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Jarernkong et Jaitrong
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-10-21" collectionCode="TYPE, MATERIAL, THNHM" country="Thailand" location="Pong Nam Ron Village" municipality="Muaeng District" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Chiang Rai" typeStatus="holotype">
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– worker (THNHM-I-26819,
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),
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N
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<collectingCountry name="Thailand" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Thailand</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion box="[294,525,1160,1184]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Rai" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Chiang Rai Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingMunicipality box="[538,717,1160,1185]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Muaeng District</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:038B3F394D38FFF1FF6A3FEF2434FE0C:8EFDD8F44D38FFFCFD52388E2492FB38" box="[731,991,1160,1185]" country="Thailand" municipality="Muaeng District" name="Pong Nam Ron Village" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" stateProvince="Chiang Rai">Pong Nam Ron Village</location>
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,
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<date box="[1005,1122,1160,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2018-10-21">
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<collectingDate box="[1005,1122,1160,1184]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2018-10-21">21.X 2018</collectingDate>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[227,1127,1129,1583]" box="[227,1126,1191,1215]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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W. Jaitrong leg., WJT211018-06.
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:
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<specimenCount box="[749,876,1191,1215]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="worker">23 workers</specimenCount>
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(THNHM-I-26820 to
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THNHM-I-26841,
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), same data as holotype.
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DESCRIPTION.
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(
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).
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Measurements and indices.
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: HL 0.56, HW 0.52, EL 019, SL 0.56, ML
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0.79, FeL 0.66, PL 0.29,
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0.23, CI 94, SI 106, EI 37, FeI 80.
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<typeStatus box="[265,369,1345,1369]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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(n = 23): HL 0.52–0.59, HW 0.46–0.52, EL 0.16–0.19, SL 0.56–0.62,
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ML 0.72–0.82, FeL 0.62–0.69, PL 0.26–0.29,
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0.19–0.23, CI 87–94, SI 106–135,
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<paragraph blockId="5.[227,1127,1129,1583]" box="[227,455,1405,1429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">EI 31–40, FeI 71–80.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[227,1127,1129,1583]" box="[265,1126,1436,1460]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Head: in full-face view, slightly longer than broad, lateral margins convex,</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[227,1127,1129,1583]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">posterior margin almost straight medially. Mandibles subtriangular; masticatory margin with five teeth, including largest apical tooth, followed by medium-sized preapical tooth, a small tooth, medium-sized prebasal tooth, and small basal tooth;</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[227,1127,1129,1583]" lastBlockId="6.[227,1127,264,534]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">basal margin without denticles. Clypeus broad and convex medially, shorter than broad, its anterior margin convex, posterior margin convex medially. Eyes relatively large, oval, convex, with 17–19 ommatidia along the longest axis, located at midlength of head laterally; outer margin of eye reaching lateral margin of head. Ocelli present, located on frons; lateral ocelli slightly larger than median ocellus; distance between lateral ocelli slightly longer than distance between median ocellus and lateral ocellus. Antennal scapes slender, clavate. Antennal segment II longer than broad and longer than segments III and IV; segments V–X each thin and longer than broad. Frontal lobe narrow and frontal carina short slightly extending beyond level of anterior margin of eye.</paragraph>
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Fig 2.
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<taxonomicName authority="Jarernkong et Jaitrong" authorityName="Jarernkong et Jaitrong" authorityYear="2023" box="[333,755,1543,1565]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="siamensis" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[333,524,1543,1564]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Lepisiota siamensis</emphasis>
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Jarernkong et Jaitrong
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,
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, holotype worker (THNHM-I- 26819, THNHM). A – body in profile view; B – head in full-face view; C – body in dorsal view.
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Mesosoma: in profile pronotum with its dorsal outline weakly convex; mesonotum almost straight and sloping gradually to metanotal groove; in dorsal view,</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">pronotum almost as long as broad and clearly broader than mesonotum but slightly broader than propodeum; metathoracic spiracle in profile raised at least to the level of base of propodeal spine; promesonotal suture and metanotal groove distinct;</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">mesopleuron clearly demarcated from metapleuron by deep groove; metapleuron not demarcated from lateral face of propodeum. Propodeum in profile with its dorsal outline weakly convex; in profile, propodeal spine short, subtriangular, blunt tip,</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">slightly shorter than broad at base; in dorsal view, tip of propodeal spine pointed backward and outward.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Petiole sessile; in profile petiolar node subtriangular, longer than high, its anterior margin weakly convex, while posterior margin concave; dorsum of petiole with a pair of sharp spines; subpetiolar process weakly developed, its ventral outline weakly convex; in dorsal view petiolar node subrectangular, longer than broad, narrower posteriorly.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Dorsum of head densely reticulate with smooth and shiny interspaces; area in front of eye laterally (lower gena) finely striate; ventral surface of head smooth and shiny; pronotum entirely smooth and shiny; mesopleuron with dense longitudinal striation except for lower portion smooth; propodeum punctate; petiole and gaster largely smooth and shiny. Antennal scape punctate; coxae smooth and shiny; femora superficially reticulate with smooth and shiny interspaces; tibiae punctate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[265,1126,920,944]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Dorsum of head with sparse standing hairs mixed with short appressed hairs;</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">pronotum with sparse standing hairs mixed with sparse short appressed hairs; mesonotum with less than 10 standing hairs; propodeal dorsum with 5–6 standing hairs mixed with very short appressed hairs; gaster with dense standing hairs, hairs on gastral sternites longer than on tergite. Body entirely black to dark brown. Mandible,</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,791,1076,1100]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">antenna, and legs reddish brown to yellowish brown.</paragraph>
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REMARKS.
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<emphasis box="[413,624,1108,1131]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Lepisiota siamensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[636,700,1108,1132]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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is most similar to
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<taxonomicName authority="(Emery" baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[922,1123,1107,1132]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunaris">
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<emphasis box="[922,1030,1107,1131]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. lunaris</emphasis>
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(Emery
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1126,1139,1163]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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1893) from
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<collectingCountry box="[358,414,1139,1163]" name="India" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">India</collectingCountry>
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in having a dark to black and shining body, a reticulated head,
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1127,1170,1194]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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and yellowish-brown antennae. However,
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Jarernkong & Kongmee & Pinkaew & Jaitrong" authorityYear="2023" box="[681,814,1171,1194]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="siamensis">
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<emphasis box="[681,814,1171,1194]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. siamensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be easily separated from
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<emphasis box="[227,336,1201,1225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. lunaris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by 1) head slightly longer than broad (almost as long as broad in
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<emphasis box="[1105,1127,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis box="[227,303,1233,1257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">lunaris</emphasis>
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); 2) area between eye and mandibular base finely striate (slightly smooth in
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<emphasis box="[1105,1127,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1127,1264,1288]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis box="[227,301,1264,1288]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">lunaris</emphasis>
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); 3) outer margin of eye reaching lateral margin of head (not touching in
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<taxonomicName box="[1105,1127,1265,1288]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis box="[1105,1127,1265,1288]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L.</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<emphasis box="[227,303,1295,1319]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">lunaris</emphasis>
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); 4) pronotum as long as broad (shorter than broad in
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[935,1043,1295,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunaris">
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<emphasis box="[935,1043,1295,1319]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. lunaris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
); 5) in profile tip of propodeal spine bluntly angulated (tip of propodeal spine sharply angulated in
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[377,485,1358,1382]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunaris">
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||
<emphasis box="[377,485,1358,1382]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. lunaris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); 6) dorsal outline of propodeum weakly convex (almost straight in
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Emery" baseAuthorityYear="1893" box="[352,460,1389,1413]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lunaris">
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||
<emphasis box="[352,460,1389,1413]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. lunaris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); 7) petiolar spines pointed above (curve backward in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1105,1127,1390,1413]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1105,1127,1390,1413]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L.</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1128,1420,1445]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<emphasis box="[227,303,1420,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">lunaris</emphasis>
|
||
). The new species is also similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Xu, 1994" authorityName="Xu" authorityYear="1994" box="[693,885,1421,1445]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acuta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[693,779,1421,1444]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. acuta</emphasis>
|
||
Xu,
|
||
<quantity box="[832,885,1421,1445]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.06476" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="in" value="1994.0">1994</quantity>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in general appearance.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1127,1452,1476]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">However, it can be distinguished from the latter by 1) pronotum smooth and shiny</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1127,1483,1507]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">(densely punctate in the latter); 2) in profile propodeal spines bluntly angulated</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1127,1514,1538]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">(sharply angulated in the latter); 3) dorsal outline of propodeum weakly convex</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,1126,1546,1570]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">(straight in the latter); 4) petiolar spines pointed above (curve backward in the later);</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[227,1128,262,1601]" box="[227,719,1577,1601]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">5) femora reddish brown (darker in the latter).</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[227,1127,263,405]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
|
||
HABITAT. The
|
||
<typeStatus box="[448,494,263,287]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series was collected from soil in a paddy field (the same locality as in the
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jarernkong & Kongmee & Pinkaew & Jaitrong" authorityYear="2023" box="[409,514,292,316]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">
|
||
<emphasis box="[409,514,292,316]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">L. bicolor</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
colony) at an elevation of about
|
||
<quantity box="[866,933,292,316]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" unit="m" value="900.0">900 m</quantity>
|
||
above sea level.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[227,1127,263,405]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
|
||
ETYMOLOGY. The specific name is an adjective meaning ‘of Siam’ the historic name of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[320,418,351,375]" name="Thailand" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Thailand</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[265,889,380,405]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[227,1127,263,405]" box="[265,889,380,405]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
|
||
DISTRIBUTION.
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[465,564,380,404]" name="Thailand" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Thailand</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[574,796,380,404]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Rai" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Chiang Rai Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation box="[811,876,380,404]" captionStart="Fig 6" captionStartId="13.[370,402,1308,1330]" captionTargetBox="[381,973,256,1293]" captionTargetId="figure-0@13.[384,970,259,1290]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Fig 6. Distributions of the new species of Lepisiota in Thailand." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7616354" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7616354/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |