Dietrich, Christian O.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Stattersdorfer Hptstr. 39 3100 St. Pölten

ANT TAXONOMY
Three new species of ants from Jordan are described: Tetramorium argentirubrum n. sp. (Tetramorium striativentregroup), Camponotus husseini n. sp. (Camponotus sericeus-group) and Polyrhachis palaearctica n. sp. (Polyrhachis dives-group). Some oriental ants require a new status: Camponotus opaciventris n. stat. (till now Camponotus sericeus opaciventris), Polyrhachis grisescens n. stat. (till now Polyrhachis simplex grisescens), Polyrhachis spiniger n. stat. (till now synonym of Polyrhachis lacteipennis resp. Polyrhachis simplex). The taxonomic status of Polyrhachis hauxwelli and the taxonomical complex situation of the Camponotus sericeus-group are critically discussed. The zoogeographic distribution of Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) in South Western Asia and of the three new species from Jordan is represented. The paper also deals with the morphological differences between Lepisiota gracilicornis and Lepisiota opaciventris and with functional morphological aspects of the genus Lepisiota

PUBLICATIONS

 * Dietrich, C. O. 2004. Taxonomische Beitraege zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Denisia 14: 319-344