Open AccessANTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN GENUS MESOSTRUMA BROWN (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
Author(s) -
Taylor Robert W.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1973.tb02151.x
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , holotype , biology , genus , zoology , key (lock) , botany , ecology
Mesostruma is redefined and reviewed. Six species are recognised:— M. browni Taylor, M. eccentrica sp. n., M. exolympica sp. n., M. laevigata Brown, M. loweryi sp. n., and M. turneri (Forel). Epopostruma monstrosa Viehmeyer, previously assigned to Mesostruma , is reassigned to Epopostruma as an unrecognisable species, its holotype being so damaged.