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Issue: Vol. 484 No. 1: 2 Apr. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-04-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.484.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 37
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Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), No. 659, 5th A main, Hebbal, Bangalore–560 024, India
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), No. 659, 5th A main, Hebbal, Bangalore –560 024, India
Hymenoptera Discothyrea Proceratiinae Formicidae Western Ghats India

Abstract

Discothyrea sringerensis sp. nov. is described and is the first record of this genus from South India. The other known species of Discothyrea are scattered within the tropics and the temperate zones of the world. Based on workers, D. sringerensis is most similar to the species described from Malaysia and Australia characterised by 10-segmented antennae.

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