Gauromyrmex bengkalisi

The species description states that collections of this ant were made in the forest and their nests were built in “resin trees” (presumably the common species Styrax benzoin).

Identification
Gauromyrmex bengakalisi is similar to Gauromyrmex acanthinus, its only congener, but can be separated by the foveolate mesopleuron of bengakalisi in comparison to the relatively smooth mesopleuron of acanthinus.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  bengakalisi. Gauromyrmex bengakalisi Menozzi, 1933c: 146, figs. 1, 2 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Combination in Vollenhovia: Bolton, 1995b: 422; in Gauromyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 269.