. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 502 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 157, No. 6. Figures 219-220. Pristomyrmex longus sp. n. 219: Worker head, full-face view; 220A: Showing the dorsum of the petiole node of the worker, in dorsal view, is long-oval and longer than broad; 220B: Worker, lateral view. mandihiilaris. Finally, the subpetiole of P. levigatns does not have a pinlike long pro- cess that is distinct in P. acerosus. Material Examined (ANIC, BMNH, LAWN, MCZC). New Guinea: Nadzab, #1083, diy evergreen forest (E. O. Wil- son); Gogol V
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 502 Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Vol. 157, No. 6. Figures 219-220. Pristomyrmex longus sp. n. 219: Worker head, full-face view; 220A: Showing the dorsum of the petiole node of the worker, in dorsal view, is long-oval and longer than broad; 220B: Worker, lateral view. mandihiilaris. Finally, the subpetiole of P. levigatns does not have a pinlike long pro- cess that is distinct in P. acerosus. Material Examined (ANIC, BMNH, LAWN, MCZC). New Guinea: Nadzab, #1083, diy evergreen forest (E. O. Wil- son); Gogol Val. ca. 24 km W. Madang, ca. 50 ni, rainforest, rotten wood, ex small fragment (R. W. Taylor); Bulolo, rainforest, 2,300 ft (B. B. Loweiy); Yawasora near Wewak, ca. 50 m, rainforest, berlesate (R. W. Taylor); Gulf Prov., Ivimka Camp, Lak- ekamu Basin, °S, °E, 110 m, #96-345 (R. R. Snelling); Port Moresby, Brown River (J. Baloph); Papua, Sangara (G. Baker); (P. M. Room). Nama Is. near Truk (R. W. L. Potts). Solomon Is.: New Georgia (E. S. Brown). New Britain Is. (L. Weatherill). Ecological Infonnation. This species oc- curs in rainforest and has been collected in a litter sample. Pristomyrmex longus sp. n. Figures 219-220 Diagnosis (Worker). Masticatory margin of mandible lacking a diastema and pos- sessing four teeth, of which the third tooth, counting from the apex, smallest; eyes small, with only two to three omma- tidia in the longest row; dorsum of petiole node in dorsal view long-oval and longer than broad; first gastral tergite with nu- merous hairs. Holotype Worker (MCZC). TL , HL , HW , CI 99, SL , SI 83, EL , PW , AL Paratypes, 14 workers (MCZC, ANIC, BMNH). Worker TL , HL , HW , CI 95-100, SL , SI 80-87, EL , PW , AL , PPW , PPL , PPI 104-113 (n = 15). Mandibles usually smooth and shining. A broad-based short tooth present about midway on th
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