Eguchi Katsuyuki, Viet Bui Tuan, Yamane Seiki, Terayama Mamoru
Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan.; Email:
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Sep 7;4013(1):77-86. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5.
The ant genus Bannapone was established by Xu in 2000 and has been recognized as one of the rarest ant genera in the world. In the course of our careful examination of Asian species of Stigmatomma, we have found that the following Stigmatomma species share a unique morphological characteristic in mandibular dentition with Bannapone mulanae and B. scrobiceps: Stigmatomma caliginosum (Onoyama, 1999), Stigmatomma fulvida (Terayama, 1987), S. pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978), S. zwaluwenburgi Williams, 1946 and an unnamed species "Stigmatomma sp. eg-3". In the present paper, we redefine Bannapone, describe "Stigmatomma sp. eg-3" as a new species of Bannapone, and transfer S. caliginosum, S. fulvida, S. pertinax and S. zwaluwenburgi Williams, 1946 to Bannapone.
蚁属Bannapone由徐在2000年建立,已被公认为世界上最稀有的蚁属之一。在我们仔细研究Stigmatomma亚洲种类的过程中,我们发现以下Stigmatomma种类在下颚齿列方面与穆氏Bannapone和刻纹Bannapone具有独特的形态特征:暗黑Stigmatomma(小山,1999年)、黄褐Stigmatomma(寺山,1987年)、坚韧Stigmatomma(巴罗尼·乌尔巴尼,1978年)、兹瓦卢温堡Stigmatomma(威廉姆斯,1946年)以及一个未命名的种类“Stigmatomma sp. eg - 3”。在本文中,我们重新定义了Bannapone,将“Stigmatomma sp. eg - 3”描述为Bannapone的一个新物种,并将暗黑Stigmatomma、黄褐Stigmatomma、坚韧Stigmatomma和兹瓦卢温堡Stigmatomma(威廉姆斯,1946年)转移到Bannapone属。