Tatuidris kapasi sp. nov. : A New Armadillo Ant from French Guiana (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae)

Tatuidris kapasi sp. nov. : A New Armadillo Ant from French Guiana (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae)

Tatuidris kapasisp. nov. (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), the second known species of “armadillo ant”, is described after a remarkable specimen collected in French Guiana. This species can be easily distinguished from Tatuidris tatusia by characters related to the shape of the mesosoma and petiole a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Psyche (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2012, Vol.2012 (2012), p.1-6
Hauptverfasser: Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles, Lacau, Sébastien, Groc, Sarah, Dejean, Alain, Oliveira, Muriel L. de
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Tatuidris kapasisp. nov. (Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), the second known species of “armadillo ant”, is described after a remarkable specimen collected in French Guiana. This species can be easily distinguished from Tatuidris tatusia by characters related to the shape of the mesosoma and petiole as well as to the pilosity, the sculpture, and the color.
ISSN:0033-2615
1687-7438
DOI:10.1155/2012/926089