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DOI: 10.20362/am.017002
Asian Myrmecology 17: 017002 (1-9)
article first published online: 31/May/2024
New records of the ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Mongolia: discovery of the subgenus Myrmentoma
ULYKPAN AIBEK1, TSERENSAMBUU ULZII2, SEIKI YAMANE3 & MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN4
Abstract:
Currently, seven species of Camponotus are known from Mongolia, with three belonging tothe subgenus Camponotus and two belonging to each of the subgenera Myrmentoma and Tanaemyrmex. Two species, Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lameerei and C. (M.) quadrinotatus, are herein recorded as new to the Mongolian ant fauna. These species belong to the C. fallax group. The specimens of C. quadrinotatus from Mongolia well agreed with the Japanese specimens examined in structure, sculpture and pilosity, but had paler color pattern than in the latter. An identification key to the workers of the genus Camponotus known from Mongolia is provided. Currently, a total of 75 ant species are known from Mongolia.
Keywords:
Myrmentoma, subgenus, oases, desert, Umnugobi aimag, Palaearctic region
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ULYKPAN AIBEK1, TSERENSAMBUU ULZII2, SEIKI YAMANE3 & MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN4
Abstract:
Currently, seven species of Camponotus are known from Mongolia, with three belonging tothe subgenus Camponotus and two belonging to each of the subgenera Myrmentoma and Tanaemyrmex. Two species, Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lameerei and C. (M.) quadrinotatus, are herein recorded as new to the Mongolian ant fauna. These species belong to the C. fallax group. The specimens of C. quadrinotatus from Mongolia well agreed with the Japanese specimens examined in structure, sculpture and pilosity, but had paler color pattern than in the latter. An identification key to the workers of the genus Camponotus known from Mongolia is provided. Currently, a total of 75 ant species are known from Mongolia.
Keywords:
Myrmentoma, subgenus, oases, desert, Umnugobi aimag, Palaearctic region
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1Department of Biology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 14201 Mongolia
2Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, 13330 Mongolia
3Haruyama-cho, Kagoshima-shi, 899-2704 Japan
4Federal Scientific Centre for East Asian Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia
*Corresponding author: aibek@num.edu.mn
