Two new species of the ant genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand

Weeyawat Jaitrong; Lamthai Asanok

doi:10.3897/zookeys.842.33609

Two new species of the ant genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand

Zookeys. 2019 May 7:842:113-134. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.842.33609. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Weeyawat Jaitrong¹, Lamthai Asanok²

Affiliations

¹ Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum Pathum Thani Thailand.
² Department of Agroforestry, Maejo University Phrae Campus, Phrae Province, 54140, Thailand Department of Agroforestry, Maejo University Phrae Campus Phrae Thailand.

Abstract

Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 is a small myrmicine genus of the tribe Crematogastrini. Seventeen species of the genus have been recorded from Southeast Asia. Herein, two new species from Thailand (Acanthomyrmexmalikuli sp. n. and Acanthomyrmexmizunoi sp. n.) are added to this genus. Both species belong to Acanthomyrmexluciolae species group. Acanthomyrmexmalikuli was collected from hard dead wood on forest floor, while A.mizunoi nested in soil.

Keywords: Acanthomyrmex malikuli; Acanthomyrmex mizunoi; ant; distribution; taxonomy.