Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi
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Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi Feitosa, Brandão, et al. 2011
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Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi is a Neotropical species of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. It is the only Sphinctomyrmex species recorded in the Amazon Forest. Gynes and males are unknown.[1]
Description[]
S. marcoyi is known only from the holotype, a worker collected from a soil sample. Nothing is known about its biology.[1] S. marcoyi can be easily separated from other species in the genus by its comparatively diminutive size, conspicuously elongate head, comparatively short scapes, and by the presence of a smooth longitudinal stripe on the dorsum of mesosoma, which is otherwise covered by foveolae and subdecumbent to erect hairs.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Feitosa et al. 2012, p. 3
- Feitosa, R. M.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Fernández, F.; Delabie, J. C. H. (2012), "The Ant Genus Sphinctomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) in the Neotropical Region, with the Description of Two New Species", Psyche, 2012: 1–9, doi:10.1155/2012/342623
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Categories:
- Dorylinae
- Insects described in 2011
- Hymenoptera of South America
- Ant stubs