Discothyrea Roger
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269405 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/86E0B63E-6797-EC2E-BDB3-B7D5F05187FD |
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Discothyrea Roger |
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Discothyrea Roger View in CoL HNS
Discothyrea Roger HNS , 1863: 176.
Type species: Discothyrea testacea Roger HNS , 1863, by monotypy.
Pseudosysphincta Arnold HNS , 1916: 161.
Type species: Pseudosysphincta poweri Arnold HNS , 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958].
Prodiscothyrea Wheeler HNS , 1916: 33.
Type species: Prodiscothyrea velutina Wheeler HNS , 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958].
Pseudosphincta Wheeler HNS , 1922: 645, 762 [variant spelling of Pseudosysphincta HNS ].
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).
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