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

• Published in: Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences
• 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 michelae; DML
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5922624; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D9AC4AE562FF81FCC4FC20BAD006A5

Discothyrea michelae Hita Garcia & Lieberman sp. n. (Figs. 4M, 6M, 7M, 8M, 9M, 10M, 11M, 12M, 14M, 43, 44; Supp. Video S13 [online only]) Type Material HOLOTYPE , pinned worker, TANZANIA, Kilimanjaro, Mwanga, Kindoroko Forest Reserve, −3.7452, 37.64267, 1739 m, primary forest, leaf litter, collection code CEPF-TZ-5.2, 5.–8.IX.2005 ( P. Hawkes, J. Makwati & R. Mtana ) (SAMC: CASENT0235469). Paratype, pinned worker with same data as holotype (BMNH: CASENT0250384). 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 (CASENT0235469) 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 13). Diagnosis The structure of the petiole is unique among the Afrotropical fauna: no other species approximates the rectangular outline of the petiolar node, with sharp dorsolateral peaks and a deeply impressed anterior face, the node therefore appearing bilobed. The following character combination further distinguishes D. michelae from the remainder of the complex: abdominal sternite 3 with strongly developed median ridge anteriorly surpassing prora, appearing rectangular in profile; standing pilosity present on mesosoma and abdominal terga; propodeum denticulate, declivity deeply concave. Model 13. 3D surface model of D.michelae sp.n. holotype (CASENT0235469). An interactive version of this model is available in the HTML version of this article online and at https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/9d4a4201b8ee408c9c7 0fb0043c596d4. Worker Measurements and Indices ( n = 2) EL 0.01–0.02; HL 0.50–0.52; HW 0.41–0.43; SL 0.26; PH 0.26– 0.28; PW 0.28–0.30; DML 0.38; PrH ...