Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.
Neotrop Entomol. 2023 Oct;52(5):875-898. doi: 10.1007/s13744-023-01060-2. Epub 2023 Jul 25.
Dolichomitus is a moderately large genus comprising 87 known species, 21 of which occur in the Neotropical region. Here, eight new species from Peru are described and figured: D. chetsorr Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. illa Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. maquinaccasa Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. puka Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. quellue Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. yanasiki Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. urqu Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., and D. willapi Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.. Dolichomitus annulicornis (Cameron) and D. meii Di Giovanni & Sääksjärvi are recorded from Peru for first time. Furthermore, Umanella tricoloripes Herrera-Florez is transferred to Dolichomitus, and D. pimmi Araujo & Pádua is synonymized with D. tricoloripes (Herrera-Florez, 2018); and a key to Neotropical species is provided.
多刺蚁属是一个中等大小的属,包含 87 个已知物种,其中 21 种分布于新热带地区。本文描述并图示了来自秘鲁的 8 个新种:切托多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、伊拉多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、马基纳卡萨多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、普卡多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、奎尔加多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、亚纳希基多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.、乌尔卡多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov. 和威拉皮多刺蚁 Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.。此外,本文还首次记录了来自秘鲁的环刺蚁(Cameron)和多美蚁(Di Giovanni & Sääksjärvi)。三色棘蚁(Herrera-Florez)被归入多刺蚁属,三色棘蚁(Herrera-Florez,2018)与三色多刺蚁(Araujo & Pádua)同义;并提供了新热带地区物种的关键特征。