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Issue: Vol. 1923 No. 1: 5 Nov. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1923.1.3
Page range: 37–54
Abstract views: 75
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Morphology of the eggs and larvae of Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and a note on the relationship with its symbiotic fungus

Centro de Estudos dos Insetos Sociais, IB-UNESP, av. 24-A, 1515, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, 13506900, São Paulo, Brazil UPA. Laboratório de Mirmecologia, convênio UESC/CEPLAC, km 26 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, 45600-000 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Laboratório de Biossistemática Animal, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Campus Juvino Oliveira, BR 415, Km 03, s/nº, 45700-000 Itapetinga, Bahia, Brazil
Centro de Estudos dos Insetos Sociais, IB-UNESP, av. 24-A, 1515, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, 13506900, São Paulo, Brazil
UPA. Laboratório de Mirmecologia, convênio UESC/CEPLAC, km 26 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, 45600-000 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
UPA. Laboratório de Mirmecologia, convênio UESC/CEPLAC, km 26 rod. Ilhéus-Itabuna, 45600-000 Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil Laboratório de Biossistemática Animal, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Campus Juvino Oliveira, BR 415, Km 03, s/nº, 45700-000 Itapetinga, Bahia, Brazil UMR5202 MNHN-CNRS CP50 Entomologie, Département Systématique & Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
Hymenoptera Formicidae Myrmicinae Attini Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery immature stages morphology symbiotic fungus

Abstract

The morphology of the eggs and larvae of the ant Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery is here described and discussed for the first time. Some morphological characteristics of the symbiotic fungus that covers the eggs, larvae, and pupae are also examined.

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