Revision of Australian Meranoplus: the Meranoplus diversus group.
Schoedl,
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute
2007
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions.
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Bolton & Fisher
Insecta
Formicidae
Asphinctopone
Animalia
Hymenoptera
Arthropoda
species
differens
(Figs 1c,d; 2b,d)
Holotype worker. TL 3.7, HL 0.82, HW 0.66, CI 81, SL 0.61, SI 92, PW 0.48, WL 1.06. Answering the description of silvestrii, above, but differing as follows.
Side of propodeum entirely densely irregularly sculptured. Dorsumof propodeum with a pelt of fine short pubescence that is erect and weakly curved. In addition, pubescence on the pronotum and mesonotum is more dense and more elevated than in silvestrii. The propodeal dorsum in profile is longer and flatter than in any silvestriispecimen examined, but the latter shows variation in the shape of the propodeum, and as only a single specimen of differensis known it is impossible to tell if the sclerite also shows variation here. In differensthe dorsal margin of the anepisternum is distinctly concave, whereas in all known silvestriispecimens it is flat to very feebly sinuate.
FIGURE 2. Asphinctoponespp. dorsal and lateral view of propodeum. A, C, silvestriiworker, CASENT0178222; B,D, differensholotype worker CASENT0417143. Note differences in pilosity and sculpture.
Holotype worker, Central African Republic: P.N. Dzanga-Ndoki, 37.9 km. 169°S Lidjombo, 2°22'N, 16°10'E, 360 m., 21.v.2001, #4130(30), CASENT 0417143, sifted litter, rainforest( B.L. Fisher) ( CASC).
The two species are obviously very closely related. We infer they are two distinct species because (1) specimens of silvestriiare known from the type-locality of differensand thus occur in sympatry and (2) the differences between the single specimen of differensand all the observed material of silvestriiare distinct for multiple non-overlapping characters
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rainforest
2001-05-21
sifted litter
CASC
B. L. Fisher
Central African Republic
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37.9 km. 169 ° S Lidjombo
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16.166666
P. N. Dzanga-Ndoki
#4130(30), CASENT 0417143
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