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<mods:title>Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology</mods:title>
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<mods:affiliation>Madagascar Biodiversity Center, BP 6257, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar & Departement d'Entomologie-Culture, Elevage, Sante; Faculte des Sciences, BP 906, Universite d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:affiliation>Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Head in full-face view A C. mahafaly (CASENT 0115287) B C. tapia (CASENT 0493939) C C. quadrimaculatus (CASENT 0096044)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678074" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 15A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Mesosoma in lateral view A C. imitator (CASENT 0452849) B C. mahafaly (CASENT 0115287)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678075" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 16B</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 20" captionStartId="F20" captionText="Figure 20. Head in full-face view A C. mahafaly (CASENT 0115287) B C. hovahovoides (CASENT 0487242)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure20" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678079" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 20A</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Camponotus mahafaly A lateral view B head in full-face view C dorsal view of minor worker CASENT 0115287 D distribution map." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678125" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 66</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype worker.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Madagascar</emphasis>
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: Province
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: Androy Region, District of Tsihombe, 74 km S of Tsihombe, Reserve Speciale Cap Ste Marie,
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, Mike) CASENT0115206 (CAS).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Paratypes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">2 minor workers of same data as holotype but respectively with collection codes: MG-23-34 and MG-23-33 and specimen codes: CASENT0115287 and CASENT0115718 (CAS).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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E Itampolo
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) (CAS)
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">With head in full-face view, lateral margins of head anterior to eye level parallel and lacking erect hairs, lateral and anteromedian clypeal margins continuously forming broad convexity; scape without erect hairs; mesosoma long and low; body color yellowish to brown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
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0.01; 0.30-0.35), breaking lateral cephalic margin, level of its posterior margin situated approximately at posterior 1/4 of head (PoOc/CL: 0.23
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.01; 0.20-0.24); frontal carinae close to each other (FR/CS: 0.27
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.01; 0.25-0.28), posteriorly parallel, distance between them smaller than their smallest distance to eye; clypeus without well-defined anterolateral angle, its anteromedian margin broadly convex; mandible with two apical teeth normally spaced; antennal scape relatively long (SL/CS: 1.40
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.04; 1.33-1.45). Promesonotum weakly convex; mesonotum with posterior portion flat immediately anterior to weakly visible metanotal groove; propodeal dorsum almost straight (MPH/ML: 0.37
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<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
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0.03; 0.34-0.50); rounding to declivity, 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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as long as declivity. Petiolar node short and high, with dorsal margin inclined posteriorly, rounding to anterior margin; height of anterior face 2/3 of that of posterior face; femur of hind leg rounded axially, without twist near base.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">First and second gastral tergites without a pair of white spots; lateral margin of head anterior to eye level, with no erect hairs posterior to eye level; two erect hairs present close to posterior margin; antennal scape covered only with appressed hairs; erect hairs lacking on promesonotum; posterodorsal corner of propodeum with a pair of erect hairs. Integument shining; body color yellowish.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Major worker.</emphasis>
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Unknown.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution and biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rakotonirina & Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Camponotus mahafaly" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafaly">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Camponotus mahafaly</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is geographically restricted to dry forest and spiny bush and forest habitats of the southwest and south of Madagascar (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 66" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figure 66. Camponotus mahafaly A lateral view B head in full-face view C dorsal view of minor worker CASENT 0115287 D distribution map." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678125" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">66D</figureCitation>
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). Nest sites are generally located in rotten logs, and foraging occurs on the surface of the ground.
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223.figure66" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/678125" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 66" startId="F66">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 66.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Rakotonirina & Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Camponotus mahafaly" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafaly">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Camponotus mahafaly</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
|
||
head in full-face view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view of minor worker CASENT0115287
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
|
||
distribution map.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Discussion.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rakotonirina & Fisher" authorityYear="2022" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Camponotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Camponotus mahafaly" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafaly">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Camponotus mahafaly</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
might be confounded with
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="C." lsidName="C. cemeryi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="cemeryi">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. cemeryi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
because the petiole of both species is not nodelike, but in the latter species the antennal scape is covered with suberect hairs and the mesosoma is generally short and high, with a dorsal outline that is strongly convex.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
The qualitative morphology-based study of this species agrees with the multivariate morphometrics to support the taxonomic determination of
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="C." lsidName="C. mahafaly" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="mahafaly">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. mahafaly</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Separation of this species is confirmed by LDA with 100% success.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
|
||
The species name
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">mahafaly</emphasis>
|
||
is a singular non-Latin noun used in apposition and refers to the Mahafaly region in the southwest of Madagascar.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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</document> |