Adetomyrma caputleae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Adetomyrma
Species: Adetomyrma caputleae

Name

Adetomyrma caputleae Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 17, figs 8, 11, 21, 31, 40, 49, 58, 66, 75, 76, 82, 85, 87, 89, 91, 92

Holotype: CASC CASENT0227992, BLF02537, worker.

Type locality: MADAGASCAR, Antananarivo, 3 km 41° NE Andranomay, 11.5 km 147° SSE Anjozorobe, 18° 28.4´ S, 47° 57.6´ E, 1300malt., montane rainforest, ex rotten log, 5–13.xii.2000, Fisher, Griswold et al. leg.

Paratypes. 7 workers: CASENT0004352 [BMNH], CASENT0227993 [CASC], CASENT0227994 [CASC], CASENT0227995 [CASC], CASENT0227996 [MCZC], CASENT0227997 [MHNG], CASENT0227998 [NHMB], 7 males: CASENT0004353 [BMNH], CASENT0011473 [CASC], CASENT0227978 [CASC], CASENT0227979 [CASC], CASENT0227980 [MCZC], CASENT0227999 [MHNG], CASENT0247048 [NHMB], with same data as holotype.

Etymology: This species name is derived from the Latin words caput (head) and lea (lioness), referring to the stout, thick head of the new species. The species epithet is treated as a noun in apposition, and thus invariant.

References

Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa 3341: 1–31. Preview PDF Reference page.