Four New Species of the Amblyoponine Ant Genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southwestern China with a Key to the Known Asian Species

Four New Species of the Amblyoponine Ant Genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southwestern China with a Key to the Known Asian Species

Four new species of the amblyoponine ant genus Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 collected from southwestern China are described, i.e. A. kangba sp. nov., A. zoma sp. nov., A. meiliana sp. nov., and A. awa sp. nov. The queen caste of A. awa sp. nov. is reported. Measurements are supplemented to A. octodent...

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Main Author: Zheng-Hui Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Amblyoponinae
Amblyopone
New species
Asian species.
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/498

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