| Adetomyrma cilium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Adetomyrma |
| Species: | A. cilium |
| Binomial name | |
| Adetomyrma cilium Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012 | |
Adetomyrma cilium (from Latin cilium, "eyelash", referring to the long hairs on its compound eye) [1] is a species of ant endemic to Madagascar.
Adetomyrma cilium is only known from males. The male of A. cilium is distinguished easily from the other Adetomyrma males by a combination of long hairs on the eye, long suberect hairs on the anterior surface of the mesofemur, and a well-developed subpetiolar process. [1]
The species is relatively similar to A. clarivida , but differs in the mesofemur hairs and development of the subpetiolar process. Additionally, these species differ in the shape of the aedeagus and the palpal formula. [1]
This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Yoshimura, Masashi; Fisher, Brian L. (2012), "A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)." (PDF), Zootaxa , 3341: 1–31, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3341.1.1 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.  | This ant-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |