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Issue: Vol. 2174 No. 1: 3 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2174.1.3
Page range: 27–37
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris F. Smith, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a related new ant species from the Philippines

Mag. Daniela Magdalena Sorger & Dr. Herbert Zettel, International Research Institute for Entomology, Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Mag. Daniela Magdalena Sorger & Dr. Herbert Zettel, International Research Institute for Entomology, Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Hymenoptera Formicidae Polyrhachis Myrma Polyrhachis cyaniventris species group new species Philippines Luzon Catanduanes Mindoro Samar Leyte

Abstract

The Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris species group is established and described. It contains Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris F. Smith, 1858 and a species new to science, P. (Myrma) pirata sp. n. At present knowledge the clade is restricted to the northern and eastern islands of the Philippine archipelago. Polyrhachis cyaniventris is recorded from central and southern Luzon, Catanduanes, Mindoro, Samar, and Leyte; P. (Myrma) pirata sp. n. from central and southern Luzon, Mindoro and Samar.

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