UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification
Author
Camacho, G. P.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 82590 - 300, Curitiba, Brazil,
gabieco.camacho@gmail.com
Author
Franco, W.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 82590 - 300, Curitiba, Brazil,
Author
Branstetter, M. G.
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Utah State University, 84322, Logan, UT, USA,
Author
Pie, M. R.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 82590 - 300, Curitiba, Brazil,
Author
Longino, J. T.
Department of Biology, University of Utah, 84112, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, and
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Insect Systematics and Diversity
2022
2022-01-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab026
journal article
10.1093/isd/ixab026
2399-3421
Tribe
Heteroponerini Bolton
new combination
Diagnosis:
Ectatommine ants of small to medium size (head width
0.42–1.61 mm
, head length
0.53–1.75 mm
); cephalic dorsum with a longitudinal carina extending from anterior margin of clypeus to posterior margin of head (
Bolton 2003
); antennal scrobe present (
Bolton 2003
); eye present; acetabulum of antennal socket apparatus hemispherical (
Keller 2011
); accessory chamber of antennal socket absent (
Keller 2011
); labial palp with three or four palpomeres (
Bolton 2003
,
Keller 2011
); promesonotal suture complete and flexible (
Bolton 2003
); ventral flap on metapleural gland opening absent (
Keller 2011
); metacoxal cavity closed (
Bolton 2003
); petiolar sternite articulated with tergite over its entire length (
Bolton 2003
,
Keller 2011
); laterotergites of petiole present.
Genera:
Acanthoponera
,
Aulacopone
,
Boltonia
new genus
,
Heteroponera
.