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Revision of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae,
Myrmicinae) Special Issue
Ana Ješovnik , Ted Schultz
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ZooKeys #670 |
Publisher: | Pensoft Publishers |
P-ISBN paperback: | 9789546428592 | P-ISSN: | 1313-2989 |
Publication date: |
April 2017 |
Language: |
English |
Pages: |
110 |
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The Neotropical ant genus Sericomyrmex is revised, based on over 1500
specimens examined, a molecular phylogeny, and morphological characters of workers,
queens, males, and larvae. The revised genus comprises eleven species, including
three new species, here described as S. maravalhas sp. n., S. radioheadi
sp. n., and S. saramama sp. n. The number of recognized species (11) is
lower than the previously recognized 19 species and 3 subspecies. The following
species and subspecies are synonymized: under S. opacus [=S. aztecus
Forel syn. n., S. zacapanus Wheeler syn. n., and S. diego Forel
syn. n.]; under S. bondari [=S. beniensis Weber syn. n.]; under
S. mayri [=S. luederwaldti Santschi syn. n., S. moreirai
Santschi syn. n., S. harekulli Weber syn. n., S. harekulli
arawakensis Weber syn. n., S. urichi Forel syn. n.]; under S. saussurei
[=S. burchelli Forel syn. n., S. impexus Wheeler syn. n.,
S. urichi maracas Weber syn. n.]; and under S. parvulus [=S. myersi
Weber syn. n.]. A key to Sericomyrmex species for the worker caste is provided,
as well as information on the geographic distributions of all species.
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Introduction...........................................................
................................................... 2 Short review of natural
history............................................................................
4 Materials and
methods..............................................................................
................ 5 Morphological
analyses.............................................................................
.......... 5 Measurements and
indices..............................................................................
..... 8 Morphometric
analysis.............................................................................
......... 10 Data
resources............................................................................
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11 Results........................................................................
............................................. 11 Morphometric
analysis.............................................................................
......... 11 Species
delimitation.........................................................................
................. 14 Sericomyrmex genus
description.......................................................................
16 Sericomyrmex
worker...........................................................................
........ 16 Sericomyrmex
queen............................................................................
........ 19 Sericomyrmex
male.............................................................................
......... 22 Sericomyrmex
larva............................................................................
.......... 24 Sericomyrmex genus-level differential
diagnosis.................................................. 26 Character
discussion and terminology definitions..............................................
28 Taxonomic
synopsis.............................................................................
............. 31 Key to the worker caste of
Sericomyrmex............................................................
36 Species
accounts.............................................................................
................... 36 Sericomyrmex amabilis Wheeler,
1925b....................................................... 36 Sericomyrmex
bondari Borgmeier, 1937.......................................................
44 Sericomyrmex lutzi Wheeler,
1916............................................................... 52
Sericomyrmex maravalhas sp.
n.....................................................................56
Sericomyrmex mayri Forel,
1912.................................................................. 61
Sericomyrmex opacus Mayr,
1865................................................................. 71
Sericomyrmex parvulus Forel,
1912.............................................................. 80
Sericomyrmex radioheadi sp.
n.......................................................................86
Sericomyrmex saramama sp.
n...................................................................... 88
Sericomyrmex saussurei Emery,
1894............................................................ 92
Sericomyrmex scrobifer Forel,
1911.............................................................
101 Acknowledgments...............................................................
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103 References....................................................................
......................................... 104 Supplementary material
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.. 109 Supplementary material
2....................................................................................
.. 109
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