Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus

*Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus*
Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus
Scientific classification
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Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Winged insects
Treasure :	Fully Transformed Insects
Squadron :	Hymenopterida
Squad:	Hymenoptera
Suborder :	Belly-bellied
Infrastructure :	Stinging
Superfamily :	Formicoidea
Family:	Ants
Subfamily :	Cerapachyinae
Tribe :	Cylindromyrmecini
Gender:	Cylindromyrmex
View:	Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus
International scientific name
	Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus Santschi, 1925

Cylindromyrmex brevitarsus (lat.) - a species of tropical ants of the genus Cylindromyrmex (Formicidae). Specialized in the nutrition of various types of termites ( termitophagy ).

Content

1 Distribution
2 Description
3 Classification
4 notes
5 Literature
6 References

Distribution

Neotropics . South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Costa Rica , Mexico, Peru, Ecuador) ^[1] ^[2] .

Description

Small narrow-bodied ants with short legs and an elongated head. The body length of workers is from 4.2 to 6.44 mm (females up to 9.4 mm). They differ in brown color (head and abdomen to black), furrowed only at the base with tergite 1 and smooth second abdominal tergite, with small mandibles with about 6 teeth, long head (it is almost 1.4 times longer than its width; length 0.86 -1.20 mm; width HW 0.75-0.98 mm), and small flat eyes (more than 30 facets). The main color is black and shiny; legs are lighter. The head, chest and stalk are covered with deep longitudinal grooves. Antennae short, scapus reaches only half the length of the head. They live in wood cavities and in termite mounds . Biology is little studied. Predators, termite phages ^[1] ^[2] .

Classification

The species was first described by working individuals from Brazil in 1925, has a complex taxonomic history ^[3] . Previously, it was either included in the tribe Cylindromyrmecini, which belonged to the subfamily Ponerinae ^[1] ^[2] , or in the subfamily Cerapachyinae ^[4] . Since 2016 refers to Dorylinae ^[5] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Brown WL, Jr. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini (English) // Search: Agriculture - Entomology (Ithaca): Journal. - Vol. 5. - P. 1-115.
↑ ¹ ² ³ De Andrade ML Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Revue Suisse de Zoologie : Journal. - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Société Suisse de Zoologie. - Vol. 105. - P. 581-664. - ISSN 0035-418X .
↑ Santschi, F. 1925 [1924]. Nouvelles fourmis brésiliennes. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 64: 5-20 (page 5, workers description)
↑ Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71 . - P. 1-370 . - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .
↑ Borowiec, ML Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - 2016. - Vol. 608 . - P. 1-280 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.608.9427. .

Literature

Bolton B. (1992). A new general catalog of the ants of the world , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
Brown WL, Jr. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini (English) // Search: Agriculture - Entomology (Ithaca): Journal. - Vol. 5. - P. 1-115.
De Andrade ML Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Revue Suisse de Zoologie : Journal. - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Société Suisse de Zoologie. - Vol. 105. - P. 581-664. - ISSN 0035-418X .

Links

Genus: Cylindromyrmex (neopr.) . antweb.org . AntWeb . Date of treatment February 17, 2019.

[Brown-1] ¹ ² ³ Brown WL, Jr. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini (English) // Search: Agriculture - Entomology (Ithaca): Journal. - Vol. 5. - P. 1-115.

[DeAndrade-2] ¹ ² ³ De Andrade ML Fossil and extant species of Cylindromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Revue Suisse de Zoologie : Journal. - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Société Suisse de Zoologie. - Vol. 105. - P. 581-664. - ISSN 0035-418X .

[3] Santschi, F. 1925 [1924]. Nouvelles fourmis brésiliennes. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 64: 5-20 (page 5, workers description)

[Bolton2003-4] Bolton B. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. (English) // Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. - Gainesville, FL: American Entomological Institute, 2003. - Vol. 71 . - P. 1-370 . - ISBN 1-887988-15-7 .

[Borowiec2016-5] Borowiec, ML Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - 2016. - Vol. 608 . - P. 1-280 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.608.9427. .