Carebara lusciosa (lat.) Is a species of very small ants of the genus Carebara from the subfamily Myrmicinae ( Formicidae ). China [1] .
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Description
Small ants are tan. It differs from closely related species (for example, from Carebara pseudolusciosa ) in the following features: the occipital margin of the head is cut out in the middle, the occiput without transverse grooves, the propodeum is angular (protruding at an angle of more than 90 Β°), the head is rectangular, smooth, the length is clearly greater than its width, the dorsum of the chest slightly convex, pro-mesonotum convex and higher than propodeum. The complex eyes of soldiers from 1-3 facets, ocelli absent. Occipital angles of the head without protrusions-horns. Body length 1-2 mm. The antennae of soldiers and workers are 9-segmented with a 2-segmented mace. The scapus is short. 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 1928 based on materials from China by the American worldmecologist Professor William Wheeler , under the original name Oligomyrmex lusciosus Wheeler, WM , 1928 [2] . Valid status was confirmed in 2003 during an audit of the local world fauna by Chinese entomologist Professor Zhenghui Xu. They belong to the tribe Solenopsidini [1] [3] .
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 Wheeler, WM 1928. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super Agric. 22: 3β38 (page 22)
- 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)