Booher, Douglas B. ; Hoenle, Philipp O. (2021)
A new species group of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Ecuador, with a description of its mandible morphology.
In: ZooKeys, 2021, 1036
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00019378
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Type of entry: | Secondary publication |
| Title: | A new species group of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Ecuador, with a description of its mandible morphology |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Year of primary publication: | 2021 |
| Publisher: | Pensoft Publishers |
| Journal or Publication Title: | ZooKeys |
| Volume of the journal: | 1036 |
| Collation: | 19 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00019378 |
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| Origin: | Secondary publication via sponsored Golden Open Access |
| Abstract: | Strumigenys is one of the most diverse ant genera in the world and arguably the most morphologically diverse, exhibiting an exceptional range of mandible shape and function. A new species, Strumigenys ayersthey sp. nov., discovered in the Chocó region of Ecuador is described. With two morphological characters, this species is shown to be a morphologically unique outlier among Strumigenys globally, having predominately smooth and shining cuticle surface sculpturing and long trap-jaw mandibles. Using μCT scans, we produced 3D images of the worker ant and static images to examine and compare mandible articular morphologies with most morphologically similar members of the mandibularis species group. Cuticular, pilosity, and articular mandible morphological differences supports placing the new species in its own new species group. |
| Status: | Publisher's Version |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-193780 |
| Additional Information: | Keywords: 3D scan, μCT, LaMSA (latch-mediated spring-actuation), Myrmicinae, Northwest Ecuador, power amplified, Strumigenys ayersthey, taxonomy, tropical forest |
| Classification DDC: | 500 Science and mathematics > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Divisions: | 10 Department of Biology > Ecological Networks |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2021 12:15 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2021 12:16 |
| URI: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/19378 |
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