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Issue: Vol. 678 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa678.1.1
Page range: 1–23
Abstract views: 37
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Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)

MNHN, Département de Systématique et Evolution, Laboratoire d'Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France UPA Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convênio CEPLAC/UESC, Cx.P. O7, 45600-000 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
MNHN, Département de Systématique et Evolution, Laboratoire d'Entomologie, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
UPA Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convênio CEPLAC/UESC, Cx.P. O7, 45600-000 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
Hymenoptera Formicidae Ectatomminae Typhlomyrmecini Typhlomyrmex diagnosis identification key Typhlomyrmex meire new species Brazil

Abstract

The worker, queen and male of the ant Typhlomyrmex meire Lacau, Villemant & Delabie new spe- cies (Ectatomminae: Typhlomyrmecini) are described from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. This endemic species from southern Bahia is easily distinguished from all other members of the genus by the peculiar morphology of mandibles and the reduction of the antennal segments observed in both sexes. We provide a partial redefinition of the genus diagnosis taking into account the antennal structure of the new species. A new identification key for workers is provided.

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