cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ommatoiulus porathi Verhoeff 1893
Creators: name: Nesrine Akkari
name: Henrik Enghoff
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Julida
Julidae
Ommatoiulus
Ommatoiulus porathi

description: Ommatoiulus porathi (Verhoeff, 1893)
Fig. 18
Julus porathi Verhoeff, 1893b: 166 –167.
Palaioiulus porati [sic!] – Verhoeff 1894: 159, figs 10–11.
Schizophyllum porati [sic!] – Verhoeff 1921: 53.
Diagnosis
Small species, most similar to O. sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) both having a promerite with no incision and gently narrowing distally, a simple and slender mesomerite, a solenomerite bearing a long mesal projection lodging the opening of the seminal groove and a distal lamella, and a simple and stout paracoxite. Different in the shape of the distal lamella of the solenomerite and also in the shape of the mesomerite and paracoxite.
Material examined
Holotype
PORTUGAL: Julus porathi Verhoeff, 1893, micro-slide (ZMB); 1 ♂, Viseu Province, Serra do Caramulo, 40.593006 N, 8.163114 W, 6 Mar. 2012, N. Percino, M.G. París leg. (NHMW 8736).
Distribution
Central Portugal: Coimbra (Verheoff 1921), Viseu.
Comments
Ommatoiulus porathi was described verbally by Verhoeff (1893b), based on two males and six females. One year later, Verhoeff (1894) provided drawings of the mesomerite and opisthomerite, and in 1921 he included O. porathi in the identification key for the subgenus Bothroiulus (Verhoeff, 1921). The species has, however, never been collected again until now and has been regarded as dubious. The newly collected specimen agrees entirely with Verhoeff’s description, and its gonopods agree perfectly with those of the type specimen (Fig. 18). O. porathi is, together with O. stellaris sp. nov. (see description below), one of the smallest known Ommatoiulus species. Verhoeff (1893b) didn’t give any measurements but merely stated that it is a little bit smaller than Leptoiulus trilineatus (C.L. Koch, 1847).
description: Published as part of Nesrine Akkari & Henrik Enghoff, 2017, Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species, pp. 1-42 in European Journal of Taxonomy 295 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.295, http://zenodo.org/record/376203
Ommatoiulus
Creators: name: Nesrine Akkari
name: Henrik Enghoff
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Julida
Julidae
Ommatoiulus

description: Checklist of Ommatoiulus species in Portugal
Ommatoiulus alacygni sp. nov.
Ommatoiulus andalusius (Attems, 1927), new record
Ommatoiulus bipartitus (Verhoeff, 1925)
Ommatoiulus camurus sp. nov.
Ommatoiulus denticulatus sp. nov.
Ommatoiulus dorsovittatus (Verhoeff, 1893)
Ommatoiulus fuentei (Brolemann, 1920), new record
Ommatoiulus litoralis sp. nov.
Ommaoiulus lusitanus (Verhoeff, 1895)
Ommatoiulus martensi Mauriès, 1969, new record
Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860)
Ommatoiulus oliveirae (Verhoeff, 1893)
Ommatoiulus porathi (Verhoeff, 1893)
Ommatoiulus staglae sp. nov.
Ommatoiulus stellaris sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Nesrine Akkari & Henrik Enghoff, 2017, Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species, pp. 1-42 in European Journal of Taxonomy 295 on page 34, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.295, http://zenodo.org/record/376203
Ischnothyreus
Creators: name: Richard, Miguel
name: Graber, Werner
name: Kropf, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Oonopidae
Ischnothyreus

description: Key to the species of Ischnothyreus from Java and Sumatra
Key for females:
1. small lateral sclerites of postepigastric scutum present (e. g. Figs. 15 A, 68B)....................................... 2
- small lateral sclerites absent (e. g. Fig. 35 G)................................................................ 4
2. posterior spiracles connected by groove (Fig. 68 B)............................................ I. obscurus sp. nov.
- posterior spiracles not connected by groove, (e. g. Fig. 15 A)....................................................3
3. dorsal scutum weakly sclerotized and covering less than half of length of abdomen, postepigastric scutum less than twice as wide as long, winding tube elongated (Figs. 75 C–E)....................................... I. serpentinum Saaristo
- dorsal scutum more sclerotized and covering more than half of length of abdomen, postepigastric scutum more than twice as wide as long (Fig. 15 A).................................................................. I. ligulatus sp. nov.
4. eyes reduced in size (Fig. 60 D)...................................................... I. microphthalmus sp. nov.
- eyesize normal (Fig. 1 D–F).............................................................................. 5
5. dorsal scutum very small and weakly sclerotized (Figs. 51 E–H)................................... I. lucidus sp. nov.
- dorsal scutum longer than half of abdomen (Fig. 35 F)......................................... I. concavus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Richard, Miguel, Graber, Werner & Kropf, Christian, 2016, The goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in Java and Sumatra, pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 4151 (1) on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4151.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/262273
Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex peltatus

description: Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf
(Figs 30.32, 30.35)
Cyphomyrmex peltatus Kempf, 1966:164, 181-3;
Kempf described this species from specimens from the Brazilian States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. We have seen the following additional material, brazil: 'Sinop. rest area, Jesuit Society,' Matto Grosso, 11 Dec. 1984 (J.C. Trager; LACM, JCT), nest in rotten log, rain forest, bolivia: Caranavi, near radio, 800 m elev., 24-26 June 1981 (Kugler and Lambert; LACM), from Berlese funnel of leaf litter, steep and rocky secondary forest with few primary trees.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 485
Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex cornutus

description: Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf
(Figs 30.2, 30.30)
Cyphomyrmex cornutus Kempf, 1968: 35-8; [[worker]], [[queen]]
This very distinctive species was described from workers and females from Colombia. Two small series of workers have been seen from ecuador: 2-6 km above Cochancay on GuayaquilTambo highway, Prov. Canar, 500-700 m elev., 25 July 1973 (W. L. Brown; MCZ); Univ. Miami Research Sta., Rio Palenque, 30 July 1978 (G.J. Umphrey, no. 872; UMPH), from a piece of hollow 'bamboo' in forest. There are a few specimens in the LACM collections from costa rica, Heredia Prov.: Finca La Selva, various dates from March to June, 1974 (Talbot and Van Devender), all from berlese funnel of forest leaf litter.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 485
Cyphomyrmex foxi Andre
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex foxi

description: Cyphomyrmex foxi Andre
(Fig. 30.33)
Cyphomyrmex foxi Andre, 1892:55-6; [[worker]] Wheeler, 1917:461- 2; 9. Weber, 1940: 408-09, 412; [[worker]]. Kempf, 1966: 164, 186-8;[[worker]].
This species is known only from Jamaica and is one of the more distinctive species of Cyphomyrmex, being one of the few known species in the rimosus group in which the breadth of the frontal lobes is less than the distance between the inner margins of the eyes. In this respect it is approached by C. podargus, described below, but in that species the width of the frontal lobes equals or slightly exceeds the interocular distance. The two differ, moreover, in that the dorso-lateral lobes of the post-petiole are elevated and somewhat spine-like in profile in C. foxi (Fig. 30.33), while they are low, rounded, and inconspicuous in C. podargus (Fig. 30.16).
There are four cotypes of C. foxi in the Paris Museum and they are in agreement with the interpretations of Wheeler (1917) and subsequent authors. One ofthe four cotypes has been marked as the Lectotype; the three remaining cotypes are paralectotypes and all are in the MNHN, Paris. Apparently the only known specimens other than the types are the series of workers collected by C.T. Brues at Newton, 3000 ft. elev., Jamaica, January, 1912. Specimens from this collection are in a number of institutional collections.
Weber (1940) suggested that C. rimosus var. arnoldi Aguayo, 19 32, is a synonym of C. foxi; we do not agree with Weber's classification. Presumably, Aguayo treated his form as a variety of C. rimosus (actually C. minutus) because it closely resembled that species, with which he surely was quite familiar, inasmuch as it is the common Cyphomyrmex species found throughout the Caribbean. On the other hand, C. foxi, known only from Jamaica, is a much larger and more coarsely sculptured ant and does not at all superficially resemble C. minutus. Since Aguayo did not mention any of the numerous differences that exist between C. foxi and C. minutus in his description, but mentioned only superficial differences between var. arnoldi and C. 'rimosus', we think it much more likely that var. arnoldi is, in fact, a synonym of C. minutus.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 487
Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex longiscapus

description: Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber
Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber, 1940: 410; [[worker]]. Kempf, 1966:163, 165-7; [[worker]]
This species, previously known only from the type series from Rio Porce, Cordillera Central, 3400 ft. elev., Colombia, is known only with certainty from Colombia. The following are new records for C. longiscapus, all from colombia: Quebrada Bolindrama, Cholo, (P. A. Silverstone; LACM), ex stomach contents of Phyllobates aurotaenia (Amphibia); between Quebrada Bachorama and Rio Tadoeito, Choco.P. A. Silverstone; LACM; ex stomach contents of Dendrobates hisirionicus Amphibia); Anchicaya, Municipio Buenaventura, 2000 m elev., Yalle W. L. Brown; MCZ, rain forest, under rock in canyon.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 491
Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex salvini

description: Cyphomyrmex salvini Forel
Cyphomyrmex rimosus subsp. salvini Forel, 1899:40; Wheeler, 1907: 724;.Weber, 1940:412; [[worker]], [[queen]], [[male]]
Cyphomyrmex championi Forel, 1899:41;[[male]]. new synonymy.
Cyphomyrmex acutus Weber, 1940:409;
Cyphomyrmex salvini: Weber, 1958:261;. Kempf, 1966:190-2 [[worker]], [[queen]], [[male]]
Cyphomyrmex salvini subsp. acutus: Weber, 1958:261;
Kempf (1966) first expressed the view that C. championi was probably the male caste of C. salvini. W'e have examined the type of C. championi, in the BMNH, and it is inseparable from males collected from nests of C. salvini, thus confirming Kempf's assumption.
This species has been previously reported from Panama and Costa Rica, including Isla de Cocos (Kempf 1966). We have seen numerous specimens from several Costa Rican localities. Two small series of specimens extend the range to guatemala: Mixco, no date (W.M. Mann; USNM); and colombia: Anchicaya, Municipio Buenaventura, c. 200 m elev., Dept. Valle, 17-19 June 1971 (W.L. Brown; MCZ), under rock in canyon, rain forest, ecuador: Rio Palenque (Univ. Miami Res. Sta.), 30 July 1978 (G.J. Umphrey; UMPH), nest in hollow 'bamboo' in forest.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 492
Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex vorticis

description: Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber
Cyphomyrmex vorticis Weber, 1940:409-10; [[worker]]. Kempf, 1966:188-90.
Kempf (1966) reported this species only from Bolivia (Santa Helena, the type locality) and Brazil. We have seen a series of 9 workers, 2 females, and 1 male from Zent, costa rica, collected in March, 1924 by W. M. Mann (USNM). The workers agree well with Kempfs redescription, and with cotypes in the LACM, in all particulars except the pilosity. The appressed pilosity of the head and body is fine and hair-like in the cotypes and is very inconspicuous. The Zent specimens differ in having more conspicuous, though no more abundant, pilosity because the individual hairs are broad and scale-like.
Whether or not these represent a variant of C. vorticis, or an undescribed species, is uncertain. More material of both forms, as well as samples from intervening localities, must be available before the status of the Costa Rican specimens is clear. For the present they are tentatively assigned to C. vorticis.
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 493
Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber
Creators: name: Snelling, R. R.
name: Longino, J. T.
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 1992
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Cyphomyrmex
Cyphomyrmex laevigatus

description: Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber (Figs. 30.4, 30.29)
Cyphomyrmex (Cyphomannia) laevigatus Weber. 1938: 184;
Cyphomyrmex laevigatus: Kempf, 1966:164, 178-179;
The type locality of C. laevigatus is lower Rio Madidi, Bolivia. Kempf 1966 recorded this species also from Dirkshoop, Surinam. We have seen specimens from the following additional localities, bolivia: Caranavi, near radio, 800 m elev., 24-26 Jun. 1981 Kugler and Lambert; LACM. brazil: Mustu Goeldi Botanical Garden, Belem, Para, 3 (an. 198 5 (J.C. Trager; LACM, JCT), ex berlesate from bamboo litter, colombia, Meta: Puerto Lleras, 73° 22'W, 0 3° 18'N, c. 300 m, near Loma Linda, Jan. 1989 (V. Roth; LACM). peru: Tingo Maria and vicinity, 9-12 Mar. 1967 (W.L. Brown and W. Sherbrooke; MCZ).
description: Published as part of Snelling, R. R. & Longino, J. T., 1992, Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)., pp. 479-494 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies., Oxford :Oxford University Press on page 493
Trichrysis bengalensis Bijoy 2022, stat. rev.
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi
name: Wiśniowski, Bogdan
name: Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Trichrysis
Trichrysis bengalensis

description: Trichrysis bengalensis (Mocsáry, 1889) stat. rev.
Fig. 1
Chrysis (Trichrysis) bengalensis Mocsáry, 1889: 527.
Chrysis bengalensis: – Dalla Torre 1892: 47. — Bingham 1903: 439 (in key), 482–483; 1908: 349.
Chrysis (Pentachrysis) bengalensis: – Bischoff 1913: 62.
Praestochrysis lusca: – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533.
Material examined
Holotype
INDIA • ♀; Bombay, Maharastra; “Bombay, [leg.] Stockinger ”; 755–1; “ Bengalensis Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry”; “ Chrysis lusca F. Linsenmaier det. 62”; “Holotypus Chrysis bengalensis ♀ Mocs. RMB”; “id nr. 135510 HNHM Hym.coll.”; HNHM.
Distribution
India (Maharashtra; possibly Tamil Nadu: Chennai [= Madras] (Bingham 1903)).
Remarks
The holotype of Chrysis bengalensis Mocsáry, 1889 (Fig. 1) is different from the examined specimens of Trichrysis lusca (Fig. 3), as described by Mocsáry (1889) and Bingham (1903). In addition to the uniform dark blue colouration (vs more extensively green to light blue in T. lusca) and the dark brown wings (vs light fusco-hyaline in T. lusca), it is coarsely punctured with large and deeper punctures, compared to T. lusca; the TFC is close to the upper margin of the scapal basin and without the vertical frontal carina that originated from the mid TFC and bisecting the upper frons, as in T. lusca (compare Rosa et al. 2016: fig. 40); the two lateral, upward branches of the TFC are raised (vs irregular); the pit row has large and deep pits (vs small); the apical margin bears three pointed teeth with an angle between the median and the lateral tooth instead of five distinct, short teeth; intervals between teeth are wider than in T. lusca.
Based on the type examination, and the characters listed above, we consider T. bengalensis as a valid species, and we here resurrect it from the previous synonymy with Praestochrysis lusca proposed by Kimsey & Bohart (1991). The placement of the lusca species group in the genus Trichrysis rather than in the genus Praestochrysis was already discussed by Linsenmaier (1997) and Rosa et al. (2016). Other specimens examined from the Oriental region show differences from the type of Trichrysis lusca (Fig. 3) and are very likely members of a species complex, which is worthy of further investigation.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 121-123, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis excisifrons
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi
name: Wiśniowski, Bogdan
name: Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Trichrysis
Trichrysis excisifrons

description: Trichrysis excisifrons (Mocsáry, 1912)
Fig. 7J
Chrysis (Trichrysis) excisifrons Mocsáry, 1912: 379. — Bischoff 1913: 45.
Trichrysis excisifrons: – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 572. — Rosa et al. 2021a: 79, fig. 79.
Material examined
Holotype INDIA • ♀; “ Sikhim; excisifrons Mocs. Typ. Det. Mocsáry ”; “Holotypus Chrysis excisifrons Mocs. ♀ RM Bohart” [red label]; “id nr. 13551 HNHM Hym.Coll.”; HNHM.
Distribution
India (Sikkim); Nepal (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 123, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis imperiosa
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi
name: Wiśniowski, Bogdan
name: Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Trichrysis
Trichrysis imperiosa

description: Trichrysis imperiosa (Smith, 1874)
Fig. 7B
Chrysis imperiosus Smith, 1874: 460.
Chrysis imperiosa – du Buysson 1898a: 142. — Bingham 1903: 438 (in key), 479–480, fig. 159, pl. I fig. 13.
Chrysis (Pentachrysis) imperiosa – Bischoff 1910: 486.
Chrysis (Trichrysis) imperiosa – Roy & Kundu 1985: 227.
Praestochrysis lusca – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 533.
Praestochrysis imperiosa – Strumia 1996: 62, fig. 3.
Trichrysis imperiosa – Rosa et al. 2021a: 79, fig. 80.
Material examined
Lectotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; “50, 70”; “ Chrysis, imperiosus, Type Smith”; “B.M. TYPE HYM 13.146”; “Lectotype Chrysis imperiosus ♀, F. Smith, R.M. Bohart ”; “Lectotype”; “BMNH(E) #970896”; BMNH.
Other material INDIA • 3 ♀♀; Meghalaya, Khasia Hills; ETHZ • 1 ♀, Kerala, Travancore; May 1935; NMLU • 1 ♀; Kerala, Quilon (= Kollam), Thenmala; leg. Nathan; PRC.
Distribution
India (Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh); China (Taiwan, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan) (Rosa et al. 2016); Australia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (Bingham 1903); Vietnam (Kimsey & Bohart 1991); Indonesia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand (Rosa et al. 2016).
Remarks
Although further revision is required, multiple species are to be included under the name of Trichrysis imperiosa. The Indian species could belong to Trichrysis cupreidorsus (Tsuneki, 1963) (Rosa et al. 2021a), described from Thailand and synonymised by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) with Praestochrysis lusca (Fabricius, 1804), without type examination. For the moment, we maintain the assessment given by Rosa et al. (2021a).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 123-124, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis lanka
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi
name: Wiśniowski, Bogdan
name: Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Trichrysis
Trichrysis lanka

description: Trichrysis lanka (Bingham, 1903)
Figs 3, 7E
Chrysis lanka Bingham, 1903: 451.
Chrysis spectrum Wickwar, 1908: 121.
Trichrysis lanka – Bohart 1988: 348, fig. 5. — Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 572. — Rosa et al. 2021a: 81, fig. 81.
Material examined
Lectotype: Lectotype of Chrysis spectrum Wickwar, 1908 SRI LANKA • ♀; Colombo, Ceylon, O.S.W.; “Ceylon O.S.Wickwar 1912–189”; “ Chrysis spectrum ”; “Type O.S. Wickwar; B.M. Type Hym. 13.52”; “Lectotype”; NHMUK.
Paralectotype SRI LANKA • 1 ♀; “ Colombo 10.04”; “ Chrysis spectrum; (Wickwar)”; “Ceylon O.S. Wickwar 1910 – 103”; “Paralectotype”; NHMUK.
Other material INDIA • 1 ♀; Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore; Oct. 1958; NMLU • 3 ♀♀; Kerala, Nedungadu; 30 May–1 Jun. 1938; P.S. Nathan leg.; RMNH.
Distribution
India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu). Sri Lanka (Bingham 1903).
Remarks
Chrysis spectrum (Fig. 3) was described five years after Bingham’s description of Chrysis lanka. In the paper, Wickwar (1908) listed four specimens, but only two are still preserved in the collection at NHMUK, both in rather poor condition, mainly due to mould. Both are specimens of Trichrysis lanka. Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart (1991) designated the lectotype of T. spectrum and synonymised it with T. lanka. Unfortunately, no specimen examined at NHMUK bears a lectotype label, and no information has been provided by Kimsey & Bohart (1991) to recognise the selected lectotype in the collection, thus making the designation invalid. To prevent further misunderstandings, we (BW) here designate the lectotype based on the female (Fig. 3) bearing the labels: Colombo, Ceylon, O.S.W.; Ceylon O.S.Wickwar 1912-189; Chrysis spectrum; Type O.S. Wickwar; B.M. Type Hym. 13.52 [13G Chrysididae, drawer 71]. The type of Chrysis lanka was not found at NHMUK (Kimsey & Bohart 1991, pers. comm.) and could possibly be deposited in the Mocsáry collection (HNHM), who bought part of the Bingham collection (Rosa et al. 2017).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 126-127, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis scioensis
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Trichrysis scioensis

description: Trichrysis scioensis (Gribodo, 1879)
Fig. 7G
Chrysis scioensis Gribodo, 1879: 344.
Chrysis scioensis – Bingham 1903: 436 (in key), 454–455.
Chrysis (Trichrysis) scioensis – Bischoff 1913: 46.
Trichrysis scioensis – Rosa et al. 2021a: 88.
Material examined
Holotype ETHIOPIA • ♀; “ Scioa, Mahal-Uonz, VI.1877, [O.] Antinori”; “ Chrysis, scioensis, Tipo. Grib. ” [handwritten by Gribodo]; “Typus”; “Holotypus Chrysis scioensis Gribodo ” [handwritten by R.M. Bohart]; MSNG.
Remarks
Trichrysis scioensis was collected by Bingham (1903) in Delhi. This record was considered questionable by Rosa et al. (2021a) and possibly referred to another species later described in this genus. However, the discovery of T. inops in India and the occurrence of other species or even genera in India and Africa in recent years, i.e. the genus Odontochrydium Brauns, 1928 (Rosa 2018), the species C. principalis Smith (Rosa et al. 2015), species of the mandibularis group (Rosa & Halada 2021), T. inops (this paper), suggest a wider correlation between the two faunas, not yet carefully studied. For this reason, in the present article we list and key this African species.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 132, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis tonkinensis
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Trichrysis tonkinensis

description: Trichrysis tonkinensis (Mocsáry, 1914)
Fig. 7H
Chrysis (Trichrysis) tonkinensis Mocsáry, 1914: 25.
Trichrysis tonkinensis – Rosa et al. 2016: 126, figs. 61–66, 127; 2021a: 83, fig. 84.
Material examined
Holotype VIETNAM • ♀; Tonkin, China; “ tonkinensis Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry” [red label]; Holotypus Chrysis tonkinensis Mocs. ♀ RM Bohart; id nr. 135549 HNHM Hym.coll.”; HNHM.
Other material INDIA • 1 ♀; Puducherry, Nedungadu; Oct. 1932; P.S. Nathan leg.; NMLU.
Distribution
India (Puducherry). China (Fujian, Yunnan); Vietnam; Philippines; Indonesia, Malaysia (Rosa et al. 2016).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 132, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Trichrysis triacantha
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Trichrysis triacantha

description: Trichrysis triacantha (Mocsáry, 1889)
Fig. 7I
Chrysis (Trichrysis) triacantha Mocsáry, 1889: 325.
Chrysis (Trichrysis) triacantha – du Buysson 1893: 247. — Bischoff 1913: 46.
Chrysis triacantha Mocsáry – du Buysson 1896: 471 (in key). — Bingham 1903: 436 (in key), 453, fig. 154; 1908: 348. — Jonathan et al. 1977: 86.
Trichrysis triacantha – Rosa et al. 2021a: 83, fig. 85. — Rosa & Halada 2021: 210.
Material examined
Syntypes INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “Plason, Sumatra 877-2; triacantha det. Mocsáry Type”; NHMW • 1 ♀; Sumatra; “ triacantha det. Mocsáry ” • 1 ♀; Plason, Java; “ 1878 II; triacantha type det. Mocsáry ”.
Other material INDIA • 4 ♀♀; Kerala, E of Kothamangalam; 10°05.1′ N, 76°39.1′ E; alt. 150 m; 1 May 2005; M. Halada leg.; MHC, PRC; • 1 ♀, Kerala, Thenmala; 8°58.0′ N, 77°03.5′ E; 5 May 2005; M. Halada leg.; MHC • 1 ♀; Kerala, Thrissur, Mulankunnathukavu; 10°35′ N, 76°12′ E; 1 Feb. 2021; T.B. Suryanarayanan leg.; CCSERLC162; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Wayanad, Kambalakkad; 11°40′ N, 76°05′ E; 29 Mar. 2020; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC42; SERL.
Distribution
India (Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal); China (Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Hainan, Yunnan) (Rosa et al. 2016). Widely distributed in the Oriental Region (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).
Remarks
Rosa et al. (2016) considered Trichrysis triacantha as a possible synonym of T. vestigator (Smith, 1858) based on illustrations of the apical margin of T3 provided by Bohart (1988: fig. 6) and Kimsey & Bohart (1991: fig. 150c). Thanks to the kind help of James Hogan (OUMNH), we examined pictures of the type of T. vestigator and can state that the two taxa are closely related. Actually, the intervals between the median tooth and the lateral teeth of the type specimen are straight and not convex, as shown in the illustrations of Bohart (1988) and Kimsey & Bohart (1991). Taking into account the high variability of this species, as recorded by Rosa et al. (2016), based on specimens collected in the same locality in China, we agree that the two species could be conspecific; however, examination of more material is needed prior to proceeding with this synonymy.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 133-134, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Chrysidea falsa Rosa & Xu 2015
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Chrysidea falsa

description: Chrysidea falsa Rosa & Xu, 2015
Fig. 7C
Chrysidea falsa Rosa & Xu, 2015: 466.
Chrysidea falsa – Aswathi & Bijoy 2021: 124.
Material examined
Holotype CHINA: • 1 ♀; Yunnan, Jingdong, Wenjing Town, 24°18′9″ N, 100°55’53″ E; 29.IV.2005, Hs. Wang leg.; “Holotype Chrysidea falsa Rosa & Xu ”; SCAU.
Other material INDIA • 1 ♀; Kerala, Kasargod, Koyithatta Sreedharmashastha Kavu; 12°17′ N, 75°15′ E; 29 Feb. 2020; Aswathi P.G. leg.; CCSERLC11; SERL • 4 ♀♀; Kerala, Kasargod, Edayilakkad Kavu; 12°08′ N, 75°09′ E; 28 Feb. 2020; Aswathi P.G. leg.; CCSERLC14 to 17; SERL • 1 ♀; Kerala, Calicut, Vadakara; 11°38′ N, 75°34′ E; 4.2021; Aswathi P.G. leg.; CCSERLC11; SERL • 2 ♀♀; Kerala, Kollam, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary; 8°55′ N, 77°02′ E; 19 Feb. 2022; Aswathi P.G. leg.; CCSERLC198 and 199; SERL.
Distribution
India (Kerala), China (Yunnan), Malaysia, Philippines (Rosa & Xu 2015).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 136, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Chrysidea furiosa
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Chrysidea furiosa

description: Chrysidea furiosa (Cameron, 1897)
Fig. 9A
Chrysis furiosa Cameron, 1897: 3.
Chrysis (Dichrysis) furiosa – Bischoff 1913: 44.
Chrysidea furiosa – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 314. — Rosa et al. 2021a: 22.
Material examined
INDIA • 1 ♀; Kerala, Periyar A. Sanc.; 5–15 Oct. 1979; J.S. Noyes leg.; B.M. 1979–518; NHMUK.
Distribution
India (Kerala, West Bengal).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 136, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Chrysidea mendicalis Bijoy 2022, stat. nov.
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Chrysidea mendicalis

description: Chrysidea mendicalis (Cameron, 1897) stat. nov.
Figs 8–9
Chrysis mendicalis Cameron, 1897: 4.
Chrysis mendicalis – Bingham 1903: 436 (in key), 451; 1908: 347.
Chrysis (Trichrysis) mendicalis – Bischoff 1913: 45.
Chrysis (Pentachrysis) mendicalis – Bischoff 1913: 63.
Trichrysis mendicalis – Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 573. — nec Rosa et al. 2021a: 83 (fig. 83).
Material examined
Holotype INDIA • 1 ♀; “ Chrysis mendicalis Cam. Type; 1053”; “TYPE HYME 2002 Chrysis medicalis [!] Cameron, 1897 HOLOTYPE ♀ HOPE ENT COLL., OUMNH” [Barrakpore is the type locality given in the description]; OUMNH.
Other material INDIA • 1 ♀; Kerala, Kollam, Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary; 8°55′ N, 77°02′ E; 19 Feb. 2022; P.R. Rinto; CCSERLC195; SERL.
Remarks
Chrysidea mendicalis (Cameron) has traditionally been included in the genus (or subgenus) Trichrysis. The specimen of Trichrysis mendicalis illustrated in the Indian species checklist (Rosa et al. 2021a) is a misidentified one from the Mocsáry collection (HNHM). In fact, Mocsáry acquired the chrysidid collection of C.T. Bingham (Mocsáry 1911, 1912; Rosa et al. 2017), including types of species described by Bingham and Nurse. The illustrated specimen was originally from the Bingham collection. Since Bingham studied Cameron’s collection, this identification has been considered reliable.
A recent examination of the holotype of Trichrysis mendicalis (Fig. 8) deposited at OUMNH revealed that this is a species of Chrysidea, closely related to Chrysidea falsa in particular. The main difference between these two species is found in the metasomal punctation (smaller and denser dorsally in C. falsa, Fig. 9C) and in the shape of the apical margin of the T3; in Chrysidea mendicalis the post-pit area is more extended and the intervals between the median and the lateral tooth are more concave to angulate (Fig. 9B). The Sri Lankan specimen illustrated in Rosa et al. (2021a) may be temporarily identified as Trichrysis triacantha.
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 136-138, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Chrysidea pumila
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Chrysidea pumila

description: Chrysidea pumila (Klug, 1845)
Chrysis pumila Klug, 1845: fig. 13.
Chrysogona assimilis Dahlbom, 1854.
Chrysogona assimilis – du Buysson 1896: 467.
Chrysogona pumila – Bingham 1903: 431.
Chrysidea pumila – Rosa et al. 2021: 22.
Material examined
INDIA • 2 ♀♀; Kerala, Kannur, Madayipara; 12°01′ N, 75°15′ E; 8 Oct. 2021; P.G. Aswathi leg.; CCSERLC156 and 157; SERL.
Distribution
India (Kerala, Maharashtra). Subcosmopolitan species, distributed in the Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Kimsey & Bohart 1991).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on pages 138-139, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Chrysidea Bischoff 1913
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description: Key to the currently known species of Indian Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913
1. Apex of T3 with two teeth ................................................................................................................ 2
– Apex of T3 with three teeth .............................................................................................................. 3
2. TFC raised and double, inwardly depressed below anterior ocellus, continued obliquely down the inner side of eyes, remaining distinctly separated, and continued in a carina topping the scapal basin ....................................................................................................... C. furiosa (Cameron, 1897)
– TFC simple, topping scapal basin ................................................................. C. pumila (Klug, 1845)
3. Apical margin of T3 with interval between median and lateral tooth angled, post pit area wide, about 2 times pit diameter long (Fig. 9B); metasoma dorsally with larger punctures and polished interspaces (Figs 8D, 9B) ................................................................ C. mendicalis (Cameron, 1897)
– Apical margin of T3 with interval between median and lateral tooth waved, post pit area narrow, about 1 times pit diameter long (Fig. 9C); metasoma dorsally with smaller and denser punctures .................................................................................................... C. falsa Rosa & Xu, 2015
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Aswathi, Pokkattu Gopi, Wiśniowski, Bogdan & Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan, 2022, Preliminary revision of the Indian cuckoo wasp genera Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876 and Chrysidea Bischoff, 1910, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 117-143 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 on page 139, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2017, http://zenodo.org/record/7501490
Pheidole aurivillii Mayr 1896
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Pheidole aurivillii

description: P. aurivillii group:
Larger species (minor worker HW: 0.52–0.79 mm, n=52) with relatively long appendages (SI: 107–145, FI: 142– 247). Minor workers: characterized by oval head that is longer than wide, long promesonotum, declining slowly to metanotal groove, absent or inconspicuous mesonotal process. Sculpture on mesonotum, mesopleuron and propodeum uniform, pilosity relatively long, erect and flexous. Postpetiole with shallow ventral process. Major workers: head with mostly irregular rugose-punctate sculpture. Frontal carinae and antennal scrobe absent or inconspicuous, inner hypostomal teeth developed to large, mesonotal process and postpetiole ventral process present. Pilosity as in minor and very abundant. Four described subspecies (Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, P. aurivillii attenuata Santschi, P. aurivillii kasaiensis Forel, P. aurivillii rubricalva Forel), plus other potentially related species and several undescribed morphospecies probably belong to this group.
description: Published as part of FISCHER, GEORG., GARCIA, FRANCISCO HITA & PETERS, MARCELL K., 2012, Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 3232 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3232.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280354
Pheidole excellens Mayr 1862
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Pheidole excellens

description: P. excellens group:
Species with square-like heads in both, minor and major workers, shorter appendages (minor worker SI: 86–115, n=32), often extensive and coarse body sculpture (sometimes only on pronotum), abundant and fine pilosity and small postpetioles, in major workers with a lateral process.
Minor workers: characterized by wide, square head with straight posterior margin and subangulate to angulate corners, relatively short scape, barely to moderately exceeding occipital margin. Postpetiole very short, lower than petiole, about as wide as long. Body often deeply punctate-rugulose/rugose [e.g. excellens Mayr, liengmei Forel], with coarse ridges along dorsopropodeum, but some species mostly smooth [sculpturata rhodesiana Forel], to superficially sculptured [sculpturata]. Usually with high amount of very thin and moderately short body pilosity, often pelt-like, at least on the head. Spines short to long, linearly spinose. Major workers: head usually elongate, much longer than wide, or at least square-like with parallel to subparallel sides, sometimes wider anteriorly than posteriorly. Submedian and outer hypostomal teeth well-developed to large, median tooth absent. Promesonotal dome high, spines quasi-vertical, often thick, blunt or truncated. Postpetiole laterally with an (often strongly) extended, wing-like, posteriorly curved process. Pilosity and sculpture similar to minor workers. The group can be subdivided into two different complexes, one with small species (katonae complex; minor worker HW: 0.57–0.63, n=8), possessing short legs and spines, and relatively larger eyes [katonae Forel, sculpturata zambeziana Forel]. The other complex consists of larger species (excellens complex; minor worker HW: 0.69–0.93, n=24), which possess longer legs and spines, and relatively smaller eyes [excellens Mayr, liengmei Forel, njassae Viehmeyer, sculpturata Mayr, sculpturata welgelengensis Forel]. The described species belonging to this group are: Pheidole arnoldi Forel, P. excellens Mayr, P. excellens weissi Santschi, P. katonae Forel, P. liengmei Forel, P. liengmei micrartifex Forel, P. liengmei shinsendensis Forel, P. njassae Viehmeyer, P. sculpturata Mayr, P. sculpturata areolata Forel, P. sculpturata berthoudi Forel, P. sculpturata dignata Santschi, P. sculpturata rhodesiana Forel, P. sculpturata welgelengensis Forel, P. sculpturata zambeziana Forel. Several probably undescribed morphospecies are located in the collections of BMNH, CASC and ZFMK.
description: Published as part of FISCHER, GEORG., GARCIA, FRANCISCO HITA & PETERS, MARCELL K., 2012, Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 3232 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3232.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280354
Pheidole megacephala
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Pheidole megacephala

description: P. megacephala group:
Relatively small species (minor worker HW: 0.51–0.66 mm, n=18), with relatively short appendages (SI: 117–122, FI: 106–129) and spines. Minor workers: posterior head margin weakly rounded and eyes with eight or more ommatidia in the longest row. Promesonotum without mesonotal process and often smoothly declining towards metanotal groove, spines very short or minute. Petiole relatively short, postpetiole comparatively large with ventral process. Major workers: head in full-face view often broadest at mid-point or posterior, anteriorly often narrower, head sometimes slightly heart shaped. Longitudinal rugulae mostly ending on frons, upper half of head usually smooth and shiny, antennal scrobe weak to inconspicuous, inner hypostomal teeth mostly very small or inconspicuous and medium tooth absent. Mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole similar to minor workers. A number of described species and infraspecific taxa exist for this group (Pheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, P. megacephala duplex Santschi, P. megacephala ilgi Forel, P. megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, P. megacephala melancholica Santschi, P. megacephala nkomoana Forel, P. megacephala rotundata Forel, P. megacephala rotundata Forel, P. megacephala scabrior Forel, P. megacephala speculifrons Stitz, P. megacephala talpa Gerstäcker, P. p i c a t a Forel, P. picata bernhardae Emery, P. picata gietleni Forel, P. punctulata Mayr, P. punctulata atrox Forel, P. punctulata spinosa Forel), which is in high need of revision.
description: Published as part of FISCHER, GEORG., GARCIA, FRANCISCO HITA & PETERS, MARCELL K., 2012, Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 3232 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3232.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280354
Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi 1914
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Pheidole nigeriensis

description: P. nigeriensis group:
Very small species (minor worker HW: 0.41–0.56 mm, n=60), with short scapes and legs (SI: 90–114, FI: 95–122). Minor workers: posterior head margin straight to weakly concave and eyes small with a maximum of six ommatidia in the longest row. Promesonotal dome well-rounded to slightly angulate in profile view, propodeum, spines and postpetiole relatively short. Postpetiole not higher than petiolar node and without ventral process. Major worker: head longer than wide, very large compared to the rest of the body, anteriorly weakly longitudinally rugulose. Upper half of head mostly smooth (similar to megacephala group), inner hypstomal teeth well-developed to relatively large. Mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole similar to minor workers. The group contains Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi and several morphospecies collected from different localities.
description: Published as part of FISCHER, GEORG., GARCIA, FRANCISCO HITA & PETERS, MARCELL K., 2012, Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 3232 (1) on page 7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3232.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/280354