Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a New a Arboreal Ant From Tanzania

Kiko Gómez; Wouter Dekoninck

doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v73i1.11796

Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a New a Arboreal Ant From Tanzania

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Kiko Gómez Independent Researcher, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4748-157X
Wouter Dekoninck Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-7310

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https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v73i1.11796

Keywords:

Cataulacus, Afrotropical, new species, taxonomy, key

Abstract

A new species of the genus Cataulacus: Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. is described from the Segoma Forest in Northeastern Tanzania. An addition to the existing key for Afrotropical Cataulacus species is given.

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2026-03-28

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Gómez, K., & Dekoninck, W. (2026). Cataulacus nywelendefu sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a New a Arboreal Ant From Tanzania. ociobiology, 73(1), e11796. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v73i1.11796

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