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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FF60FE327381FE74" bold="true" box="[151,508,476,502]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Eurhopalothrix semicapillum</emphasis>
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Longino
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,
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(
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B, 6B, 14D, 30, 36)
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<typeStatus id="54C98843000C9F05FF60FDA972AFFDDD" box="[151,210,583,607]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Type</typeStatus>
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material.
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<typeStatus id="54C98843000C9F05FEB9FDA873C8FDDC" box="[334,437,582,606]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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worker
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</emphasis>
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:
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<collectingCountry id="F3657671000C9F05FDEBFDA870E7FDDC" box="[540,666,582,606]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
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, Heredia:
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SSE La Virgen, 10.26667 -84.08333, ±
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<quantity id="4C8A9B04000C9F05FAEBFDA87725FDDC" box="[1308,1368,582,606]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" unit="km" value="2.0">2 km</quantity>
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,
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<quantity id="4C8A9B04000C9F05FA92FDA872D2FD00" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" unit="m" value="1100.0">1100 m</quantity>
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,
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<date id="FFCC1021000C9F05FF37FD847326FD00" box="[192,347,618,643]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" value="2001-04-21">21 Apr 2001</date>
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, montane wet forest, Berlese sample (
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<collectingCountry id="F3657671000C9F05FCD3FD847112FD00" box="[804,879,618,642]" name="Kazakhstan" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">ALAS</collectingCountry>
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11/B/all) [INBC, CASENT0639343].
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FAC2FD827332FD25" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">
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<typeStatus id="54C98843000C9F05FAC2FD8277E1FD01" box="[1333,1436,620,643]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
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workers, queens
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</emphasis>
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: same data as
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<typeStatus id="54C98843000C9F05FE0BFD607023FD24" box="[508,606,654,678]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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[MCZC, CASENT0639342]; same data but
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<date id="FFCC1021000C9F05FB96FD607684FD24" box="[1121,1273,654,678]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" value="2001-03-14">14 Mar 2001</date>
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, ex sifted leaf litter (
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11/WF/02) [CAS, CASENT0639374 (dealate queen), CASENT0639377; FMNH, CASENT0639381; MZSP, CASENT0639376 (dealate queen), CASENT0639379; UCDC, CASENT0639380; USNM, CASENT0639375 (dealate queen), CASENT0639378].
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FF30FCF073D8FCB5" bold="true" box="[199,421,798,823]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Geographic range.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F3657671000C9F05FE5BFCF07057FCB4" box="[428,554,798,822]" name="Costa Rica" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C368656A000C9F05FF30FCAC707EFBD4" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BCD36E1000C9F05FF30FCAC707EFBD4" blockId="38.[151,1437,582,2011]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FF30FCAC733CFCD9" bold="true" box="[199,321,834,859]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Mandible with single tooth row; face with 14–18 specialized spatulate setae (anterior row 8, middle row 4 (2), posterior row 6 (4); ground pilosity of face spatulate, decumbent, weakly differentiated from specialized projecting setae, in discrete patches on posterolateral face, leaving median strip bare, anterior border of ground pilosity gradual, extending a short distance beyond anterior row of specialized projecting setae; posteromedian vertex with shallow depression; pronotum with 1 pair spatulate setae, lacking on mesonotum; pair of spatulate setae on posterior border of petiolar node; first gastral tergite with at most 3 pairs spatulate setae in two longitudinal rows, posterior pair sometimes flanked by outer pair. Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FC97FBF27653FBB1" box="[864,1070,1051,1075]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="circumcapillum">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FC97FBF27653FBB1" box="[864,1070,1051,1075]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. circumcapillum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FBCBFBF276A3FBB1" box="[1084,1246,1051,1075]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="machaquila">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FBCBFBF276A3FBB1" box="[1084,1246,1051,1075]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. machaquila</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FB1BFBF2770BFBB1" box="[1260,1398,1051,1075]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="megalops">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FB1BFBF2770BFBB1" box="[1260,1398,1051,1075]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. megalops</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FA73FBF27298FBD4" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ortizae">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FA73FBF27298FBD4" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. ortizae</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FF04FBAE730CFBD4" box="[243,369,1086,1111]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oscillum">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FF04FBAE730CFBD4" box="[243,369,1086,1111]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. oscillum</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FE89FBAE7380FBD4" box="[382,509,1086,1111]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schmidti">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FE89FBAE7380FBD4" box="[382,509,1086,1111]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. schmidti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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<subSubSection id="C368656A000C9F04FF30FB8C73E7FB46" lastPageId="39" lastPageNumber="140" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BCD36E1000C9F05FF30FB8C7188F984" blockId="38.[151,1437,582,2011]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FF30FB8C7324FBF9" bold="true" box="[199,345,1122,1147]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Description.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FE95FB8D73CFFBF9" box="[354,434,1123,1147]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Worker</emphasis>
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. HW 0.61–0.71, HL 0.61–0.68, SL 0.34–0.40, SLL 0.03–0.05, CI 100–104, SLI 7–14 (n=7). Labrum as in
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B, anterolateral gibbosities of basal portion developed as sharply right-angled, ventrallydirected teeth, apical portion elongate, flexed dorsally, relatively narrow, with a minute notch at apex; apex with a fringe of short, non-capitate translucent setae; mandible triangular, dorsal surface convex, smooth and shining apically, grading to punctate basally, rounding into ventral surface; interior surface concave, smooth and shining; masticatory margin a single row of 11 flattened acute triangular teeth; scape with moderately developed basal lobe; scrobe deep, sharply delimited dorsally and ventrally, abutting deep antennal socket; surface of scrobe shallowly foveolate; eye small, about 5 ommatidia across greatest diameter; clypeus approximately planar, uniformly covered with small puncta; sides of head above eyes moderately angulate; surface of face with longitudinal median impression; entire surface of face punctate, puncta larger posteromedially but still nearly confluent (more widely spaced on
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<taxonomicName id="4C724D62000C9F05FEE0FA227397FA61" box="[279,490,1483,1507]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Eurhopalothrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="139" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="circumcapillum">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000C9F05FEE0FA227397FA61" box="[279,490,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">E. circumcapillum</emphasis>
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); occipital carina indistinct; undersurface of head uniformly punctate; postgenal suture a well-developed longitudinal trough, darker than surrounding cuticle.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36E1000C9F05FF30F9FC71D9F8C8" blockId="38.[151,1437,582,2011]" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Promesonotal profile convex, somewhat flat-topped, meeting flat dorsal face of propodeum at obtuse angle; metanotal groove a narrow impressed groove; dorsal and posterior faces of propodeum distinct, meeting at obtuse angle, dorsal face shorter than posterior face; propodeal spine laminar, translucent, triangular, acute, ventral margin rounding into narrow infradental lamella that extends down posterior face to propodeal lobe; propodeal spiracle small, directed posteriorly in small concavity between base of propodeal spine and dorsum of metapleural gland bulla; all of mesosoma except posterior face of propodeum uniformly punctate with smooth interspaces; posterior face of propodeum smooth to very faintly sculptured; no transverse carinae between bases of propodeal spines; puncta on promesonotum larger than those on katepisternum and side of propodeum; interspaces sublucid on promesonotum, more matte on katepisternum and side of propodeum.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCD36E1000C9F04FF30F8B87079FF56" blockId="38.[151,1437,582,2011]" lastBlockId="39.[151,1436,151,1471]" lastPageId="39" lastPageNumber="140" pageId="38" pageNumber="139">Petiolar peduncle joins anterior face of petiolar node at rounded obtuse angle; anterior face of node meets sloping flat dorsal face at rounded right angle; posterior face of node very short; ventral margin of petiole with short, acute, anteroventral tooth; postpetiole low and broad, with a broad longitudinal sulcus dorsally; first gastral sternite lacking anterior sagittal keel; petiole, postpetiole, and gaster densely punctate, puncta on anterior portions of first gastral tergite and sternite similar to those on posterior portion, separated by smooth interspaces that are less than or equal to width of puncta.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000D9F04FF30FC5E736DFC45" box="[199,272,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="140">Queen</emphasis>
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. HW 0.67, HL 0.66–0.68, SL 0.37–0.39, SLL 0.04, CI 101, SLI 10–11 (n=2). Similar to worker in most respects; ocelli present; compound eye much larger than worker eye; anepisternum separated from katepisternum by U-shaped groove; metapleuron separated from propodeum by broad U-shaped groove; puncta fading on anterodorsal katepisternum, leaving small smooth patch; pronotum with 1 pair spatulate setae; mesoscutum with 6 straight, erect, narrowly clavate setae; axilla with clavate seta; scutellum with 1 pair spatulate setae; petiolar node with pair of spatulate setae; posterior margin of postpetiole with lateral pair spatulate setae and smaller median pair; first gastral tergite with number and arrangement of erect setae similar to worker, but setae straight, longer, more narrowly clavate.
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<subSubSection id="C368656A000D9F04FF30FB2176ADFAF5" pageId="39" pageNumber="140" type="biology_ecology">
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000D9F04FF30FB21735AFB6A" bold="true" box="[199,295,1231,1256]" pageId="39" pageNumber="140">Biology.</emphasis>
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This species inhabits mature wet forest in mid-montane to lower cloud forest habitats. It is known from
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elevation but is most common around
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. All specimens are from Winkler samples of sifted litter and rotten wood from the forest floor. In the Cordillera de Tilarán and C. de Guanacaste it occurs in upper montane forest but not in the cool, wet ridge-crest cloud forest. On the Barva transect it was rare at
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(<1% of miniWinkler samples), common at
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(40% of samples), and absent at
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and
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.
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<emphasis id="B906EAF3000D9F04FF30FA6A7333FA1E" bold="true" box="[199,334,1412,1436]" pageId="39" pageNumber="140">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The name is in reference to the partially delimited patches of ground pilosity on the face. It is a noun in apposition and thus invariant.
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