A revision of the genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera :
Formicidae) of the continental United States /
by James C. Trager.
Description
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English
- Published
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1984.
- Summary
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The taxonomy of the ant genus Paratrechina in the continental United States is revised. Identity of previously published taxa is determined, and the workers and males are redescribed. The workers and males of the new species P.concinna, P. phantasma and P. wojciki from the Southeast and P. austroccidua and P. hystrix from the Southwest are described. P. fulva pubens , P. melanderi arenivaga and P.arenivaga faisonensis are raised to full species. P. parvula grandula is transferred to Conomyrma . The establishment of P. f lavipes of temperate eastern Asia, in Pennsylvania and New York, and of P. guatemalensis of the Caribbean region, in southern Florida, is reported for the first time. The synonomy of P. kincaidi with P. vividula and the sibling species relationship of vividula to P. terricola are discussed as are the reasons for resurrecting Buckley's name terricola for the species described by Wheeler as melanderi. Biological and distributional data for each species are also presented. Keys are given for the workers and males of all species.
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Vita.
Typescript.
- Physical Description
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xiii, 263 leaves :
ill. ;
28 cm.
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