发现自印度的世界第三例具后胸腺的弓背蚁(膜翅目：蚁科：蚁亚科：弓背蚁族)  

Report of a third Camponotus species with metapleural gland from the world and first from India(Hymenoptera:Formicidae:Formicinae:Camponotini)

作　　者：Debjani DEY A. COUMAR 

机构地区：[1]National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India

出　　处：《昆虫学报》2008年第2期234-236,共3页Acta Entomologica Sinica

摘　　要：作者通过电镜观察等手段,发现并确认产于印度的绢毛弓背蚁Camponotus sericeus Fabricius为该属第3个具有后胸腺的物种,揭示了弓背蚁属物种缺乏后胸腺普遍规律基础上的特殊性,对阐明后胸腺在蚂蚁进化过程中的演化趋势和生物学意义具有参考价值。Camponotus sericeus Fabricius, a ground-dwelling species occurring all over India was found to possess the metapleural gland. This character is absent in most species of Camponotus worldwide, except for C. g/gas Latreille from Indonesia （Sumatra island） and C. thadeus Shattuck from Queensland, Australia. This is the first report of the presence of metapleural gland in an Indian species of Camponotus and the third from the world.

关 键 词：膜翅目 蚁科 蚁亚科 弓背蚁属 后胸腺 印度 

分 类 号：Q964[生物学—昆虫学]