Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India..
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia..
Zootaxa. 2021 Aug 11;5020(1):184-190. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.1.10.
The Oriental genus Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995 is newly reported from India. A new species A. paniya sp. nov. is described based on a female specimen from Kerala part of Western Ghats. Diagnostic features of this new species to separate it from similar species A. neaera (Mickel, 1935) and A. sarawakensis Lelej, 1996 are discussed. This new species has the mesosoma and metasoma with reddish-brown cuticle which approximates Eastern mimicry ring in North America. Andreimyrme paniya sp. nov. expresses a rare color pattern. In India such color syndromes occur in two species of the tribe Smicromyrmini and two species of the subfamily Dasylabrinae. These species inhabit the tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of southern India. An updated diagnosis for males and females of Andreimyrme is given.
东方属 Andreimyrme Lelej, 1995 是新报道的来自印度。一个新种 A. paniya sp. nov. 是根据来自西高止山脉喀拉拉邦部分的一个雌性标本描述的。该新种与相似种 A. neaera (Mickel, 1935) 和 A. sarawakensis Lelej, 1996 的区别特征进行了讨论。这个新种的中体和后体具有红棕色的角质层，类似于北美的东方拟态环。Andreimyrme paniya sp. nov. 表达了一种罕见的颜色模式。在印度，这种颜色综合征出现在两个 Smicromyrmini 部落和两个 Dasylabrinae 亚科的物种中。这些物种栖息在印度南部的热带湿润阔叶林生态区。给出了 Andreimyrme 雌雄个体的最新诊断。
