Bannapone pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978) Baroni Urbani, 1978

Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Viet, Bui Tuan, Yamane, Seiki & Terayama, Mamoru, 2015, Redefinition of the genus Bannapone and description of B. cryptica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae), Zootaxa 4013 (1), pp. 77-86 : 84

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A3C24842-752D-4472-B372-04C718AE22F9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6097011
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03896A08-FFF1-FFE8-F9E2-1CB8FBACFCFB
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bannapone pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Bannapone pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978) , comb. nov.

Amblyopone pertinax Baroni Urbani, 1978: 48 View in CoL –49. Combination in Stigmatomma: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012: 19 .

Holotype: worker, India: Dargeeling: Chim Khona near Ghum (2200 m alt.), 28/v/1975, W. Wittmer leg., NHMB, not examined (but images examined: CASENT0906831 at AntWeb).

Remarks. The worker of B. pertinax is easily distinguished from that of B. cryptica by: (1) head a little broader than long (CI=101.9, according to the original description); (2) apical blade of mandible shorter and broader; (3) preapical denticle of apical blade of mandible developed well; (4) mid-basal tooth row of mandible consisting of 5 teeth of which basal four small and obliquely truncate apically, almost equal in size; (5) frontal carinae inconspicuous, extending by no more than the length of frontal lobe; (6) posterolateral part of propodeum feebly produced posteriad; (7) subpetiolar process large and lobate, but not spatulate.