Psalidomyrmex ( lat. ) - the genus of ants ( Formicidae ) from the subfamily Ponerinae . 6 types. Endemic to Africa [1] .
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Description
Medium sized ants. The length of the working individuals is from 9 to 16 mm, reddish-brown and black. Antennae 12-segmented (in males 13-segmented). The mandibular palps consist of 3 segments, the lower labial - of 4 segments. The mandibles are trap-shaped wide-triangular, with 1-11 denticles on the chewing margin. Middle and hind legs with one ankle spur. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment of the petiol . Predators, for example, the species Psalidomyrmex procerus is known as a specialized hunter for earthworms (Lévieux, 1982; Déjean et al., 1992). Part of the nests were found in the soil, and part in the abandoned termite mounds. Found in the litter layer of tropical forests of West and Equatorial Africa from Sierra Leone to Kenya [1] [2] .
Psalidomyrmex foveolatus
Psalidomyrmex procerus
Psalidomyrmex procerus
Systematics
6 types. In 2009, Chris Schmidt (Schmidt, 2009), having carried out molecular genetic phylogenetic analysis of the ponerin subfamily, included the genus Psalidomyrmex in the genus group Plectroctena genus group ( Ponerini ) [3] [4] .
- Psalidomyrmex feae Menozzi, 1922 [5]
- Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890 [6]
- Psalidomyrmex procerus Emery, 1901
- Psalidomyrmex reichenspergeri Santschi, 1913 [7]
- Psalidomyrmex sallyae Bolton, 1975 [1]
- Psalidomyrmex wheeleri Santschi, 1923 [8]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bolton, B. 1975. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 32: 1-16 (page 1, Revision of genus.).
- ↑ Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71 . - P. 1-370 . - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .
- ↑ Chris A. Schmidt. (2009). Molecular Phylogenetics and Taxonomic Revision of Ponerine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Archived on September 29, 2015. - ProQuest, 2009 - pp. 1–278
- ↑ Schmidt, CA; Shattuck, SO The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2014 .-- Vol. 3817 (1). - P. 1-242. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- ↑ Menozzi, C. 1922. Miscellanea mirmecologica. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 49 [= (3) (9): 347–352 (page 349)
- ↑ André, E. 1890. Matériaux pour servir à la faune myrmécologique de Sierra-Leone (Afrique occidentale). Rev. Entomol. (Caen) 9: 311–327 (page 313)
- ↑ Santschi, F. 1913. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 302-314 (page 302)
- ↑ Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 11: 259-295 (page 263d)
Literature
- Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71 . - P. 1-370 . - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .