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Garcia, Francisco Hita
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Hawkes, Peter G.
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Alpert, Gary D.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-12-12T10:03:07Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-12-12T10:03:07Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014-10-16 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The taxonomy of the genus Proceratium Roger is updated for the Afrotropical region. We give an overview
of the genus in the region, provide an illustrated identification key to the three clades (P. arnoldi, P. stictum
and P. toschii clades) and revise the P. arnoldi clade. Four new species from the P. arnoldi clade are described
as new: P. sokoke sp. n. from Kenya, P. carri sp. n. from Mozambique, and P. nilo sp. n. and P. sali sp. n.
from Tanzania. In order to integrate the new species into the existing taxonomic system we present an illustrated
identification key to distinguish the seven Afrotropical species of the P. arnoldi clade. In addition,
we provide accounts for all members of the P. arnoldi clade including detailed descriptions, diagnoses,
taxonomic discussions, distribution data and high quality montage images. |
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am2014 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
GDA was financially supported by the E.O. Wilson Foundation and Carr
Foundation. FHG wants to thank Marcell Peters (University of Würzburg, Germany),
the BIOTA East Africa project funded by the German Ministry of Education
and Research (BMBF). FHG was granted two Ernst Mayr Travel Grants in Animal
Systematics from the MCZ to visit the collections at BMNH and MCZ. The surveys
during which the P. nilo and P. sali specimens were collected formed part of a project
run by PGH investigating ground-living ant and beetle diversity in Tanzania, funded
by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.pensoft.net |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Hita Garcia F, Hawkes PG, Alpert GD (2014) Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species. ZooKeys 447: 47–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.447.7766. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1313-2989 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1313-2970 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.3897/zookeys.447.7766 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42956 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Pensoft |
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dc.rights |
Copyright Francisco Hita Garcia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
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dc.subject |
Arabuko Sokoke Forest |
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dc.subject |
Gorongosa National Park |
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dc.subject |
Kenya |
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dc.subject |
Mozambique |
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dc.subject |
Nilo Forest |
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dc.subject |
Proceratium arnoldi clade |
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dc.subject |
Proceratium stictum clade |
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Proceratium toschii clade |
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dc.subject |
Sali Forest |
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dc.subject |
Tanzania |
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dc.subject |
Taxonomy |
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dc.title |
Taxonomy of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region with a revision of the P. arnoldi clade and description of four new species |
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dc.type |
Article |
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