The taxonomy of Pheidole Westwood,1841 from Fujian,China is discussed.A new species,Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.,is described.A key to the species of Pheidole based on major worker is provided.This new species is smal...The taxonomy of Pheidole Westwood,1841 from Fujian,China is discussed.A new species,Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.,is described.A key to the species of Pheidole based on major worker is provided.This new species is small in size,body color is brown and gaster is yellow.Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.is similar to Pheidole schoedli Eguchi,Hashimoto&Malsch,2006 from Indonesia,but the propodeal spine is not upward and the hypostoma inner and median teeth are not distinct,making it obvious to distinguish them.The holotype and paratypes are both deposited at the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology,Kunming Institute of Zoology(KIZ),Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,Yunnan,China.展开更多
文摘The taxonomy of Pheidole Westwood,1841 from Fujian,China is discussed.A new species,Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.,is described.A key to the species of Pheidole based on major worker is provided.This new species is small in size,body color is brown and gaster is yellow.Pheidole flavigaster sp.nov.is similar to Pheidole schoedli Eguchi,Hashimoto&Malsch,2006 from Indonesia,but the propodeal spine is not upward and the hypostoma inner and median teeth are not distinct,making it obvious to distinguish them.The holotype and paratypes are both deposited at the Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology,Kunming Institute of Zoology(KIZ),Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,Yunnan,China.
