Nesomyrmex cederbergensis (lat.) Is a species of small ants of the genus Nesomyrmex (Formicidae) from the subfamily Myrmicinae . The species name was used to indicate the fact that the type series of this species was collected in the Cederberg Mountains [1] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 Systematics
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
Distribution
Africa ( South Africa ) [1] .
Description
Small ants (length about 3 mm), similar to representatives of the genus Leptothorax . They differ from similar species ( Nesomyrmex ezantsi , Nesomyrmex koebergensis , Nesomyrmex njengelanga and Nesomyrmex inye ) with a single-color yellow color, a smooth upper surface of the head, with several longitudinal thin grooves between the eyes. Antennae 12-segmented with a mace of 3 segments. 5-pronged mandibles . Propodeum angular, with a pair of short spines. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two segments: the petiolus and postpetiolus (the latter is clearly separated from the abdomen);
Systematics
Included in the species group Nesomyrmex simoni ( Formicoxenini , or Crematogastrini ), which is characterized by a convex rounded front part of the clypeus, without a small median triangular protrusion; lack of frontal rollers; reduced spines of the propodeum; petiol and postpetiol without lateral spines; nest in the ground. The species was first described in 2008 by South African entomologists Nokutula Mbanyana and Hamish G. Robertson ; Natural History Collections Department, South African Isico-Museum , Cape Town , South Africa based on materials from South Africa [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Mbanyana, N. and Robertson, HG Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex in southern Africa // African Natural History : Journal. - Cape Town : Iziko Museums , 2008 .-- Vol. 4. - P. 35–552. - ISSN 1816-8396 .
- ↑ Hita Garcia, F., Mbanyana, N., Audisco, TL & Alpert, GD Taxonomy of the ant genus Nesomyrmex Wheeler (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Afrotropical region, with a review of current species groups and description of a new species of the N. angulatus group from Mozambique (English) // European Journal of Taxonomy: Journal. - 2017 .-- Vol. 258. - P. 1–31. - DOI : 10.5852 / ejt.2017.258 .
- ↑ Csősz, S. & Fisher, BL Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2016 .-- Vol. 616. - P. 125-159. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.616.9532 .
- ↑ Csosz, S. & Fisher, BL Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 526 . - P. 19–59. doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.526.6037. - ISSN 1313-2970 .
Literature
- Bolton B. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla , Leptothorax , Melissotarsus , Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae) (Eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology - 1982. - Vol. 46 . - P. 307-370.
- Csösz, S. & Fisher, BL Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART clustering. (English) // PeerJ. - 2016. - Vol. 4 . - P. e1796. - DOI : 10.7717 / peerj . 1796 .
- Csosz, S. & Fisher, BL Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex madecassus species-group using a quantitative morphometric approach (Eng.) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2016 .-- Vol. 603 . - P. 105-130. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.603.8271 .
- Kempf, WW A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex -group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Studia Entomologica (ns). - 1959. - Vol. 2 . - P. 391-432.