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Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

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العنوان: Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
المؤلفون: Sebastian Salata, Brian L Fisher
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 1, p e0244195 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Madagascar, one of the top megadiversity regions, hosts one of the highest numbers of endemic and threatened organisms on earth. One of the most spectacular examples of ant radiation on the island has occurred in the hyperdiverse genus Pheidole. To this date, there are 117 described Madagascan Pheidole divided into 16 species-groups, and 97% of them are endemic to the island. Only two of these species-groups contain widely distributed invasive species in addition to native, endemic taxa: megacephala, and fervens species-groups. Here we revise the fervens species-group and discuss updated distribution records of its introduced members on Madagascar. We recognize six species belonging to this group, including five new to science: Pheidole ampangabe sp. nov., P. arivo sp. nov., P. comosa sp. nov., P. indica Mayr, P. mamirapiratra sp. nov., and P. mena sp. nov. Detailed descriptions are supplemented with measurements, diagnoses, identification key, high-resolution images for major and minor worker, and comments on distribution and biology.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244195
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/70c93b9476154bf5a15b10eda8d8dc8e
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.70c93b9476154bf5a15b10eda8d8dc8e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0244195