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Title: Two new species of Leptanilloides Mann, 1823 (Formicidae: Dorylinae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador
Authors: Donoso Vargas, D.
Delsinne, T.
Keywords: Army ant syndrome
DNA barcoding
male description
metatibial gland
subterranean ants
Issue Date: 8-Oct-2015
Publisher: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY
Abstract: Two new species of Leptanilloides are described: L. copalinga Delsinne & Donoso sp. nov. and L. prometea Delsinne & Donoso sp. nov., based on workers collected in the leaf litter and soil of the Andes of southern Ecuador. Both species belong to the L. biconstricta species-group (formally diagnosed here). The metatibial gland, considered a synapomorphy for Dorylinae, is observed in L. prometea sp. nov. but seems absent in L. copalinga sp. nov. We provide a COI DNA barcode for both species and a revised key for the worker caste of all known species in the genus. We also describe a single male identified as a potential new Leptanilloides species on the basis of morphology. Furthermore, its mitochondrial COI gene sequence does not match any previously barcoded species. However, we refrain from giving it a specific name because of our lack of knowledge about the worker caste. So far, half of the 14 Leptanilloides species have been discovered above 1500 m in the mountain forests or paramos of the Ecuadorian Andes, confirming, if needed, the biological significance of these threatened habitats.
URI: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18923
ISBN: 2118-9773
Other Identifiers: http://10.5852/ejt.2015.143
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