The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species
Author
Taylor, Robert W.
Author
Alpert, Gary D.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4105
6
501
545
journal article
39188
10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1
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3.
Metapone vincimus
Alpert, 2007
(
Figs 8–11
)
Metapone vincimus,
Alpert, 2007
: 11
,
Figs 1, 2
,
7
,
8
—Worker, Intermorph, Gyne;
Type
locality:
30km
N of Antalaha,
3km
W to a hill near Amboangy (14˚39’53.3”N, 50˚1’26.5”E),
Madagascar
.
FIGURES 8–11.
Metapone vincimus
,
paratype worker, HW 0.75, PMW 0.56, MSL 1.20.
Worker diagnosis.
General and diagnostic features as illustrated and keyed above (note paired anteromedian clypeal denticles, sub-parallel lateral clypeal margins, petiolar node in dorsal view approximately as wide as long, and unextended postpetiolar sternite). Eyes very small, much as described for
M. madagascarica
above. Subpetiolar process (
Fig 9
) more-or-less basic in structure: posterior face approximately equilaterally triangular, subpetiolar angle obtuse, its apex minutely rounded in side view. Subpetiolar extension lamellate, a shallow isosceles triangle, the posterolateral edge slightly concave in side view, the base almost as long as the subpetiolar edge.
Dimensions
: The original description gives the following measurements (Holoytpe;
paratypes
): HL
1.20 mm
,
1.20–1.44 mm
; HW
0.90 mm
,
0.90–1.06 mm
; ML
1.60 mm
,
1.58–1.90 mm
; PML
0.90 mm
,
0.90–1.24 mm
; PMW.
64 mm
,
0.60–0.76 mm
; PNL
0.34 mm
,
0.32–0.46 mm
; PetW
0.44 mm
,
0.44–0.68 mm
; PPW
0.46 mm
,
0.44–0.62 mm
.