Phalacromyrmecini
- Ishakidris ascitaspis
- Phalacromyrmex fugax
- Pilotrochus besmerus
Characteristics
The Phalacromyrmecini shares the following synapomorphies with the other members of the dacetine tribe group (Bolton 2003):- Head anterior to antennnal sockets strongly narrowed from side to side
- Masticatory margins of mandibles oppose but do not overlap when mandibles fully closed
- Trigger hairs on labrum or mandible
- Specialized labral shape
- Preocular carina present
- Dentition alternating between small and large teeth from base to apex; main teeth larger toward the base, the basal tooth usually largest
- Katepisternum with oblique groove/impression that extends from posterior margin of the mesopleural gland towards metapleuron
References
Bolton, B. 1984. Diagnosis and relationships of the myrmicine ant genus Ishakidris gen. n. Systematic Entomology 9: 373-382.
Bolton, B. 1994. Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bolton, B. 1995. A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bolton, B. 1998. Monophyly of the dacetonine tribe-group and its component tribes. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology Series) 67: 65-78.
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. 370 pp. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Vol. 71. Gainesville, FL.
Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Wheeler, G. C. & Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 74: 1-108.
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