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
Small workers, 2 - 2.3 mm. Similar to Vollenhovia but with 1l-segmented antennae and a bidentate propodeum.

Distribution
This taxon was described, and is only known, from Indonesia (Sumatra).

Nomenclature

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