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Subterranean species of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Author(s) -
HOSOISHI Shingo,
YAMANE Seiki,
OGATA Kazuo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00390.x
Subject(s) - hymenoptera , biology , ant , genus , zoology , ecology
Three Crematogaster ant species, C . ( Orthocrema ) javanica Menozzi, C . ( O .) myops Forel and C . ( O .) masukoi sp. nov., share reduced compound eyes which characterizes them among Asian species of the subgenus Orthocrema . The new species is described based on material from Borneo. It can be distinguished from C . javanica and C . myops by its smooth surface of clypeus and acutely produced subpetiolar process. Reduced compound eyes and yellowish body suggest that these three species are subterranean.