Robert W. Taylor.
Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species (Hyme noptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae).
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NOTES ON THE ANT GENERA ROMBLONELLA AND
WILL0 WSIELLA, WITH COMMENTS ON THEIR
AFFINITIES, AND THE FIRST DESCRIPTIONS
OF AUSTRALIAN SPECIES
(HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE)
The new species Romblonella heatwolei (Wyer Island, Torres Strait, Queensland) and Willowsiella anderseni (King Edward River, Kimberley District, Western Australia) are described below, and their affinities discussed. The genera, which are both new to the Australian fauna, are recognized as probable sister taxa in the tribe Leptothoracini, close to Leptothorax Mayr and Cardiocondyla Emery.
Genus Romblonella Wheeler, 1935
The originally monotypic genus Romblonella and its type-species R. grandinodis were described by Wheeler (1935) from the small central Philippines Island of Romblon (12'33'N; 122'17'E). Two species congeneric with grandinodis had in fact been described pre- viously in the genus Tetramoriurn Mayr, namely R. scrobiferum (Emery, 1897) (Berlinhafen (= Aitape) (03' 10's; 142' 17'E), Papua, New Guinea), and R. elysii (Mann, 1919) (Malaupina (= Malapina) I. (09' 5 1 'N; 160å¡50'E) Three Sisters Is, Solomon Islands) (Smith, 1956).
Four additional species were later described by Marion R. Smith, as follows: R. townesi (1953A; Mt. Lasso, Tinian I. (14'58'N; 145'38'E), Northern Mariana Is); R. vitiensis (1953A: Wakaya I. (17'39's; 179'01'E), Lomaiviti Group, Fiji Is); R. yapensis (1953A; Yap I. (0g030'N; 13S009'E), Caroline Is); and R. palauensis(1953B; Ulebsechel (= Auluptagel, = Aurapushekaru) I., Belau (= Palau) Group (07'03'N; 134' 3O'E), Caroline Is). *c/o Australian National Insect Collection, CSlRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia. Manuscript received by the editor November 12, 1990.



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I have studied type material of all these taxa except R. scrobife- rum, and consider all to be congeneric, representing valid species. All are worker-based, and the male has been described for R. palauensis. The workers of R. elysii, R. grandinodis and R. scro- biferum were originally illustrated, and Wheeler's figures of grandi- nodis were reproduced by Smith (1953A). Details of type deposition etc. are given in Smith (1956).
R. palauensis alone has been reported from sites beyond its type locality-from the Belau group islands Ngeruktabel (= Urukthapal) and Babeldaob (= Babelthaup) (Smith, 1953B). The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) has specimens which extend the distributional ranges of R. elysii and R. scrobife- rum, as follows:
Romblonella elysii (Mann)
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Big Nggela (= Florida): Sandfly Passage (Jan. 1964, P. J. M. Greenslade, aces. 1 1543, 16239, 2 workers). Romblonella scrob iferum (Emery)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Manus Province: Small Drova (PNdrowa I, SE of Manus I) (8 Jan, 1972, P. N. Room, 4 workers); East Sepik Province: Cape Worn (03'3 1's; 143'35'E), 5 km NW of Wewak (on low vegetation, littoral forest, vii, 1980, P. S. Ward, 6 workers); Tab Island (05' 10's; 145'5O'E), 7 km NE of Madang (<5m, 7.1 1.1989, P. S. Ward, #10144,4 workers, male); Morobe Province: Markham River delta, near Lae (06'43's; 147'01'E) (on tree, swamp vegeta- tion, 10. l .71, B. B. Lowery, 2 workers); East New Britain Province: Yalom (1000m, 19 May, 1962, Danish Noona Dan Expedition, 2 workers).
The characteristics and possible relationships of Romblonella are discussed in a following section.
Romblonella heatwolei Taylor nsp.
(Figs 1-3)
Type locality:
QUEENSLAND: Torres Strait Islands, Murray Group: Wyer Island (09' 54's; 142'46'E).
Material examined:
Holotype worker, three paratype workers, paratype male, col- lected together (3 Aug. 1974, H. Heatwole). Deposited in ANIC



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19901 l aylor- Komblonella and Willowsiella 283 (type number 7868). The holotype has been gold-palladium coated for scanning electron microscopy; it originally matched the colour of the darkest paratype.
Worker:
The holotype has the following dimensions (mm): Aggregate Total Length (TL) ca 3.7; Maximum Head Length (HL) 0.80; Head Width (HW) (across eyes) 0.82, (maximum behind eyes) 0.77; Cephalic Index (HW behind eyes X 100/ HL) (CI) 87; Scape Length (SL) 0.53; Scape Index (SL X 100/ HW behind eyes) (SI) 62; Maxi- mum Pronotum width (PW) 0.52; Weber's Length of mesosoma (WL) 1.00; midline length of petiolar node (dorsal view) 0.32; petio- lar node width (dorsal view) 0.36; midline length of postpetiole (dorsal view) 0.32; postpetiole width (dorsal view) 0.41. The para- types have HW (across eyes) 0.79 or 0.81, with other dimensions proportionate.
General features as in accompanying figures. Similar to R. scro- biferum (Emery). The two taxa may be distinguished by the follow- ing couplet, which adequately characterizes R. heatwolei: Frons between frontal carinae moderately coarsely reticulate, areas between recticulae distinctly, densely microsculptured; first gastral tergite opaque, with a distinct, fine, dense raised microreticulum, which has a longitudinal trend on the disc of the sclerite. ............................ R. scrobiferum Frons between frontal carinae with broken, somewhat erratic spaced longitudinal costulae, with little trace of cross-ribbing, and only weak, partly effaced intervening micro-sculpture. First gastral tergite shining, with only faint traces of fine, incised ... micro-reticulation, which is without a longitudinal trend. R.heatwolei
.......................................... Additional material examined:
Four worker specimens (ANIC) from Buna (08O40'S; 14g025'E), Northern Province, Papua New Guinea (15 March, 1972, P. N. Room) are identified here as R. heatwolei. They have not been designated as paratypes.
Notes:
R. heatwolei might be sympatric on New Guinea with its probable sister species R. scrobiferum (the latter is presently known only north of the main axial cordillera).




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This species is probably present on mainland Australia, at least on northern Cape York Peninsula. It is one of the many New Guinea-based taxa apparently vicariantly isolated in parts of north- ern Australia, and/or on various Torres Strait Islands by the epi- sodic inundation of the Strait.
Genus Willo wsiella Wheeler, 1934
Willowsiella and its sole previously reported species W. dispar were described from a unique worker taken in 1933 on remote Bel- lona Island (1 1'20's; 159'47'E), south of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (Wheeler, 1934). There have been no other records of genus or species until the recent unexpected collection of a congeneric worker in the Kimberley district of northern Western Australia. It is described here as Willowsiella anderseni nsp. The characteristics and possible relationships of Willowsiella are discussed below.
Willo wsiella dispar Wheeler, 1934
(Figs 43)
W. dispar is adequately characterized by Wheeler's description and figures. It is compared below to the new species W. anderseni. The holotype (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco) is mounted on 2 points, one with the head, mesosorna and petiole, the other with the postpetiole and gaster. It carries a small red tag with the words "HOLOTYPE"(printed) and " W. dispar9'(hand-written); a large label reading " Willowsiella dispar Wheeler (Type)" in Wheeler's handwriting; and four small printed white data labels, reading respectively: "Solomon Islands"; "NW end of Bellona Isd, VI 23-33"; "M. Willows Jr. Collector"; and "Templeton Crocker Exped. 1933".
The specimen has the following dimensions (mm; see above under Romhionella heatwolei for explanation of abbreviations): TL ca. 3.2; H L 0.79; H W (across eyes) 0.72, (maximum behind eyes) 0.69; CI 87; SL 0.53; SI 77; PW 0.59; W L 1.00; midline length of petiolar node 0.38; petiolar node width 0.52; midline length of postpetiole 0.24; postpetiole width 0.43.
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19901 Taylor- Romblonella and Willowsiella 285 (1962) and Taylor (1976). The majority are either tramp species or widespread Indo-Australian elements. It is unlikely that any, includ- ing W. dispar, are truly endemic to Bellona. Willo wsiella anderseni Taylor n. sp .
(Figs 6-9)
Type locality:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kimberley District: King Edward River (1 5OO8'5O''S; 1 26008'40r'E).
Material examined:
Holotype worker (1 June, 1988, A. N. Andersen). Deposited in ANIC (type number 7867). The holotype has been gold-palladium coated for scanning electron microscopy. It was unfortunately dam- aged in a laboratory accident, but its major parts are complete. Worker:
Dimensions as follows (mm: see above under Romblonella heat- wolei for explanation of abbreviations): TL ca. 2.0; HL 0.51; HW (across eyes) 0.46, (maximum behind eyes) 0.47; CI 92; SL 0.29; SI 62; PW 0.35; WL 0.58; midline length of petiolar node 0.14; petiolar node width 0.31; midline length of postpetiole 0.15; postpetiole width 0.33. Smaller than W. dispar, with different proportions. General features as in the accompanying figures. Head expanded posterolaterally; anterior part of frons somewhat inflated; clypeus inflated anteromedially, median anterior border transverse, shallowly concave, abruptly reflexed ventrally and pro- jecting forwards to slightly overhang the closed mandibles. Mandi- bles 5-toothed, apical tooth the largest and most acute, the others subequal in size, diminishing slightly from apex. Antenna1 club indistinctly 3-jointed, the two apical segments enlarged. Pronotal shoulders narrowly rounded in dorsal view, semi- epaulate. Pronotum on each side with an obtuse ridge extending dorsally from its ventrolateral extremity to the shoulder, so that the anterolateral and lateral sections of the sclerite are more-or-less separated. Dorsum and sides of mesosoma lacking sutures, except for a short ventral section of the promesonotal suture on each side below the spiracle. Propodeal spines short but acute, posterodorso- laterally directed, slightly curved; each subtended by an anterodor- sal carina, which defines the lateral margin of the propodeal



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dorsum; infradental lamellae small, rounded. Propodeal spiracle very small, situated near the middle of the relevant section of the lateral wall of the mesosoma.
Petiole and postpetiole as illustrated; the former much less bulky than in W. dispar, strongly transverse in dorsal view. Postpetiole similarly transverse, shorter at midline than petiole. Petiolar pedun- cle extremely short, slender; the spiracles minute, each surmounted by a strong angular process, which is clearly visible and approxi- mately right-angular in dorsal view. Base of gaster quite deeply emarginate in dorsal view, closely reflecting posterior outline of postpetiole. Gaster somewhat broad and flattened, especially ante- riorly; in side view more-or-less triangular, with apex anteriorly directed. Sting moderately strong, blade-like, without apical ap- pend age.
Pilosity sparse; a few relatively long hairs on clypeus and mandi- bles, and on apex and underside of gaster; clypeus with a median and 2 lateral setae on anterior margin; shorter hairs sparse on underside of head. Fine pubescence everywhere moderately abun- dant. Sculpturing vaguely, densely foveolate on head, mesosoma and nodes; less distinct and more shining posteriad; overall somewhat reminiscent of some Crematogaster species. Gaster dorsally vaguely shagreened, dully shining. Colour bright yellow-brown; eyes black; mandibular teeth dark brown; gastral dorsum darkly infuscated, darkest medially.
Generic assignment:
W. anderseni is confidently assigned to Wilhwsiella on the basis of the characters it shares with W. dispar. They are reviewed below in discussion of the attributes of the genus, and in the list of features distinguishing Willowsiella from Romblonella. These species seem more closely interrelated than either is to any known Romblonella species, so that Willowsiella and Romblonella are considered here to be valid, separately monophyletic, but related, possibly sister, taxa.
Notes:
The holotype was taken by pitfall trap in sclerophyll woodland on brown sand, dominated by Eucalyptus miniata and E. tetrodonta, with under-story of annual grasses (mostly Aristida sp.) and the leguminous scrub Bossiaea bossioides. Other ant genera present



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19901 Taylor- Romblonella and Willowsiella 287 (identified by Andersen) included Rhytidoponera (4 spp.), Cremat- ogaster (4 spp.), Meranoplus (5 spp.), Monomoriurn (6 spp.), Tetramorium (4 spp.), Iridomyrmex (6 spp.), Camponotus (5 spp.), and Polyrhachis (6 spp.). The most abundant species included Iri- domyrmex sanguineus (Forel), Monomorium and Pheidole spp., and Paratrechina sp. aff. minutula Fore1 (A. N. Andersen pers comm.).
W. anderseni is readily distinguished from W. dispar by its much smaller size, very different petiolar and postpetiolar structure, and pale colour.
THE GENERA AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
Definition of the genera:
The general features of the Romblonella worker caste were reviewed by Wheeler (1935) and Smith (1953A), and those of the male by Smith (1953B).
In addition, the worker has the palpal formula maxillary 5: labial 3 (scrobiferum and heatwolei dissected); and the sting is blade-like, narrower than deep, and lacks an apical appendage. Sides of propo- deum each" with a marked, very obtuse, broad diagonal ridge, the crest of which runs from the anteroventral sector of the sclerite, and passes just in front of the propodeal spiracle, to terminate near the bulla of the metapleural gland; the latter very small and posterolat- erally directed; propodeal spiracle small, situated a little above and behind the mid-point of the lateral wall of the propodeum, directed posterolaterally. Petiole in dorsal view with a stout triangular pro- jection on each side of the very short peduncle, above the spiracle. It appears that workers of all known Romblonella species are monomorphic.
Emendations and additions are required to Wheeler's 1934 diag- nosis of Willowsiella, as follows: Antenna1 club distinctly 3-jointed in W. dispar, less clearly so in anderseni; dorsum of clypeus and anterior part of irons clearly inflated in dispar, more so perhaps than implied by Wheeler's description, and even more so in ander- seni; configuration of sides of propodeum, propodeal spiracles and metapleural glands as in Romblonella; petiolar and postpetiolar structures varying considerably between the two species, as de- scribed, but with similarities, especially in the presence of spiracular projections on the petiole, and the structure of the postpetiole; gas-



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ter basally emarginate in dorsal view; sting as in Romblonella, blade-like, and lacking an apical appendage. The unique holotypes of these rare species have not been dis- sected, but they appear on detailed inspection to have a 5:3 palpal formula, as in Rombhneila.
Figs. 1-3: Romblodla heaiwole! Taylor, hoiotype worker: 1. head, frontai; 2. mesosoma and nodes, dorsal; 3. whole animal, lateral; see text for dimensions.



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19901 Taylor- Romblonella and Willo wsiella 289 Willowsiella and Romblonella share several features considered to indicate relationship between them. These include the general configuration of the mesosoma and nodes (despite the differences in the latter), and the fundamentally similar dental, fronto-clypeal, palpal and sting structures (the latter at least as visible without dissection). The two genera may be readily distinguished as follows (compare Figs 1-3 and 4-9):
Willo wsiella
Antennae 1 1-jointed.
Fronto-clypeal area strongly
inflated.
Antenna1 scrobes lacking.
Petiole massively inflated (in
W. dispar), or somewhat scale-
like and transverse (in W. an-
dersen i) .
Postpetiole relatively small
compared to petiole, trans-
verse, and somewhat scale-
like.
Gaster emarginate at base, fol-
lowing the posterior outline of
the postpetiole when viewed
from above.
Romblonella
Antennae 12-jointed.
Fronto-clypeal area unexcep-
tionally inflated.
Antenna scrobes strongly
developed
Petiole somewhat globular but
not unexceptionally inflated or
transverse.
Postpetiole of more normal
proportions, subspherical,
more-or-less as long as wide in
dorsal view, at most only
slightly smaller than petiole;
usually larger.
Gaster not basally emarginate.
Affinities and classification of the genera Despite differences of opinion concerning their higher classifica- tion, Romblonella and
Willowsiella have been discussed consist- ently together by authors following Wheeler (1934, 1935), implying their general acceptance as related taxa. There seems little doubt that they are, and that their separate status as probable sister genera is justified.
The original assignments by Emery and Mann of Romblonella scrobiferum and R. elysii to Tetramorium are not tenable. The prin- cipal relevant characters distinguishing the two genera happen (per-



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haps for good phylogenetic reasons; see below) to be the same as those used by Bolton (1982: 321) to differentiate the major myrmi- cine genus Leptothorax Mayr from Tetramorium. They apply sim- ilarly to Willowsiella and preclude classification of Romblonella and Willowsiella in tribe Tetramoriini.
Wheeler (1934, 1935) assigned both genera to "Emery's tribe Meranoplini", which then comprised the taxa indicated in Wheeler's 1935 key to meranopline genera.
Tribe Meranoplini has since been disbanded (Kugler, 1978), leav- ing Meranoplus of uncertain taxonomic position at tribal or genus- group level, perhaps peripheral to the Pheidole genus-group (Kugler, 1978), but with some similarities to Willowsiella and Romblonella. The latter were indicated, but considered to be of doubtful taxonomic significance by Bolton (1981), and will not be further pursued here. The other meranopline genera, with some synonymy, were considered by Bolton (1981) to be relatives of Lor- domyrma Emery, partly to constitute the Lordomyrma-group of genera.
Figs 4, 5: Willowsiella dispar Wheeler, holotype worker: 4. head, frontal; 5. whole animal, lateral; see text for dimensions.



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1 9901 Taylor- Romblonella and Willowsiella 29 1 M. R. Smith at first (1953A) accepted Wheeler's placement of Romblonella in the Meranoplini, but later (1953B) rejected it on the basis of newly accessible male characters, and proposed allocation to "the tribe Myrmecinini, subtribe Podomyrmina (sic!) of Emery, 1922". This taxon included the Australasian genus Podomyrma and its apparent satellites, the sub-Saharan African Atopomyrmex Andre and Terataner Emery, and the Papuasian Dilobocondyla Santschi (along with Atopula Emery, now a junior synonym of Tetramorium (Bolton, 1 976), and Lordomyrma) (Emery, 1922). Podomyrma (with Australian junior synonyms Dacryon Fore1 and Pseudopodomyrma Crawley (Brown, 1973; Taylor and Brown, 1985)), Atopomyrmex, Dilobocondyla and Terataner remain asso- ciated at genus-group level, along with the aberrant eastern Austral- ian Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Taylor, 1970; Bolton, 198 l), and possibly also the Oriental Paratopula Wheeler and Madagascan Ireneopone Donisthorpe (Bolton, 1988).
I have suggested elsewhere (Taylor, 1990) that Podomyrma could be close to, or even congeneric with, Leptothorax. This prospect remains under consideration in my current studies on the species and species-group-level taxonomy and affinities of Podomyrma. ~elationshi~ between the two genera appears to be strongly sup- ported, implying that Podomyrma and its satellites properly belong in tribe Leptothoracini. If this is the case, Smith's placement of Romblonella and Willowsiella with Podomyrma and its relatives in effect implied relationship to Leptothorax. Bolton (1981, p. 45) also inferred relationship between Lepto- thorax and Romblonella/ Willowsiella, when he noted that the latter genera "both show a triangular prominence on each side of the petiole near the base of the node, such as is commonly seen in leptothoracines" and continued "whether there is any sort of rela- tionship remains to be seen, although there are similarities between Romblonella and some tropical species of Leptothorax". The char- acter discussed is present, incidentally, in many species of Podo- myrma.
The hypotheses that Willowsiella and Romblonella are related to Leptothorax, and mght therefore reasonably be classified in the tribe Leptothoracini, are implicit in the above suggestions, and will now be addressed.
Leptothorax has been characterized, with a review of its generic- level synonymy, by Bolton (1982: 32 1). Examination of the relevant



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Figs 6-9:
Wi!t<iwsief{aan<lerseni Taylor, 6. head, frontal; 7. petiole and postpeti- ole, dorsal; 8. whole animal, dorsal; 9. whole animal, lateral; see text for dimensions.



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19901 Taylor- Romblonella and Willowsiella 293 diagnosis, and consideration of the details provided here regarding Willowsiella and Romblonella, indicates that the formal prescrip- tion of Leptothorax could readily be extended to include Willow- siella and Romblonella. It would need only to cite (1) the presence of unreduced antennal scrobes to cover Romblonella, and (2) changes in the specifications for petiolar and postpetiolar character- istics to cover both genera.
The Neotropical Leptothorax species wilda M. R. Smith (a some- time member of the genus-group taxon Nesomyrmex, which was synonymised under Leptothorax by Bolton, 1982), has purportedly "vestigial" antennal scrobes (Kempf, 1959:422). Kempf's use of the word "vestigial" implies derivation from an ancestor possessing non-vestigial scrobes, and that scrobes must therefore, in his view, have been present in the ancestry of modern Leptothorax species (assuming that Nesomyrmex and Leptothorax are genuinely re- lated). The presence of antennal scrobes would not therefore neces- sarily
preclude otherwise eligible taxa like Romblonella from classification in the Leptothoracini. I consider that the scrobes in wilda are genuinely vestigial, partly because of their barely reduced similarity to those of some Australian species of the Podomyrma novemdentata group, which share additional features of possible taxonomic significance with wilda and other Neotropical species of "Nesomyrmex'~ and with some of the southern African Leptothorax species, notably L. humerosus Emery (see figs. 28 of Kempf, 1959; and 16 of Bolton, 1982). These same P. novemdentata-group species appear to be among the least derived in Podomyrma, most species of which lack antennal scrobes. If these various taxa are truly related, the definition of tribe Leptothoracini must accommodate the presence of antennal scrobes, as well as their alternative absence, and for that reason would not exclude Romblonella. Substantial diversity in petiolar and postpetiolar attributes (which does not quite extend to include the conditions in Romblo- nella and Willowsiella) is already accepted in Bolton's prescription for Leptothorax.
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definition and fundamental similarities, the three genera may rea- sonably be considered relatives.
The aberrant mesosomal configuration represented in both Romblonella and Willowsiella might seem to preclude relationship with Leptothorax, which is generally more conservative in this regard. This is clearly not a particular problem, considering the broadly similar (presumably homoplasic) attributes of the Neotrop- ical L. anduzei Weber (Kempf, 1959, fig. 12). Apart from Leptothorax (which, despite some hesitation by Bol- ton (1982:322), I take to include the Neotropical Macromischa Roger as a junior synonym, following Baroni Urbani, 1978) and several parasitic northern hemisphere genera, the Leptothoracini currently includes only the widespread paleotropical genus Cardio- condyla Mayr, which was reasonably assigned to the tribe by Bolton (1982: 31 1) (with the dissolution of tribe Cardiocondylini). Fran- coeur and Loiselle (1 988), incidentally, on the basis of male genitalic attributes, have suggested that Cardiocondyla is more closely related to "Nesomyrrnex"(which they did not consider to be a jun- ior synonym of Leptothorax) than the latter is to their Leptothorax s. str.
There are marked similarities between Willowsiella and Cardio- condyla in the structure of the clypeo-frontal area (which for Cardi- ocondyla is "hinted at in some species of Leptothorax" (Bolton, 1982:3 1 I)), the transversity of the postpetiole, the reduced pilosity, sculpturation etc. These features might not be homologous, but they certainly reinforce the argument that the definition and possible phylogenetic integrity of the Leptothoracini would not be chal- lenged by inclusion of Willowsiella in the tribe. On these grounds I propose that Romblonella and Willowsiella should now be assigned to tribe Leptothoracini, along with Lepto- thorax, Cardiocondyla, and the various parasitic genera discussed by Bolton (1982). A further review in this context of Podomyrma and its satellites is in preparation, with discussion supporting an hypothesis of early Gondwanic diversification of the Leptothora- cini, relative to which the northern hemisphere Leptothorax species are derivative and peripheral.




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19901 Taylor-Rom blonella and Willo wsiella 295 Dr. Wojciech Pulawski (California Academy of Sciences) is grate- fully acknowledged for loan of the Willowsiella dispar holotype, Kazuo Ogata and Philip S. Ward for comments, Colin Beaton and Helen Geier for scanning electron microscopy. Types of the new species were furnished by Harold Heatwole and Alan Andersen, for whom they are named. The author is an Honorary Research Fellow of CSIRO Division of Entomology.
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