Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology.

ABSTRACT: The CamponotussubgenusMyrmosagasubgen. rev. from the Malagasy region is revised based on analysis of both qualitative morphological characters and morphometric traits. The multivariate analysis used the Nest Centroid (NC)-clustering method to generate species hypotheses based on 19 continuous morphological traits of minor workers. The proposed species hypotheses were confirmed by cumulative Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA). Morphometric ratios for the subsets of minor and major workers were used in species descriptions and redefinitions. The present study places the subgenus Myrmopytiasyn. nov. in synonymy to Myrmosaga. It recognizes 38 species, of which 19 are newly described: C.aina sp. nov., C.aro sp. nov., C.asara sp. nov.

SUBMITTER: Rakotonirina JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848896 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature