Vollenhovia pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal & Rilta, 2023

Akbar, Shahid Ali, Bharti, Himender, Schifani, Enrico & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2023, Overview of the ant genus Vollenhovia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India and Sri Lanka, with an illustrated key and the description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 908, pp. 77-107 : 92

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2339

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F6C37D2-DD6A-49E8-9447-5666859BE75E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10470932

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scientific name

Vollenhovia pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal & Rilta, 2023
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Vollenhovia pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal & Rilta, 2023

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Vollenhovia pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal & Rilta in Dhadwal et al., 2023: 4.

Type locality: Kerala, Parambikulum Tiger Reserve, Karimala [Holotype: PUAC, type series examined in Dhadwal et al. 2023] .

Material examined

INDIA • 8 workers; Kerala, Periyar Tiger Reserve ; 9°46′ N, 77°14′ E; alt. 1005 m; 10 Oct. 2011; hand picking; S.A. Akbar leg.; PUAC0018 to PUAC0025 GoogleMaps .

Worker measurements & indices (11 specimens, 2 colonies, 2 localities)

CL 0.56–0.70, CW 0.51–0.55, CS 0.53–0.62, EL 0.09–0.13, ML 0.60–0.76, PEH 0.22–0.33, PEL 0.16– 0.22, PEW 0.18–0.21, PPH 0.19–0.24, PPL 0.16–0.23, PPW 0.21–0.25, PW 0.37–0.43, SL 0.34–0.40. Indices: CL/CW 1.10–1.30, EL/ CS 0.16–0.22, ML / CS 1.00–1.36, PEH/ CS 0.39–0.63, PEL/ CS 0.27– 0.39, PEW / CS 0.31–0.37, PPH/ CS 0.32–0.43, PPL/ CS 0.27–0.41, PPW/ CS 0.35–0.45, PW / CS 0.64– 0.78, SL/ CS 0.61–072.

Remarks

Due to its dentiform propodeal spines, Vollenhovia pfeifferi appears unique among its congeners in the region and thus is easily recognizable ( Dhadwal et al. 2023). We report a second locality for this recently described taxon of the Western Ghats, based on samples collected in the Periyar Tiger Reserve.

Distribution

India (Kerala) ( Dhadwal et al. 2023).

Dhadwal T., Rilta J. S. & Bharti H. 2023. Taxonomic studies on the genus Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): five new species from India. Sociobiology 70: e 9103. https: // doi. org / 10.13102 / sociobiology. v 70 i 3.9103

Gallery Image

Fig. 9.Vollenhovia pfeifferi Bharti, Dhadwal &Rilta, 2023,worker from India (PUAC0018, photographer: Shahid Ali Akbar). A. Head, full face view. B. Habitus, lateral view. C. Habitus, dorsal view. D. Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, collection site.

PUAC

PUAC

CS

Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)

ML

Musee de Lectoure

PW

Paleontological Collections

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Myrmicinae

Genus

Vollenhovia