Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Pyramica aschnae Makhan, 2007, sp. nov.

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Description

Pyramica aschnae sp. nov. (Figs. 3, 4)

Holotype: worker, Suriname, Carolina Creek, 6.4.1996, coll. D. Makhan (only the holotype).

Description (holotype worker): Length 1.95 mm. Colour yellow-brown. Total head length 0.9 mm, width 0.4 mm, with fine hairs. Mandible length 0.41 mm, with 6 small inner teeth and with fine hairs. Eyes large. Antennae yellow-brown, scape with fine hairs. Mesosoma length 0.5 mm, width 0.22 mm. Petiole width 0.05 mm, postpetiole width 0.1 mm, with fine hairs. Spongiform appendages absent. Gaster length 0.4 mm, width 0.3 mm and with fine hairs.

Etymology: This species is named after my daughter Aschnakiran Makhan.

Notes

Published as part of Makhan, D., 2007, Six new Pyramica species from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-7 in Calodema Supplementary Paper 24 on pages 2-3

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Pyramica
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
aschnae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pyramica aschnae Makhan, 2007