Kempfidris : a new genus of myrmicine ants from the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
- The new genus Kempfidris gen. nov. is described based on the workers of a single species, K. inusualis comb. nov., from Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Kempfidris inusualis comb. nov. was originally described by Fernández (2007) and provisionally placed in Monomorium awaiting a better understanding of the internal relationships in Myrmicinae. Kempfidris gen. nov. has a series of distinctive morphological characters including the mandibular configuration, vestibulate propodeal spiracle, propodeal carinae, and cylindrical micro-pegs on the posteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VI and anteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VII. This last trait appears to be autapomorphic for the genus.
Author: | Fernando Fernández, Rodrigo Machado Feitosa, John Edwin LattkeORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-371390 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.85 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 85 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (85) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Year of first Publication: | 2014 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2015/03/18 |
Tag: | Myrmicinae; Neotropical region; new genus; taxonomy |
Page Number: | 10 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 362745927 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |