UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus
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Camacho, G P
Author
Franco, W
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Branstetter, M G
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Pie, M R
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Longino, J T
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Schultz, T R
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Feitosa, R M
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Insect Systematics and Diversity
2022
2022-01-25
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab026
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10.1093/isd/ixab026
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Heteroponera
Mayr
=
Anacanthoponera
Wheeler
=
Paranomopone
Wheeler
Type
Species:
Heteroponera carinifrons
Mayr
Diagnosis (Females):
Ants of comparatively small to medium size (head width 0.63-1.37; head length 0.72-1.54). Mandible triangular. Palp formula 3,2 to 4,3. Frontal lobe expanded, completely covering antennal insertions. Antennal club with three antennomeres. Antennal scrobe shallowly to deeply impressed. Eye well-developed to reduced, with clear limits between ommatidia. Propodeal spine absent to well-developed. Tarsal claw simple, without conspicuous preapical teeth (except in
H. dolo
and
H. robusta
) nor a basal lobe. Petiole with or without posterodorsal projections. Anterior face of abdominal segment III with an arched carina above the helcium.
Species:
angulata
,
brounii
,
carinifrons
,
crozieri
,
darlingtonorum
,
dentinodis
,
dolo
,
ecarinata
,
flava
,
georgesi
,
imbellis
,
inca
,
inermis
,
leae
,
lioprocta
,
majeri
,
mayri
,
monteithi
,
monticola
,
panamensis
,
pendergrasti
,
relicta
,
rhodopygea
,
robusta
,
trachypyx
,
viviennae
, and
wilsoni
.
Fig. 4.
Dorsal view of head,showing:A) Cephalic median longitudinal carina present, extending from the anterior clypeal margin to the vertex (
Acanthoponera
minor
—CASENT0178699); B) Cephalic median longitudinal carina not extending from the anterior clypeal margin to the vertex (
Ectatomma
tuberculatum
— CASENT0173380); C) Cephalic median longitudinal carina absent (
Holcoponera striatula
—CASENT0173386). Photos by April Nobile; available from www. antweb.org (
Antweb 2021
).
Distribution:
Neotropical, from
Nicaragua
to southern
Chile
; and Australian, including
New Zealand
.
Notes:
Identification tools for the species of
Heteroponera
include the works of
Feitosa and Prada-Achiardi (2019)
for the Colombian fauna and
Taylor (2011
;
2015
) for Australian groups.