Kartidris matertera

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Thailand.

Nomenclature

 * . Kartidris matertera Bolton, 1991: 13, fig. 21 (w.) THAILAND.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 29 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Thailand: Nong Hoi, 2.viii.1975 (D. Jackson); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, MCZC, MHNG (paratypes)..
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 219; Xu, 1999: 134 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
 * Distribution: China, Thailand.

Worker
Holotype. TL 3.8, HL 0.86, HW 0.75, CI 87, SL 0.80, SI 107, PW 0.54, AL 1.10. Maximum diameter of eye 0.19 (0.25 x HW). Answering to description given for Kartidris nyos but contrasting as follows.

(i) Eyes with only sparse minute curved hairs arising between the facets.

(ii) Dorsal outline of propodeum rising to a distinct peak immediately behind the metanotal groove.

(iii) Pilosity sparse on all dorsal surfaces, many or most hairs on the first gastral tergite subdecumbent to decumbent.

Paratype. TL 3.8-4.0, HL 0.84-0.90, HW 0.73-0.78, CI 87-89, SL 0.80-0.86, SI 107-111, PW 0.52-0.55, AL 1.00-1.15. Maximum diameter of eye 0.18-0.20 (0.25-0.26 x HW) (10 measured). As holotype.

Type Material
Holotype worker, Thailand: Nong Hoi, 2.viii.1975 (D. Jackson). Paratypes, 29 workers with same data as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 16:1-13.