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Issue: Vol. 1642 No. 1: 21 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1642.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 25

A review of the genus Mystrium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Australian region

Department of Animal Ecology, University of Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8, 35032 Marburg, Germany Department of Entomology, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
Department of Entomology, State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
Hymenoptera Formicidae Amblyoponinae Mystrium Indo-Australian Indonesia

Abstract

Indo-Australian species of the amblyoponine ant genus Mystrium Roger are reviewed. Three species are recognized in the region, and two of them, which were found in Indonesia (Papua and West Papua Province), are described as new species: Mystrium maren sp. nov. and Mystrium leonie sp. nov. Worker diagnoses and illustrations of the three species and a tabular key are given.

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