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2019 , Vol. 44 >Issue 2: 132 - 139

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201908

Original Paper

Taxonomic review of the ant genus Dilobocondyla from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a revised key to the known species

  • Zhilin Chen ,
  • Wenjie Li ,
  • Shanyi Zhou
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China 3College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China

Online published: 2019-04-24

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672343), Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (2016GXNSFBA380024) and Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education (ERESEP2018Z03).

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Abstract

Three species of the myrmicine ant genus Dilobocondyla are recognized in China: D. gaoyureni, D. fouqueti and D. rufida sp. nov. The new species is described based on the worker and the gyne castes, and can be distinguished from the others by the relatively shorter petiole and the obvious bicolored body. A revised key to the known species of the world based on worker caste is presented.

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Zhilin Chen , Wenjie Li , Shanyi Zhou . Taxonomic review of the ant genus Dilobocondyla from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a revised key to the known species[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2019 , 44(2) : 132 -139 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.201908

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