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Issue: Vol. 4410 No. 1: 16 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.2
Page range: 35–56
Abstract views: 99
PDF downloaded: 44

Taiwanese species of the ant genus Technomyrmex (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)

Kagoshima University Museum, Kôrimoto 1-21-30, Kagoshima-shi, 890-0065 Japan
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei, 106 Taiwan
Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jinde Road, Changhua, 500 Taiwan
Hymenoptera Technomyrmex Taiwan new species queen description male genitalia

Abstract

The Taiwanese species of the ant genus Technomyrmex are revised with recently collected material. Five species are recognised, three in the T. albipes species group and two in the T. bicolor species group, including one new species, T. formosensis sp. nov., and two newly recorded species. The occurrence of T. albipes, previous records of which were based on misidentifications, is confirmed for the first time in Taiwan. The structure of genitalia is compared between winged and wingless males of T. brunneus.

 

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