Metapone manni Taylor & Alpert, 2016, sp.n.

18. Metapone manni sp.n.

(Figs 96–100)

Type locality. FIJI, VITI LEVU: Nadarivatu [16°34′S, 177°58′E]. Type deposition. ANIC (Type no 32-069965).

Material examined. Known only from the holotype gyne collected at 850 m elevation (8–13.iii.1963, C.M. Yoshimoto).

Gyne diagnosis. General and diagnostic features, sculpturation, pilosity and colour as illustrated and in the key to Pacific species above. Anteromedian section of clypeus extended forwards slightly beyond its lateral margins, with a narrow, transverse, tab-like anterior section, stepped on each side from a wider base; anterior border straight. Clypeal surface immediately behind anterior border slightly raised on each side producing reflections suggesting vestiges of denticles. Subpetiolar edge straight in profile; subpetiolar angle slightly obtuse, its apex narrowly rounded; subpetiolar extension small, approximately equilaterally triangular, its apex slightly inclined posteriad, its base about half as long as the subpetiolar edge.

Dimensions: holotype, paratype: TL ca.: 7.1, 7.4; HL: 1.33, 1.41; HW: 1.02, 1.09; CpL: 0.47, 0.52; CpI: 35, 37; MSL: 2.22, 2.34; PnW: 0.79, 0.84; PDW: 0.70, 0.73; PetL: 0.54, 0.57; PetW: 0.64, 0.68; PetH: 0.81, 0.83; PpetL: 0.52, 0.54; PpetW: 0.72, 0.77; PpetH: 0.71, 0.79; GW: 1.07, 1.10.

Remarks. The wings were removed from 2 alate specimens to facilitate photography, and are now mounted on the specimen pins.

Etymology. Named for William M, Mann, the pioneering doyen of Fijian myrmecology.