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Diagnosis of the
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species group (worker)
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The
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group consists of
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, from Madagascar, and
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M. levis
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, from South India and Sri Lanka. This group was proposed by
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based on the arcing costate sculpture of the promesonotal shield and longitudinal costate sculpture of the head. On the basis of examination of the
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holotype and the morphometrics provided by
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, we concur and provide additional characters in the
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species group diagnosis. Diangosis of the sexuals of this species group would be premature, however, as gynes and males of
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are unknown.
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The following characters set the species of the
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group apart among the Afrotropical species-group schemata of
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and the Oriential species from
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(1998
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,
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); unique character states for the
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group among the Afrotropical and Oriental species are italicized:
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1. Bicolored: head through postpetiole dark to bright orange, abdominal segments
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piceous to black.
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<paragraph id="7B6F09DF881BC7EA63DB97A89A461360" box="[118,441,1538,1555]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311" type="mainText">4. Head broader than long (CI&gt; 100).</paragraph>
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. Lateral and posterior margins of promesonotal shield distinctly laminate and concealing pleurae and propodeum in dorsal view.
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<paragraph id="F16EECE0210E8FEBCEC25C1EA8867D34" box="[118,1016,164,181]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">7. Lateral margins of promesonotal shield translucent from anterolateral corners to bases of posterolateral spines.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7AFB65063B677AB13793161C59774219" box="[118,1096,187,204]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">8. Posterolateral promesonotal spines somewhat dorsoventrally flattened, with one or two ventrolateral longitudinal carinae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="06ACE5BBC7DADAA1AFAFE9ED0B899D72" box="[118,707,256,272]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">11. Lateral face of petiole with one to many longitudinal costae or carinae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0159392EFC9594EC824E405077AA59F" box="[118,895,279,295]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">12. Petiole dorsal margin straight to convex in posterior view; without spines or teeth near mid-line.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1FB34EEF2C84BCA23E0B5526B7434011" box="[118,492,302,318]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">13. Postpetiole nodiform, strongly sculptured.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D2BE7394CBFE1946189F629216879555" box="[118,587,325,341]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">14. External (dorsal) tibial faces roughened with sculpture.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AC140C566088ABE94666135ACB27B5D6" box="[118,636,348,364]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="mainText">15. Fourth abdominal tergum dense-punctate, at least posteriorly.</paragraph>
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