Cardiocondyla pirata sp. n. - a new Philippine ant with enigmatic pigmentation pattern (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-288304
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.28830

Seifert, Bernhard ; Frohschammer, Sabine

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Abstract

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 ...