Redefinition of the genus Bannapone and description of B. cryptica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)
Author
Eguchi, Katsuyuki
Author
Viet, Bui Tuan
Author
Yamane, Seiki
Author
Terayama, Mamoru
text
Zootaxa
2015
4013
1
77
86
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5
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1175-5326
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Bannapone pertinax
(Baroni Urbani, 1978)
,
comb. nov.
Amblyopone pertinax
Baroni Urbani, 1978: 48
–49. Combination in
Stigmatomma
:
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012
: 19
.
Holotype
: worker,
India
: Dargeeling: Chim Khona near Ghum (
2200 m
alt.),
28/v/1975
, W. Wittmer leg.,
NHMB
, not examined (but images examined: CASENT0906831 at AntWeb).
Remarks.
The worker of
B. pertinax
is easily distinguished from that of
B. cryptica
by: (1) head a little broader than long (CI=101.9, according to the original description); (2) apical blade of mandible shorter and broader; (3) preapical denticle of apical blade of mandible developed well; (4) mid-basal tooth row of mandible consisting of 5 teeth of which basal four small and obliquely truncate apically, almost equal in size; (5) frontal carinae inconspicuous, extending by no more than the length of frontal lobe; (6) posterolateral part of propodeum feebly produced posteriad; (7) subpetiolar process large and lobate, but not spatulate.