Discothyrea gaia Hita-Garcia & Lieberman & Audisio & Liu & Economo 2019, sp. n.

• Published in: Medicina Veterinária (UFRPE)
• Main Authors: Hita-Garcia, Francisco, Lieberman, Ziv, Audisio, Tracy L., Liu, Cong, Economo, Evan P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Discothyrea; Discothyrea gaia; DML
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5922606; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D9AC4AE57FFF97FF64FC70BE8105F2

Discothyrea gaia Hita Garcia & Lieberman sp. n. (Figs. 4H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H, 10H, 11H, 12H, 13A, 14H, 33, 34; Supp Video S8 [online only]) Type Material HOLOTYPE , pinned worker, ZIMBABWE, Manicaland, Melsetter, Umtali (= Mutare), −19.8, 32.86667, 1700 m, collection code ANTC42123, II.1969 ( R. Mussard ) (BMNH: CASENT0790100). PARATYPES , six pinned workers with same data as holotype (BMNH: CASENT0790101; CASC: CASENT0247040; MCZC: MCZ-ENT00593562; MHNG: CASENT0247037, CASENT0247038, CASENT0790099, MHNG-ENTO- 00012649; SAMC: CASENT0790102). Cybertype Volumetric raw data (in DICOM format), 3D rotation video, still images of surface volume rendering, and 3D surface (in PLY format) of the physical holotype (CASENT0790100) in addition to stacked digital color images illustrating head in full-face view, profile and dorsal views of the body.The data are deposited at Dryad (Hita Garcia et al. 2019, http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3qm4183) and can be freely accessed as virtual representation of the type. In addition to the cybertype data at Dryad, we also provide a freely accessible 3D surface model of the holotype at Sketchfab (Model 8). Nontype Material ZIMBABWE, Manicaland, Melsetter, Umtali (= Mutare), [−18.94, 32.69], ca. 1700 m, II.1969 (R. Mussard). Diagnosis The following character combination distinguishes D. gaia from the remainder of the complex: moderately thick petiole (DPeI 192–255; LPeI 194–264); comparatively shorter legs (HFI 54–58); mesotibia with distinct apicoventral spur; abundant, short and fine appressed pubescence more or less evenly distributed over entire body. Worker Measurements and Indices ( n = 8) EL 0.04–0.05; HL 0.53–0.61; HW 0.43–0.51; SL 0.29–0.36; PH 0.29–0.35; PW 0.31–0.38; DML 0.43–0.51; PrH 0.33–0.40; WL 0.60–0.74; HFL 0.35–0.41; PeL 0.09–0.12; PeW 0.21–0.25; PeH 0.20–0.27; LT3 0.30–0.41; LT4 0.36–0.47; OI 7–9; CI 79–84; SI 54–60; LMI 46–49; DMI 50–53; DMI2 67–76; ASI 112–125; HFI 54–58; DPeI 192–255; LPeI 194–264. Worker Description Head clearly longer than broad (CI 79–84), ...