Nesomyrmex ruani (lat.) - a species of small ants of the genus Nesomyrmex ( Formicidae ) from the subfamily Myrmicinae [1] .
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Spread
South Africa (Western Cape, Mountain Fynbos) [1] .
Description
Head length (HL) 0.824–0.836 mm; head width (HW) 0.644–0.674 mm; head index (CI) 78–81; length of scape (SL) 0.541–0.553 mm; scape index (SI) 80–86. Promesonum is covered with standing hairs. Propodeum rounded without spines. The belly is smooth and shiny. Antennae 12-segmented with mace of 3 segments. Abutments with 5 prongs. The stalk between the breast and abdomen consists of two segments: the petiole and the post petiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed. Small soil ants (about 3 mm long) are brown in color, resembling members of the genus Leptothorax [1] .
Systematics
The species is included in the simoni species-group ( Formicoxenini , or Crematogastrini ). Close to the species Nesomyrmex nanniae and Nesomyrmex entabeni . Previously, representatives of the genus were considered as part of the genus Leptothorax . The species was first described in 2008 by African entomologists N. Mbanian ( Nokuthula Mbanyana ) and H. Robertson ( Hamish G. Robertson ; Natural History Collections Department, Iziko South African Museum , Cape Town , South Africa ) based on materials from South Africa. The specific name is given in honor of Rouen Veldtman (Dr Ruan Veldtman), who, together with Antoinette Botes, investigated the ants in Cederberg [1] .
Notes
- 2 1 2 3 4 Mbanyana, Nokuthula and Robertson, Hamish G. Review of the ant of genus Nesomyrmex in southern Africa (Eng.) // African Natural History : Journal. - Cape Town : Iziko Museums , 2008. - Vol. 4. - P. 35-55. - ISSN 1816-8396 .
Literature
- Bolton B. (1982). Afrotropical species of myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307–370 (page 319, Nesomyrmex as a junior synonym for Leptothorax)
- Bolton B. (2003). Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. - Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 1–370.
- Kempf, WW (1959). Nepneumus meme group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Studia Entomologica (ns), 2: 391-432.