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
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77
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5
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1175-5326
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Key to Known Species of
Bannapone
Based
on the Worker
Bannapone mulanae
is excluded from this key because the worker remains unknown.
1 Antenna 10-segmented..........................................................................
B. fulvida
- Antenna 11-segmented................................................................................. 2
2 Mid-basal tooth row of mandible consisting of 2 blunt teeth; frontal lobes relatively distinctly separated by posteromedian por- tion of clypeus..............................................................................
B. scrobiceps
- Mid-basal tooth row of mandible consisting of 4–5 blunt or truncate teeth; frontal lobes closely approximated............ 3
3 Mid-basal tooth row consisting of 5 teeth of which basal four almost equal in size; preapical denticle of apical blade of mandi- ble developed well............................................................................
B. pertinax
- Mid-basal tooth row consisting of 4–5 teeth which decrease in size toward base; preapical denticle of apical blade of mandible absent or reduced...................................................................................... 4
4 Frontal carinae conspicuous, reaching vertex; 9th and 10th antennal segments each a little longer than broad; posterolateral part of propodeum strongly produced posteriad...................................................
B. cryptica
sp. nov.
- Frontal carinae inconspicuous, extending by no more than the length of frontal lobe; 9th and 10th antennal segments each (a lit- tle) shorter than broad; posterolateral part of propodeum feebly produced posteriad................................. 5
5 Head distinctly longer than broad...............................................................
B. caliginosa
- Head as long as broad.....................................................................
B. zwaluwenburgi