Discothyrea Roger

Zacharias, Merry & Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma, 2004, Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India, Zootaxa 484, pp. 1-4 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.157547
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512320
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scientific name	Discothyrea Roger
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Discothyrea Roger View in CoL

Discothyrea Roger, 1863: 176 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

Type species: Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863 , by monotypy. Pseudosysphincta Arnold, 1916: 161 .

Type species: Pseudosysphincta poweri Arnold, 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958]. Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, 1916: 33 .

Type species: Prodiscothyrea velutina Wheeler, 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958]. Pseudosphincta Wheeler, 1922: 645, 762 [variant spelling of Pseudosysphincta ].

General diagnosis. Small stocky ants, notable for the exaggerated enlargement of the apical antennal segment. The antennae are 6–12 segmented. Mandibles edentate and overhung by a projecting clypeus. Alitrunk is short and sutureless dorsally ( Brown 1958; Bolton 1994).