Gnamptogenys ammophila (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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They are found in the savannahs of South America ( Venezuela ; unlike most other species that are characteristic of the jungle ), usually at altitudes above 1200 m [2] [3] .
Description
Body length about 5 mm. It differs from closely related species by 13–16 longitudinal grooves between spiracles and a rounded (in lateral view) 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. It is included in the subgroup of species striatula subgroup (as part of the striatula species group) [2] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Lattke, JE 1990. Revisión del género Gnamptogenys Roger en Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Terramaris 2: 1-47 (page 6, figs. 6, 9).
- ↑ 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