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Acanthostichus is a predatory and predominantly subterranean genus of ant in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2][3] They are found in the New World, from the southern United States to Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina.[4] They are probably common, but due to their subterranean nature, they are seldom collected or seen.[5]
Most species are very similar; the petiole is the most important feature in identifying species. Many are known only from a few collections, or even single specimen, which makes it hard to determine variability within species. For this reason, many described members of this genus may be synonyms.[5]
Species
The genus currently contains 24 species:
- Acanthostichus arizonensis MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus bentoni MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894
- Acanthostichus brevinodis MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus concavinodis MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus davisi (Smith, 1942)
- Acanthostichus emmae MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus femoralis Kusnezov, 1962
- Acanthostichus flexuosus MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus fuscipennis Emery, 1895
- †Acanthostichus hispaniolicus De Andrade, 1998
- Acanthostichus kirbyi Emery, 1895
- Acanthostichus laevigatus MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus laticornis Forel, 1908
- Acanthostichus lattkei MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus longinodis Mackay, 2004
- Acanthostichus punctiscapus MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus quadratus Emery, 1895
- Acanthostichus quirozi MacKay, 1996
- Acanthostichus sanchezorum MacKay, 1985
- Acanthostichus serratulus (Smith, 1858)
- Acanthostichus skwarrae Wheeler, 1934
- Acanthostichus texanus Forel, 1904
- Acanthostichus truncatus MacKay, 1996
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthostichus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ MacKay 1996, p. 129
- ^ "Genus: Acanthostichus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ MacKay 2004, p. 97
- ^ a b MacKay 1996, p. 130
- MacKay, W. P. (1996), "A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).", Sociobiology, 27: 129–179
- MacKay, W. P. (2004), "A new species of the ant genus Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Paraguay, and a description of the gyne of A. brevicornis Emery.", Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106: 97–101
External links
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