Paratrechina docilis (Forel, Wild, A. L., 2007

Wild, A. L., 2007, A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 1622, pp. 1-55 : 45

publication ID

21367

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B08DA0DB-EEC0-4ED3-9FBE-59328B034102

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6239890

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/978D5DFE-B106-EE00-4667-2075EAA357C8

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Thomas

scientific name

Paratrechina docilis (Forel
status

NEW STATUS

Paratrechina docilis (Forel   HNS 1908b). NEW STATUS.

Prenolepis vividula subsp. docilis Forel   HNS 1908b: 402. [w syntypes examined, MHNG; São Paulo, Brazil] .

Paratrechina (Nylanderia) vividula subsp. docilis (Forel)   HNS . Emery 1925: 223.

Nylanderia vividula docilis (Forel)   HNS . Kempf 1972: 168.

Pararechina vividula docilis (Forel)   HNS . Brandão 1991: 368.

Forel’s P. docilis   HNS , described from southeastern Brazil and recorded in eastern Paraguay from a variety of forest habitats, cannot be considered conspecific with the cosmopolitan tramp species P. vividula (Nylander)   HNS . Paratrechina vividula   HNS is likely native to North America (Trager 1984) and has not been recorded from Paraguay. Several consistent morphological differences separate the workers of the two forms. The pilosity on the antennal scapes of P. vividula   HNS is fine, sparse, and shorter in length than the width of the scape, whereas the pilosity on the scapes of P. docilis   HNS is stout, black, and at least as long as the width of the scape. The gastric pubescence of P. docilis   HNS is sparser than that of P. vividula   HNS , and color of P. docilis   HNS is normally a clear orange-yellow, lighter than the testaceous to brown color range seen in P. vividula   HNS .

MHNG

Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Paratrechina

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