Adetomyrma cassis
| Adetomyrma cassis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Adetomyrma |
| Species: | A. cassis |
| Binomial name | |
| Adetomyrma cassis Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012 | |
Adetomyrma cassis (from Latin cassis, "helm", referring to the shape of its genital capsule)[1] is a species of ant endemic to Madagascar.
Description
Adetomyrma cassis is only known from a single male collected in the Ambatovaky Reserve, Madagascar. The male of A. cassis is distinguished easily from other Adetomyrma males by a distinct and flatted projection on the posterior portion of the paramere. This projection is not separated from the paramere by a deep notch as in A. bressleri. This genital character observed in Adetomyrma cassis is completely unique and sufficient to regard this male as a distinct species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yoshimura & Fisher 2012, p. 19
- Yoshimura, Masashi; Fisher, Brian L. (2012), "A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae).", Zootaxa 3341: 1–31
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