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Fig. 14 in Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species

  • 1. Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir - 191132, India.
  • 2. Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab - 147002, India.
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma - 43124 Parma, Italy.
  • 4. Department of Zoology, Imtiyaz Memorial Government Degree College, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir - 192303, India.

Description

Fig. 14. Characters used in the identification key. A. Mesosoma dorsum with a smooth and shiny central area (holotype worker of V. terayamai). B. Mesosoma dorsum dorsally entirely sculptured (holotype worker of V. taylori). C, E. Head with broad median smooth band with postpetiole narrower and dorsally smooth (holotype worker of V. terayamai). D, F. Head entirely sculptured with wider postpetiole, dorsally sculptured (holotype worker of V. yasmeenae sp. nov.). G–H. Mandible with 7 teeth, mesopleuron transversely striate (holotype worker of V. mawrapensis). I–J. Mandible with 6 teeth, mesopleuron coarsely punctuate (holotype worker of V. taylori).

Notes

Published as part of Akbar, Shahid Ali, Bharti, Himender, Schifani, Enrico & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2023, Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species, pp. 77-107 in European Journal of Taxonomy 908 on page 101, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339, http://zenodo.org/record/10158922

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