Aenictus wroughtonii (lat.) - a species of nomad ants of the genus Aenictus . Endemic to India .
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| Aenictus wroughtonii Forel, 1890 |
Description
Worker length less than 3 mm (2.5 to 2.7 mm). It differs from related species ( Aenictus gutianshanensis , Aenictus rhodiensis , Aenictus sagei and Aenictus artipus ) in the following characters: the shape of the petiol, the subpetiolar protrusion is almost absent and the anteroventral petiol is not angular; abdomen, hips and lower legs shiny; smaller sizes; body proportions. Antennae 10-segmented. The head is smooth and shiny. Clypeus along front margin with several denticles. On the mandibles about 10 teeth. The main color is tan. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen in workers consists of two segments, and in females and males - of one ( petiol ). The workers have no eyes. The promenodal furrow is not developed, pronotum and mesonotum merged. The species name is given in honor of the collector of the type series ( M. Wroughton ) [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Weeyawat Jaitrong, Jiraporn Ruangsittichai. Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2018 .-- Vol. 775. - P. 103-115. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
- ↑ Michael Staab. A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2014 .-- Vol. 391. - P. 65-73. - ISSN 1313-2970 .