Two new ant species (Formicidae: Dorylinae, Ponerinae) from New Caledonia

Autor(en)
Thibault Ramage, Corentin Jouault, Alexander Schmidt, Leyla Jean Seyfullah, Vincent Perrichot
Abstrakt

Two new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected from New Caledonia are described and figured based on worker specimens: Leptogenys loarelae Ramage sp. nov. (Ponerinae, Ponerini) and Lioponera neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot sp. nov. (Dorylinae, Cerapachyini). All specimens were collected from the South Province of Grande Terre. These two new species are primarily distinguished from the other New Caledonian relatives by the size and shape of petiole for L. loarelae Ramage sp. nov. and by the presence of dorsolateral margins on the mesosoma for L. neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot sp. nov. Keys to New Caledonian Leptogenys and Lioponera are provided.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Université Rennes-I, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Independent researcher
Journal
European Journal of Taxonomy
Band
589
Seiten
1-14
Anzahl der Seiten
14
ISSN
2118-9773
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.589
Publikationsdatum
12-2019
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
106043 Systematische Zoologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b2c08de6-d2eb-4b89-908d-b1bac25cad89