Redescription of the Ant Leptothorax (S. STR.) Scamni Ruzsky, 1905
Worker and queen caste of the ant Leptothorax (sensu stricto) scamni Ruzsky, 1905 are formally described and a neotype is designated. The species is distinguished from other Leptothorax (s. str.) by extraordinarily long, finger-shaped propodeal spines. L. scamni appears to be a rather rare, patchil...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1993-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/63287 |
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| Summary: | Worker and queen caste of the ant Leptothorax (sensu stricto)
scamni Ruzsky, 1905 are formally described and a neotype is designated.
The species is distinguished from other Leptothorax (s. str.) by extraordinarily long, finger-shaped propodeal spines.
L. scamni appears to be a rather rare, patchily distributed ant in
alpine coniferous forests in the Caucasus (Russia and Armenia)
and northern Turkey. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |