Paraparatrechina aseta

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  aseta. Prenolepis aseta Forel, 1902d: 292 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Pr. (Nylanderia): Emery, 1914f: 422; in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925b: 219; in Nylanderia: LaPolla, Brady & Shattuck, 2010a: 127; in Paraparatrechina: Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014: 97.

Description
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from Bharti & Wachkoo, 2014.

Worker

Head: Head subrectangular; longer than wide, slightly wider posteriorly than in front, lateral margins gently convex, posterior margin concave with rounded posterolateral corners. Clypeus carinate in the middle; anterior clypeal margin medially concave. Mandibles with six teeth. Eyes broadly oval, flattened, weakly convex to just flat, covering approximately one-fourth of lateral cephalic margin; three small ocelli present. Antennae short, scapes surpass posterior margin by about one-fourth their length.

Mesosoma: Metanotal groove weakly developed, in lateral view not interrupting the continuous, flat dorsal margin; metanotal area indistinct. Propodeal declivity rounding onto the sides through a blunt angle. Petiole. Petiole low, with straight to broadly rounded scale, inclined forward, strongly compressed anteroposteriorly.

Sculpture: Overall cuticle dull and opaque covered with fine punctulae. Clypeus, mesopleuron and propodeal declivity smooth and shiny. Vestiture: Pubescence fine and short giving a pruinose appearance to the head and gaster, less so to the mesosoma. Scapes and legs lacking macrosetae, but a layer of pubescence present. Macrosetae shorter on head posterior to eyes and gaster, longer on anterior of head and mesosoma. Two pairs of macrosetae present on propodeum. Color: Uniformly light brown.

Measurements (n = 12): TL 2.05-2.17; HL 0.54-0.58; HW 0.46-0.48; EL 0.12-0.14; SL 0.50-0.53; PW 0.34-0.37; PrFL 0.42-0.47; PrFW 0.12-0.13; WL 0.59-0.66; GL 0.91-0.94. Indices: CI 83.21-86.54; SI 106.05-112.16; REL 22.00-25.51.

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