Mystrium mirror (lat.) - a species of ants from the subfamily Amblyoponinae [1] .
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| Mystery mirror Yoshimura & Fisher, 2014 [1] |
Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Distribution
Endemic of Madagascar [1] .
Description
Medium-sized ants with a wide sub-square head and long serrated jaws attached at the lateral edges of the anterior part of the clypeus . At the front edge of the clypeus, 6-7 teeth. The main body color is from reddish brown to dark brown. Measurements of working ants: head length (HL) - 1.16-1.91 mm, head width (HW) - 1.16-2.06 mm, ratio of head width to its length (HW / HL x 100 = CI) - 99-108, the length of the scapus (SL) is 0.94-1.48 mm, the scapus index (the ratio of the length of the scapus to the width of the head; SI) is 67-80, the length of the mandibles (ML) is 1.34-2.38 mm , chest length (WL) - 1.46-2.27 mm. The maxillary palps consist of 4 segments, and the lower lip of 3 segments [1] .
The species was first described in 2014 by the Japanese entomologist Masashi Yoshimura and the American worldmecologist Brian L. Fisher ; Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco , California , USA ) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Yoshimura, M .; Fisher, BL A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys : Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2014 .-- Vol. 394 . - P. 1-99 . - ISSN 1313-2970 . doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.394.6446
Literature
- Yoshimura, M .; Fisher, BL A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys : Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2014 .-- Vol. 394 . - P. 1-99 . - ISSN 1313-2970 . doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.394.6446
- Bihn Jochen H. & Manfred Verhaagh. A review of the genus Mystrium (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in the Indo-Australian region (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2007 .-- Vol. 1642 . - P. 1-12 . - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- Molet, M., Peeters, C. & Fisher, BL Winged queens replaced by reproductives smaller than workers in Mystrium ants (Eng.) // Naturwissenschaften. - 2006. - Vol. 94 , no. 4 . - P. 280–287 .
Links
- Mystrium eol.org (English) (Retrieved July 3, 2014)
- Mystrium - ubio.org (English) (Retrieved July 3, 2014)
- Mystrium - catalogueoflife.org (English) (Retrieved July 3, 2014)