Myrmoteras morowali, Moffett
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10693 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5640752 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C59FB9BD-9F03-6C57-A644-ADF49A8F8A3A |
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treatment provided by |
Donat |
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scientific name |
Myrmoteras morowali |
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Myrmoteras morowali Moffett , 1985: 48, figs 38, 42. Holotype worker, Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, near Morowali, Ranu river area, 27.i.-20.iv. l980 (M.J.D. Brendell), #B.M.1980-280 [Holotype not in BMNH, not examined] .
Diagnosis. (Holotype and four paratypes) TL 1.15-1.20, HL 0.83-0.85, HW 0.80- 0.82, Cl 96-97, SL 0.87-0.90, SI 108-112, EL 0.49-0.50, ML 1.13-1.19, MI 140-144, PF 6/4.
Distinguished from closely related wolasi and toro by the finely granulate sculpture dorsally on head and pronotum; very smooth and shining frontal area; granulate clypeus; presence of transverse rugae across declivity of propdeum, which is smooth only near base; and light yellow colour with the petiole concolourous with trunk and gaster (Moffett, 1985).
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United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)] |
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