Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand

The Aenictus wroughtonii species group is widely distributed in Asia. The members of this group are characterised by a slender body, long legs, anterior clypeal margin with 5–10 denticles and a weakly-developed subpetiolar process. Twelve worker-based species of this group have been recorded from As...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Weeyawat Jaitrong, Jiraporn Ruangsittichai
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منشور في: Pensoft Publishers 2018-07-01
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26893
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description The Aenictus wroughtonii species group is widely distributed in Asia. The members of this group are characterised by a slender body, long legs, anterior clypeal margin with 5–10 denticles and a weakly-developed subpetiolar process. Twelve worker-based species of this group have been recorded from Asia. Herein, two new species from Thailand (Aenictus nuchiti sp. n. and Aenictus samungi sp. n.) are added to this group. A key to the Asian species of this group is provided.
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spelling doaj-art-ce4e4dc3408e44c8b0a79c0ecb4107a02025-08-19T20:33:44ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702018-07-0177510311510.3897/zookeys.775.2689326893Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from ThailandWeeyawat Jaitrong0Jiraporn Ruangsittichai1Natural History Museum, National Science MuseumMahidol UniversityThe Aenictus wroughtonii species group is widely distributed in Asia. The members of this group are characterised by a slender body, long legs, anterior clypeal margin with 5–10 denticles and a weakly-developed subpetiolar process. Twelve worker-based species of this group have been recorded from Asia. Herein, two new species from Thailand (Aenictus nuchiti sp. n. and Aenictus samungi sp. n.) are added to this group. A key to the Asian species of this group is provided.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26893
spellingShingle Weeyawat Jaitrong
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Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title_full Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title_fullStr Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title_short Two new species of the Aenictus wroughtonii species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) from Thailand
title_sort two new species of the aenictus wroughtonii species group hymenoptera formicidae dorylinae from thailand
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