A third species of the rare ant genus Rotastruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Cambodia, with illustrated generic diagnoses and key to species
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The myrmicine genus Rotastruma is a rarely collected arboreal ant group and only two species, R. recava Bolton stenoceps Bolton, are known from the Oriental Region. A new epispina sp. nov. , described Cambodia based on worker queen castes. species distinguished by having propodeal spine directed upwards elongated peduncle of petiole. Herein, we provide an update to identification key diagnostic characters for .
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عنوان ژورنال: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1860-1324', '1435-1951']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.63478