Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India
Author
Zacharias, Merry
Author
Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma
text
Zootaxa
2004
484
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157547
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Discothyrea
Roger
Discothyrea
Roger, 1863
: 176
.
Type
species:
Discothyrea testacea
Roger, 1863
, by monotypy.
Pseudosysphincta
Arnold, 1916
: 161
.
Type
species:
Pseudosysphincta poweri
Arnold, 1916
[synonymised by
Brown 1958
].
Prodiscothyrea
Wheeler, 1916
: 33
.
Type
species:
Prodiscothyrea velutina
Wheeler, 1916
[synonymised by
Brown 1958
].
Pseudosphincta
Wheeler, 1922
: 645, 762 [variant spelling of
Pseudosysphincta
].
General diagnosis.
Small stocky ants, notable for the exaggerated enlargement of the apical antennal segment. The antennae are 6–12 segmented. Mandibles edentate and overhung by a projecting clypeus. Alitrunk is short and sutureless dorsally (
Brown 1958
;
Bolton 1994
).