A New Species of Neotropical Carpenter Ant in the GenusCamponotus(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Apparently without Major Workers | Zendy

William P. Mackay | Zendy; Paola A. Barriga | Zendy

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A New Species of Neotropical Carpenter Ant in the GenusCamponotus(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Apparently without Major Workers

Author(s) -

William P. Mackay,

Paola A. Barriga

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/2012/382938

Subject(s) - hymenoptera , cecropia , biology , ant , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , ecology

We describe a new species of carpenter ants from Ecuador, which apparently has an obligatory relationship with the ant plants Cecropia membranacea Trécul, C. herthae Diels and C. marginalis Cuatrec. The workers are relatively small and hairy, and based on a number of collections, it does not appear to have major workers. We compare the new species to Camponotus balzani, to which it appears to be similar and which has normal major workers, and also lives in Cecropia spp

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