Gnamptogenys acuta (lat.) Is a species of primitive tropical ants of the genus Gnamptogenys of the tribe Ectatommini of the subfamily Ectatomminae [1] .
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Distribution
Found in the foothill jungle of South America ( Ecuador , Colombia , Peru ) [2] [3] .
Description
Body length about 5 mm. It differs from related species by 4–6 grooves on the pronotum and a pointed (lateral) apex of the petiol nodule; there is no methanotal suture. The body is brownish black. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one nodular segment ( petiol ). The head and the whole body are covered with deep grooves. Antennae 12-segmented. The eyes are large convex. The jaws are sub-triangular with a flat basal edge [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Brown, WL, Jr. 1956. Notes on the ant genus Holcoponera Mayr, with descriptions of two new species. - Insectes Soc. 3: 489-497.
- ↑ 1 2 Lattke, JE Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) // Journal of Hymenoptera Research: Journal. - Pensoft Publishers, 1995. - Vol. 4. - P. 137-193. - ISSN 1314-2607 .
- ↑ 1 2 Lattke, JE, Fernández, F. & Palacio, EE Identification of the species of Gnamptogenys Roger in the Americas (In Snelling, RR, Fisher, BL & Ward, PS (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to EO Wilson - 50 years of contributions) // Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute: Journal. - Gainesville, FL: The American Entomological Institute, 2007. - Vol. 80. - P. 254-270 (690 pp.).
Links
- Gnamptogenys on eol.org