10. Metapone gracilis Wheeler, 1935

(Figs 47–51)

Metapone gracilis Wheeler, 1935b:38 —Alate Gyne; Type Locality: Dapitan [8°35’N, 123°23’E]; Luzon I, Philippines.

Material examined. (1) the holotype gyne labelled as above (MCZC). The nodes and gaster are intact but detached and card-mounted below the incomplete point-mounted specimen; (2) a single alate gyne from Negros Island labelled “Camp 5-17-31, Dumagete P.I., J.W. Chapman” (MCZC) with the handwritten words “Heflin’s house in room” on the underside of the label. Detailed matching affirms conspecificity of these specimens.

Gyne diagnosis. General features as in original description (Wheeler, 1935b), as illustrated here, and in the key to Asian species above. Lateral clypeal borders straight, slightly convergent anteriorly; clypeus anteriorly only slightly projected, anterior border with a pair of broad blunt teeth. Petiole and subpetiole as illustrated.

Dimensions (holotype, Dumagete specimen): TL: 6.75, -; HL: 1.27, 1.30; HW: 0.95, 0.98; CI: 75, 75; CpL: 0.42, 0.43; CpI: 33, 33; MSL: 2.07, 2.17; PnW: 0.71, 0.72; PetL: 0.54, 0.56; PetW: 0.42, 0.44; PetH: 0.72, 0.69; PpetL: 0.45, 0.46; PpetW: 0.55, 0.55; PpetH: 0.59, 0.57; GW: 0.95, 0.98.

Illustrations. The Dumagete specimen, confidently identified by holotype comparison, is illustrated.