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A new species of fungus‐growing ant and its implications for attine phylogeny (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
Lattke John E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00061.x
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , biology , tribe , ant , zoology , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , ecology , anthropology , biochemistry , sociology , gene
. Apterostigma megacephala, a new species of attine ant, is described from Peru and Colombia. It is diagnosed by the following combination of worker characters: flattened compound eyes partially wrapped around conical tubercles, mesonotal denticles and erect rigid pilosity on the head, mesosoma and gaster. It is thought to be a basal species in relation to the rest of Apterostigma. Phylogenetic relationships among basal genera of the tribe Attini are discussed.