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<mods:title>Review of the Thai Species of the Genus Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Dorylinae), with Description of a New Species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>W. Jaitrong</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>D. Wiwatwitaya</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>W. Sakchoowong</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Far Eastern Entomologist</mods:title>
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<mods:part>
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<mods:date>2016</mods:date>
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<mods:detail type="volume">
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<mods:number>305</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.46404</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">1026-051X</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ZooBank">761AB85E-269A-4882-9765-F720BB5E7A09</mods:identifier>
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<heading bold="true" box="[227,703,264,288]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" reason="6">
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<taxonomicName authority="Jaitrong" authorityName="Jaitrong" box="[227,632,264,288]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sphinctomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="siamensis" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[227,527,264,288]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Sphinctomyrmex siamensis</emphasis>
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Jaitrong
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[643,703,264,287]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</heading>
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</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph box="[227,320,293,317]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<figureCitation box="[227,320,293,317]" captionStart="Figs 5 – 8" captionStartId="6.[265,306,1207,1229]" captionTargetBox="[227,1121,503,1172]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[227,1122,503,1172]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Figs 5 – 8. Sphinctomyrmex siamensis, sp. n., holotype worker. 1 – head in full-face view; 2 – body from dorsal view; 4 – body in profile; 4 – labels." pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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Figs
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<number box="[280,320,293,317]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="6.5" valueMax="8.0" valueMin="5.0">5–8</number>
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</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1249179134" collectingDate="2000-04-26" collectionCode="WJT" collectorName="W. Jaitrong" country="Thailand" location="Chiang Mai Province" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCode="THNHM-I-00007, WJT00-TH01" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-worker="1" stateProvince="Chiang Mai Province" typeStatus="holotype">
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MATERIAL.
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<typeStatus box="[421,520,352,376]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Holotype</typeStatus>
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–
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<specimenCount box="[557,633,352,376]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="worker">worker</specimenCount>
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(
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<specimenCode box="[652,849,352,376]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00007</specimenCode>
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),
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<collectingCountry box="[872,976,352,376]" name="Thailand" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="Thailand">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[872,976,352,376]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Thailand</emphasis>
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</collectingCountry>
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:
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<collectingRegion pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Chiang Mai Province</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingRegion box="[335,534,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Mae Tang District</collectingRegion>
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, secondary forest,
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<date box="[734,859,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2000-04-26">
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<collectingDate box="[734,859,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2000-04-26">
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<number box="[734,762,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="26.0">26</number>
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.IV
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<number box="[803,859,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2000.0">2000</number>
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</collectingDate>
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</date>
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,
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<collectorName box="[870,995,382,406]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">W. Jaitrong</collectorName>
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leg., colony no.
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<specimenCode box="[276,430,412,436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">WJT00-TH01</specimenCode>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1249179137" collectingDate="2000-04-26" collectionCode="THNHM" collectorName="W. Jaitrong" country="Thailand" location="Chiang Mai Province" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" specimenCode="THNHM-I-00008, THNHM-I-00009, THNHM-I-00010, THNHM-I-00011, THNHM-I-00012" specimenCount="5" specimenCount-worker="5" stateProvince="Chiang Mai Province" typeStatus="paratype">
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<typeStatus box="[448,556,412,435]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCount box="[575,691,412,436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="worker">
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<number box="[575,588,412,435]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="5.0">5</number>
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workers
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</specimenCount>
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(
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<specimenCode box="[714,909,412,436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00008</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode box="[929,1123,412,436]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00009</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode box="[227,421,442,466]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00010</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode box="[437,630,442,466]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00011</specimenCode>
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,
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<specimenCode box="[646,840,442,466]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM-I-00012</specimenCode>
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,
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<collectionCode box="[856,958,442,466]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">THNHM</collectionCode>
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), same data as
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<typeStatus box="[227,324,471,495]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">holotype</typeStatus>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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DESCRIPTION (
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<typeStatus box="[453,554,501,525]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Holotype</typeStatus>
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and
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<typeStatus box="[606,710,501,525]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">paratypes</typeStatus>
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). Head in full-face view clearly longer than broad, subrectangular, slightly broader anteriorly with side weakly convex and posterior margin concave; posterior corners of head bluntly angular; occipital margin bearing a distinct carina. Eyes absent. Antenna
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<number box="[721,745,590,614]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="12.0">12</number>
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-segmented; antennal scape relatively short, not reaching midlength of head; antennal segment II almost as long as broad; III-X each shorter than broad; XII almost as long as VIII+IX+X+XI or slightly longer. Frontal carina short, extending beyond level of posterior margin of torulus, well developed anteriorly and poorly developed posteriorly, curved anterior extension of frontal carinae bearing
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<number box="[479,492,740,764]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
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denticles in front of antennal socket; parafrontal ridge extending posteriorly less than
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<number box="[538,548,769,793]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1.0">1</number>
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/
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<number box="[558,572,769,793]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
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of head length. Clypeus narrowly inserted between frontal carinae; median portion of clypeus with a distinct tubercle. Mandible subtriangular, with basal margin rounding into masticatory margin; the latter apparently edentate, but there may be a few small inconspicuous denticles near basal angle.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Mesosoma twice as long as broad, in profile with almost flat dorsal outline or feebly convex; promesonotal suture and metanotal groove obliterated; katepisternum clearly demarcated from anepisternum by a distinct carina; metapleuron demarcated from mesopleuron and lateral face of propodeum by carinae; propodeal junction nearly right-angled; declivity of propodeum shallowly concave and encircled with a thin rim.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Petiole sessile, slightly longer than broad, its dorsal outline weakly convex, anterior face flat encircled with an indistinct ridge but posterior face slightly convex and tergite clearly demarcated from sternite by a distinct ridge; subpetiolar process well developed, subtriangular with a small window at middle, its apex truncate and directed downward, anterior margin convex, while posterior margin strongly concave.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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Gaster elongate, gastral segments I and II clearly separated by distinct constrictions, segments III, IV, and V separated from each other by deeply impressed, short constrictions; in dorsal view, gastral segment I (abdominal segment
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<collectionCode box="[985,1013,1275,1299]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">III</collectionCode>
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) narrower than segments II, III, and IV but slightly broader than petiole; segments II, III, and IV nearly equal to one another in width and length; dorsum of pygidium flat with
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<number box="[1087,1126,1335,1359]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1.5" valueMax="2.0" valueMin="1.0">1–2</number>
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rows of spines laterally, pygidial apex truncate as seen from above.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Dorsum and lateral face of head with dense foveolae, areas between foveolae smooth and shiny; venter of head smooth and shiny; dorsum of mesosoma smooth and shiny with sparse, very shallow foveolae; lateral face of pronotum partly superficially shagreened but shiny; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth and shiny; propodeum declivity superficially reticulate but shiny; petiolar node smooth and shiny; each gastral tergite with dense hair pits but areas between hair pits smooth and shiny.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Pilosity comparatively dense; dorsum and lateral faces of head with dense apprised to decumbent hairs; venter of head with sparse apprised hairs; dorsum of mesosoma with dense, very short decumbent hairs; petiole and gaster with dense, longer decumbent hairs; pygidium and hypopygium with dense erect hairs.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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Body reddish brown to dark brown; legs, terminal segment of antenna (
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<collectionCode box="[1042,1072,386,410]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">XI</collectionCode>
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) and tip of gaster yellowish brown;
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<number box="[567,581,417,441]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="2.0">2</number>
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/
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<number box="[589,601,417,441]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="3.0">3</number>
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of head, dorsa of mesosoma and petiole darker than elsewhere.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="6" pageNumber="7" targetBox="[227,1121,503,1172]" targetPageId="6">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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Figs 5–8.
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<taxonomicName box="[360,619,1207,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sphinctomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="siamensis" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[360,619,1207,1229]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<taxonomicName box="[360,520,1207,1229]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sphinctomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sphinctomyrmex</taxonomicName>
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siamensis
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[631,685,1208,1229]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype worker. 1 – head in full-face view; 2 – body from dorsal view; 4 – body in profile; 4 – labels.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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MEASUREMENTS.
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: TL
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<quantity box="[657,757,1293,1317]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.95" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="3.95">3.95 mm</quantity>
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, HL
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<quantity box="[815,915,1293,1317]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.66">0.66 mm</quantity>
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, HW
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<quantity box="[982,1082,1293,1317]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.4" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.54">0.54 mm</quantity>
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, SL
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<quantity box="[227,324,1323,1347]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5999999999999996" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.36">0.36 mm</quantity>
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, WL
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<quantity box="[383,481,1323,1347]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.86">0.86 mm</quantity>
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, PL
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<quantity box="[529,624,1323,1347]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5999999999999996" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.36">0.36 mm</quantity>
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, PW
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<quantity box="[684,781,1323,1347]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.3">0.30 mm</quantity>
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, CI
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<number box="[826,854,1323,1347]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="83.0">83</number>
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, SI
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<number box="[896,926,1323,1347]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="67.0">67</number>
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.
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<typeStatus box="[936,1040,1323,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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(n =
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<number box="[1097,1112,1322,1346]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="5.0">5</number>
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): TL
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<quantity box="[268,422,1353,1377]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" metricValueMax="3.95" metricValueMin="3.85" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="3.9" valueMax="3.95" valueMin="3.85">3.85-3.95 mm</quantity>
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, HL
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<quantity box="[479,638,1353,1377]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.95" metricValueMax="7.3" metricValueMin="6.6" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.695" valueMax="0.73" valueMin="0.66">0.66–0.73 mm</quantity>
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, HW
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<quantity box="[703,862,1353,1377]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" metricValueMax="5.8" metricValueMin="5.4" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.56" valueMax="0.58" valueMin="0.54">0.54–0.58 mm</quantity>
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, SL
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<quantity box="[914,1073,1353,1377]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.55" metricValueMax="3.5999999999999996" metricValueMin="3.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.355" valueMax="0.36" valueMin="0.35">0.35–0.36 mm</quantity>
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, WL
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<quantity box="[227,384,1383,1407]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.05" metricValueMax="9.2" metricValueMin="8.9" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.905" valueMax="0.92" valueMin="0.89">0.89–0.92 mm</quantity>
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, PL
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<quantity box="[433,590,1383,1407]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4499999999999997" metricValueMax="3.5999999999999996" metricValueMin="3.3000000000000003" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.345" valueMax="0.36" valueMin="0.33">0.33–0.36 mm</quantity>
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, PW
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<quantity box="[648,805,1383,1407]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3" metricValueMax="3.5999999999999996" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="mm" value="0.32999999999999996" valueMax="0.36" valueMin="0.3">0.30–0.36 mm</quantity>
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, CI
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<number box="[849,918,1383,1407]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="80.0" valueMax="83.0" valueMin="77.0">77–83</number>
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, SI
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<number box="[959,1029,1383,1407]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="63.5" valueMax="65.0" valueMin="62.0">62–65</number>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph box="[265,820,1412,1437]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">DISTRIBUTION. Thailand (Chiang Mai Province).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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DIAGNOSIS.
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<taxonomicName box="[426,718,1442,1466]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Sphinctomyrmex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="siamensis" status="sp. n.">Sphinctomyrmex siamensis</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[728,789,1443,1466]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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has been compared with high resolution images of
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<typeStatus box="[463,556,1473,1496]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">syntypes</typeStatus>
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and
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<typeStatus box="[617,719,1473,1496]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">paratypes</typeStatus>
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of all the related forms which were described from Australasian and Oriental regions (Antweb,
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). New species is most similar to
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Brown,
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-segmented antenna, subtriangular subpetiolar process (
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Fig.
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is easily separated from
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</emphasis>
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by the following conditions: much smaller body (
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in
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while
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,
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in
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vs
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</emphasis>
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the eyes are present as pigmented dots in the middle of the side of the head); possession of a distinct tubercle in median portion of clypeus (tubercle absent in
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); and relatively longer petiole.
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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HABITAT. The
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series of the new species was collected from soil surface in a shifting agricultural area at an elevation of about
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above sea level near a hill-evergreen forest during the dry season.
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<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">ETYMOLOGY. The scientific name is an adjective meaning ‘of Siam (old name of Thailand)’.</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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