Engel, Engel & Herhold & Davis & Wang & Thomas, 2021
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.17161/jom.i105.15734 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3637F70F-42FC-461E-82B3-A847752A071A |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D58783-FF97-FFB3-FE60-EBFEFD1CF906 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Engel |
status |
subgen. nov. |
Ktinotrofia Engel , new subgenus
ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:94837C5A-59EE-4D4E-B1FA-44CF5BD63BD4
TYPE SPECIES: Trigona fuscipennis Friese, 1900 .
DIAGNOSIS: This group includes those obligately hemipterophilic species of Trigona . The subgenus is characterized by the following combination of traits: integument entirely dark brown to black; forewing membrane hyaline clear to lightly infumate; mandible quinquedentate; labrum simple, surface gently and evenly convex; clypeus in profile without numerous erect bristles; scape with fine, fuscous setae, such setae shorter than scape diameter ( Fig. 150 View Figures 149–150 ); vertex with distinct postocellar ridge ( Figs. 147, 148 View Figures 147–148 ); distance from median ocellus to postocellar ridge less than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 148 View Figures 147–148 ); metatibia with distinct corbicula, with retromarginal fringe setae abundant.
ETYMOLOGY: The new subgeneric name is a combination of the Greek ktinotrofía (Κτηνοτροφία), meaning, “animal husbandry”, and refers to the obligate hemipterophily of these species. The gender of the name is feminine.
INCLUDED SPECIES: In addition to the type species, the subgenus includes T. albipennis Almeida .
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University of Kansas Aarhus University
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