{"title":"A remarkable new species from the pygmaea species group of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Cambodia","authors":"K. Matsuura, S. Hosoishi, H. Sokh","doi":"10.25221/fee.496.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A new species Carebara bokorensis Matsuura et Hosoishi, sp. n. is described from Kampot Province in Cambodia based on the major and minor worker caste. This new species belong to the pygmaea species group. This species is distinguished from congeners by the transverse striation on the vertex in major workers and presence of well-developed subpetiolar process in minor workers.","PeriodicalId":37989,"journal":{"name":"Far Eastern Entomologist","volume":"27 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Far Eastern Entomologist","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.496.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new species Carebara bokorensis Matsuura et Hosoishi, sp. n. is described from Kampot Province in Cambodia based on the major and minor worker caste. This new species belong to the pygmaea species group. This species is distinguished from congeners by the transverse striation on the vertex in major workers and presence of well-developed subpetiolar process in minor workers.
期刊介绍:
Far Eastern Entomologist is a rapid journal in English with Russian summary which publishes the original papers on entomology, including taxonomy, systematic, morphology, phylogeny, as well biology, ecology, and biogeography. The reviews, comprehensive or revisionary studies of the insects, the phylogeny and taxonomic catalogues are preferred of insect groups are especially welcome and have priority for the publication. The area covered by the journal is extended from Chukotka to South-East Asia and from Ural Mountains to Japan.