identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03EC866AFFAE546421C1FC21FBF6FE7A.text	03EC866AFFAE546421C1FC21FBF6FE7A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Agraulomyrmex Prins 1983	<div><p>Agraulomyrmex Prins</p> <p>Agraulomyrmex Prins (1983, p. 2).</p> <p>Type species: A. meridionalis, by original description.</p> <p>Agraulomyrmex in tribe Plagiolepidini: Prins (1983, p. 2); Bolton (1994, p. 51); Bolton (1995, p. 14); Bolton (2003, p. 101); Ward et al. (2016, p. 346).</p> <p>Agraulomyrmex combination of nine antennal segment species: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2019, p. 452).</p> <p>Diagnosis of genus: Agraulomyrmex are small ants, differing from other formicine genera by structure of mesosoma (i.e. absence of mesometanotal suture and metanotal groove), presence of 9–10 antennal segment without distinct club, and absence of ocelli (Prins 1983; Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. 2019). A closely related genus Brachymyrmex Mayr has nine segmented antennae without a distinct club but mesometanotal suture is present in this genus while it is absent in Agraulomyrmex (Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. 2019). Workers of two other formicine monotypic genera Aphomomyrmex Emery and Petalomyrmex Snelling have nine segmented antennae without a distinct club, but Agraulomyrmex can be differentiated from Aphomomyrmex by the absence of ocelli and metanotal groove while Petalomyrmex have cordate shaped head, ocelli, and convex metanotum in profile view (Snelling 1979), which are all absent in Agraulomyrmex. Another formicine genus Tapinolepis Emery is characterised by metanotum not forming a distinct isolated sclerite (meso-metanotum suture absent) (Bolton 2003) but it differs from Agraulomyrmex by having 11 segmented antennae and presence of ocelli.</p> <p>Description (worker): Head. Head subquadrate in full face view, little longer than broad, sides slightly convex to almost straight, posterior margin almost straight with rounded posterolateral corners; mandible triangular, shiny with four to six teeth on masticatory margin; palp formula 6,4 or 5,3; antennae 9–10 segmented, antennal funiculus incrassate towards apices without distinct club, second segment of antennal funiculus shorter than first segment and length of last segment of funiculus more than twice of its width, antennal scape just reaching or little short of reaching posterior margin of head; compound eyes moderate in size, broadly oval, positioned below the cephalic midline; ocelli absent; toruli surpassing the posterior clypeal margin; frontal carinae short; clypeus convex and its anterior margin arcuate with long median seta.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Promesonotal suture present and extending through thoracic pleuron to sternum; mesonotum flat dorsally, not bulging above the pronotum in profile view; mesometanotal suture and metanotal groove absent while propodeal suture well developed; metathoracic spiracles dorsolateral in position, not tumuliform and positioned near propodeal suture or touching it; propodeum unarmed, dorsum of propodeum flat and shorter than propodeal declivity; propodeal spiracles circular and positioned dorsolaterally on propodeal declivity or just beside of declivity; legs moderately long.</p> <p>Metasoma. Petiole short, inclined forward, about as high as long to slightly higher than long, almost overhung by gaster, with or without pubescence; gaster oval in dorsal view, five to six segmented; acidopore present and surrounded by fringe of hairs.</p> <p>Pubescence and pilosity. Body pubescent all over except petiole and propodeal declivity. Long yellowish setae present on clypeus and apical margins of gastral segments.</p> <p>Sculpture and colour. Body shiny and sculpture smooth to fine reticulate or reticulate-punctate. Body colour ranges from yellow to dark brown, compound eyes black.</p> <p>Annotated checklist of Agraulomyrmex Prins (undescribed species on the AntWeb from Africa are not considered)</p> <p>(1) A. meridionalis Prins, 1983 South Africa</p> <p>(2) A. wilsoni Prins, 1983 Zimbabwe</p> <p>(3) A. damohensis sp. nov. India: Madhya Pradesh</p> <p>Key to Agraulomyrmex Prins species based on worker caste</p> <p>1. Antennae 10 segmented....................................... 2</p> <p>-. Antennae 9 segmented..................... A. damohensis sp. nov.</p> <p>2. Palp formula 6,4; masticatory margin of mandible with 5–6 teeth; HL 0.48–0.52 mm........................ A. meridionalis Prins, 1983</p> <p>-. Palp formula 5,3; masticatory margin of mandible with 4 teeth; HL 0.34 mm.................................... A. wilsoni Prins, 1983</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC866AFFAE546421C1FC21FBF6FE7A	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.		Plazi	Harshana, Anand;Dey, Debjani	Harshana, Anand, Dey, Debjani (2021): First record of the ant genus Agraulomyrmex Prins, 1983 (Formicidae: Formicinae) from India, with description of a new species. Oriental Insects 56 (3): 428-436, DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.2023056, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.2023056
03EC866AFFA8546721E1FE4CFEBEFD4F.text	03EC866AFFA8546721E1FE4CFEBEFD4F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Agraulomyrmex damohensis Harshana & Dey 2021	<div><p>Agraulomyrmex damohensis sp. nov. (Figs 1, 2)</p> <p>Holotype: Worker; India, Madhya Pradesh, Damoh; 23.5185 N, 79.7771 E; 11.IX.2020; Coll. A. Harshana (NPC-AND964)</p> <p>Holotype measurements (mm): HL – 0.31, HM 1 – 0.24, HM 2 – 0.05, HW – 0.30, SL – 0.22, EL – 0.07, WL – 0.30, MsFL – 0.17, MFL – 0.20, MTL – 0.21, PnL – 0.09, PtW – 0.183, ML – 0.09, MtW – 0.14, MsD – 0.08, TL – 1.10; Indices: CI- 93.27, SI 1 – 74.91, SI 2 – 95.20, MFI – 66.67, OI 1 – 22.68, OI 2 – 15.38</p> <p>Diagnosis: Antennal segments nine without a distinct club; palp formula 6,4; mandible bearing five teeth on masticatory margin with a very small 3 rd tooth; head length (HL) 0.31 mm; body yellow.</p> <p>Description (Holotype): Head. Head subquadrate in full face view, little longer than broad, posterior margin almost straight with rounded corners, slightly convex sides, and covered with dense pubescence (Fig. 1A, 2C); mandible with five teeth on masticatory margin and central third tooth very small (Fig. 2F); mandible sparsely covered with suberect to appressed hairs; maxillary palp six segmented and labial palp four segmented (Fig. 2F); antennae nine segmented, antennal funiculus incrassate towards apices without distinct club, scape little short of reaching posterior margin of head, second segment of antennal funiculus shorter than first segment and length of last segment of funiculus more than twice of its width (Fig. 2C); toruli surpassing the posterior clypeal margin; frontal carinae short; antennae densely covered with suberect to appressed hairs; anterior clypeal margin convex with median downwardly directed long seta, mediolateral region with two erect setae and two erect setae near toruli; other setae on clypeus comparatively small; compound eyes positioned below the cephalic midline with six ommatidia along their maximal diameter (Fig. 2E); ocelli absent.</p> <p>Mesosoma. Promesonotal suture present extending through thoracic pleuron to sternum; mesonotum flat dorsally, not bulging above the pronotum in profile view (Fig. 1C); mesometanotal suture and metanotal groove absent (Fig. 1B, 2A &amp; D); metathoracic spiracles dorsolateral in position, not tumuliform, touching the propodeal suture; dorsum of propodeum flat and much shorter than propodeal declivity; propodeal spiracles circular, distinctly smaller than metathoracic spiracles and positioned dorsolaterally on posterior propodeal declivity; pronotum with a pair of erect setae; pronotum, mesonotum covered with appressed to semi erect hairs while propodeal declivity lacking pubescence; fore tibia with pectinate spur and basitarsus with concave notch; hairs on legs appressed to suberect.</p> <p>Metasoma. Petiole short, inclined forward, almost overhung by gaster and seemingly without pubescence (Fig. 2B); gaster five segmented covered with dense pubescence and erect hairs along the posterior edges of segments; first gastral sternum with three erect hairs at its base; acidopore present.</p> <p>Sculpture and colour. Head, mandible, mesosoma, and metasoma smooth and shining. Body yellow.</p> <p>Etymology: The species name refers to its type locality.</p> <p>Comparative notes: Agraulomyrmex damohensis is the smallest species (HL 0.31 mm and WL 0.30 mm) of genus Agraulomyrmex and it distinctly differs from other known species by having nine segmented antennae. It shows similarities with A. meridionalis in having the following characteristics: palp formula 6,4; body smooth and shiny; compound eyes positioned below the cephalic midline; masticatory margin of mandible with five teeth (although A. meridionalis specimens also may have six teeth on masticatory margin).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC866AFFA8546721E1FE4CFEBEFD4F	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.		Plazi	Harshana, Anand;Dey, Debjani	Harshana, Anand, Dey, Debjani (2021): First record of the ant genus Agraulomyrmex Prins, 1983 (Formicidae: Formicinae) from India, with description of a new species. Oriental Insects 56 (3): 428-436, DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.2023056, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.2023056
