Technomyrmex gilvus

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Bolton (2007) – A member of the Technomyrmex textor group. Similar to Technomyrmex textor. Technomyrmex gilvus is a small yellow species this is known only from Papua New Guinea. The known distribution of textor lies far to the west, In Java, Palawan and the Malay Peninsula.

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

Nomenclature

 *  gilvus. Technomyrmex gilvus Donisthorpe, 1941j: 205 (w.) NEW GUINEA. See also: Bolton, 2007a: 82.

Worker
Bolton (2007) - TL 2.7 - 2.8, HL 0.62 - 0.64, HW 0.52 - 0.55, SL 0.64 - 0.68, PW 0.37 - 0.38, WL 0.86 - 0.88 (4 measured). Indices: CI 84 - 86, SI 120 - 126, OI 30 - 31, EPI 60 -70, DTI 145 -151.

Very closely related to Technomyrmex textor and matching the description of that species except for its dimensions, as follows. Scape of gilvus 50th absolutely and relatively longer than in textor (SL 0.45 - 0.54, SI 93 - 100). Eyes of gilvus located more posteriorly on the head than in textor (EPI 44 - 52). The head is slightly narrower in gilvus than in textor (CI 87 - 92).

Type Material
Bolton (2007) - Holotype and paratype workers, Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, iv.1933, 1200 ft (L.E. Cheesman) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 2007. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1): 1-150.
 * Bolton, B. "Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste." Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35, no. 1 (2007): 1-149.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Donisthorpe H. 1941. Descriptions of new ants (Hym., Formicidae) from various localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)8: 199-210.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Klimes P., P. Fibich, C. Idigel, and M. Rimandai. 2015. Disentangling the diversity of arboreal ant communities in tropical forest trees. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117853
 * Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.