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2022 , Vol. 47 >Issue 2: 146 - 154

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2022205

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Taxonomic review of Chinese ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  • Cuijun Liang ,
  • Zhilin Chen
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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

Online published: 2022-04-24

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960108), Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (2018GXNSFAA294005) and Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education and Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology (Guangxi Normal University).

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Abstract

Four species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex in the subfamily Proceratiinae are recognized in China, namely P. dammermani, P. longiscapus, P. longinodus and P. vieti. Two species, P. dammermani and P. vieti are recorded in China for the first time. A key to the known Chinse species of the genus based on worker caste is presented.

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Cuijun Liang , Zhilin Chen . Taxonomic review of Chinese ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2022 , 47(2) : 146 -154 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2022205

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