A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania

Hawkes, Peter G.

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dc.contributor.author	Hawkes, Peter G.
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa	en
dc.coverage.spatial	Tanzania	en
dc.date.accessioned	2011-09-15T07:21:11Z
dc.date.available	2011-09-15T07:21:11Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description.abstract	Asphinctopone is a rarely encountered genus of ponerine ants, previously known only from the wet forest zones of West and central Africa. In the most recent revision of the genus Bolton & Fisher synonymised the three previously described species under A. sylvestrii Santschi and described one new but very closely related species, A. differens Bolton & Fisher. A very distinctive new species, Asphinctopone pilosa sp. n., is described from Tanzania and represents the first record of this genus from East Africa. Modifications to the diagnosis of the genus and an updated key to the species of Asphinctopone are presented. An analysis of the distribution records of Asphinctopone, using BIOCLIM and DOMAIN as implemented in DIVA-GIS 7.1 to provide preliminary predictions of the potential range of the genus, is also provided.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), which is a joint initiative of Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank.	en
dc.description.uri	http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html	en
dc.identifier.citation	Hawkes, PG 2010, 'A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania', Zootaxa vol. 2480, pp. 27–36.	en
dc.identifier.issn	1175-5326
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17279
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Magnolia Press	en
dc.rights	© 2010 Magnolia Press	en
dc.subject	Asphinctopone	en
dc.subject	New species	en
dc.subject	Taxonomy	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Ants	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Hymenoptera	en
dc.title	A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania	en
dc.type	Article	en