First discovery of subdichthadiigyne in Yunodorylus Xu, 2000 (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

Yunodorylus comprises four named species and has so far been known exclusively from the Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions. Recently, two queen-right colonies of Yunodorylus eguchiiBorowiec, 2009 were found in a lowland evergreen forest in Lo Go Xa Mat National Park, southwestern Vietnam. The...

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Published inRevue suisse de zoologie Vol. 123; no. 2; pp. 307 - 314
Main Authors Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Mizuno, Riou, Ito, Fuminori, Satria, Rijal, Van An, Dang, Viet, Bui Tuan, Hong Luong, Phung Thi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Muséum d'histoire naturelle 01.01.2020
Subjects
army ant adaptive syndrome
Cerapachys sexspinus group
morphology
queen
RESEARCH-ARTICLE
Vietnam
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Summary:Yunodorylus comprises four named species and has so far been known exclusively from the Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions. Recently, two queen-right colonies of Yunodorylus eguchiiBorowiec, 2009 were found in a lowland evergreen forest in Lo Go Xa Mat National Park, southwestern Vietnam. The present paper is the first description of the queen caste of Yunodorylus. The queens were interestingly subdichthadiiform. This discovery has an important implication in our further understanding of the evolution of the “Army Ant Adaptive Syndrome” in the subfamily Dorylinae.
ISSN:0035-418X
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.155307