ASIAN
MYRMECOLOGY

DOI: 10.20362/am.009006
Asian Myrmecology 9: e009006 (1-15)
article first published online 05/April/2017

New synonymy and redescription of Anochetus mixtus Radchenko, 1993, and distinction from the other members of the Anochetus rugosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)

RIJAL SATRIA^1*, BUI TUAN VIET² & KATSUYUKI EGUCHI¹

Abstract:

Anochetus yunnanensis Wang, 1993 is recognized as a junior synonym of Anochetus mixtus Radchenko, 1993, and the queen and male of Anochetus mixtus are described for the first time. In addition, male genitalia of A. princeps, A. rugosus and A. mixtus are described. The present study suggests the morphology of the male genitalia and associated sclerites may be useful for discriminating among Anochetus species in which the workers are largely indistinguishable.

Keywords:

Anochetus mixtus, Anochetus yunnanensis, synonymy, queen, male

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¹Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

²Vietnam National Museum of Nature, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

*Corresponding author: rijalsatria@yahoo.co.id