Rasopone titanis, Longino, John T. & Branstetter, Michael G., 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixaa004 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0DE2398D-199F-40A7-8207-91148630CD76 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3847160 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/45C28494-5557-4A5C-B5AB-47DDA5074965 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:45C28494-5557-4A5C-B5AB-47DDA5074965 |
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Felipe |
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Rasopone titanis |
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sp. nov. |
Rasopone titanis New Species
( Fig. 13 View Fig ; Supp Fig. S33 [online only])
HOLOTYPE: 1 worker, Mexico, Chiapas, Ocosingo , 16.906 −92.099 ±?, 2-vi-1969, around waterfall, ex sifted leaf litter, J. M. Campbell [ MCZC, unique specimen identifier MCZ-ENT00716640 ] GoogleMaps . PARATYPES: same data as holotype [1 worker, UNAM, MCZ-ENT00716641 ; 1 worker, USNM, MCZ- ENT00716642 ; 1 worker, MCZC, MCZ-ENT00716659 ] GoogleMaps .
Geographic range. Mexico (Chiapas).
Diagnosis
Mandible smooth; anterior clypeal margin sinuous; side of head lacking erect setae; petiolar node tapering. Differing from R. rupinicola ( Fig. 13 View Fig ; Supp Figs. S30 and S31 [online only]) in more robust mesosoma and more tapering petiolar node.
Measurements, worker: HW 1.67, HL 1.80, SL 1.45, PTL 0.64, PTH 1.09, CI 93, SI 87, PTI 58 (n = 1).
Comments
This species is known from one series of four workers. The locality is simply ‘Ocosingo’ and there is no habitat or microhabitat information. It is one of the largest species in the genus.
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