Kempfidris, a new genus of myrmicine ants from the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  • Fernando Fernández Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá D.C.
  • Rodrigo M. Feitosa Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR
  • John Lattke Universidad Nacional de Loja, Dirección de Investigación - BioS, Ciudad Universitaria, La Argelia, Loja
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.85
Keywords: Myrmicinae, new genus, Neotropical region, taxonomy

Abstract

The new genus Kempfidris gen. nov. is described based on the workers of a single species, K. inusualis comb. nov., from Brazil, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Kempfidris inusualis comb. nov. was originally described by Fernández (2007) and provisionally placed in Monomorium awaiting a better understanding of the internal relationships in Myrmicinae. Kempfidris gen. nov. has a series of distinctive morphological characters including the mandibular configuration, vestibulate propodeal spiracle, propodeal carinae, and cylindrical micro-pegs on the posteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VI and anteromedian portion of abdominal tergum VII. This last trait appears to be autapomorphic for the genus.

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Published
2014-05-26
How to Cite
Fernández, F., Feitosa, R. M., & Lattke, J. (2014). Kempfidris, a new genus of myrmicine ants from the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (85). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.85
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No. 85 (2014): Kempfidris, a new genus of myrmicine ants from the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2014 Fernando Fernández, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, John Lattke

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