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A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus Anochetus from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae)

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Author(s):
Feitosa, Rodrigo M. [1] ; Lacau, Sebastien [2] ; Da Rocha, Wesley D. [3, 4] ; Oliveira, Anibal R. [5] ; Delabie, Jacques H. C. [3, 6]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, BR-04263000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Sudoeste Bahia, Lab Biossistemat Anim, BR-45700000 Itapetinga, BA - Brazil
[3] Ctr Pesquisas Cacau, Convenio UESC CEPEC, Lab Mirmecol, BR-45600000 Itabuna, BA - Brazil
[4] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Programa Posgrad Zool, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA - Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Biol, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA - Brazil
[6] Univ Estadual Santa Cruz, Dept Ciencias Agr & Ambientais, BR-45662000 Ilheus, BA - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE; v. 48, n. 3-4, p. 253-259, SEP-DEC 2012.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

A new species of the trap-jaw ant genus Anochetus Mayr 1861, A. hohenbergiae Feitosa \& Delabie n. sp., is described from Northeastern Brazil. Gynes and workers were collected in association with epiphytic bromeliads living in the canopy of trees used as shading in cocoa plantations. Anochetus hohenbergiae is the largest species known for the genus and shares a number of morphological characters with the species in the emarginatus group of Anochetus. Besides its remarkable size, this species can be distinguished from others in the genus by a strong concavity of the posterior margin of head, absence of propodeal spines, and conical shape of petiolar node. A detailed description of this new form and a discussion of its position within the genus are provided. (AU)