TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lapolla, J.S.
T1  - Description of the male of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2006
DA  - 2006
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_008:171
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_008:171
SP  - 171-173
KW  - Ant taxonomy, mealybugs, Palaearctic, trophobiosis, trophophoresy.
AB  - The male of the single known European Acropyga, A. paleartica Menozzi, 1936, is described. With the discovery of the male of A. paleartica, a combination of worker and male morphological characters allows for the placement of the species within the A. arnoldi species group, which previously only contained a single species, A. arnoldi Santschi, 1926. A number of similarities exist between workers of the two species among those being: a high maxillary palp number (up to 5 segments), a high number of mandibular teeth (6 - 8), and a similarly shaped pronotum. The following similarities exist between males of the two species: high number of mandibular teeth, similarly shaped parameres and penis valves, and similarly shaped 9th sternite (= subgenital plate). A sister taxa grouping of the species is interesting because the mealybugs utilized by both of them are also thought to be sister taxa.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Original Article
VL  - 8