Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi
| Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Sphinctomyrmex |
| Species: | S. marcoyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi Feitosa, Brandão, et al. 2011 | |
Sphinctomyrmex marcoyi is a Neotropical species of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. It is the only Sphinctomyrmex species recorded in the Amazon Forest. Gynes and males are unknown.[1]
Description
S. marcoyi is known only from the holotype, a worker collected from a soil sample. Nothing is known about its biology.[1] S. marcoyi can be easily separated from other species in the genus by its comparatively diminutive size, conspicuously elongate head, comparatively short scapes, and by the presence of a smooth longitudinal stripe on the dorsum of mesosoma, which is otherwise covered by foveolae and subdecumbent to erect hairs.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Feitosa et al. 2012, p. 3
- Feitosa, R. M.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Fernández, F.; Delabie, J. C. H. (2012), "The Ant Genus Sphinctomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) in the Neotropical Region, with the Description of Two New Species", Psyche 2012: 1–9, doi:10.1155/2012/342623
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