A sibling species of Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 in southeast Asia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)

作者:Phengsi Nattha****; Jaitrong Weeyawat; Ruangsittichai Jira****; Khachonpisitsak Salinee*
来源:ZooKeys, 2018, 729(729): 87-102.
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.729.21378

摘要

A new species of the rarely collected ant genus Platythyrea Roger, 1863 closely related to Platythyrea clypeata Forel, 1911 is described and illustrated based on the worker caste under the name Platythyrea janyai sp. n. This species is distributed in southern Thailand and western Malaysia, while P. clypeata is distributed in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand in the areas north of the Isthmus of Kra. Platythyrea clypeata is newly recorded from Thailand from dead wood on the forest floor. The type series of P. janyai was also collected from rotten wood on the forest floor.

  • 出版日期2018-1-16