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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 2: 26 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.2.5
Page range: 294-312
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The ant subgenus Campomyrma of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in Thailand and Laos, with descriptions of two new species

Office of Natural Science Research; National Science Museum; Technopolis; Khlong 5; Khlong Luang; Pathum Thani; 12120 Thailand; Biology Divisions; Faculty of Science and Technology; Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi; Pathum Thani; 12120; Thailand
Haruyama-chô 1054-1; Kagoshima-shi; 899-2704 Japan
Department of Medical Entomology; Faculty of Tropical Medicine; Mahidol University; Bangkok 10400; Thailand
Division of Biological Science; Faculty of Science; Prince of Songkla University; Hat Yai; Songkhla; 90110; Thailand
Hymenoptera spiny ant new species taxonomy distribution Thailand Laos

Abstract

The subgenus Campomyrma Wheeler, 1911 of the genus Polyrhachis Smith, 1758 in Thailand and Laos is reviewed. Four species are recognized, of which two are described and illustrated as new to science based on the worker and dealate queen under the names Polyrhachis quadrispinosa Jaitrong & Noon-anant, sp. nov. (found in a dead twig on a rubber tree) and P. lao Jaitrong & Yamane, sp. nov. (collected in dead wood). Polyrhachis sukarmani Kohout, 2007 is recorded for the first time from Thailand. A key to the Thai and Lao species of the subgenus based on the worker caste is given.

 

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