Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species

Abstract. A new socially-parasitic species, Myrmica latra sp. n. is described based on a queen and male from Indian Himalaya. Its queen differs from other species by the distinctly narrower petiole and postpetiole, blunt and non-divergent propodeal spines, and a darker body colour. The taxonomic pos...

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Autores principales: Bharti, Himender, Radchenko, Alexander, Sasi, Sishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.605.9087
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description Abstract. A new socially-parasitic species, Myrmica latra sp. n. is described based on a queen and male from Indian Himalaya. Its queen differs from other species by the distinctly narrower petiole and postpetiole, blunt and non-divergent propodeal spines, and a darker body colour. The taxonomic position of the three known Himalayan socially-parasitic Myrmica species is discussed, and Myrmica ereptrix Bolton 1988 is transferred to the smythiesii species-group. It is supposed that Myrmica nefaria Bharti 2012 is a temporary social parasite, but Myrmica ereptrix and Myrmica latra sp. n. are permanent social parasites, and a key for their identification is provided.
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spelling pubmed-49780742016-08-22 Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species Bharti, Himender Radchenko, Alexander Sasi, Sishal Zookeys Research Article Abstract. A new socially-parasitic species, Myrmica latra sp. n. is described based on a queen and male from Indian Himalaya. Its queen differs from other species by the distinctly narrower petiole and postpetiole, blunt and non-divergent propodeal spines, and a darker body colour. The taxonomic position of the three known Himalayan socially-parasitic Myrmica species is discussed, and Myrmica ereptrix Bolton 1988 is transferred to the smythiesii species-group. It is supposed that Myrmica nefaria Bharti 2012 is a temporary social parasite, but Myrmica ereptrix and Myrmica latra sp. n. are permanent social parasites, and a key for their identification is provided. Pensoft Publishers 2016-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4978074/ /pubmed/27551216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.605.9087 Text en Himender Bharti, Alexander Radchenko, Sishal Sasi http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title_full Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title_fullStr Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title_short Socially-parasitic Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Himalaya, with the description of a new species
title_sort socially-parasitic myrmica species (hymenoptera, formicidae) of himalaya, with the description of a new species
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.605.9087
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