Linear Morphometry of Male Genitalia Distinguishes the Ant Genera

Formicidae Madagascar linear morphometry male genitalia multivariate analysis species delimitation

Journal

Insects
ISSN: 2075-4450
Titre abrégé: Insects
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101574235

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 08 07 2024
revised: 08 08 2024
accepted: 09 08 2024
medline: 28 8 2024
pubmed: 28 8 2024
entrez: 28 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Morphometric analyses of male genitalia are routinely used to distinguish genera and species in beetles, butterflies, and flies, but are rarely used in ants, where most morphometric analyses focus on the external morphology of the worker caste. In this work, we performed linear morphometric analysis of the male genitalia to distinguish

Identifiants

pubmed: 39194810
pii: insects15080605
doi: 10.3390/insects15080605
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : DEB 1932467 Aow

Auteurs

Nomena F Rasoarimalala (NF)

Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Mention Entomologie Cultures Élevage et Santé, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.

Tanjona Ramiadantsoa (T)

Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.

Jean Claude Rakotonirina (JC)

Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Mention Entomologie Cultures Élevage et Santé, Faculté des Sciences, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.

Brian L Fisher (BL)

Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.

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