Chrysapace costatus

• Main Authors: Yamada, Aiki, Lin, Chung-Chi, Eguchi, Katsuyuki
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Chrysapace; Chrysapace costatus; DML
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6473155; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6473155

Chrysapace costatus (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013) (Figs 42–48) Chrysapace sauteri (misidentification): RADCHENKO (1993): 76, ♀ (dealate). Unconfirmed record (see under “Remarks”). Cerapachys costatus Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013: 1191, ♀. Type locality: “FRI [= Forest Research Institute]” (Uttarakhand, India); CHEN et al. (2016: 8, ♀). Chrysapace costatus: BOROWIEC (2016): 106 (new combination). Type material examined. HOLOTYPE (Figs 26–30, 33): ♀, 30.3416° N, 77.9903° E, 640 m alt., FRI, Uttarakhand, India, A.A. Wachkoo leg., 4.ix.2010 (PUPAC). Other material examined. CHINA: GUANGXI: 3 ♀♀, 22°28′N, 106°57′ E, 320 m, Nonggang Natural Reserve, Liwei Liang leg., 24.vi.2013, No. G130254 (GNU). YUNNAN: 3♀♀, Banna Wild Elephant Valley, 8.iv.2017, Chaotai Wei leg (GNU). Material used for DNA barcoding. Individual AIK20180228-6 (accession no. LC457503), Banna Wild Elephant Valley, Yunnan, China. Diagnosis. In the worker, cranium subrectangular in fullface view, with costae on vertex strongly and coarsely distorted; eye and median ocellus relatively large (EI, 22–24; OI, 7–8; EI + OI, 29–31); dorsum of mesosoma longitudinally costate; abdominal tergite and sternite III longitudinally costate; abdominal tergite and sternites IV smooth with relatively dense hair-bearing foveae. Redescription. Worker (Figs 42–48). Body color, pilosity, and structure are similar to the worker of C. sauteri described above except for the following characteristics: costae on vertex of cranium strongly and coarsely distorted (see Figs 42–43); eye and ocelli relatively large (EI, 22–24; OI, 7–8; EI + OI, 29–31). Holotype worker (Figs 43–48). HL 1.23 mm; HW 1.07 mm; EL 0.27 mm; EW 0.20 mm; ES 0.24 mm; PEHL 0.28 mm; OL 0.07 mm; SL 0.81 mm; WL 1.97 mm; DML 1.59 mm; MW 1.06 mm; MFL 1.17 mm; PH 0.85 mm; PTL 0.87 mm; PTW 0.73 mm; A3L 0.88 mm; A3 W 1.07 mm; CI 87; SI 76; EI 22; EPI 22; OI 7; DMI 67; DMI2 81; LMI 53; MFI 109; PTI 85; A3I 122. Nontype workers (n = 6). HL 1.10–1.17 mm; HW 0.90–0.97 mm; EL 0.23–0.26 mm; EW 0.17–0.21 mm; ES 0.21–0.23 mm; ...