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Issue: Vol. 1475 No. 1: 17 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1475.1.2
Page range: 21–26
Abstract views: 69
PDF downloaded: 2

Thaumastaneis nigricans, a new species of a remarkable ant-mimetic Larginae (Hemiptera: Largidae) and the discovery of an ant-mimetic complex

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, División Entomología, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Limonología, “R.A. Ringuelet” (ILPLA), CC 712 (1900) La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hemiptera Thaumastaneis Largidae myrmecomorphic new species ant mimicry

Abstract

Thaumastaneis nigricans, a new species of Larginae from Bolivia, is described and compared with T. montandoni Kirkaldy & Edwards, the only other species known of the genus. This latter species is recorded from Paraguay for the first time, and its association with a Camponotus ant worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a Trigonidiidae cricket (Orthoptera) is mentioned. Several features of Thaumastaneis montandoni are illustrated via SEMs.

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