Loweriella boltoni (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the subfamily Dolichoderina , the only one in the monotypic genus Loweriella . Endemic of the island of Kalimantan [2] .
| Loweriella boltoni |
Loweriella boltoni |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Gender: | Loweriella Shattuck, 1992 |
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Loweriella boltoni shattuck , 1992 |
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| Dolichoderinae |
| Tapinomini
( Tapinoma , Technomyrmex ) |
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| | Bothriomyrmecini |
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| Loweriella
( Loweriella ) |
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| Ravavy
( Ravavy ) |
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| Arnoldius
( Arnoldius ) |
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| Bothriomyrmex
( Bothriomyrmex ) |
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| Chronoxenus
( Chronoxenus ) |
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| Dolichoderini
( Dolichoderus ) |
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| Leptomyrmecini
( Azteca , Leptomyrmex ) |
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| According to Ward et al. 2010 [1] . |
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Southeast Asia : Sarawak , Brunei and Malaysia [3] .
Small ants about 2-3 mm in size. Antennae 12-segmented. Palp formula: 6.4. Mandibles with numerous small denticles: from 9 to 12. Formula of spurs of tibia: 1.1 (simple). Eyes are developed. Antennal grooves and sting absent. Body color is tan [3] .
The only species of the genus Loweriella Shattuck, 1992 from the tribe Bothriomyrmecini. Close to the genus Ravavy [3] [4] [5] [6] .
- ↑ Ward, PS, Brady, SG, Fisher, BL & Schultz, TR 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of Dolichoderinae ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology 59: 342-362.
- ↑ Genus: Loweriella (neopr.) . antweb.org . AntWeb . Date of appeal September 21, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Shattuck, SO Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). (English) // Sociobiology: journal. - 1992. - Vol. 21 . - P. 1-181 (page 129, figs. 118-120 description of workers) .
- ↑ Bolton, B. 1995. A new general catalog of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass .: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 248, Loweriella as part of Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- ↑ Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 90, Loweriella in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini)
- ↑ Dubovikoff, DA 2005. The system of taxon Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 sensu lato (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and relatives genera. Kavkazskii Entomologicheskii Byulleten 1 (1): 89-94 (page 92, Loweriella as part of Iridomyrmecina)
- B. Bolton . 1995 . A new general catalog of the ants of the world , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
- Genus: Loweriella (neopr.) . antweb.org . AntWeb . Date of appeal September 21, 2013.