Ants in the diet of Collared Anteater, Tamandua tetradactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae), in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Author
Silva, Márcio Morais
Author
Esbérard, Carlos Eduardo Lustosa
Author
Mayhé-Nunes, Antônio José
Author
Bueno, Cecília
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1145
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10.15560/15.6.1145
1809-127X
Neoponera villosa
(Fabricius, 1804)
Material examined.
BRAZIL
:
Rio de Janeiro
: along highway BR-040
•
2 workers
,
Station
8 (
21°57′05″S
,
043°18′04″W
),
C. Bueno
coll.,
02-XI-2014
(
CEIOC 72749
,
CEIOC 72750
)
.
Identification.
Neoponera villosa
(
Fig. 2I, J
) was identified
following descriptions by
Mackay and Mackay (2010)
and
Fernandes et al. (2014)
works where they highlighted several conspicuous features. Body large (about
15 mm
), black, covered by long golden-yellow hairs. Legs reddish-brown. Petiole thick in profile, with anterior face slightly concave and posterior face rounded and convex. Anterior clypeal margin convex but concave medially with a median notch; malar carina well defined; stridulatory organ is well developed in second tergite on gaster.