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Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: The worker, queen and male of the ant Typhlomyrmex meire Lacau, Villemant & Delabie new spe- cies (Ectatomminae: Typhlomyrmecini) are described from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. This endemic species from southern Bahia is easily distinguished from all other members of the genus by the peculiar morphology of mandibles and the reduction of the antennal segments observed in both sexes. We provide a partial redefinition of the genus diagnosis taking into account the antennal structure of the new species. A new identification key for workers is provided.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa678.1.1

Authors: SEBASTIEN LACAU, CLAIRE VILLEMANT, JACQUES H.C. DELABIE

Institutions: Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Comissão Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira - Ceplac, Structure et Instabilité des Génomes

Language: English

Topic: Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2294069552

FWCI: 0.535

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