A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus Anochetus from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae)

被引:6
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作者
Feitosa, Rodrigo M. [1 ]
Lacau, Sebastien [2 ]
Da Rocha, Wesley D. [3 ,4 ]
Oliveira, Anibal R. [5 ]
Delabie, Jacques H. C. [3 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, BR-04263000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Sudoeste Bahia, Lab Biossistemat Anim, BR-45700000 Itapetinga, BA, Brazil
[3] Ctr Pesquisas Cacau, Convenio UESC CEPEC, Lab Mirmecol, BR-45600000 Itabuna, BA, Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Programa Posgrad Zool, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA, Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Biol, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA, Brazil
[6] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Agr & Ambientais, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA, Brazil
来源
ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE | 2012年 / 48卷 / 3-4期
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
Trap-jaw ants; emarginatus group; Hohenbergia; Neotropical; Taxonomy; HYMENOPTERA;
D O I
10.1080/00379271.2012.10697774
中图分类号
Q96 [昆虫学];
学科分类号
摘要
A new species of the trap-jaw ant genus Anochetus Mayr 1861, A. hohenbergiae Feitosa & Delabie n. sp., is described from Northeastern Brazil. Gynes and workers were collected in association with epiphytic bromeliads living in the canopy of trees used as shading in cocoa plantations. Anochetus hohenbergiae is the largest species known for the genus and shares a number of morphological characters with the species in the emarginatus group of Anochetus. Besides its remarkable size, this species can be distinguished from others in the genus by a strong concavity of the posterior margin of head, absence of propodeal spines, and conical shape of petiolar node. A detailed description of this new form and a discussion of its position within the genus are provided.
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页码:253 / 259
页数:7
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