A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong

Abstract. Despite its small size, Hong Kong hosts a surprising level of ant diversity. Through faunal studies on arthropods conducted in Hong Kong over recent years, a new record and species of the genus Ponera have been discovered, which are introduced here. Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 is report...

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Autores principales: Pierce, Mac P., Leong, Chi-Man, Guénard, Benoit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31402837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.36139
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description Abstract. Despite its small size, Hong Kong hosts a surprising level of ant diversity. Through faunal studies on arthropods conducted in Hong Kong over recent years, a new record and species of the genus Ponera have been discovered, which are introduced here. Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 is reported for the first time from Hong Kong, and Ponera tudigongsp. nov. is here described as a new species, easily distinguishable from other Ponera species and unique within the genus for its four mandibular teeth.
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spelling pubmed-66845222019-08-09 A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong Pierce, Mac P. Leong, Chi-Man Guénard, Benoit Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Despite its small size, Hong Kong hosts a surprising level of ant diversity. Through faunal studies on arthropods conducted in Hong Kong over recent years, a new record and species of the genus Ponera have been discovered, which are introduced here. Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 is reported for the first time from Hong Kong, and Ponera tudigongsp. nov. is here described as a new species, easily distinguishable from other Ponera species and unique within the genus for its four mandibular teeth. Pensoft Publishers 2019-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6684522/ /pubmed/31402837 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.36139 Text en Mac P. Pierce, Chi-Man Leong, Benoit Guénard 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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Pierce, Mac P.
Leong, Chi-Man
Guénard, Benoit
A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title_full A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title_fullStr A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title_full_unstemmed A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title_short A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong
title_sort new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus ponera latreille, 1804 (hymenoptera, formicidae) from hong kong
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6684522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31402837
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.36139
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