Nesomyrmex spinosus (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Nesomyrmex ( Formicidae ) from the subfamily Myrmicinae [1] .
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Distribution
Madagascar (Réserve Privé Berenty, Forêt d'Anjapolo, Parc National d'Andohahela, Forêt d'Ambohibory) [1] .
Description
The species name is given by the presence of acute spines on the nodule of petiolus ( spinosus ). They live in forests in the southern part of the island. They have three pairs of dorsal spines: pronotal spines, propodeal spines and anterodorsal spines on the petiol nodule (a sign of the hafahafa species group). Antennae 12-segmented with a mace of 3 segments. 5-pronged mandibles . The propodeum is armed with spines. The abdomen is smooth and shiny. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed. Small soil ants (length about 3 mm) are brown in color, similar to representatives of the genus Leptothorax [1] . The species was first described in 2015 by American entomologists Sándor Csősz and Brian L. Fisher ; Entomology, California Academy of Sciences , San Francisco , California, USA ) based on materials from Madagascar [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Csősz S., Fisher BL (2015). Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol. ZooKeys 526: 19-59 (08 Oct 2015) doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.526.6037
Literature
- Bolton B. (1982). Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370.
- Csösz, S. & Fisher, BL 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART clustering. PeerJ 4: e1796; DOI 10.7717 / peerj. 1796.
- Kempf, WW (1959). A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Studia Entomologica (ns), 2: 391-432.