identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
6B3D07AC66BE66870CD1C65FD441FE8F.text	6B3D07AC66BE66870CD1C65FD441FE8F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802)	<div><p>Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802) Figs 1-3, 7 (worker); Figs 12-17 (male)</p> <p>Formica longicornis Latreille, 1802: 113 (worker described). Neotype worker, THAILAND: Bangkok, 18 November 1970 (P. Jolivet) (ANIC32-053687) (ANIC) [examined]. For complete taxonomic history see Bolton (2013).</p> <p>Worker diagnosis.</p> <p>Scapes without erect macrosetae.</p> <p>Species description.</p> <p>WORKER. Measurements in millimeters (n=4): TL: 2.1-2.5; HW: 0.46-56; HL: 0.49-0.7; EL: 0.17-0.23; SL: 0.98-1.16; PW: 0.34-0.43; WL: 0.82-0.98; PrFL: 0.6-0.9; GL: 0.83-0.9.</p> <p>Indices: CI: 73-94; REL2: 38-42; SI: 182-226.</p> <p>Overall coloration pale to very dark brown, often with a distinct blueish iridescent sheen, especially on the mesosoma and gaster. Mandibles, antennae and legs (especially the trochanters of all legs, which are a strongly contrasting very pale yellow-brown) much lighter in color; cuticle smooth and moderately shining with faint shagreenate sculpture, which is most obvious on head and gaster. Head narrow, distinctly longer than broad, with abundant pale (yellow-brown to almost white), erect macrosetae; anterior clypeal margin with a shallow medial indentation; scapes with a dense layer of very fine pubescence but lacking erect macrosetae; eyes large and convex, extending beyond head lateral margin in full frontal view; posterior head margin with rounded posterolateral corners; three distinct ocelli present. Mesosoma with scattered pale erect macrosetae (PSC = 3; MSC = 3-4); in profile pronotum and mesonotum almost flat dorsally, with a broadly angled junction; metanotal area relatively indistinct, medially about 1/5 the length of the mesonotum but longer laterally than medially; dorsum of propodeum almost flat to very shallowly domed, rounding evenly into the short declivitious face; anterolateral portion of dorsal face with some scattered pubescence. Gaster with abundant erect pale macrosetae.</p> <p>Material examined.</p> <p>The authors have examined hundreds of specimens of Paratrechina longicornis from around the world for this and other related studies. These are not listed here. The four specimens measured for this study were from: MADAGASCAR: Prov. Mahajanga; Mahavavy River; 6.2 km 145 SE Mitsinjo (CASENT0490165); 16°03.1'S, 45°54.5'E (BLF6931); MAURITIUS: Pte d’Esny; 20°25.52'S, 57°43.44'E (CASENT0055961).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B3D07AC66BE66870CD1C65FD441FE8F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	LaPolla, John S.;Hawkes, Peter G.;Fisher, Jonathan N.	LaPolla, John S., Hawkes, Peter G., Fisher, Jonathan N. (2013): Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 71-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.5628, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.5628
7EBC80C1DFF4BFE18B356499428C98FB.text	7EBC80C1DFF4BFE18B356499428C98FB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Paratrechina zanjensis LaPolla & Hawkes & Fisher 2013	<div><p>Paratrechina zanjensis sp. n. Figs 4-6, 8, 9 (worker)</p> <p>Holotype worker.</p> <p>TANZANIA: Ruvuma Region, Namtumbo District, Mkuju River, 855m, 10.07400S, 36.57959E ± 100m, 27-29.xi.2011, MKU2011-3.1 (P Hawkes, J Fisher) (SAMC: SAM-HYM-C020685). 13 paratypes with same data as holotype, 7 paratypes, TANZANIA: Ruvuma Region, Namtumbo District, Mkuju River, 831m, 10.08380S, 36.57267E ± 100m, 2-4.xii.2011, MKU2011-5.1 (P Hawkes, J Fisher) (AFRC, CASC, MCZC, NMKE, SAMC, USNM).</p> <p>Worker diagnosis.</p> <p>Scapes with abundant erect macrosetae.</p> <p>Species description.</p> <p>WORKER. Measurements in millimeters (n=18): TL: 2.6-3.2; HW: 0.50-0.59; HL: 0.68-0.77; EL: 0.19-0.23; SL: 1.07-1.24; PW: 0.41-0.5; WL: 0.94-1.20; PrFL: 0.78-0.91; GL: 0.92-1.30.</p> <p>Indices: CI: 71-79; REL2: 37-44; SI: 198-220.</p> <p>Overall coloration dark brown with lighter mandibles, antennae (especially funicular segments towards tips) and legs (especially trochanters of mid and hind legs, and distal portions of tibiae and tarsi); cuticle smooth, shining, and with very faint shagreenate sculpture, which is more obvious on head and gaster. Head narrow, distinctly longer than broad, with abundant dark, erect macrosetae; anterior clypeal margin with a shallow medial indentation; scapes with a dense layer of pubescence and scattered erect macrosetae (SSC = 17-29); eyes large and convex, extending beyond head lateral margin in full frontal view; posterior head margin with rounded posterolateral corners; three distinct ocelli present. Mesosoma with scattered dark erect macrosetae (PSC = 2-5; MSC = 2-3); in profile pronotum and mesonotum shallowly convex dorsally, presenting a uniform overall curvature through their junction; metanotal area distinct, about 1/3 the length of the mesonotum; dorsal face of propodeum rounded, with short declivitious face; anterior portion of dorsal face with thin layer of pubescence. Gaster with abundant erect dark macrosetae.</p> <p>Etymology.</p> <p>The specific epithet is derived from the ancient Arabic name for the stretch of East African coast that encompasses parts of modern day Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania.</p> <p>Non-type specimens examined.</p> <p>ANGOLA: Huambo, Mont. Moko, 1725 m, 12°27.20'S, 15°07.45'E, 7.vi.2007, miombo woodland (BL Fisher) (CASENT0128086); MOZAMBIQUE: Sofala Prov., Gorongosa N.P., Ravine (18.63407S, 34.80689E), 172 m, 12.vi.2012 (P Naskrecki); Sofala Prov., Gorongosa N.P., Gorongosa Mountain, road to waterfall (18.49764S, 34.04975E), 800 m, 19.vi.2012 (GD Alpert).</p> <p>Natural history and distribution.</p> <p>Very little is known about the natural history of Paratrechina zanjensis; the 23 specimens collected in the Mkuju River region of the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania were all found in 48-hour pitfall trap samples (present in 8 of a total of 60 samples from two sites separated by about 1.3 km) while none were found in the 40 Winkler-extracted leaf litter samples collected during daytime along the same transects. The two Tanzanian sites in which Paratrechina zanjensis were found were representative of mature dry miombo woodland, while they appeared to be absent from both dry and moist closed canopy forest sites nearby. The Angola and Mozambique specimens were also collected in miombo woodlands; this, in combination with the absence of Paratrechina zanjensis from 15 forest sites surveyed by one of us (PH) in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal Forests of Tanzania, suggests that the species prefers open woodland rather than forest habitats.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/7EBC80C1DFF4BFE18B356499428C98FB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	LaPolla, John S.;Hawkes, Peter G.;Fisher, Jonathan N.	LaPolla, John S., Hawkes, Peter G., Fisher, Jonathan N. (2013): Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 71-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.5628, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.5628
