Carebara altinoda (lat.) Is a species of very small ants of the genus Carebara from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ). Endemic of China [1] .
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Description
Small ants are yellowish-brown in color (head and abdomen darker, brownish-black). It differs from closely related species (for example, from Carebara capreola ) in the following features: the head is slightly longer than its width, the nape with small protrusions, corners (horns), eyes are developed. The body length of the workers is 1-2 mm, the soldier is 4-5 mm. Propodeum angular, but without protruding teeth. The antennae of soldiers and workers are 11-segmented with a 2-segmented mace. The scapus is short. Mandibles with 5 teeth. The mandibular palps consist of 2 segments, the lower labial palms of 2. They have a dimorphic caste of workers with small workers and large soldiers. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen), the sting is developed, pupae are naked (without cocoon) [1] .
Systematics
The species was described in 2003 based on materials from China by the Chinese entomologist Professor Zhu Xu ( Zhenghui Xu ), under the original name Oligomyrmex altinodus Xu, 2003 . They belong to the tribe Solenopsidini [1] [2] .
Notes
- β 1 2 3 Xu, Z. A systematic study on Chinese species of the ant genus Oligomyrmex Mayr (Eng.) // Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica: Journal. - 2003. - Vol. 28. - P. 310-322.
- β Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & Fisher, BL The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymization of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara , establishment and revision of the C. polita species group (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Magazine. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2014 .-- Vol. 438. - P. 57-112. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.438.7922 .
Literature
- Akbar SA, Bharti, H. A new species of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India (English) // Journal of the Entomological Research Society. - Ankara : Gazi Entomological Research Society (GERS), 2017 .-- Vol. 19, no. 3 . - P. 35-43. - ISSN 1302-0250 .
- Bharti H. & Kumar, R. Six new species of Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with restructuring of world species groups and a key to Indian species (English) // Journal of the Entomological Research Society: Journal. - Ankara : Gazi Entomological Research Society (GERS), 2013 .-- Vol. 15, no. 1 . - P. 47-67. - ISSN 1302-0250 .
- FernΓ‘ndez F. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (English) // Caldasia: Journal. - 2004. - Vol. 26, no. 1 . - P. 191-238.
- Fischer G., Zorsa, F., Hita Garcia, F., Mikheyev, A. and Economo, E. Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood .) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 525. - P. 77-105. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.525.6057 .
Links
- Carebara at www.eol.org (English) (Retrieved December 9, 2018)