A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China
A new species of army ant from the Aenictus wroughtonii group is described and illustrated based on the worker caste. Aenictus gutianshanensis Staab, sp. n. is known form a single colony collected in the subtropical mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest of the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, South...
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| description | A new species of army ant from the Aenictus wroughtonii group is described and illustrated based on the worker caste. Aenictus gutianshanensis Staab, sp. n. is known form a single colony collected in the subtropical mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest of the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, South-East China. The new species is probably most closely related to A. vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010 known from North Vietnam and Taiwan. It is suggested that the abundant records of A. camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925 from East and South-East China should be reevaluated, as they are probably A. gutianshanensis or A. vieti and not A. camposi, which is distributed in Sundaland, the Philippines, and the southernmost part of continental South-East Asia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c703c044e92c44b5bff2b2932a51ee0b2022-12-21T23:15:03ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702014-03-013910657310.3897/zookeys.391.72133564A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East ChinaMichael StaabA new species of army ant from the Aenictus wroughtonii group is described and illustrated based on the worker caste. Aenictus gutianshanensis Staab, sp. n. is known form a single colony collected in the subtropical mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest of the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, South-East China. The new species is probably most closely related to A. vieti Jaitrong & Yamane, 2010 known from North Vietnam and Taiwan. It is suggested that the abundant records of A. camposi Wheeler & Chapman, 1925 from East and South-East China should be reevaluated, as they are probably A. gutianshanensis or A. vieti and not A. camposi, which is distributed in Sundaland, the Philippines, and the southernmost part of continental South-East Asia.http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3564 |
| spellingShingle | Michael Staab A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China ZooKeys |
| title | A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China |
| title_full | A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China |
| title_fullStr | A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China |
| title_short | A new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from South-East China |
| title_sort | new species of the aenictus wroughtonii group hymenoptera formicidae from south east china |
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