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

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Description

Pyramica kiranae sp. nov. (Figs. 7, 8)

Description (holotype worker): Length 2.0 mm. Colour yellow-brown. Total head length 0.7 mm, width 0.6 mm, with spatulate hairs, mandible length 0.35 mm, long, with 5 inner teeth, curved to anterior side and with thick hairs. Eyes small. Antennae yellow-brown, scape with spatulate hairs. Mesosoma length 04 mm, width 0.32 mm, with spatulate hairs. Petiole length 0.1 mm, postpetiole width 0.11 mm, with spatulate hairs. Spongiform appendages absent. Gaster length 0.6 mm, width 0.15 mm, with spatulate 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 4-5

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Biodiversity

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