Acanthomyrmex luciolae species group

• Acanthomyrmex basispinosus
• Acanthomyrmex crassispinus
• Acanthomyrmex dusun
• Acanthomyrmex ferox
• Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis
• Acanthomyrmex laevis
• Acanthomyrmex luciolae
• Acanthomyrmex malikuli
• Acanthomyrmex mizunoi
• Acanthomyrmex padanensis
• Acanthomyrmex sulawesiensis
• Acanthomyrmex thailandensis

Diagnosis

Posterior margin of head in major workers emarginate, so that the back of the head is distinctly bilobed in full face view. Other characters: propodeal spiracle opening in majors larger and more conspicuous than in notabilis group majors; basal funicular segments in both castes tending to be relatively slender (width of the second and third funicular segments less than 25% greater than their average length in minor workers, and less than 50% in majors); hypostomal teeth invariably present in majors. Except in A. crassispina, dorsal surface of gaster with numerous scattered hairs.

Distribution

Species in this group are known from Sri Lanka, Peninsular Malaysia, the Malay Archipelago, and Taiwan.

References

• Jaitrong, W., Asanok, L. 2019. Two new species of the ant genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand. ZooKeys 842: 113–134 (DOI 10.3897/zookeys.842.33609).
• Moffett, M.W. 1986c. Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151:55-89. [15.viii.1986.