Polyrhachis monista (lat.) - a species of tree ants of the genus Polyrahis ( Polyrhachis ) from the subfamily Formicinae ( hymenoptera detachment). Endemic of Africa.
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Spread
Africa : Ghana , Gabon , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Democratic Republic of the Congo , [Uganda] [1] .
Description
Small ants, body length about 5 mm (from 5.5 to 6.4 mm) in black. The upper part of the breast is convex with distinct edges and long, stiff hairs. A pair of spines developed on pronotum and on propodeum . Four long bent back spines on the top of a scale-like petiole. The width of the workers' head (HW) is 1.22-1.41 mm, the length of the head (HL) is 1.27-1.52 mm, and the length of the antennae (SL) is 1.40-1.59 mm. Nest and forage in the trees. Anthills are made of silk and plant particles between a pair of leaves [1] [2] .
The species was first described in 1910 by the Swiss myrmecologist Felix Sanchi ( Felix Santschi , 1872–1940) using typical materials from Brazzaville ( French Equatorial Africa ) [3] [4] . The species belongs to the subgene Myrma and the group of species Polyrhachis (Myrma) monista species-group, which differs by a distinct methanotal suture in the form of a V- or U-shaped groove (profile view). It differs from a similar species of P. spitteleri in a wide and deep promesonotal suture [1] [2] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Rigato, Fabrizio. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in sub-Saharan Africa, with ten new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2016. - Vol. 4088 , no. 1 . - P. 1-50 . - ISSN 1175-5326 .
- ↑ 1 2 Bolton, B. The ant of the genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology: Journal. - London, 1973. - Vol. 28 - P. 283-369 . (pp. 343-345, description of Polyrhachis monista )
- ↑ Santschi, F. Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo Français (English) // Annales de la Société Entomologique de France: Journal. - 1910 (1909). - Vol. 78 - P. 349-400 . (page 398, fig. 20 description of the female)
- ↑ Santschi, F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. - Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 309-385 (page 384, description of workers, inclusion in the composition of the subgenus P. ( Myrma ))
- ↑ Hung, Akey CF of Polyrhachis at the subgeneric level (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Journal. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Entomological Society , 1967. - Vol. 93 . P. 395-422 .
Literature
- Bolton, B. The ant of the genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology: Journal. - London, 1973. - Vol. 28 - P. 283-369 . (pp. 343-345, description of Polyrhachis monista )
- Dorow, WHO Revision of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) on subgenus level with keys, checklist of species and bibliography (Eng.) // Cour. Forschungsinst. Senckenb .. - 1995. - Vol. 185 . - P. 1-113 .