Perissomyrmex medogensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Myrmecinini
Genus: Perissomyrmex
Species: Perissomyrmex medogensis

Name

Perissomyrmex medogensis Xu & Zhang, 2012 figs. 6- 21.

Holotype: Worker, Cheng-Lin Zhang leg., No. A11 - 4178.

Type locality: China, Tibet, Medog County, Damu Town, 70K, N 29° 42.224', E 95° 31.346', 2750 m, collected from a nest inside decayed wood in a ground sample in Abies forest, on the south slope of Himalaya Mountain, 22.VII.2011.

Paratypes: 27 workers, two soldiers, and one queen, with the same data and collected from the same nest with the holotype worker.

References

• Zheng-Hui Xu & Cheng-Lin Zhang. 2012: Review of the myrmicine ant genus Perissomyrmex M.R. Smith, 1947 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with description of a new species from Tibet, China. Myrmecological News, 17: 147–154. PDF.