A striking color variation is detected in Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across its Western Palaearctic geographic range

In this paper, we provide numeric morphology-based evidence that the dark-colored Ponera coarctata var. lucida Emery, 1898, formerly considered a synonym of P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802), is conspecific with the lighter-colored Ponera testacea Emery, 1895. Species hypotheses are developed via NC-PA...

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Main Authors: Sándor Csősz, Kadri Kiran, Celal Karaman, Albena Lapeva-Gjonova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-02-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/79415/download/pdf/