中国弓背蚁属1新种(膜翅目:蚁科)

A New Species of the Genus Camponotus Mayr from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

记述了膜翅目蚁科弓背蚁属Camponotus Mayr的1个新种:星斗山弓背蚁Camponotus xingdoush- anensis sp.nov.。模式标本保存在陕西师范大学动物研究所标本室。

One new species of Camponotus Mayr was from Xingdou mountains, Lichuan city, Hubei Province. The type specimens are deposited at Institute of Zoology, Shanxi Teacher's University. Camponotu xingdoushanensis sp. nov. (Fig. 1) The new species is very similar to C. pseudoirritans Wu et Wang, but differs from the latter in the following aspects: its petiole is thick, the anterior face convex, and the posterior face is cenvex slightly. Its alitrunk is dull, but its gaster is smooth and shinning. In worker,the major anternal scapes are shorter, only 2/5 of their length,and project beyond the occipital margin; the body of the worker is medium in seze, the hind part of the head does not become narrow coudadly. The new species is also allied to C. mitts (F. Smith), but in the former, the first gaster segment has same the color with the others and the colour of its alitrunk is darker. Holotype worker: Xingdou mountains, Lichuan City. Hubei Province. 2001-Ⅷ-08, collected by Wang Wei; Paratypes:10 workers, Same as the Holotype.