ASIAN
MYRMECOLOGY

Asian Myrmecology, Volume 7, pages 11-18, published August 2015
DOI: 10.20362/am.007003

Review of the Crematogaster popohana-group with the description of a new species from the Indochinese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

SHINGO HOSOISHI* & KAZUO OGATA

Abstract:

The Crematogaster popohana-group is reviewed and two species and one subspecies, including one new species, C. fumikoae sp. nov. are recognized. The C. popohana-group is distinguished from other Asian Crematogaster- species by the slender petiole with weakly convex sides. A key to the species based on the worker caste is also provided. Morphological features of the unique slender petiole are discussed.

Keywords:

Crematogaster popohana, taxonomy, new species, petiole, South-east Asia

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Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581 Japan

*Corresponding author: hosoishi@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp