Abstract
Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 is a small myrmicine genus of the tribe Crematogastrini. Until now, eleven species are known in this genus from Asia. A new species, Recurvidrislekakulisp. n., is here described from Thailand based on the worker caste. The type series of the new species was collected from leaf litter in a dry evergreen forest. A key to the Asian species of Recurvidris based on the worker caste is provided.
Highlights
Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 is a small myrmicine genus of the tribe Crematogastrini (Bolton 2003, Ward et al 2015)
They are distributed in Asia from India and Sri Lanka in the south and west; Japan, China and Taiwan in the north; various countries in Southeast Asia; and eastwards to Sulawesi in Indonesia (Bolton 1992, Xu and Zheng 1995, Zhou 2000, Zettel 2008, Terayama 2009, Jaitrong and Wiwatwitaya 2015, Antweb 2018)
The material was collected from western Thailand, Kanchanaburi province, Thong Phaphum district, Sahakhon Nikhom village (14.76255556N, 98.80966667E)
Summary
Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 is a small myrmicine genus of the tribe Crematogastrini (Bolton 2003, Ward et al 2015). The type material of the new species was compared with the holotype and paratypes of the most closely related species, Recurvidris chanapaithooni Jaitrong & Wiwatwitaya, 2015 (in Natural History Museum of the National Science Museum, Thailand).
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