Seifert, Bernhard and Frohschammer, Sabine (2013) Cardiocondyla pirata sp n. - a new Philippine ant with enigmatic pigmentation pattern (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZOOKEYS (301). pp. 13-24. ISSN 1313-2989,
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A new species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 - Cardiocondyla pirata sp. n. - is described from the Philippines. The species belongs to an Indo-Malayan group of six species that is characterized by workers having a strongly bilobate postpetiolar sternite and a thickset mesosoma with strongly convex dorsal profile as well as wingless, ergatoid males with sickle-shaped mandibles. The female castes show a pigmentation pattern not known from any ant worldwide. If having any adaptive value, a possible function of this structure is supposed to be visual dissolution of body shape in order to irritate predators.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ; Cardiocondyla; ergatoid males; Indo-Malayan region |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2020 05:40 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2020 05:40 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/17422 |
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