Salata Sebastian, Fisher Brian L
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA..
Zootaxa. 2020 Aug 31;4843(1):zootaxa.4843.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4843.1.1.
The present study represents a taxonomic revision of the P. bessonii species-group from Madagascar. Eighteen members of this group are recognized and described, and an illustrated identification key to this group is also presented. One name is raised to species level: P. decollata Forel, 1892 stat. nov. We also redescribe worker castes and designate lectotypes for P. bessonii Forel, 1891, P. decollata Forel, 1892, P. grallatrix Emery, 1899, P. madecassa Forel, 1892, and P. oswaldi 1891. The following 13 new species are described: Pheidole antsahabe sp. nov., Pheidole atsirakambiaty sp. nov., Pheidole clara sp. nov., Pheidole flammea sp. nov., Pheidole flavodepressa sp. nov., Pheidole mantadioflava sp. nov., Pheidole maro sp. nov., Pheidole ovalinoda sp. nov., Pheidole similis sp. nov., Pheidole tenebrovulgaris sp. nov., Pheidole uranus sp. nov., Pheidole voreios sp. nov., Pheidole zirafy sp. nov.
本研究对来自马达加斯加的贝氏大头蚁物种组进行了分类修订。该组确认并描述了18个成员，并给出了该组的图文鉴定检索表。一个名称被提升到物种级别：截头大头蚁Pheidole decollata Forel, 1892，新地位。我们还重新描述了工蚁品级，并为贝氏大头蚁Pheidole bessonii Forel, 1891、截头大头蚁Pheidole decollata Forel, 1892、长柄大头蚁Pheidole grallatrix Emery, 1899、马岛大头蚁Pheidole madecassa Forel, 1892和奥斯瓦尔德大头蚁Pheidole oswaldi 1891指定了选模标本。描述了以下13个新物种：安萨哈贝大头蚁Pheidole antsahabe新种、阿齐拉坎比亚蒂大头蚁Pheidole atsirakambiaty新种、克拉拉大头蚁Pheidole clara新种、火焰大头蚁Pheidole flammea新种、黄凹大头蚁Pheidole flavodepressa新种、曼塔迪奥弗拉瓦大头蚁Pheidole mantadioflava新种、马罗大头蚁Pheidole maro新种、椭圆节大头蚁Pheidole ovalinoda新种、相似大头蚁Pheidole similis新种、暗褐大头蚁Pheidole tenebrovulgaris新种、天王星大头蚁Pheidole uranus新种、沃雷奥斯大头蚁Pheidole voreios新种、齐拉菲大头蚁Pheidole zirafy新种。
