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SUBMITTER: Phengsi N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5799728 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phengsi Natthaporn N Jaitrong Weeyawat W Ruangsittichai Jiraporn J Salinee Khachonpisitsak
ZooKeys 20180116 729
A new species of the rarely collected ant genus <i>Platythyrea</i> Roger, 1863 closely related to <i>Platythyrea clypeata</i> Forel, 1911 is described and illustrated based on the worker caste under the name <i>Platythyrea janyai</i><b>sp. n.</b> This species is distributed in southern Thailand and western Malaysia, while <i>P. clypeata</i> is distributed in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand in the areas north of the Isthmus of Kra. <i>Platythyrea clypeata</i> is newly recorded from Thailan ...[more]