sculpture smooth and shining. Antennal scapes shining through very weak areolate ground sculpture. Cephalic dorsum predominantly smooth and shining except for piligerous punctures, but with fine costulae flanking the frontal carinae medially, and concentric costulae surrounding the antennal insertions. Lateral surfaces of head with costulae over weak areolate sculpture surrounding the compound eyes and between the eyes and the mandibular insertions. Ventral surface of head smooth and shining except for a narrow strip of areolate sculpture surrounding the median sulcus. Mesosoma with weak areolate sculpture on the pronotal neck. Lateral surface of the pronotum smooth and shining except for fine costulae along the ventral margin. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and anterior half of the lateral surface of propodeum predominantly smooth and shining, but with weak costulae. Propodeal declivity smooth and shining. Dorsal surface of mesosoma predominantly smooth and shining, but with weak costulae on the propodeum leading into the bases of the propodeal spines. Femora smooth and shining. Petiole uniformly smooth and shining. Dorsum of postpetiole smooth and shining, with weak areolate sculpture on the posterior quarter. Gaster smooth and shining, without spectral iridescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="425.[498,1542,234,1894]" pageId="425" pageNumber="426">Setae: antennal scapes and funiculi with short, subdecumbent pilosity. Dorsum of the head, pronotum, waist segments, and gaster with abundant, erect, tapering setae, the longest of which are about the length of the compound eye. The dorsum of the head bears ~82, mesosoma ~84, petiole 12, postpetiole ~26, and first gastral tergite ~140 setae. Short, sparse pubescence absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="425.[498,1542,234,1894]" pageId="425" pageNumber="426">Color: predominantly dark brown, nearly black. The mandibles, propodeal spines, coxae, bases of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi testaceous yellow. The antennae and remainder of the femora testaceous brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="425.[498,1542,234,1894]" pageId="425" pageNumber="426">
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Gyne measurements &amp; indices (
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= 1):
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SL = 0.620; FRS = 0.294; CW = 0.796; CWb = 0.742; PoOC = 0.316; CL = 0.800; EL = 0.216; EW = 0.175; MD = 0.184; WL = 1.298; SPST = 0.326; MPST = 0.374; PEL = 0.444; NOL = 0.222; NOH = 0.189; PEH = 0.366; PPL = 0.203; PPH = 0.309; PW = 0.761; SBPA = 0.337; SPTI = 0.380; PEW = 0.206; PNW = 0.274; PPW = 0.409; HFL = 0.693; HFWmax = 0.149; HFWmin = 0.057; CS = 1.142; ES = 0.304; SI = 84; OI = 27; CI = 93; WLI = 175; SBI = 45; PSI = 25; PWI = 199; PLI = 219; NI = 117; PNWI = 133; NLI = 50; FI = 261.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="425.[498,1542,234,1894]" pageId="425" pageNumber="426">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,747,1429,1455]" pageId="425" pageNumber="426">Gyne description:</emphasis>
In full-face view, head subquadrate, slightly longer than broad (CI 93). Mandibles densely, finely striate but shining and armed with five teeth: the apical-most well developed, followed by a less developed preapical tooth and three equally developed smaller teeth. Anterior clypeal margin emarginated medially. Antennal scapes moderately long: when fully retracted, just reaching the posterior margin of the head capsule (SI 84). Antennae 12-segmented; antennal club composed of three segments, with the apical-most segment as long as the preceding two in combination. Frontal carinae moderately long, extending past the antennal toruli by about two and a half times the maximum width of the antennal scape. Compound eyes moderately protruding past the lateral margins of the head capsule. Lateral margin of head evenly convex, converging from below the compound eyes to the mandibular insertions. Posterior head margin convex, rounding evenly into the lateral margins.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="426.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="426" pageNumber="427">
In profile view, compound eyes ovular and large (OI 27), with 16 ommatidia in longest row. Mesoscutum rounded evenly anteriorly, covering the dorsal surface of the pronotum, and flat dorsally. Mesoscutellum slightly higher than the level of the mesoscutum. Posterior margin of metanotum extending past the posterior margin of the mesoscutum. Propodeal spiracle well developed, directed posterolaterally, and separated from the propodeal declivity by about four spiracle diameters. Propodeal spines stout and well developed, but short (PSI 25), about as two thirds as long as the propodeal declivity, tapering evenly from the base, directed posteriorly, slightly downcurved, and acute. Propodeal declivity straight and flat, forming a rounded ~100 
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</emphasis>
angle with the base of the propodeal spines. Propodeal lobes rounded and very weakly developed. Metapleural gland bulla small, extending from the metacoxal insertion halfway to the propodeal spiracle. Petiole long (PLI 219), without tubercles anterodorsally. Subpetiolar process in the form of a small, very acute tooth; ventral margin of petiole nearly flat. Petiolar peduncle moderately long: comprising half the length of the petiole. Petiolar node robust and erect: transition between peduncle and node marked by a rounded angle of ~130 
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</emphasis>
; anterior face forming a rounded ~90 
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</emphasis>
angle with the short, evenly convex dorsal face; dorsal face rounding evenly into the short posterior face, which forms a ~110 
<emphasis box="[1273,1283,867,885]" italics="true" pageId="426" pageNumber="427">
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</emphasis>
angle with the caudal cylinder. Postpetiole evenly rounded anterodorsally, bulging before it transitions into the flattened dorsal face; ventral surface weakly lobed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="426.[498,1542,234,1934]" pageId="426" pageNumber="427">In dorsal view, mesoscutum covering pronotum anteriorly, but humeri visible laterally as rounded sclerites. Propodeal spines diverging apically, their apices separated from each other by about two times their length. Petiolar peduncle with spiracles protruding past the lateral margins, the peduncle broadened where they arise. Petiolar node transversely ovular. Petiolar node wider than the peduncle, and evenly grading into the caudal cylinder, which is slightly narrower than the node. Postpetiole narrow (PWI 199) and transversely rectangular, articulating with most of the anterior margin of the gaster, leaving angulate margins on each side exposed. Anterior margin of postpetiole very weakly convex, nearly convex with corners marked by rounded angles as it transitions to the lateral margins, which are parallel to the angulate posterior corners; posterior margin flat. Metafemur moderately incrassate (FI 261).</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="426.[498,1542,234,1934]" lastBlockId="427.[498,1542,234,1456]" lastPageId="427" lastPageNumber="428" pageId="426" pageNumber="427">Sculpture: median clypeal carina present, extending from the anterior margin nearly to the level of the antennal toruli; lateral margins of median clypeal lobe with two carinae that are slightly weaker than the medial carina. Lateral clypeal lobes with additional weaker carinae; ground sculpture weakly areolate. Antennal scapes shining through weak areolate sculpture. Cephalic dorsum rugose-costate, over weak areolate ground sculpture; concentric costulae surrounding the antennal insertions. Lateral surfaces of head sculptured similarly to the dorsum of the head. Ventral surface of head with rugulae over very weak areolate ground sculpture. Pronotal neck areolate. Pronotum with costulae, becoming very weak medially. Anepisternum and katepisternum smooth and shining medially, but with weak costulae along the margins of the sclerites. Metapleuron and lateral face of the propodeum costate. Area between the propodeal spiracle and base of propodeal spines, as well as the propodeal declivity, smooth and shining. Propodeal declivity weakly areolate. Mesoscutum costulate, with smooth and shining patches laterally. Mesoscutellum smooth and shining medially, surrounded by weak costulae and areolae laterally. Femora shining, with traces of weak areolate sculpture. Petiole with very fine areolate sculpture ventrolaterally, around the base of the petiolar node. Longitudinal carina running from the petiolar spiracle to the caudal cylinder. Dorsal surface of the node with weak costulae. Dorsum of postpetiole weakly areolate anteriorly, posterior margin weakly strigulate. Sclerites of the gaster shining but dulled by very fine areolae, as found on the ventrolateral surface of the petiole. Spectral iridescence absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="427.[498,1542,234,1456]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Setae: antennal scapes and funiculi with short, subdecumbent pilosity. Dorsum of the head, pronotum, waist segments, and gaster with abundant, erect, tapering setae, the longest of which are about the width of the compound eye. Short, sparse pubescence absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="427.[498,1542,234,1456]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Color: predominantly dark brown, nearly black. The mandibles, propodeal spines, coxae, bases of the femora, tibiae, and tarsi testaceous yellow. The antennae and remainder of the femora testaceous brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="427.[498,1542,234,1456]" box="[530,730,792,818]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,597,792,818]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Male:</emphasis>
Unknown.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="427" pageNumber="428" type="etymology">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,668,832,858]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Etymology:</emphasis>
Morphological, from the Latin ‘politus’ (= polished), in reference to the smooth and shining integument of this species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="427" pageNumber="428" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="427.[498,1542,234,1456]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[530,670,911,937]" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Comments:</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[677,918,912,938]" italics="true" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Temnothorax politus</emphasis>
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is known only from the hot deserts and sky islands of southern Arizona and 
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, 
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. In desert habitats, it is apparently restricted to washes, irrigation canals, and other riparian habitats (
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<emphasis box="[1135,1273,991,1018]" italics="true" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Smith, 1939</emphasis>
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). In the original description, it was noted that Wesson collected this species at higher elevations in the Santa 
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near Tucson, but no habitat data was associated with this occurrence. 
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<emphasis box="[498,649,1111,1137]" italics="true" pageId="427" pageNumber="428">Smith (1939)</emphasis>
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also recorded that this species nests under the bark of cottonwood trees near the ground; I have personally collected several nests from ~ 
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diameter fallen cottonwood branches in gallery forest, as well as ~ 
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diameter hollow twigs in cottonwood leaf litter on the banks of a desert wash. This species is probably active in the nocturnal or crepuscular hours, at least in warm desert habitats: pitfall traps that I left overnight in Cienega Creek Preserve near Vail, Arizona yielded several workers, although I observed none foraging diurnally in the pitfall localities. The type series consisted of multiple localities across Arizona. Here, I designate a specimen from the Santa Cruz river near Tucson as the 
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, leaving the remainder of the type series as 
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.
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