%0 Journal Article
%T A new ant species of Oxyepoecus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of Oxyepoecus browni gyne and new records for the genus
%A Ulyss¨¦a
%A M£¿nica A.
%A Brand£¿o
%A Carlos R.F.
%J Pap¨¦is Avulsos de Zoologia (S£¿o Paulo)
%D 2012
%I USP
%R 10.1590/S0031-10492012001400001
%X we describe a new species of oxyepoecus santschi, 1926, oxyepoecus regularis sp. nov., based on workers and a gyne collected in "caatinga arb¨®rea" (arboreal shrubland) in milagres and "mata seca" (dry forest) in boa vista do tupim, both in the state of bahia, brazil. the gyne of oxyepoecus browni albuquerque & brand£¿o, 2004, collected in the same leaf litter ant survey, is also described. in addition, we present new records for oxyepoecus species in northeastern brazil.
%K formicidae
%K hymenoptera
%K oxyepoecus regularis sp. nov.
%K northeastern brazil
%K oxyepoecus browni gyne
%K caatinga.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0031-10492012001400001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en