Discothyrea soesilae Makhan articles

Taxonomic History

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Discothyrea soesilae Makhan, 2007b PDF: 1, figs. 1-3 (w.) SURINAM. Neotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

See also: Chaul, 2020 10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i1.266 PDF: 207.

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Diagnostic Description

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Description (holotype worker): Length 1.20 mm. Colour brown, smooth and shiny. Total head length 0.50 mm, width 0.42 mm, with short erect hair, mandible length 0.10 mm, inner teeth absent, and with about 30 fine long hairs on de dorsal side. Antennae brown, scape with fine hairs, club length 0.21 mm, width 0.15 mm. Mesosoma 0.50 mm, width 0.30 mm, with short erect hairs. Petiole width 0.10 mm, with short erect hairs. Gaster 0.55 mm, width 0.42 mm, with short erect hair. Legs are brown.

Etymology: This species is named after my wife Soesila Makhan.

Comments: Discothyrea soesilaesp. nov. is very similar to Discothyrea horni Menozzi , (1927) from Panama. The mandible of Discothyrea horni Menozzi has a dense covering of moderately long thick hairs, while the mandible of Discothyrea soesilaesp. nov. has about 30 long fine hairs. The distance between the antennae is wide in D. horni but narrow in D. soesilaesp. nov.

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bibliographic citation: Makhan, D., 2007, Discothyrea soesilae sp. nov. from Suriname (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Calodema Supplementary Paper, pp. 1-3, vol. 27
author: Makhan, D.

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