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genus group
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The
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genus group is a large and heterogeneous clade of predominantly Old World epigeic ponerines. The genus-level diversity of the group arose during an explosive period of radiation between about 40 and 30 MYA (
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). As a result, most generic relationships within the group are unresolved.
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFF47F9391129F902" bold="true" box="[199,332,1759,1784]" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Discussion.</emphasis>
The monophyly of the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFDF8F9391347F902" box="[632,802,1759,1784]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Odontomachus</emphasis>
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genus group is strongly supported by molecular data (
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) and is subtended by a long stem branch, but we have been unable to discern a single morphological synapomorphy for the group. Relationships within the group are generally very poorly resolved, suggesting a rapid basal radiation in the group.
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFCE0F8AB13A5F89E" box="[864,960,1869,1892]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Myopias</emphasis>
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are most frequently inferred as sisters and together as sister to the remainder of the group, except that the position of
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFC60F8971409F872" box="[992,1132,1905,1928]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Mesoponera</emphasis>
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(
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) is uncertain and may form a clade with
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFEFBF873119FF856" box="[379,506,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Leptogenys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFDBEF87312FBF856" box="[574,670,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Myopias</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFD32F8721325F857" box="[690,832,1940,1965]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Paltothyreus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFC03F8731398F856" box="[899,1021,1941,1964]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Buniapone</emphasis>
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are strongly inferred as sisters by molecular evidence; this relationship is corroborated by several morphological synapomorphies.
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFB5CF85F150EF82A" box="[1244,1387,1977,2000]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Megaponera</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A6402C1DFF17F83A1129F80F" box="[151,332,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Ophthalmopone</emphasis>
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are sisters, and this too is corroborated by morphological data. Recent preliminary data (P.S. Ward, pers. comm.) has placed
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FE36FF7E1259FF55" box="[438,572,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Promyopias</emphasis>
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near
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FDFFFF711344FF4A" box="[639,801,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Phrynoponera</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FCDCFF711465FF4A" box="[860,1024,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontoponera</emphasis>
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but futher study will be required to confirm this placement. Finally,
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD84FF5A12CBFF2F" box="[516,686,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontomachus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD64FF5A133CFF2F" box="[740,857,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Anochetus</emphasis>
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form a clade, though their reciprocal monophyly is not yet certain. All other generic relationships within the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FC97FF3913A4FF02" box="[791,961,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontomachus</emphasis>
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group are unresolved.
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The monophyly of both
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FE60FEE21219FEE7" box="[480,636,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Bothroponera</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD37FEE31326FEE6" box="[695,835,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Mesoponera</emphasis>
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is uncertain. We divide
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FBDEFEE2149FFEE7" box="[1118,1274,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Bothroponera</emphasis>
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here into two groups: the
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species group (
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) and the
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species group. The
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group was not sampled in the molecular phylogeny, and we have not been able to discern any synapomorphies linking it to
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, but we are retaining it within
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FB8DFE8914CCFE72" box="[1037,1193,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Bothroponera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for now until its true phylogenetic position can be discerned. A monophyletic
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FCADFE7313DCFE56" box="[813,953,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Mesoponera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as defined here) was not inferred in the molecular phylogeny, but could not be rejected. The
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD6FFE5F1393FE2A" box="[751,1014,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Mesoponera melanaria</emphasis>
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species group (
<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FB2AFE5F1507FE2A" box="[1194,1378,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A63F2C62FB2AFE5F1553FE2A" box="[1194,1334,441,464]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Mesoponera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" sensu="stricto">Mesoponera</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2998979A63F2C62FABEFE5F1507FE2A" box="[1342,1378,441,464]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FF17FE3B11E7FE0E" box="[151,386,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Mesoponera ingesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group are not united by any definite synapomorphies, though they have many superficial similarities. These same character states have also evolved in other ponerine genera, however, reducing the strength of the characters as phylogenetic markers. We are retaining the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FC77FDC3140BFDC6" box="[1015,1134,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">M. ingesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group within
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FA90FDC315F9FDC6" box="[1296,1436,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Mesoponera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
until their relationships can be more definitively determined.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B61E810A63F2C62FF47FD8A11FCFC5F" blockId="64.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
We tentatively include
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FE53FD8A121CFD7F" box="[467,633,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Asphinctopone</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD51FD8A131EFD7F" box="[721,891,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontomachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genus group despite any strong morphological argument for doing so. The genus lacks the putative synapomorphies of both the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FBB5FD6914A6FD52" box="[1077,1219,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Plectroctena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FB7DFD6915F9FD52" box="[1277,1436,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Pachycondyla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
groups, and is not obviously related to
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FDD8FD531281FD36" box="[600,740,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Hypoponera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A63F2C62FD74FD5213F1FD37" baseAuthorityName="Donisthorpe" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[756,916,692,717]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Harpegnathos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD74FD5213F1FD37" box="[756,916,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Harpegnathos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, or the
<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A63F2C62FC70FD531427FD36" box="[1008,1090,693,716]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Ponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FC70FD531427FD36" box="[1008,1090,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Ponera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. The 28S phylogeny of Oullette
<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FF7EFD3F1158FD0A" box="[254,317,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">et al.</emphasis>
(2006) grouped
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD8AFD3112D5FD0A" box="[522,688,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Asphinctopone</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FD7DFD311317FD0A" box="[765,882,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Anochetus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but this relationship is not supported by any morphological synapomorphies. 28S is not a highly informative gene at these depths within
<taxonomicName id="4CDE9393A63F2C62FB4FFD1A1527FCEF" box="[1231,1346,764,789]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Ponerinae">Ponerinae</taxonomicName>
, so this result should not be taken too seriously. Still, it is the best lead available at this time, so we are considering
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FF17FCA21158FCA7" box="[151,317,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Asphinctopone</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FEE3FCA31198FCA7" box="[355,509,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">incertae sedis</emphasis>
within the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FDFCFCA21340FCA7" box="[636,805,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontomachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group for now. Its geographic range (the Afrotropics) is consistent with this placement, as the
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<emphasis id="B9AA3402A63F2C62FDBBFC811280FC7A" box="[571,741,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Odontomachus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group appears to have witnessed the bulk of its diversification in Sub-Saharan Africa.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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