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Figures 2-4. Tatuidris talusia gen. et sp. nov., holotype and paratype 
workers. Fig. 2, holotype in dorsal view, pilosity omitted. Fig. 3, mandible 
of paratype, viewed from the midline looking laterad, to show the mandib- 
ular brush. Fig. 4, holotype, full-face view of head. 
tinguishable from the sculpture in the middle, so not really seen in 
dorsal view (compare Figures i and 2). 
The smooth parts of the integument bear very shallow indefinite 
indentations from which the setae arise, but these interfere scarcely 
at all with the generally polished surface. Delicately striate and 
reticulate areas are as shown on sides of the mandibles, posterolateral 
