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<document ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6084880" ID-GBIF-Dataset="be42f22e-9756-4493-9233-46c2ea9600e0" ID-GBIF-Taxon="121268739" ID-ISSN="1985-1944" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6084880" checkinTime="1467369674017" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Ying Y. Luo & Benoit Guénard" docDate="2016" docId="03C88798026FFFBFFD46F9FEFB1CFBDF" docLanguage="en" docName="Luo-and-Guenard-2016-am008016.pdf" docOrigin="Asian Myrmecology 8" docStyle="DocumentStyle{}" docTitle="Paratopula bauhinia Luo & Guenard, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docVersion="6" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" masterDocId="FFF1FFE0026CFFB8FF92FFBDFFD5FFE4" masterDocTitle="Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenopytera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology" masterLastPageNumber="16" masterPageNumber="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" updateTime="1644893170739" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenopytera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology</mods:title>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Ying Y. Luo</mods:namePart>
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</mods:name>
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<mods:name type="personal">
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<mods:role>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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</mods:role>
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<mods:namePart>Benoit Guénard</mods:namePart>
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<mods:typeOfResource>text</mods:typeOfResource>
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<mods:title>Asian Myrmecology</mods:title>
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</mods:titleInfo>
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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>8</mods:number>
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<mods:extent unit="page">
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<mods:start>1</mods:start>
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<mods:end>16</mods:end>
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</mods:part>
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<mods:classification>journal article</mods:classification>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">10.20362/am.008016</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="GBIF-Dataset">be42f22e-9756-4493-9233-46c2ea9600e0</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="ISSN">1985-1944</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Zenodo-Dep">270012</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6084880" ID-GBIF-Taxon="121268739" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6084880" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C88798026FFFBFFD46F9FEFB1CFBDF" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C88798026FFFBFFD46F9FEFB1CFBDF" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1223,1603,1627]" box="[724,1223,1603,1627]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<taxonomicName authority="Luo & Guenard" authorityName="Luo & Guenard" box="[724,1126,1603,1627]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis box="[724,947,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Paratopula bauhinia</emphasis>
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Luo & Guénard
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1136,1223,1603,1627]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rank="species">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[1136,1215,1603,1627]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">sp. nov</emphasis>
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.
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</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[168,692,227,1819]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PTL Petiole Length. Maximum diagonal length of petiole, measured in lateral view, from most anteroventral point of the peduncle, at or below the propodeal lobe, to most posterodorsal point at the junction with helcial tergite.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<heading allCaps="true" box="[724,774,227,250]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" reason="3">
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<collectionCode box="[724,774,227,250]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13854" name="Perth Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PTH</collectionCode>
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</heading>
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Petiole Height. Maximum height of petiole, measured in lateral view from the highest (median) point of the node, orthogonally to the ventral outline of the node.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PTW Petiole Width. Maximum width of the petiole in dorsal view.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<heading allCaps="true" box="[724,770,483,506]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" reason="3">
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<collectionCode box="[724,770,483,506]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12552" name="Agricultural Development and Advisory Service" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PPL</collectionCode>
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</heading>
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Postpetiole Length. Maximum length of postpetiole, measured in lateral view.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<heading allCaps="true" box="[724,773,579,602]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" reason="3">PPH</heading>
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Postpetiole Height. Maximum height of postpetiole, measured in lateral view from the highest point of the node.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PPW Postpetiole Width. Maximum width of the postpetiole in dorsal view.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1248,803,827]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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CI Cephalic Index. Calculated as: HW / HL ×
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<number box="[1205,1244,803,827]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="100.0">100</number>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1248,867,891]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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SI Scape Index. Calculated as: SL / HW ×
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<number box="[1202,1244,867,891]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="100.0">100</number>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<heading box="[724,768,931,954]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" reason="4">MaI</heading>
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Mandibular Index. Calculated as: MaL / HW ×
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<number box="[862,905,963,987]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="100.0">100</number>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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PI Petiolar Index. Calculated as: PTW / PTL ×I
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<number box="[820,860,1059,1083]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="100.0">100</number>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<heading allCaps="true" box="[724,763,1123,1146]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" reason="3">
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<collectionCode box="[724,763,1123,1146]" country="Taiwan" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14887" name="National Pingtung University of Science and Technology" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PPI</collectionCode>
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</heading>
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Postpetiolar Index. Calculated as: PPW /
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<collectionCode box="[796,841,1155,1178]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12552" name="Agricultural Development and Advisory Service" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">PPL</collectionCode>
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×
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<number box="[869,909,1155,1179]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="100.0">100</number>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1248,1219,1243]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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Abbreviations of the
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<typeStatus box="[951,997,1219,1243]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">type</typeStatus>
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depositories are as fol-
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,782,1251,1275]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">lows:</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1248,1315,1339]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[724,832,1315,1339]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">SBSHKU</emphasis>
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Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1248,1347,1371]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1248,227,1403]" box="[724,1202,1379,1403]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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University of
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<collectingCountry box="[872,1000,1379,1403]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[1011,1136,1379,1403]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
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<collectionCode box="[1142,1197,1379,1403]" country="Malaysia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12931" name="Department of Forestry" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">SAR</collectionCode>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="3.[724,1249,1667,1851]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<emphasis box="[724,829,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
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<typeStatus box="[724,825,1667,1691]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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</emphasis>
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A worker collected from
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<collectingCountry name="Hong Kong" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">HONG KONG</collectingCountry>
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, Lung Fu Shan Country Park,
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<geoCoordinate box="[1112,1248,1698,1722]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" precision="1" value="22.281055">
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N
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<number box="[1135,1248,1698,1722]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="22.281056">22.281056</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate box="[724,874,1730,1754]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" precision="1" value="114.137985">
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E
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<number box="[746,874,1730,1754]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="114.137985">114.137985</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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, elevation
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<quantity box="[988,1051,1731,1755]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.47" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" unit="m" value="147.0">147m</quantity>
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, collected by hand at approximately
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<number box="[924,953,1763,1787]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="20.0">20</number>
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:
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<number box="[957,985,1763,1787]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="30.0">30</number>
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h,
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<date box="[1032,1146,1762,1786]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="2015-09-30">
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<number box="[1032,1060,1762,1786]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="30.0">30</number>
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.ix.
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<number box="[1089,1146,1762,1786]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="2015.0">2015</number>
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</date>
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(
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Ying Y. LUO</emphasis>
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), label “ANTWEB
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<number box="[996,1090,1795,1819]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="1009012.0">1009012</number>
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” deposited in SBSHKU.
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</paragraph>
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<caption box="[484,981,1059,1081]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/270015/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" targetBox="[193,1269,192,1028]" targetPageId="4">
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<paragraph blockId="4.[484,981,1059,1081]" box="[484,981,1059,1081]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[484,547,1059,1081]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
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Profile view of
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<taxonomicName box="[702,810,1059,1081]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[702,810,1059,1081]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[817,869,1060,1081]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(holotype).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption box="[484,980,1782,1804]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/270016/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" targetBox="[323,1141,1142,1751]" targetPageId="4">
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<paragraph blockId="4.[484,980,1782,1804]" box="[484,980,1782,1804]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[484,547,1782,1804]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Fig. 4.</emphasis>
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Dorsal view of
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<taxonomicName box="[702,810,1782,1804]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia" status="sp. n.">
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<emphasis box="[702,810,1782,1804]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[817,869,1783,1804]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(holotype).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[168,692,227,635]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<emphasis box="[168,276,227,250]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<typeStatus box="[168,276,227,250]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. Two workers collected from
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<collectingCountry name="Hong Kong" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">HONG KONG</collectingCountry>
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, Lung Fu Shan Country Park. One worker found at
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<geoCoordinate box="[378,528,290,314]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="1" value="22.278591">
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N
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<number box="[415,528,290,314]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="22.278592">22.278592</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate box="[546,692,291,315]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="1" value="114.13817">
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E
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<number box="[580,692,291,315]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="114.13817">114.13817</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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(approximately
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<quantity box="[350,410,322,346]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="275.0">275m</quantity>
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away from where the
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<typeStatus box="[168,261,355,379]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">holotype</typeStatus>
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was found), elevation
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<quantity box="[518,582,355,379]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7199999999999998" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="272.0">272m</quantity>
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, collected by hand at approximately
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<number box="[480,507,387,411]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="21.0">21</number>
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:00 h,
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<date box="[591,692,387,411]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2016-01-06">
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06.i.
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<number box="[634,692,387,411]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2016.0">2016</number>
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</date>
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(
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<emphasis box="[177,351,419,443]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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Gordon
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<collectionCode box="[280,351,419,442]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">YONG</collectionCode>
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</emphasis>
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), label “ANTWEB
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<number box="[589,683,419,443]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1009013.0">1009013</number>
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” deposited in SBSHKU. The second was collected near the location of the other
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<typeStatus box="[527,622,483,507]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">paratype</typeStatus>
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, at
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="1" value="22.279139">
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N
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<number box="[168,281,515,539]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="22.279139">22.279139</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate box="[293,437,514,538]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" precision="1" value="114.13676">
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E
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<number box="[309,437,514,538]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="114.136755">114.136755</number>
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</geoCoordinate>
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, elevation
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<quantity box="[561,625,515,539]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.73" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="273.0">273m</quantity>
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, hand collected at approximately
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<number box="[474,501,547,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="21.0">21</number>
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:00 h,
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<date box="[580,692,547,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2016-04-21">
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<number box="[580,606,547,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="21.0">21</number>
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.iv.
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<number box="[634,692,547,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2016.0">2016</number>
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</date>
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(
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<emphasis box="[177,345,579,602]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ying Y. LUO</emphasis>
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), label “ANTWEB
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<number box="[588,682,579,603]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1009014.0">1009014</number>
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” deposited at SBSHKU.
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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 blockId="5.[168,390,675,699]" box="[168,390,675,699]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<heading bold="true" box="[168,390,675,699]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" reason="2">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[168,390,675,699]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Worker description</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="5.[168,692,739,955]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[168,272,739,763]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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<typeStatus box="[168,272,739,763]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Holotype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. HL
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<quantity box="[325,422,739,763]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.34" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.34">1.34 mm</quantity>
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; HW
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<quantity box="[481,579,739,763]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.13" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.13">1.13 mm</quantity>
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; MaL
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.68">0.68 mm</quantity>
|
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; SL
|
||
<quantity box="[266,368,771,795]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.2" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.92">0.92 mm</quantity>
|
||
; EL
|
||
<quantity box="[422,524,771,795]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.29">0.29 mm</quantity>
|
||
; WL
|
||
<quantity box="[587,688,771,795]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.9">1.90 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PNW
|
||
<quantity box="[236,338,803,827]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.84">0.84 mm</quantity>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[351,404,803,826]" country="Philippines" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15314" name="National Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PNH</collectionCode>
|
||
<quantity box="[414,515,803,827]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.6" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.66">0.66 mm</quantity>
|
||
; MW
|
||
<quantity box="[587,688,802,826]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.45">0.45 mm</quantity>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[168,213,835,859]" country="Sweden" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13839" name="Palynological Laboratory" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">SPL</collectionCode>
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<quantity box="[224,327,834,858]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.50 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PTL
|
||
<quantity box="[400,503,835,859]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.84">0.84 mm</quantity>
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||
; PTW
|
||
<quantity box="[585,688,834,858]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.45">0.45 mm</quantity>
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;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[168,218,867,890]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13854" name="Perth Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PTH</collectionCode>
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<quantity box="[225,323,867,891]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.44">0.44 mm</quantity>
|
||
; TL
|
||
<quantity box="[370,468,867,891]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="6.4">6.40 mm</quantity>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[478,523,867,890]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12552" name="Agricultural Development and Advisory Service" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PPL</collectionCode>
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||
<quantity box="[530,627,866,890]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.5">0.50 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PPW
|
||
<quantity box="[168,268,898,922]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.56">0.56 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PPH
|
||
<quantity box="[339,439,899,923]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.48">0.48 mm</quantity>
|
||
; CI
|
||
<number box="[487,517,899,923]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="84.0">84</number>
|
||
; SI
|
||
<number box="[562,591,899,923]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="81.0">81</number>
|
||
;
|
||
<date box="[605,687,899,923]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1961-05">
|
||
MaI
|
||
<number box="[658,687,899,923]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="61.0">61</number>
|
||
</date>
|
||
; PI
|
||
<number box="[198,228,930,954]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="54.0">54</number>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[239,278,931,954]" country="Taiwan" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14887" name="National Pingtung University of Science and Technology" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PPI</collectionCode>
|
||
<number box="[284,323,931,955]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="112.0">112</number>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[168,692,995,1275]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[168,272,995,1019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<typeStatus box="[168,272,995,1019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
s (n=
|
||
<number box="[332,346,995,1019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
|
||
). HL
|
||
<quantity box="[412,569,995,1019]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" metricValueMax="1.31" metricValueMin="1.29" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.3" valueMax="1.31" valueMin="1.29">1.29-1.31 mm</quantity>
|
||
; HW
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.09" metricValueMax="1.1" metricValueMin="1.08" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.09" valueMax="1.1" valueMin="1.08">1.08- 1.10 mm</quantity>
|
||
; MaL
|
||
<quantity box="[334,487,1026,1050]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.25" metricValueMax="6.5" metricValueMin="6.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.625" valueMax="0.65" valueMin="0.6">0.60-0.65 mm</quantity>
|
||
; SL
|
||
<quantity box="[534,688,1027,1051]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.1" metricValueMax="9.2" metricValueMin="9.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.91" valueMax="0.92" valueMin="0.9">0.90-0.92 mm</quantity>
|
||
; EL
|
||
<quantity box="[205,357,1059,1083]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" metricValueMax="3.0" metricValueMin="2.6" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.28" valueMax="0.3" valueMin="0.26">0.26-0.30 mm</quantity>
|
||
; WL
|
||
<quantity box="[411,564,1059,1083]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.785" metricValueMax="1.84" metricValueMin="1.73" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="1.785" valueMax="1.84" valueMin="1.73">1.73-1.84 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PNW
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.65" metricValueMax="7.8" metricValueMin="7.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.765" valueMax="0.78" valueMin="0.75">0.75- 0.78 mm</quantity>
|
||
;
|
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<collectionCode box="[288,341,1091,1114]" country="Philippines" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15314" name="National Museum" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PNH</collectionCode>
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||
<quantity box="[354,513,1090,1114]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.8999999999999995" metricValueMax="6.0" metricValueMin="5.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.59" valueMax="0.6" valueMin="0.58">0.58-0.60 mm</quantity>
|
||
; MW
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1499999999999995" metricValueMax="4.2" metricValueMin="4.1" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.415" valueMax="0.42" valueMin="0.41">0.41-0.42 mm</quantity>
|
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;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[229,274,1123,1147]" country="Sweden" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13839" name="Palynological Laboratory" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">SPL</collectionCode>
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<quantity box="[285,388,1123,1147]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.699999999999999" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.47">0.47 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PTL
|
||
<quantity box="[462,621,1123,1147]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" metricValueMax="8.2" metricValueMin="7.8" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.8" valueMax="0.82" valueMin="0.78">0.78-0.82 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PTW
|
||
<quantity box="[168,322,1155,1179]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" metricValueMax="4.1" metricValueMin="3.9" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.4" valueMax="0.41" valueMin="0.39">0.39-0.41 mm</quantity>
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;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[332,382,1155,1178]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13854" name="Perth Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PTH</collectionCode>
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<quantity box="[389,542,1154,1178]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.8" metricValueMax="4.1" metricValueMin="3.5" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.38" valueMax="0.41" valueMin="0.35">0.35-0.41 mm</quantity>
|
||
; TL
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.495" metricValueMax="6.78" metricValueMin="6.21" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="6.495" valueMax="6.78" valueMin="6.21">6.21-6.78 mm</quantity>
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;
|
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<collectionCode box="[229,274,1187,1210]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:12552" name="Agricultural Development and Advisory Service" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PPL</collectionCode>
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<quantity box="[286,446,1186,1210]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.45" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.445" valueMax="0.45" valueMin="0.44">0.44-0.45 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PPW
|
||
<quantity box="[529,688,1186,1210]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.3" metricValueMax="5.4" metricValueMin="5.2" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.53" valueMax="0.54" valueMin="0.52">0.52-0.54 mm</quantity>
|
||
; PPH
|
||
<quantity box="[224,378,1218,1242]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.3" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="0.44" valueMax="0.45" valueMin="0.43">0.43-0.45 mm</quantity>
|
||
; CI
|
||
<number box="[423,488,1219,1243]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="85.0" valueMax="86.0" valueMin="84.0">84-86</number>
|
||
; SI
|
||
<number box="[530,560,1219,1243]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="84.0">84</number>
|
||
;
|
||
<date box="[571,651,1218,1242]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1956-05">
|
||
MaI
|
||
<number box="[622,651,1218,1242]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="58.0" valueMax="60.0" valueMin="56.0">56</number>
|
||
</date>
|
||
-60; PI
|
||
<number box="[198,228,1250,1274]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="50.0">50</number>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectionCode box="[239,278,1251,1274]" country="Taiwan" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14887" name="National Pingtung University of Science and Technology" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PPI</collectionCode>
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<number box="[284,373,1251,1275]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="119.5" valueMax="123.0" valueMin="116.0">116-123</number>
|
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</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph blockId="5.[168,693,1315,1787]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
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||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[168,236,1315,1339]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Head.</emphasis>
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In full face view, head longer than broad (CI
|
||
<number box="[212,278,1347,1371]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="85.0" valueMax="86.0" valueMin="84.0">84-86</number>
|
||
), rectangular in shape (Figure
|
||
<number box="[614,627,1347,1371]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1.0">1</number>
|
||
). Occipital margin with median portion slightly concave. Posterior corners of head rounded. Sides of head straight and parallel. Eyes oval-shaped, in the longest dimension with a dozen ommatidia and located roughly anterior to the midpoint of the head. Antennal insertion covered by frontal lobes. Frontal carinae extending from the frontal lobes and nearly reaching the posterior margin of head; roughly as long as the scape. Parallel lines of faintly reticulate rugae present between the frontal carinae. Anterior clypeal margin convex with anteromedian portion slightly concave. Mandibles short relative to head (
|
||
<date box="[556,644,1762,1787]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="1956-05">
|
||
MaI
|
||
<number box="[614,644,1762,1786]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="58.5" valueMax="61.0" valueMin="56.0">56</number>
|
||
</date>
|
||
-61).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[724,1249,195,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
Mandibles large and triangular, with masticatory margin armed with
|
||
<number box="[947,974,227,251]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="10.0">10</number>
|
||
teeth (Figure
|
||
<number box="[1138,1154,227,251]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
|
||
). Apical tooth large and acute followed by smaller triangular teeth decreasing in size progressively. Mandibles with fine appressed hairs, with a few decumbent hairs present on the apical margin of mandibles and oriented ventrally. Antenna with
|
||
<number box="[724,751,419,443]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="12.0">12</number>
|
||
segments and terminated by an incrassate
|
||
<number box="[724,735,451,475]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
|
||
-segmented club. In profile view, scape slightly bent and slightly increasing in diameter from base to apex. In full face view, antennal scapes not reaching the occipital margin (SI
|
||
<number box="[1122,1187,547,571]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="82.5" valueMax="84.0" valueMin="81.0">81-84</number>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[724,1249,611,1211]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[724,851,611,635]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
|
||
In profile view, promesonotum slightly convex (Figure
|
||
<number box="[979,994,643,667]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
|
||
). In dorsal view, pronotal humeri round in appearance, pronotum broad- er than long with its anteromedian portion convex and progressively rounded (Figure
|
||
<number box="[1127,1143,739,763]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="4.0">4</number>
|
||
). Promesonotal suture clearly visible in profile view but indistinct in dorsal view. Metanotal groove conspicuous in profile and dorsal view. In profile view, metanotal groove deeper than half of length of the longest hair present on the dorsal surface of the propodeum. In profile view, propodeal declivity forming a
|
||
<number box="[875,917,963,987]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="120.0">120</number>
|
||
° angle with the dorsal surface of propodeum. Propodeal spines straight and well developed, not extending beyond the propodeal lobes. When viewed dorsally, propodeal spines are rounded blunt in appearance, and not tapering. Propodeal spiracle opening conspicuous and round in shape. Propodeal lobes developed and broadly rounded.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[724,1248,1251,1691]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[724,851,1251,1275]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Metasoma.</emphasis>
|
||
In profile, peduncle of petiole long, ventrally with a small denticle near base. In profile, petiole node roughly trapezoidal in shape, and dorsum of postpetiole broadly convex. Anterior
|
||
<number box="[800,814,1379,1403]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
|
||
/
|
||
<number box="[823,835,1379,1403]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
|
||
of subpostpetiolar process margin convex when viewed in profile. In dorsal view, petiole roughly oval in shape (Figure
|
||
<number box="[1141,1156,1442,1466]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="5.0">5</number>
|
||
), longer than broad (PI
|
||
<number box="[893,960,1474,1498]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="52.0" valueMax="54.0" valueMin="50.0">50-54</number>
|
||
). Postpetiole broader than long (
|
||
<collectionCode box="[787,828,1507,1531]" country="Taiwan" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:14887" name="National Pingtung University of Science and Technology" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">PPI</collectionCode>
|
||
<number box="[836,928,1507,1531]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="117.5" valueMax="123.0" valueMin="112.0">112-123</number>
|
||
), more narrow at the anterior edge than the posterior edge, roughly trapezoidal in shape. Gaster not sculptured (smooth), with short hairs present. First gastral tergite large, covering
|
||
<number box="[824,838,1635,1659]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2.0">2</number>
|
||
/
|
||
<number box="[846,858,1635,1659]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="3.0">3</number>
|
||
of the gaster with longitudinal striae at the base.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="5.[724,1248,1731,1851]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[724,842,1731,1755]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Sculpture.</emphasis>
|
||
Cuticle thick, strongly sculptured on all surfaces except the antenna, legs, peduncle of petiole and gaster. Frons with parallel, faintly reticulate rugae.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption box="[304,1161,942,964]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/270017/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" targetBox="[192,1271,192,911]" targetPageId="6">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[304,1161,942,964]" box="[304,1161,942,964]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[304,367,942,964]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fig. 5.</emphasis>
|
||
View of the petiole and postpetiole of
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis box="[740,849,942,964]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[855,907,942,963]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
in dorsal view (holotype).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[192,717,1063,1311]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,329,1063,1087]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Pubescence.</emphasis>
|
||
All dorsal surfaces (except peduncle) with short, erect, acute hairs, gold in colour. Hairs on first gastral tergite and dorsal surfaces of the head, mesosoma and metasoma acute and almost spearlike in appearance. Subpostpetiolar process with a few thin erect hairs. Antenna covered in short appressed hairs, with additional short sub-erect hairs present.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[192,717,1351,1471]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,340,1351,1375]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Colouration.</emphasis>
|
||
Body relatively uniform in golden-brown colour, legs lighter in colouration. Apical portion of mandibles with darker reddish coloration.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[192,635,1511,1535]" box="[192,635,1511,1535]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,273,1511,1535]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Castes.</emphasis>
|
||
Female and male caste unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[192,315,1575,1599]" box="[192,315,1575,1599]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[192,315,1575,1599]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="2">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,315,1575,1599]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Etymology</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[192,716,1639,1791]" lastBlockId="6.[748,1273,1031,1183]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
This species is named after the genus of the tree species
|
||
<emphasis box="[277,481,1671,1695]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[277,375,1671,1695]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">Bauhinia</taxonomicName>
|
||
blakeana
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Dunn, also known as the
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[231,356,1703,1727]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
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Orchid Tree, an emblem of
|
||
<collectingCountry name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The flower of
|
||
<emphasis box="[422,627,1735,1759]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
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<taxonomicName box="[422,520,1735,1759]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">Bauhinia</taxonomicName>
|
||
blakeana
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
appears on the
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[265,391,1767,1791]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
flag, and is commonly known by
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[788,920,1031,1055]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
inhabitants as the “
|
||
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|
||
”, which refers to the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[987,1033,1063,1087]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality of the new
|
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<taxonomicName box="[748,869,1095,1119]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
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<emphasis box="[748,869,1095,1119]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species described. It also indirectly refers to the suspected arboreal habits of the new species. The name is a noun and is thus invariant.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="distribution">
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<paragraph blockId="6.[748,887,1223,1247]" box="[748,887,1223,1247]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<heading bold="true" box="[748,887,1223,1247]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="2">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[748,887,1223,1247]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Distribution</emphasis>
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</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph blockId="6.[748,1272,1287,1375]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
This species is known only from the
|
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<typeStatus box="[1226,1272,1287,1311]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">type</typeStatus>
|
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localities, both located in Lung Fu Shan Country Park, on
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[844,968,1351,1375]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
Island in
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1075,1204,1351,1375]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection box="[748,838,1415,1439]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="description">
|
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<paragraph blockId="6.[748,838,1415,1439]" box="[748,838,1415,1439]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[748,838,1415,1439]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="2">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[748,838,1415,1439]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Ecology</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="6.[748,1272,1479,1759]" lastBlockId="7.[168,693,195,443]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus box="[796,889,1479,1503]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1033,1155,1479,1503]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1033,1155,1479,1503]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was found foraging in sparse leaf litter on a man-made concrete structure raised at about
|
||
<quantity box="[1141,1195,1543,1567]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="m" value="1.8">1.8m</quantity>
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||
above ground level (see Figure
|
||
<number box="[1011,1026,1575,1599]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" value="6.0">6</number>
|
||
), and located under the tree species
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Alston" authorityName="Alston" box="[884,1150,1607,1631]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Syzygium" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="jambos">
|
||
<emphasis box="[884,1071,1607,1631]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Syzygium jambos</emphasis>
|
||
Alston
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Persoon. The" authorityName="Persoon. The" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Litsea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Laurales" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="monopetala">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Litsea monopetala</emphasis>
|
||
Persoon. The
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
surrounding habitat is the edge of a young secondary forest close to a well-used hiking trail in Lung Fu Shan Country Park,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[811,940,1735,1759]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
. It was found at approximately
|
||
<number box="[168,197,195,219]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="20.0">20</number>
|
||
:
|
||
<number box="[200,228,195,219]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="30.0">30</number>
|
||
h.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[168,693,195,443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
Both
|
||
<typeStatus box="[331,422,227,251]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
specimens were found approximately
|
||
<quantity box="[334,394,258,282]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.75" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="m" value="275.0">275m</quantity>
|
||
further up the trail, on a railing adjacent to the concrete hiking trail (see Figure
|
||
<number box="[246,261,323,347]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="6.0">6</number>
|
||
). This part of the trail is surrounded by a monoculture plantation of the tree
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wilson & Waterh. They" authorityName="Wilson & Waterh. They" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Lophostemon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="confertus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Lophostemon confertus</emphasis>
|
||
Wilson & Waterh. They
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were both found at approximately
|
||
<number box="[352,378,419,443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="21.0">21</number>
|
||
:00h at three months interval.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[168,272,483,507]" box="[168,272,483,507]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<heading bold="true" box="[168,272,483,507]" fontSize="10" level="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" reason="2">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[168,272,483,507]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[168,693,547,1787]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
Two other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[436,557,547,571]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[436,557,547,571]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been recorded in
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[306,374,579,603]" name="China" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[389,490,579,603]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zhengi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[389,490,579,603]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. zhengi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[552,685,579,603]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ceylonica">
|
||
<emphasis box="[552,685,579,603]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. ceylonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[223,358,611,635]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[223,358,611,635]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is morphologically distinct from these two species. The propodeal spines of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[200,324,675,699]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[200,324,675,699]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are distinct to those of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[593,692,675,699]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zhengi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[593,692,675,699]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. zhengi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[218,351,707,731]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ceylonica">
|
||
<emphasis box="[218,351,707,731]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. ceylonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[403,530,707,731]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[403,530,707,731]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the propodeal spines are straight and apically truncate, while the propodeal spines of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[437,537,771,795]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zhengi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[437,537,771,795]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. zhengi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are described as “slender and acute, slightly curved upwards apically” (Figure
|
||
<quantity box="[369,417,835,859]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.08" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="in" value="2.0">2 in</quantity>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Xu Z. H. & Xu G. L." box="[430,613,835,859]" journalOrPublisher="Acta Zootaxonomica, 36" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="595 - 597" part="3" refString="Xu Z. H., & Xu G. L., 2011. A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zootaxonomica, 36 (3): 595 - 597." title="A new species of the genus Paratopula Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)" type="journal article" year="2011">
|
||
Xu & Xu
|
||
<number box="[556,613,835,859]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="2011.0">2011</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ceylonica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. ceylonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the propodeal spines are described as being “straight to very feebly down curved” (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Bolton B." box="[175,321,931,955]" journalOrPublisher="Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="125 - 143" refString="Bolton B., 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 125 - 143." title="A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae)" type="book chapter" year="1988">
|
||
Bolton
|
||
<number box="[266,321,931,955]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1988.0">1988</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) in profile view - examination of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[255,301,963,987]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">type</typeStatus>
|
||
specimen (CASENT0908985) on Antweb.org, confirms this. The hairs on the dorsum of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[287,385,1027,1051]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zhengi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[287,385,1027,1051]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. zhengi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are also described as “short blunt erect hairs”, but in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[434,555,1059,1083]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[434,555,1059,1083]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the hairs are apically acute. Additionally, the postpetiole of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ceylonica">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. ceylonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is squarish in appearance (see Figure
|
||
<quantity box="[168,212,1154,1179]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.27" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="in" value="5.0">5 in</quantity>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Bolton B." box="[221,358,1155,1179]" journalOrPublisher="Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="125 - 143" refString="Bolton B., 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 125 - 143." title="A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae)" type="book chapter" year="1988">
|
||
Bolton
|
||
<number box="[303,358,1155,1179]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1988.0">1988</number>
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||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) in dorsal view, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the postpetiole is broader than long, appearing roughly trapezoidal.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[168,693,547,1787]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[264,498,1251,1275]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[264,498,1251,1275]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="catocha">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. catocha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in that
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[355,484,1283,1307]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[355,484,1283,1307]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a trapezoidal shaped postpetiole when viewed dorsally, whereas
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[168,280,1347,1371]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="catocha">
|
||
<emphasis box="[168,280,1347,1371]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. catocha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a round shaped postpetiole when viewed dorsally (see Figure
|
||
<quantity box="[485,530,1379,1403]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.016" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" unit="in" value="4.0">4 in</quantity>
|
||
Bolton
|
||
<number box="[623,678,1379,1403]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1998.0">1998</number>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[168,380,1411,1435]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="catocha">
|
||
<emphasis box="[168,380,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula catocha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is described to only have
|
||
<number box="[656,692,1411,1435]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="8.5" valueMax="9.0" valueMin="8.0">8-9</number>
|
||
teeth (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Bolton B." box="[239,383,1443,1467]" journalOrPublisher="Entomologist's Monthly Magazine" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="125 - 143" refString="Bolton B., 1988. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 125 - 143." title="A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of Myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae)" type="book chapter" year="1988">
|
||
Bolton
|
||
<number box="[326,383,1443,1467]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1988.0">1988</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), while
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[479,605,1443,1467]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[479,605,1443,1467]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has
|
||
<number box="[665,692,1443,1467]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="10.0">10</number>
|
||
teeth. Additionally,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[379,490,1475,1499]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="catocha">
|
||
<emphasis box="[379,490,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. catocha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been recorded only from Sulawesi (antmaps.org) and thus its presence in
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[295,420,1539,1563]" name="Hong Kong" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
seems rather unlikely.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[168,693,547,1787]" lastBlockId="7.[724,1249,195,1083]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
When comparing
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[473,603,1571,1595]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[473,603,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="demeta">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. demeta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the most conspicuous differences can be observed in the dorsal view. In dorsal view the median portion of the anterior margin of the pronotum is angular in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[479,587,1699,1723]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="demeta">
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||
<emphasis box="[479,587,1699,1723]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. demeta</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[201,328,1731,1755]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
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||
<emphasis box="[201,328,1731,1755]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the margin in broadly rounded.
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[168,382,1763,1787]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="demeta">
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||
<emphasis box="[168,382,1763,1787]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula demeta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also has angular pronotal humeri, but
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[867,996,195,219]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[867,996,195,219]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has rounded pronotal humeri (Figure
|
||
<number box="[897,912,227,251]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="8.0">8</number>
|
||
). Additionally, the pubescence of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[753,874,259,283]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[753,874,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs to
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[983,1086,259,283]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="demeta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[983,1086,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. demeta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1127,1248,259,283]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1127,1248,259,283]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the hairs are apically acute while in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1106,1209,291,315]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="demeta">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1106,1209,291,315]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. demeta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the hairs are apically truncated.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[724,1249,195,1083]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
In
|
||
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|
||
Eguchi
|
||
<emphasis box="[845,897,355,379]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (
|
||
<number box="[922,977,355,379]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="2011.0">2011</number>
|
||
)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
there is mention of an unidentified
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[872,993,387,411]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[872,993,387,411]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
worker (labelled as
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[724,845,419,443]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[724,845,419,443]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp, eg-
|
||
<number box="[940,949,419,443]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1.0">1</number>
|
||
) found in Nam Cat Tien,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[724,818,451,475]" name="Vietnam" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
|
||
. While it is difficult to conclude what species this specimen may be, it is distinct from
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[724,849,515,539]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[724,849,515,539]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in that it has
|
||
<number box="[1010,1023,515,539]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="9.0">9</number>
|
||
teeth, and based on the pictures the propodeal spines appear to be much longer than
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[920,1042,579,603]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[920,1042,579,603]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; extending beyond the propodeal lobes (see Figure
|
||
<number box="[1081,1120,611,635]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="112.0">112</number>
|
||
and text in
|
||
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|
||
Eguchi
|
||
<emphasis box="[806,853,643,667]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<number box="[867,924,643,667]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="2011.0">2011</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Hairs of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1035,1156,643,667]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1035,1156,643,667]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. eg-
|
||
<number box="[1239,1248,643,667]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1.0">1</number>
|
||
are also described as “short and blunt apically” (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Eguchi K. & Bui T. V. & Yamane S." box="[731,926,707,731]" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" pagination="1 - 61" part="2878" refString="Eguchi K., Bui T. V., & Yamane S., 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I - Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1 - 61." title="Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I - Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae" type="journal article" year="2011">
|
||
Eguchi
|
||
<emphasis box="[813,859,707,731]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<number box="[870,926,707,731]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="2011.0">2011</number>
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), while the hairs of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1129,1248,707,731]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1129,1248,707,731]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are apically acute.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[724,1249,195,1083]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[820,1052,771,795]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis box="[820,1052,771,795]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is distinct from other species of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[889,1010,803,827]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[889,1010,803,827]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Paratopula</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in that no other species is described as having the following combination of features:
|
||
<number box="[859,886,867,891]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="10.0">10</number>
|
||
teeth on the masticatory margin of the mandibles, apically acute hairs, a rounded median portion of the anterior margin of the pronotum, a broader than long postpetiole and straight, blunt propodeal spines. These features, combined with other characteristics establishes
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratopula" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bauhinia">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">P. bauhinia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a unique species within this genus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |