Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India.
Zootaxa. 2021 Oct 18;5052(4):567-578. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.6.
The subfamily Ticoplinae is Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic in distribution with six species in two genera (Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej Krombein, 2001 and Hindustanilla Lelej in Lelej Krombein, 2001) known from the Oriental Region. Two new species, E. subbuka sp. nov., and E. balakrishnani sp. nov. were recently discovered in India (Western Ghats). Keys to the Old World genera of tribe Smicromyrmillini and species of Eosmicromyrmilla are provided. An updated diagnosis for males of Eosmicromyrmilla and photos of male genitalia for the genus are given. A new combination is proposed for E. margalla (Lelej Ullah, 2007), comb. nov. The genus Eosmicromyrmilla is newly recorded from the fauna of Pakistan instead of the genus Smicromyrmilla Surez, 1965, which is excluded from that fauna.
梯刺蚁亚科是一个在非洲热带、东方和古北地区分布的亚科，有两个属的 6 个种（Eosmicromyrmilla Lelej Krombein, 2001 和 Hindustanilla Lelej in Lelej Krombein, 2001）分布在东方地区。最近在印度（西高止山脉）发现了两个新种，即 E. subbuka sp. nov. 和 E. balakrishnani sp. nov.。提供了旧大陆 Smicromyrmillini 族属和 Eosmicromyrmilla 种的关键特征。给出了 Eosmicromyrmilla 雄性的更新诊断和该属雄性生殖器的照片。提出了一个新的组合，即 E. margalla（Lelej Ullah，2007），comb. nov.。Eosmicromyrmilla 属是从巴基斯坦动物区系中记录到的，而不是 Surez，1965 年排除在该动物区系之外的 Smicromyrmilla 属。
