New Record of Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand

Weeyawat Jaitrong; Tadsanai Jeenthong

Authors

Weeyawat Jaitrong Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand
Tadsanai Jeenthong Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Thailand, Technopolis, Khlong 5, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120 Thailand

Keywords:

Formicidae, Gauromyrmex, Taxonomy, new record, Thailand

Abstract

Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935) is recorded for the first time in Thailand. Redescription of the workers based on Thai specimens is provided. The workers were roughly sorted into two size classes, larger and smaller workers, thus showing a weak dimorphism. A colony collected from southern Thailand was found from under the loose bark of a rotting log on the forest floor in an evergreen rainforest.

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