Introduction Scales and squamiform setae are descriptive terms for non-homologous modifications of unicellular setae. Although "scales" are best known.

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Introduction Scales and squamiform setae are descriptive terms for non-homologous modifications of unicellular setae. Although "scales" are best known in Lepidoptera, flattened setae have evolved independently throughout other Hexapoda, including the Collembola, Apterygota, Homoptera, Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera (Ferris, 1934). Scales in Lepidoptera are involved in a variety of functions (Kristensen & Simonsen, 2003), but functions of scales within other insect orders are largely unknown. In Hymenoptera scales are present in Pyramica Roger and Strumigenys Smith (Formicidae: Dacetini), but the functions of these scales in these ants are unknown. Strumigenys and Pyramica are a monophyletic clade of dacetine ants, but Pyramica has alternated between being synonymized with Strumigenys, treated as a subgenus, or as a valid genus (Bolton, 1999, 2000). Strumigenys includes 466 species worldwide, of which five occur in the Nearctic Region north of Mexico. Pyramica includes 325 species worldwide, of which 39 species in 11 species groups occur in the Nearctic Region north of Mexico (Bolton, 2000; Deyrup, 2006). Pyramica is most speciose in southeastern U.S., and in Mississippi, the genus includes 22 named species and an undescribed species (MacGown et al., 2005). The Strumigenys – Pyramica clade shares seven autapomorphies and nine apomorphies, but the two most distinctive characters of this clade, as described by Bolton (1999), are the "bizarre pilosity" on the head and other areas of the body and the presence of "lobes of spongiform tissue" on the petiole and postpetiole, the latter being lost in some species. The two genera have been differentiated by seven characters of the mouthparts (Bolton, 1999), and five of these involve the mandibles. The objectives of this research included the following questions. 1) What is the fine structure of the scales and "bizarre pilosity" and how does it vary between species groups of Pyramica? 2) Is the distinctness of Strumigenys and Pyramica supported by characters of the body pilosity? 3) What is the fine structure of "spongiform tissue?" Answers to these questions also can contribute to answering the general question of why flattened setae have evolved so many times among insects Methods A JEOL-JSM65600F SEM was used to examine P. angulata (Smith), P. clypeata (Roger), P. hexamera (Brown), P. ohioensis (Kennedy & Schramm), P. ornata (Mayr), P. reflexa (Wesson & Wesson), and P. rostrata (Emery), which represent seven species groups of Pyramica, and S. louisianae Roger. Although scales are present on the thorax and petiole of some species, SEM examinations concentrated on the heads for comparative purposes. Except for a pinned specimen of P. angulata, all other specimens were preserved in 90% ETOH, and the latter were sonicated seconds and air-dried. All specimens were mounted on aluminum stubs with carbon tape and coated with gold-palladium. Acknowledgments This research was supported by the USDA-ARS Areawide Management of Imported Fire Ant Project. Bill Monroe and Richard Kuklinski (Electron Microscope Center) facilitated coating of preparation and examination of specimens for SEM. Results The forms of scales in these dacetine ants (Figs. 1-8) represent a transformation series from setiform with widened and dentate apices (Figs. 1b,c) to elongate and widened with dentate apices (Figs. 2c, 3c), to widened and rounded (Figs. 4c, 5c), to laterally rolled and basally fused (Figs. 6d-f, 8c-e), and to laterally rolled and fused for most of length to form a secondarily hollow scale (Figs. 7c,f). Longitudinal ridges are present on all scales, although those of some scales of P. reflexa are modified (Fig. 6c). Scales were present on head capsules and antennae of all species and on mandibles of all species, except P. ohioensis and P. rostrata, both of which have simplified and narrow scales on their head capsules (Figs. 1b, 2b). Mandibles of P. ornata have setiform scales with rolled lateral edges, but with the longitudinal support ridges exposed medially (Fig. 7b). Mandibles of S. louisianae have rolled setiform scales with the lateral edges nearly fused (Fig. 8c). The hollowed, basally fused scales of P. ornata are apically filled with an extruded substance (Figs. 7c, 7d). This indicates that these scales are secretory for some chemical substance that may have a defensive, attractive, or other function, a novelty not previously documented for these ants. Spongiform "tissue" may be a misnomer, because these structures appear to be sclerotized outgrowths of the integument and retain their integrity after being air dried from alcohol preserved specimens (Figs. 9, 10, 11b). Slight variations in the forms of these structures were found between the species of Pyramica, but the ventral lobes of P. hexamera were unique in being more rounded and with the cavities more closed (Fig. 10). No evidence of extruded materials associated with the lobes was found in these species. Spongiform lobes were mostly lacking in S. louisianae, with only a reduced amount present beneath the postpetiole. Literature Cited Bolton, B Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Jour. Nat. Hist. 33: Bolton, B The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. American Entomol. Inst. 65: Deyrup, M Pyramica boltoni, a new species of leaf-litter inhabiting ant from Florida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini). Florida Entomol. 89: 1-5. Ferris, G.F Setae. Canadian Entomol. 66: Kristensen, N.P. & T.J. Simonsen ‘Hairs’ and scales. Pp In Kristensen, N.P. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Vol. 2: Morphology, Physiology and Development. Walter de Gruyter, New York. MacGown, J.A., R.L. Brown, & J.G. Hill An annotated list of the Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini) of Mississippi. Jour. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 78: Specialized Setae and Spongiform Lobes in Strumigenys and Pyramica Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Richard L. Brown and Joe A. MacGown Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University Box 9775, Mississippi State, MS Discussion The evolution of flattened setae may be related to a specific selection gradient, but once evolved, the flattened setae, or scales, can be further selected for a variety of functions. This may be one explanation for the "bizarre pilosity" present in Pyramica. No explanation can be given for the transformation of setae into flattened scales in Pyramica. However, once these flattened setae have evolved within a taxon, then they can be modified by other selection factors to assume other functions, as is evident in P. ornata that shows evidence of a substance being excreted by the scales. Scales with laterally rolled margins are hypothesized to be the derived condition from the flattened form, with those in P. ornata representing the most derived condition. Scales of S. louisianae are similarly rolled, indicating a derived state among dacetine ants with scales. It is unknown if the rolled scales in S. louisianae may have evolved independently from flat scales in that genus or if Strumigenys is be a highly derived taxon from within Pyramica. Figures 1-5. Heads, mandibles, and scales of Pyramica species. 1, P. ohioensis, a, head, b, mandibles, c, apex of clypeal scale; 2, P. rostrata, a, head, b, mandibles, c, frontal scales; 3, P. clypeata, a, head, b, mandibles, c, frontal scales; 4, P. angulata, a, head, b, mandibles, c, frontal scales; 5, P. hexamera, a, head, b, mandibles, c, frontal scales. Figures 6-8. Heads, mandibles, and scales of Pyramica and Strumigenys species. 6, P. reflexa, a, head, b, mandibles, c, clypeal scale, d, antennal scale, e-f, frontolateral scales; 7, P. ornata, a, head, b, mandibles, c-d, clypeal scales with extruded material, e, clypeal scales, f, frontolateral scale; 8, S. louisianae, a, head, b, mandibles, c, mandibular scales, d, antennal scales, e, clypeal scales, f, postpetiolar scale. Figures Spongiform lobes of Pyramica. 9, P. ornata, a, petiole and postpetiole, b, portion of petiole; 10, P. hexamera, postpetiole venter. Figure 11. Pyramica ornata. a, head, b, lateral view of body showing spongiform lobes (arrow) on petiole and postpetiole.