Myrmoteras tomimasai

Myrmoteras tomimasai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Myrmoteratini
Genus:	Myrmoteras
Species:	M. tomimasai
Binomial name
Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013 Paratype Specimen Label

Nothing is known about the biology of Myrmoteras tomimasai.

Identification

Bui, Eguchi and Yamane (2013) - This species is separated from other Indo-Chinese congeners by the extensively sculptured dorsum of head, dark-colored legs, and abundant appressed pubescence on gastral tergites. The worker from Thung Yai, western Thailand is exceptional in having yellow coxae.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chinese peninsula

Distribution

Vietnam, northern Thailand.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 19.16666667° to 16.21666667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Thailand, Vietnam (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• tomimasai. Myrmoteras tomimasai Bui, Eguchi & Yamane, 2013: 556, fig. 8 (w.) VIETNAM.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

TL 3.5–4.0, HL 1.06–1.12 [1.08] (1.08), HW 1.06–1.15 [1.00] (1.08), EL 0.67–0.73 [0.69] (0.69), ML 1.25–1.37 [1.31] (1.31), SL 1.21–1.31 [1.27] (1.24), PrW 0.65–0.75 [0.67] (0.68), HfL 1.33–1.46 [1.37] (1.36), CI 98–103 [102] (100), SI 113–116 (117). (Holotype and 5 paratype and non-type workers were measured.)

Body dark reddish brown; legs with similar coloration as body, but often slightly paler; mandible light brown. Body with erect hairs; pubescence dense on frons, pronotum and gastral tergites. Clypeus faintly punctate; frons extensively rugoso-punctate, but area around antennal insertion finely rugose; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth. Anteriormost part of pronotum transversely rugose, and remainder smooth to weakly punctate; dorsal face of mesonotum weakly rugose; lateral face of mesosoma rugose more or less longitudinally; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth or weakly punctate; dorsum of propodeum weakly rugoso-punctate transversely. Frontal sulcus faint, reaching median ocellus; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 8 teeth that reduce in size from apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape slightly shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate or almost straight.

Type Material

Holotype worker from Northern Middle Vietnam, Nghe An Province: Pu Mat NP.: Sang Le forest, ca. 220 m alt. 19010–11’ N, 104037–38 E, 2 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg02iv06-12) VNMN. Paratypes: 1 worker, same locality as holotype, 1 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg01iv06-11); 6 workers, same colony as holotype, leg. K. Eguchi and V. T. Bui (Eg02iv06-12); 3 workers, same locality, 3 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg03iv06-03); 3 workers,same locality, 3 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg03iv06-07) [[[ACEG|Katsuyuki Eguchi]], Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève, THNHM, SKY Collection, VNMN.

Non-type material.

Vietnam: 1 worker, Northern Vietnam, Ninh Binh Prov., Cuc Phuong NP. , 10–11 viii 1998, leg. Sk. Yamane; 2 workers, same locality, 11 viii 1998, leg. V. T. Bui; 3 workers, same locality, 9 xi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg01-VN-165); 2 workers, Northern Middle Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue Prov., Bach Ma NP., ca. 415–635 m alt., 16013’N–107051’E, 12 xi 2009, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg12xi09-10). Thailand: 2 workers, North-East Thailand, Loei Prov., Phu Ruea Distr., MDF, termite mound, 12 iv 2008, leg. Sk Yamane (TH08-SKY-118); 1 worker, Western Thailand, Tak Prov., Tung Yai [Thung Yai] WS, 22 xi 2000, leg. A. Suwannasri.

Etymology

The specific name is after the son of Eguchi’s best friend.

References

• Bui, T. V.; Eguchi, K.; Yamane, S. 2013. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666:544-558.
• Khachonpisitsak, S., Yamane, S., Sriwichai, P., Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998, 1–182 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.998.54902).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bui V. T., K. Eguchi, and S. Yamane. 2013. Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666(4): 544–558.