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Forel
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from
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(
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Worker Description.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FE20EB7A8802FA8D" bold="true" box="[452,521,1327,1352]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Head.</emphasis>
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Posterior margin of head planar to weakly concave; erect setae on posterior margin in full-face view set in a row; sides of head noticeably convex. Ocelli absent; in full-face view, eyes set above midpoint of head capsule; in profile, eye set anteriad of head capsule; eye asymmetrical, curvature of inner eye margin more pronounced than its outer margin and anterior sector of eye distinctly broader than its posterior sector. Frontal carinae concave, or straight; antennal scape surpassing posterior margin of head by 0.2–0.5 x its length. Erect setae on scape absent, except at tip; prominence on anteromedial clypeal margin present as an indistinct swelling or undulation; mandible elongate triangular with oblique basal margin; long, curved setae on venter of head capsule present in some workers.
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Pronotum moderately and evenly curved over its length. Erect pronotal setae moderate in number (6–12), short and bristly. Mesonotum evenly curved. Erect mesonotal setae sparse to absent. Mesothoracic spiracles always inconspicuous; propodeal dorsum straight and short (equal in length to propodeal declivity); placement of propodeal spiracle mesad, more than its diameter away from propodeal declivity; propodeal angle present as a bluntly defined right angle, the dorsal and declivitous propodeal faces never separated by a carina. Erect propodeal setae moderate in number (6–12), short and bristly.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FB6DE88A8ED4F93D" bold="true" box="[1161,1247,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Petiole.</emphasis>
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Dorsum of node convex; node thin, scale-like, orientation more-or-less vertical.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FC80E95689BEF8D9" bold="true" box="[868,949,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Gaster.</emphasis>
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Non-marginal erect setae of gaster present on first gastral tergite; marginal erect setae of gaster present on first tergite.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FC0DE9728EC5F885" bold="true" box="[1001,1230,1831,1856]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">General characters.</emphasis>
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Allometric differences between workers of same nest absent. Colour pale, depigmented yellow, more rarely, brownish-yellow. Colour of erect setae pale yellow.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FF23E9C18B76F869" bold="true" box="[199,381,1940,1964]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80" reason="1">Measurements.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF97031FFD7FE63E9C18BD3F869" box="[391,472,1940,1964]" italics="true" pageId="79" pageNumber="80">Worker</emphasis>
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(n = 5)—CI 84–93; EI 36–39; EL 0.23–0.35; EW 0.16–0.24; HFL 0.95–1.48; HL 0.71–1.04; HW 0.60–0.97; ML 0.94–1.41; MTL 0.65–1.02; PpH 0.12–0.21; PpL 0.37–0.57; SI 110–125; SL 0.75– 1.07.
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Worker specimens of
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FDAEEECC88DBFF6A" box="[586,720,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I. exsanguis</emphasis>
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can be hard to distinguish from those of
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FB78EECC8EAEFF75" box="[1180,1189,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FB57EECD8F0DFF75" box="[1203,1286,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">dromus</emphasis>
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; the primary, and often the only distinguishing feature being the more truncate appearance of the propodeum in
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FAE8EEE88F1EFF11" box="[1292,1301,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FAC2EEE88F9FFF11" box="[1318,1428,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">exsanguis</emphasis>
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. Lack of erect hind tibial setae distinguish it from
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FD20EEB488C6FF3D" box="[708,717,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FD38EEB4893FFF3D" box="[732,820,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">cupreus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FC88EEB4897EFF3D" box="[876,885,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FC60EEB489E8FF3D" box="[900,995,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">macrops</emphasis>
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, and the moderately abundant to abundant short, bristly, erect setae on the mesosomal dorsum easily separate it from
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FBFAEF508E2CFED9" box="[1054,1063,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FBD3EF518EB9FED9" box="[1079,1202,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">hartmeyeri</emphasis>
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. Most workers are a depigmented yellow and of small-medium size, but workers taken in the far Kimberley are larger and darker coloured. In places like Carnarvon,
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, nests of
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FCB2EF188954FEA1" box="[854,863,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FC89EF1889D0FEA1" box="[877,987,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">exsanguis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FBF5EF188E11FEA1" box="[1041,1050,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FBCCEF198E70FEA1" box="[1064,1147,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">dromus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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can occur adjacent to one another. However,
|
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||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FE8BEF248B73FE4D" box="[367,376,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FE6CEF258BFDFE42" box="[392,502,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">exsanguis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a slightly more restricted distribution than its sister taxon
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FB2CEF248EDAFE4D" box="[1224,1233,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FB06EF258F3EFE4D" box="[1250,1333,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">dromus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and has rarely been collected south of latitude
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="1AB8502C702EFFC8FDACEFC18874FE69" box="[584,639,403,428]" degrees="30" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" precision="55555" value="-30.0">30°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
in
|
||
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|
||
(although it has been collected as far south as
|
||
<quantity id="B8749B0E702EFFC8FA64EFC18AB0FE0A" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.2" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" unit="km" value="32.0">32 km</quantity>
|
||
N of Renmark,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="BD48F809702EFFC8FE9DEFE2883BFE0A" box="[377,560,439,463]" country="Australia" name="South Australia" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">South Australia</collectingRegion>
|
||
). In the field,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B88C4D68702EFFC8FD30EFEC8957FE0A" box="[724,860,440,464]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Iridomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exsanguis">
|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FD30EFEC88D6FE15" box="[724,733,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FD0AEFED8957FE0A" box="[750,860,440,463]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">exsanguis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears to have a similar behaviour to
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FACCEFEC8F3AFE15" box="[1320,1329,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">I</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<emphasis id="4DF8EAF9702EFFC8FAA6EFED8F9EFE15" box="[1346,1429,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">dromus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Both ants are timid, and may block up their nests during the day. A small pile of spoil gives away the nest position. In
|
||
<collectingRegion id="BD48F809702EFFC8FF51EC558B8AFDD2" box="[181,385,511,535]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
|
||
, the first author has found both species in sandy soil, particularly on dunes. Despite its generally nocturnal disposition, this species can be diurnally active in suitable conditions: at Hillston,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="BD48F809702EFFC8FB29EC718F9CFDF9" box="[1229,1431,548,572]" country="Australia" name="New South Wales" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">New South Wales</collectingRegion>
|
||
, Rev. Bede Lowery was able to attract the species to honey baits on mallee stems at 8 am in the morning.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |