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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_011:231
  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S.
  • Year: 2008
  • Title: Vietnamese species of the genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 - A. humilis sp.n. and A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 11
  • Pages: 231-241
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: Two species of the ant genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 are recognized from Vietnam. Acanthomyrmex humilis sp.n.is described based on the major worker, minor worker and ergatoid queen. The major worker, queen, "dwarf queen",and male of A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997 are also described for the first time, and the minor worker of thisspecies is redescribed. Notes on the colony structure are given.
  • Key words: Acanthomyrmex, Indo-China, Vietnam, A. humilis sp.n., A. glabfemoralis, taxonomic description, colony structure.
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500