Vollenhovia taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023

Akbar, Shahid Ali, Bharti, Himender, Schifani, Enrico & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2023, Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 908, pp. 77-107 : 92

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F6C37D2-DD6A-49E8-9447-5666859BE75E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470935

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B339A0C-B35A-9D02-30EA-BA34A140413D

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scientific name

Vollenhovia taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023
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Vollenhovia taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023

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Vollenhovia taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti in Dhadwal et al., 2023: 5.

Type locality: West Bengal, Chapramari Wild Life Sanctuary [Holotype: PUAC, holotype examined in Dhadwal et al. 2023].

Worker measurements & indices (1 specimen, 1 colony, 1 locality)

CL 0.50, CW 0.42, CS 0.46, EL 0.10, ML 0.54, PEH 0.22, PEL 0.20, PEW 0.16, PPH 0.18, PPL 0.14, PPW 0.2, PW 0.34, SL 0.30. Indices: CL/CW 1.19, EL/CS 0.22, ML/CS 1.17, PEH/CS 0.48, PEL/ CS 0.44, PEW/CS 0.35, PPH/CS 0.39, PPL/CS 0.30, PPW/CS 0.43, PW/CS 0.74, SL/CS 0.65.

Remarks

This Eastern Indian species was unfortunately described from a single specimen ( Dhadwal et al. 2023), and the discovery of further material appears crucial to define its intraspecific variation. However, the holotype specimen of V. taylori bears some unique characteristics, including the relatively enlarged nodes (PEW/CS: 0.35; PPW/CS: 0.43) and coarse sculpture and large punctuations over the dorsal surface of the body. The most similar taxon is V. mawrapensis , the two being both from Eastern India and very small in size, but V. mawrapensis is distinguishable based on the number of mandibular teeth, head shape, sculpture and pilosity (see Remarks under V. mawrapensis ).

PUAC

PUAC

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Vollenhovia

Loc

Vollenhovia taylori Rilta, Dhadwal & Bharti, 2023

Akbar, Shahid Ali, Bharti, Himender, Schifani, Enrico & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad 2023
2023
Loc

Vollenhovia taylori

Dhadwal T. & Rilta J. S. & Bharti H. 2023: 5
2023
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