Pseudomyrmecinae

Pazmiño-Palomino, Alex & Troya, Adrian, 2022, Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20210089) 66 (2), pp. 1-15 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2021-0089

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D60787DD-2538-FFC3-896B-FDB6FAB0FEDE

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scientific name

Pseudomyrmecinae
status

 

Pseudomyrmecinae

Comments. This species can be distinguished from its congeners by its yellowish-brown or orange-brown head and pronotum, which contrast with a dark-brown rest of the body; middorsal margin of petiolar node slightly shifted anteriorly, in lateral view; metanotal groove conspicuously incised. Pseudomyrmex peruvianus may nest in dead twigs. It has been previously collected in Colombia, Peru, French Guiana and Brazil (Acre, Mato Grosso) ( Ward, 2019).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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