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Clypeus maessig gewoelbt, dessen Scheibe ziemlich flach, hinten ohne halbkugeligen Erhoehungen; Pronotum oben ungezaehnt, unten beiderseits mit einem stumpfen Zahne; Metanotum mit 2 Dornen oder Zaehnen; Stielchen oben mit einem kegelfoermigen Fortsatze, der in einen nach rueckwaerts gerichteten dicken Dorn oder Zahn endet.

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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, pp. 649-776, vol. 12
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Acanthoponera

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Acanthoponera is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae Acanthoponera contains six (one is indeterminate, and one is a morphotaxon) rarely collected species and a fifth unnamed species mentioned by Brown (1958) only known from a stray gyne.[2][3]

Acanthoponera is a genus of ants from the New World, distributed from Mexico to Argentina (approximately). Specimens have been observed in wooded areas.

Identification

medium size in workers (5-10mm) pale yellow color in its majority, large convex eyes and shallow antennal brooms. The propodeum bears a pair of teeth or spines (long and slender in worker), and the apex of the petiole node occurs dorsocaudally as a thin subconical spine with a more or less sharp point. The tarsal claws are very well developed and each bears not only a strong submedian tooth, but also a prominent narrow lobe resembling a third tooth.

• Count of antennal segments: 12 • Antennal club: 4-5 • Palp formula: 6.4 • Total tooth count: 6-9

Species

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthoponera". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ Brown 1958, p. 194
  3. ^ Ketterl & Verhaagh 2004, p. 65
  • Brown, WL. (1958), "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera).", Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 118: 173–362
  • Ketterl, Jochen; Verhaagh, Manfred (2004), "Acanthoponera mucronata (Roger, 1860) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), first record in Peru and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with description of its male", Revista Peruana de Entomología, 44: 65–68

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Acanthoponera: Brief Summary

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Acanthoponera is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae Acanthoponera contains six (one is indeterminate, and one is a morphotaxon) rarely collected species and a fifth unnamed species mentioned by Brown (1958) only known from a stray gyne.

Acanthoponera is a genus of ants from the New World, distributed from Mexico to Argentina (approximately). Specimens have been observed in wooded areas.

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