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New Species: Asphinctopone pilosa
Posted by Alex Wild on May 21, 2010 Asphinctopone pilosa Hawkes 2010 The discovery of new insect species continues apace. Today, the online journal Zootaxa presents this pretty little ponerine from Tanzania, described by Peter Hawkes. Asphinctopone is a rather poorly-known genus previously collected only in the tropical forests of West Africa. Asphinctopone pilosa is larger than the other described species and the…
New Species: Myrmicocrypta camargoi
Posted by Alex Wild on April 1, 2010 Myrmicocrypta camargoi Sosa-Calvo & Schultz 2010 Brazil The world’s ant fauna continues to yield new treasures. Myrmicocrypta camargoi, described in a new paper by Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo & Ted Schultz, is the largest species in this fungus-growing genus. source: Sosa-Calvo, J., Schultz, T.R. 2010. Three Remarkable New Fungus-Growing Ant Species of the Genus Myrmicocrypta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae),…
Jack Longino unveils the new 2009 line of Pheidole species
Posted by Alex Wild on November 9, 2009 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxumc0OTUUs]
New Species: Tetraponera merita
Posted by Alex Wild on October 16, 2009 Tetraponera merita Ward 2009 is one of many aculeate species described in the pages of a new festschrift honoring Roy Snelling. I can’t link to it, unfortunately, as the festschrift is printed the latest issue of the paper-only Journal of Hymenoptera Research. All the same, if you can get your hands on a copy the…
New Species: Pheidole bigote
Posted by Alex Wild on August 5, 2009 Doesn’t “bigote” mean “moustache” in Spanish? Why, yes. It does. Pheidole bigote Longino 2009 Chiapas, Mexico The inimitable Jack Longino published a taxonomic paper today on the Central American Pheidole, including descriptions of some 23 new species. Among these is the marvelously moustached P. bigote. The function of the fantastic facial hair remains unknown. source:…
New species: Forelius damiani
Posted by Alex Wild on December 16, 2008 Forelius damiani Guerrero & Fernández 2008 Colombia The ant genus Forelius – named for the eminent Swiss myrmecologist Auguste Forel- is known for its abundance in hot, dry climates in both North and South America. This affinity for deserts has given the genus a markedly disjunct distribution, abundant in subtropical South America and in the…
New Species: Pheidole rugithorax
Posted by Alex Wild on October 16, 2008 Pheidole rugithorax Eguchi 2008 – Vietnam In today’s Zootaxa, Katsuyuki Eguchi has a taxonomic revision of the northern Vietnamese Pheidole, recognizing six new ant species for a genus that is already the world’s most diverse. The revision also contains several nomeclatural changes and a key to the thirty or so species occurring in the region.…
New Species: Lachnomyrmex amazonicus
Posted by Alex Wild on October 1, 2008 The new world tropics continue to be a rich source of species discovery. Today’s issue of Zootaxa contains a monograph by Rodrigo Feitosa and Beto Brandão revising the ant genus Lachnomyrmex, a small yet delightfully wrinkled group of soil-dwelling ants. Of the 16 species recognized in the new paper, ten were previously unknown. For the…
Ant News Roundup
Posted by Alex Wild on August 11, 2008 Asphinctopone differens Bolton & Fisher 2008 A new species from the Central African Republic Bolton & Fisher Revise Asphinctopone (Zootaxa) Shattuck Revises the Indo-Pacific Prionopelta All imported Fire Ants in the U.S. are descended from 9-20 initial foundress queens [summary in ScienceDaily] ZooKeys: A new open-access journal for biodiversity & taxonomy
New Species: Pheidole pegasus
Posted by Alex Wild on May 14, 2008 Pheidole pegasus Sarnat 2008 Fiji Eli Sarnat, the reigning expert on the Ants of Fiji, has just published a lovely taxonomic revision of a group of Pheidole that occur on the islands. Pheidole are found in warmer regions worldwide, but Fiji has seen a remarkable radiation of species that share a bizarre set of spines…