Ants of the genus Protalaridris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), more than just deadly mandibles

Title:

Ants of the genus Protalaridris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), more than just deadly mandibles

Creator:

Lattke, John E, Delsinne, Thibaut, Gary D Alpert, and Guerrero, Roberto J

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:55d25d11-9b1e-409d-818e-06a1698d2461
uuid:55d25d11-9b1e-409d-818e-06a1698d2461
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2018.027

Subject:

mravencovití, morfologie (biologie), dolní čelist, ants, morphology (biology), mandible, Formicidae, Attini, Protalaridris, taxonomy, distribution, predation, Haidomyrmecini, 2, and 59

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print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

The ants of the genus Protalaridris are revised based upon their morphology. Seven species are recognized; the type species (P. armata Brown, 1980) and six species described as new: P. aculeata Lattke & Alpert, sp. n., P. arhuaca Guerrero, Lattke & Alpert, sp. n., P. bordoni Lattke, sp. n., P. leponcei Delsinne & Lattke, sp. n., P. loxanensis Lattke, sp. n., and P. punctata Lattke, sp. n. The genus is patchily distributed in mesic forested areas from western Panama to northern Venezuela and along the Andes to the Amazon watershed of southwestern Peru. The generic description is modified to accommodate a short-mandibulate species. Sporadic biological observations of one long-mandibulate species suggest they are sit-and-wait ambush predators that open their jaws to approximately 180° when stalking. All species are described and imaged, an identification key and a distribution map is provided. Comparing the mandibular morphology of long-mandibulate Protalaridris with other extant and extinct ants bearing elongate, dorsoanterior arching mandibles suggests the supposed mandibular apex in these taxa is actually a hypertrophied, preapical tooth and their supposed basal mandibular tooth is the main mandibular shaft., John E. Lattke, Thibaut Delsinne, Gary D. Alpert, Roberto J. Guerrero., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2018 Volume:115 | Number:1

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