Chimaeridris, a new genus of hook-mandibled myrmicine ants from tropical asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1989 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Insectes Sociaux, volume 36, pages 62-69 (issn: 0020-1812, eissn: 1420-9098,

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Authors: Wilson, E. O.;

doi: 10.1007/bf02225881

Chimaeridris, a new genus of hook-mandibled myrmicine ants from tropical asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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A description is given of the new genusChimaeridris, comprising the new speciesC. boltoni of Sulawesi andC. burckhardti of Sabah. The worker is outwardly similar to that of a minor worker or minor-major intermediate ofPheidole, except that its mandibles are hook shaped, displaying a form unique within the subfamily Myrmicinae and superficially similar to that of ecitonine army ants in the genusCheliomyrmex and some African driver ants of the genusDorylus. The possibility is raised thatChimaeridris is either a slavemaker (presumably, ofPheidole) or a specialized predator.

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Arthropoda, Hexapoda, Hymenoptera, taxonomy, Vespoidea, Attini, Animalia, Myrmicinae, insects, Formicidae, biodiversity

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