Kempfidris, a new genus of myrmicine ants from the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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作者
Fernandez, Fernando [1 ]
Feitosa, Rodrigo M. [2 ]
Lattke, John [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Colombia, Inst Ciencias Nat, Bogota, DC, Colombia
[2] Univ Fed Parana, Dept Zool, BR-81531980 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
[3] Univ Nacl Loja, Direcc Invest BioS, La Argelia, Loja, Ecuador
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Myrmicinae; new genus; Neotropical region; taxonomy; DIVERSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; EVOLUTION;
D O I
10.5852/ejt.2014.85
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
The new genus Kempfidris gen. nov. is described based on the workers of a single species, K. inusualis comb. nov., from Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Kempfidris inusualis comb. nov. was originally described by Fernandez (2007) and provisionally placed in Monomorium awaiting a better understanding of the internal relationships in Myrmicinae. Kempfidris gen. nov. has a series of distinctive morphological characters including the mandibular configuration, vestibulate propodeal spiracle, propodeal carinae, and cylindrical micro-pegs on the posteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VI and anteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VII. This last trait appears to be autapomorphic for the genus.
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