Echinopla tritschleri (lat.) Is a species of ants of the genus Echinopla from the formicina subfamily (Formicinae, Camponotini ). They are found in Southeast Asia ( Indonesia , Malaysia ) [1] .
| Echinopla tritschleri |
Ant Echinopla tritschleri |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Hoard : | Insects with full transformation |
| View: | Echinopla tritschleri |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Echinopla tritschleri Forel, 1901 |
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Content
Medium size dark colored ants (legs are lighter). The length of workers is from 6.1 to 6.8 mm, the length of females from 8.4 to 8.7 mm. The width of the head of workers is from 1.58 to 1.86 mm, the width of the head of females from 2.12 to 2.19 mm. The eyes are located closer to the midline of the head. The body is covered with long, hard, dark hairs (on the upper parts of the head and chest they are placed on small protrusions). The covers are dense. The posterior loin is rounded without propodeal teeth; however, the petiole carries several spines from above. Antennae in females and workers are 12-segmented (in males, the antennae consist of 13 segments). The sting of the workers with 5 teeth. The mandibular palpi 6-segmented, lower labial palpi consists of 4 segments. The tibiae of the middle and hind legs with one apical spur. The pedicle between the breast and the belly consists of one segment ( petiol ). The species was first described in 1901 from Sumatra, and its validity was confirmed during a generic audit in 2015 by Austrian myrmecologists Herbert Zettel and Alice Laciny (Zoological Department, Natural History Museum, Vienna , Austria ) [1] [2] [3] .