Adetomyrma cassis

Adetomyrma cassis (from Latin cassis, "helm", referring to the shape of its genital capsule)[1] is a species of ant endemic to Madagascar.

Adetomyrma cassis
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A. cassis
Binomial name
Adetomyrma cassis
Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012

Description

Adetomyrma cassis is only known from a single male collected in the Ambatovaky Reserve, Madagascar. The male of A. cassis is distinguished easily from other Adetomyrma males by a distinct and flatted projection on the posterior portion of the paramere. This projection is not separated from the paramere by a deep notch as in A. bressleri. This genital character observed in Adetomyrma cassis is completely unique and sufficient to regard this male as a distinct species.[1]

References

  • Yoshimura, Masashi; Fisher, Brian L. (2012), "A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 3341: 1–31, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3341.1.1
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