A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species

A new species of the ponerine ant genus Myopias Roger, 1861 collected from southwestern China is described based on morphological features. M. daia sp. nov. is allied to M. luoba Xu & Liu, 2012, but differs from the latter by the...

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Autores principales:	Zheng-Hui Xu, Chris J Burrwel, Akihiro Nakamura
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae Myopias New species Yunnan Province South and East Asian species Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3c12f8f320394959b13a00fa8a2e98d82021-12-02T16:13:04ZA New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i2.164-170https://doaj.org/article/3c12f8f320394959b13a00fa8a2e98d82014-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/224https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525A new species of the ponerine ant genus <em>Myopias</em> Roger, 1861 collected from southwestern China is described based on morphological features. <em>M. daia</em> sp. nov. is allied to <em>M. luoba</em> Xu & Liu, 2012, but differs from the latter by the shape of the posterior head margin, eye facet number, petiolar node shape, head sculpture, body color, and total length. The new species is also allied to<em> M. nops</em> Willey & Brown, 1983 and <em>M. menba</em> Xu & Liu, 2012, but differs from the latter two species by petiolar node shape, eye facet number, and body sculpture and color. A key based on the worker caste is provided to the eleven known Oriental species of the genus for the first time.Zheng-Hui XuChris J BurrwelAkihiro NakamuraUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticleHymenopteraFormicidaePonerinaeMyopiasNew speciesYunnan ProvinceSouth and East Asian speciesZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 2, Pp 164-170 (2014)
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topic	Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae Myopias New species Yunnan Province South and East Asian species Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	Hymenoptera Formicidae Ponerinae Myopias New species Yunnan Province South and East Asian species Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Zheng-Hui Xu Chris J Burrwel Akihiro Nakamura A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
description	A new species of the ponerine ant genus <em>Myopias</em> Roger, 1861 collected from southwestern China is described based on morphological features. <em>M. daia</em> sp. nov. is allied to <em>M. luoba</em> Xu & Liu, 2012, but differs from the latter by the shape of the posterior head margin, eye facet number, petiolar node shape, head sculpture, body color, and total length. The new species is also allied to<em> M. nops</em> Willey & Brown, 1983 and <em>M. menba</em> Xu & Liu, 2012, but differs from the latter two species by petiolar node shape, eye facet number, and body sculpture and color. A key based on the worker caste is provided to the eleven known Oriental species of the genus for the first time.
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author	Zheng-Hui Xu Chris J Burrwel Akihiro Nakamura
author_facet	Zheng-Hui Xu Chris J Burrwel Akihiro Nakamura
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title	A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
title_short	A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
title_full	A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
title_fullStr	A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
title_full_unstemmed	A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species
title_sort	new species of the ponerine ant genus myopias roger from yunnan, china, with a key to the known oriental species
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/3c12f8f320394959b13a00fa8a2e98d8
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A New Species of the Ponerine Ant Genus Myopias Roger from Yunnan, China, with a Key to the Known Oriental Species

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