Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach.

ABSTRACT: Here we describe the diversity of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis-group as the final installment of series describing the complete Malagasy Nesomyrmex fauna. In the current paper introduce the Nesomyrmex brevicornis-group, a newly outlined species group. We split this group from one of the four former groups, Nesomyrmex madecassus-group (sensu Csősz and Fisher 2015). The relatively small number of individuals available within the Nesomyrmex brevicornis-group relative to the large number of OTUs hampers the use of sophisticated statistical techniques to evaluate the morphological data. Instead, we assess the diversity of the Nesomyrmex brevicornis-group via a conventional morphology-based approach relying upon non-numeric characters (shape, sculpture, color etc.) recorded by simple eye

SUBMITTER: Csosz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027765 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature