First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Abstract. The hitherto unknown worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Forel, 1894) is described for the first time. Sexuals are redescribed and photomontage images of all castes are provided. A key is presented to separate the six Indian species of Nylanderia. Previously described Nylanderia assimil...

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Autores principales: Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, Bharti, Himender
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163
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description Abstract. The hitherto unknown worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Forel, 1894) is described for the first time. Sexuals are redescribed and photomontage images of all castes are provided. A key is presented to separate the six Indian species of Nylanderia. Previously described Nylanderia assimilis (Jerdon, 1851) is considered a species inquirenda.
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spelling pubmed-41528272014-09-06 First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad Bharti, Himender Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. The hitherto unknown worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Forel, 1894) is described for the first time. Sexuals are redescribed and photomontage images of all castes are provided. A key is presented to separate the six Indian species of Nylanderia. Previously described Nylanderia assimilis (Jerdon, 1851) is considered a species inquirenda. Pensoft Publishers 2014-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4152827/ /pubmed/25197237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163 Text en Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo, Himender Bharti http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_fullStr First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_short First description of the worker caste of Nylanderia smythiesii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_sort first description of the worker caste of nylanderia smythiesii (hymenoptera: formicidae)
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25197237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1163
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