Hylomyrma villemantae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a New Ant Species from Mountain Rainforests of the Atlantic Forest Biome

Hylomyrma villemantae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a New Ant Species from Mountain Rainforests of the Atlantic Forest Biome

A new species of Myrmicinae, Hylomyrma villemantae Neves and Lacau (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is described after the morphology of the worker. This species is easily distinguished from any other ones in the genus by a unique combination of characters, including the fourth abdominal tergite wholly sm...

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Main Authors: Marilha da Silva Neves, Benoit Jean Bernard Jahyny, Lucimeire de Souza Ramos Lacau, Michele Silva D'Esquivel, Muriel Lima de Oliveira, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Sébastien Lacau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2018-07-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Tropical Mountain Rainforests
Myrmicinae
Taxonomy
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/2623

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