TY  - GEN
A1  - Delsinne, Thibaut
A1  - Sonet, Gontran
A1  - Donoso, David A.
T1  - Two new species of Leptanilloides Mann, 1823 (Formicidae: Dorylinae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 143
N2  - Two new species of Leptanilloides are described: L. copalinga Delsinne & Donoso sp. nov. and L. prometea Delsinne & Donoso sp. nov., based on workers collected in the leaf litter and soil of the Andes of southern Ecuador. Both species belong to the L. biconstricta species-group (formally diagnosed here). The metatibial gland, considered a synapomorphy for Dorylinae, is observed in L. prometea sp. nov. but seems absent in L. copalinga sp. nov. We provide a COI DNA barcode for both species and a revised key for the worker caste of all known species in the genus. We also describe a single male identified as a potential new Leptanilloides species on the basis of morphology. Furthermore, its mitochondrial COI gene sequence does not match any previously barcoded species. However, we refrain from giving it a specific name because of our lack of knowledge about the worker caste. So far, half of the 14 Leptanilloides species have been discovered above 1500 m in the mountain forests or páramos of the Ecuadorian Andes, confirming, if needed, the biological significance of these threatened habitats.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 143 
KW  - Army ant syndrome
KW  - DNA barcoding
KW  - male description
KW  - metatibial gland
KW  - subterranean ants
Y1  - 2015
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45961
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-459617
SN  - 2118-9773
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -