Three new species of the genus Gnamptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from southern China with a key to the known Chinese species

By

Chen, Zhilin
Lattke, John Edwin
Shi, Fu-Ming
Zhou, Shanyi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

54

Pages

93-112

Subjects

distribution map , Ectatomminae , Formicidae , Gnamptogenys , key , new species , southern China

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.54.10816

 

Abstract

Three new species of the genus Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863 are described from southern China: Gnamptogenys dentihumera Chen, Lattke & Zhou, sp. n., Gnamptogenys nanlingensis Chen, Lattke & Zhou, sp. n. and Gnamptogenys quadrutinodules Chen, Lattke & Zhou, sp. n. A distribution map and an identification key to workers for the known species of China are provided.