Agroecomyrmecinae Carpenter, 1930

Boudinot, Brendon E., 2015, Contributions to the knowledge of Formicidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata): a new diagnosis of the family, the first global male-based key to subfamilies, and a treatment of early branching lineages, European Journal of Taxonomy 120, pp. 1-62 : 46-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2015.120

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:54714320-5726-44CB-8FF5-60E0B984873D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3795037

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038E878C-FF85-B14B-FDA9-F932FA091D7C

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Carolina

scientific name

Agroecomyrmecinae Carpenter, 1930
status

 

Subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae Carpenter, 1930

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Diagnosis

Uniquely identified globally by petiolation of abdominal segment III (post petiole) and supraaxial helcium. Furthermore, the petiolar comformation seems to be globally unique, with the posterior petiolar foramen raised completely dorsad the anterior foramen. Identification may be confirmed with the following combination of characters: mandibles reduced, edentate; antennal toruli situated distant

from anterior clypeal margin; antenna 12-merous; meso- and metatibia with one ventroapical spur each; forewing with five closed cells; jugal lobe absent; petiolar tergum and sternum distinct; abdominal segment IV pre- and postsclerites separated by cinctus; abdominal tergum IV vaulted; abdominal tergum VIII not spiniform; abdominal sternum IX apex rounded.

Comments

Two extant genera are known in the Agroecomyrmecinae , the Neotropical Tatuidris and Afrotropical Ankylomyrma ( Ward et al. 2015) . The male of Ankylomyrma is unknown and will be a notable discovery.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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