ASIAN
MYRMECOLOGY

Asian Myrmecology, Volume 7, pages 5-10, published August 2015
DOI: 10.20362/am.007002

Simopone yunnanensis sp. nov. – the first record of Simopone Forel, 1891 from China (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae)

ZHILIN CHEN^{1, 2, 3}, SHANYI ZHOU^{1, 2, 3*} & LIWEI LIANG³

Abstract:

The genus Simopone in the subfamily Cerapachyinae is recorded in China for the first time with description of a new species, S. yunnanensis sp. nov.. The new species is closely related to S. oculata Radchenko 1993, but differs distinctly from the latter. An identification key based on worker caste is provided to the grandidieri-group.

Keywords:

Formicidae, Simopone, grandidieri-group, new species

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¹Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541004, China

²Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, 541004, China

³College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China

*Corresponding author: syzhou@mailbox.gxnu.edu.cn