Published December 31, 1992 | Version v1
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Myrmoteras susanneae Agosti, 1992, new species

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susanneae new species

(Figs 33, 39, 40)

Holotype worker. TL 1.64, HL 1.04, HW 1.04, Cl 100, SL 1.20, SI 115, EL 0.61, El 59; ML 1.82, MI 175, PF 6/4. Head in full frontal view with diverging longitudinal sculpture, only the posterior face of the occiput smooth and shining. Occipital collar finely longitudinally sculptured. Frontal sulcus and sulcus posterior of the clypeus and median of the eyes narrow and distinct. Dorsum of pronotum with an irregular spacious rugosity. Mesonotum, metanotum and propoedeum with a spacious longitudinal sculpture, shining. Propodeum high, in lateral view much higher then the mesonotum and convex. Body chestnut with the appendages brighter and the mid and hind coxae yellowish white.

Material examined: Holotype worker, Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan, Ulumambi (W of Momosa), 12.iv. 1991 (D. Agosti), montane forest, sifting of vegetational debris, MHNG. Paratypes: 2 workers, same series as holotype, MHNG, BMNH.

Additional material examined. 1 dealate queen and 1 worker, Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan, Penanang (W of Mamasa), 1600 m, 9.iv. 1991 (D. Agosti), montane forest, leaf litter, MHNG.

Notes

Published as part of Agosti, D., 1992, Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras in the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)., pp. 405-429 in Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99 on page 427, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10693

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Myrmoteras
Species
susanneae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Myrmoteras susanneae Agosti, 1992