A New Species and a New Record of the Ant Genus Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India

Himender Bharti, Joginder Singh Rilta

Abstract


A new species of the ant genus Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 collected from North-eastern Himalaya is described: Stigmatomma xui sp. n. Another species Stigmatomma awa (Xu & Chu, 2012) is also reported for the first time from India and is formally transferred from Ambylopone to Stigmatomma. A key is provided to distinguish the related species.

Keywords


Amblyoponinae, Stigmatomma, New species, Ant, Himalaya

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i4.364

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