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DOI: 10.20362/am.018008
Asian Myrmecology 18: 018008 (1-13)
article first published online: 5/September/2025
A new ant species of the ant genus Polyrhachis Smith from the aequalis-group in China
DEFU CHEN1, ZHUANGHUAI WU1, MINGRONG LIANG1,2, YIJUAN XU1 & BENOIT GUÉNARD2
Abstract:
In this article, a new species, Polyrhachis zhoui sp. nov., of the subgenus Myrmothrinax, is described based on worker, gyne and male specimens collected in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces, China. This new species belongs to the P. aequalis-group, for which an updated key is provided. The present record significantly increases the known distribution range of this species group to the north, especially within the Indochinese subregion, supporting recent research trends demonstrating that many species await discovery in the southern regions of China. This finding contributes to an increase in the total number of Polyrhachis ant species recorded in China to 56.
Keywords:
Hymenoptera, Formicidae, new species, China
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DEFU CHEN1, ZHUANGHUAI WU1, MINGRONG LIANG1,2, YIJUAN XU1 & BENOIT GUÉNARD2
Abstract:
In this article, a new species, Polyrhachis zhoui sp. nov., of the subgenus Myrmothrinax, is described based on worker, gyne and male specimens collected in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces, China. This new species belongs to the P. aequalis-group, for which an updated key is provided. The present record significantly increases the known distribution range of this species group to the north, especially within the Indochinese subregion, supporting recent research trends demonstrating that many species await discovery in the southern regions of China. This finding contributes to an increase in the total number of Polyrhachis ant species recorded in China to 56.
Keywords:
Hymenoptera, Formicidae, new species, China
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1Red Imported Fire Ant Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642,China
2School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China
