A new species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sri Lanka

Alpert, G.D.

Zootaxa 3721: 286-290

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 1175-5326
PMID: 26120674
Document Number: 666971
Tyrannomyrmex legatus sp. nov. is described based on a single worker collected from leaf litter in dipterocarp forest in southern Sri Lanka. A key is presented to separate the three known species of Tyrannomyrmex. A probable male specimen of the genus from the Philippines is noted. Tyrannomyrmex is placed within the tribe Solenopsidini and close to the genus Monomorium.

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