identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
0386AC55FFBB9950FD0E2DA1FD1EBBF0.text	0386AC55FFBB9950FD0E2DA1FD1EBBF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromyrmex Menozzi 1933	<div><p>Gauromyrme x Menozzi, 1933</p><p>Gauromyrmex Menozzi, 1933: 146 . Type-species:  Gauromyrmex bengkalisi, by monotypy. Synonymized with  Vollenhovia by Hölldobler &amp; Wilson, 1990: 16; revived from synonymy by Bolton, 2003: 246, 269.</p><p>Solenomyrma Karavaiev, 1935: 103 . Type-species:  Solenomyrma acanthina, by monotypy. Synonymized by Brown, 1953: 10.</p><p>Acalama Smith, M.R. 1949: 206 . Type-species:  Acalama donisthorpei (junior synonym of  Solenomyrma acanthina), by original designation. Synonymized by Brown, 1953: 10.</p><p>Diagnosis. The worker of this genus is similar to  Vollenhovia, but with 11-segmented antennae, and petiole in lateral view without a distinct anterior peduncle, but with triangular node forming acute a dorsal angl or denticle</p><p>Distribution. China, Borneo, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam.</p><p>Synoptic list of world species of  Gauromyrmex G. acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)</p><p>=  G. donisthorpei Smith, 1949</p><p>G. bengkalisi Menozzi, 1933</p><p>G. orbihumerus Chen &amp; Chen sp. nov.</p><p>Key to known species of  Gauromyrmex based on worker caste</p><p>1. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum with a pair of distinct denticles (Figs. 2, 5, 8)...... .............................................................................. .......................  G. acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935)</p><p>- In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded (Figs. 12, 16)........................................ 2</p><p>2. In full face view, anteromedian part of clypeus prominent, with anterior margin arc depression, forming rounded lobes laterally; posterior corners of propodeum rounded; subpetiolar process absent; in full face view, head smooth and shiny; in dorsal view, pronotum with longitudinal striation and puncta; mesonotum, propodeum, petiole and postpetiole reticulate-puncture (Figs. 11–13) ...... ...............................  G. bengkalisi Menozzi, 1933</p><p>- In full face view, anteromedian part of clypeus unremarkable, with anterior margin weakly depression, but no forming rounded lobes laterally; posterior corners of propodeum with marked spines or teeth; subpetiolar process triangular transparently; in full face view, head longitudinally striate; in full face view, promesonotal dorsum weakly and longitudinally striate (Figs. 14–16)...................... ......................................  G. orbihumerus sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386AC55FFBB9950FD0E2DA1FD1EBBF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chen, Defu;Chen, Zhilin	Chen, Defu, Chen, Zhilin (2022): Ants of the genus Gauromyrmex Menozzi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of a new species from China. Asian Myrmecology (e 015007) 15: 1-10, DOI: 10.20362/am.015007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.015007
0386AC55FFBF9953FF722861FE9BBCB0.text	0386AC55FFBF9953FF722861FE9BBCB0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev 1935)	<div><p>Gauromyrmex acanthinus (Karavaiev, 1935) (Figs. 1–9)</p><p>Solenomyrma acanthina Karavaiev, 1935: 103, fig. 23 (w.) VIETNAM. Combination in  Gauromyrmex by Brown, 1953: 10; in  Vollenhovia by Bolton, 1995: 422; in  Gauromyrmex by Bolton, 2003: 269 (Not examined).</p><p>Acalama donisthorpei Smith, M.R. 1949: 207, figs. 1, 2 (w.) INDIA.  Synonymized by Brown, 1953: 10 (Images of two paratype workers examined, CASENT0172784 &amp; CASENT0172785, https://www.antweb.org/, images by April Nobile).</p><p>Material examined. 5 workers, CHINA: Hunan, Liuyyang, Daweishan, 1.IX.2004, leg. Jianhua Huang; 1 worker, Guangxi,  Longlin, Jinzhongshan Protection Zone, 7.III.2014, leg. Zhilin Chen, No. G140110; 1 worker, Yunnan, Kunming, Panlong District, Longtan Park, 1. VI.2013, leg. Jianyue Qiu, No. G137852.</p><p>Diagnosis. Anteromedian margin of clypeus concave in full-face view, with lateral part forming a pair of weak lobes; promesonotal dorsum in lateral view convex; posterodorsal corner of propodeum with a triangular tooth and declivity concave; in dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum with a pair of distinct teeth.</p><p>Description. Worker. TL 2.4–2.7, HL 0.57–0.66, HW 0.53–0.63, CI 91–100, SL 0.36–0.38, SI 60–64, ED 0.12–0.14, PW 0.34–0.41, MSL 0.61–0.75, PL 0.17–0.20, PH 0.13–0.16, DPW 0.12–0.15, LPI 72–89, DPI 72–79 (n=7).</p><p>Head. Head in full-face view slightly longer than broad, posterior margin weakly concave; eyes median size and weakly convex, located in front of midpoint of lateral margin of head; frontal carina and antennal scrobes absent; mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with 6 teeth, with a large apical tooth, followed by a smaller preapical tooth and 4 denticles; anteromedian margin of clypeus concave, with lateral part forming a pair of weak lobes. Mesosoma. Promesonotal dorsum in lateral view convex and higher than metanotum; promesonotal suture absent; metanotal groove concave; propodeum dorsum convex and gradual decline posteriorly, posterodorsal corner with a triangular tooth; propodeal lobes with a blunt posterior margin. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum with a pair of distinct teeth; lateral sides of pronotum almost straight and convergent posteriorly; posterodorsal corner of pronotum with a pair of blunt processes, and not passing smoothly to lateral margins of mesonotum; promesonotal suture absent, but sometimes with a faint trace (Figs. 2, 5, 8); anterior margin of mesonotum convex, lateral margin weakly convex and convergent posteriorly; metanotal groove depressed, and strongly constricted between mesonotum and propodeum; lateral margin of propodeum convex, posterior margin concave, posterolateral corner forming a pair of blunt teeth. Waist. Anterodorsal corner of petiole forming a small tooth which points forward and upwards; dorsum with a thick tooth slightly curving backwards; subpetiolar process triangular transparently; in dorsal view, petiole rectangular, blunt denticle in anteriolateral corner, with a transverse ridge in middle. Postpetiole in lateral view smaller than petiole, dorsal margin strong convex, sternite of postpetiole much smaller than its stergite, anteroventral corner with an obtuse angle; in dorsal view anterolateral corner of postpetiole rounded, lateral margin almost straight and weakly convergent posteriorly. Gaster. Gaster in lateral view oval, in dorsal view humeral corner of gaster obtuse-angulate. Sculpture. Mandibles scattered with piligerous punctures; frontal lobes with longitudinal stria, which sometimes extending backward to a half of head; cheek with longitudinal stria; the rest of the head smooth and shiny, except scattered with piligerous punctures; middle part of mesonotum and propodeum smooth and shiny, but with their lateral parts rugulose; face of metanotal groove scattered with ridges; lateral face of pronotum and upper part of propodeum smooth and shiny, lower part of propodeum reticulate-rugulose; gaster smooth and shiny. Pilosity. Body with dense erect hairs and sparse pubescence, antennae with abundant pubescence. Color. Body yellow to yellow-brown.</p><p>Remarks. This species is easily distinguished from the congeners of this genus by notably dentate shoulder of pronotum.</p><p>Distribution. China (Wu &amp; Wang 1995; Huang &amp; Zhou 2006; Terayama 2009; General &amp; Alpert 2012; Cheng et al. 2015; Yu et al. 2019), India (Bharti et al. 2016), Vietnam (Karavaiev 1935; Eguchi et al. 2011), Thailand (Jaitrong &amp; Jeenthong 2015; Khachonpisitsak et al. 2020).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386AC55FFBF9953FF722861FE9BBCB0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chen, Defu;Chen, Zhilin	Chen, Defu, Chen, Zhilin (2022): Ants of the genus Gauromyrmex Menozzi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of a new species from China. Asian Myrmecology (e 015007) 15: 1-10, DOI: 10.20362/am.015007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.015007
0386AC55FFBC9952FF1A28A1FEC7BEF0.text	0386AC55FFBC9952FF1A28A1FEC7BEF0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromyrmex bengkalisi Menozzi 1933	<div><p>Gauromyrmex bengkalisi Menozzi, 1933</p><p>(Figs. 10–13)</p><p>Gauromyrmex bengkalisi Menozzi, 1933: 146, figs. 1–2 (w.) INDONESIA. Combination in  Vollenhovia by Bolton, 1995: 422; in  Gauromyrmex by Bolton, 2003: 269. (The Cotype worker images examined, https://AntWeb.org, CASENT0172783, images by April Nobile).</p><p>Material examined. unexamined.</p><p>Diagnosis. Anteromedian part of clypeus prominent, with anterior margin distinctly concave and its lateral part forming a pair rounded lobe. Eyes located a little forward of midpoint of lateral margin. Posterodorsal corner of propodeum unarmed, forming an obtuse angle between dorsal margin and declivity, declivity steep and marginate laterally, about 2 times as long as its dorsum, and with a small tooth on the mid-lateral edge of declivity. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded and unarmed. Subpetiolar process absent.</p><p>Description. Worker. TL 2.22, HL 0.52, HW 0.51, CI 98, SL 0.35, SI 69, ED 0.11, PW 0.32, MSL 0.70, PL 0.15, PH 0.19, DPW 0.10, LPI 127, DPI 67 (n=1, Measurement data obtained from Cotype worker images).</p><p>Head. Head in full-face view rectangular, slightly longer than broad, posterior margin in middle weakly concave, posterolateral corner rounded, lateral margin even. Mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with 6 teeth, with a large apical tooth, followed by a smaller preapical tooth and 4 denticles; anteromedian part of clypeus prominent, with anterior margin distinctly concave and its lateral part forminged a pair of rounded lobes. Frontal carina and antennal scrobes absent.Antenna 12-segmented, scape not surpassing posterior margin of head. Eyes median size (ED 0.11), located a little forward of midpoint of lateral margin.</p><p>Mesosoma. in lateral view, dorsum of pronotum weakly convex; anterior part of dorsum of mesonotum almost straight, and posterior part steep; dorsum of propodeum weakly convex, posterodorsal corner unarmed, forming an obtuse angle between dorsal margin and declivity, declivity steep and marginate laterally, about 2 times as long as its dorsum, and with a small tooth on the mid-lateral edge of declivity. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded and unarmed; lateral sides of pronotum almost straight and convergent posteriorly; posterodorsal corner of pronotum with a pair of blunt processes, and not passing smoothly to lateral margins of mesonotum; promesonotal suture absent; metanotal groove depressed, and strongly constriction between mesonotum and propodeum; lateral margin of propodeum straight and divergent posteriorly, posterolateral corner forming a pair of obtuse angles. Waist. Petiole in lateral view peduncle short, anterodorsal corner forming an inconspicuous denticle, dorsum triangular, subpetiolar process absent; in dorsal view, petiole rectangular, anterolateral corner obtuse, with a transverse ridge in middle. Postpetiole in lateral view smaller than petiole, anterior margin convex, dorsum narrowed, posterior margin steep, sternite of postpetiole much smaller than its stergite, anteroventral obtuse; in dorsal view anterolateral corner of postpetiole rounded, lateral margin convex and almost narrowed posteriorly. Gaster. Gaster in lateral view oval, in dorsal view humeral corner of gaster obtuse-angulate. Sculpture. Mandibles scattered with piligerous punctures and weak stria; middle part of clypeus smooth and shiny, and its lateral part with several stria; outer face of antennal sockets with concentric stria, the rest of head smooth and shiny, scattered with small piligerous punctures. Lateral face of pronotum smooth and shiny, dorsum of pronotum with dense puncta and about 9-11 stria; face of metanotal groove scattered with five ridges; the rest of mesosoma punctate-reticulate. Lateral face of petiole and postpetiole punctate-reticulate; anterior face of petiole smooth and shiny, posterior face and dorsal face of postpetiole punctate-reticulate weakly. Gaster smooth and shiny. Pilosity. Head with sparse erect hairs and medium-density pubescences, mesosoma with abundant erect hairs, gaster with sparse erect hairs, antennae with abundant pubescence. Color. Body dark brown, clypeus and antenna yellowish-brown.</p><p>Remarks. This species is easily distinguished from  G. bengkalisi by anteromedian part of clypeus prominent, with anterior margin distinctly concave and its lateral part formed a pair rounded lobes; dorsum of propodeum weakly convex, posterodorsal corner of propodeum unarmed, forming an obtuse angle between dorsal margin and declivity; in dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded and unarmed; subpetiolar process absent; dorsum of pronotum with dense puncta and about 9-11 stria; the rest of mesosoma punctate-reticulate.</p><p>This species is easily distinguished from  G. orbihumerus by posterodorsal corner of propodeum obtuse and unarmed; subpetiolar process absent; dorsum of petiole triangular; dorsum of pronotum with dense puncta and about 9-11 stria.</p><p>Distribution. Indonesia (Menozzi 1933; Chapman &amp; Capco 1951) and Malaysia (data from AntWeb.org).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386AC55FFBC9952FF1A28A1FEC7BEF0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chen, Defu;Chen, Zhilin	Chen, Defu, Chen, Zhilin (2022): Ants of the genus Gauromyrmex Menozzi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of a new species from China. Asian Myrmecology (e 015007) 15: 1-10, DOI: 10.20362/am.015007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.015007
0386AC55FFBD995DFD0E2C81FB14BABF.text	0386AC55FFBD995DFD0E2C81FB14BABF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gauromyrmex orbihumerus Chen & Chen 2022	<div><p>Gauromyrmex orbihumerus Chen &amp; Chen sp. nov.</p><p>http://zoobank.org/ 916FE637-819C-4987-8E5D- 2CD1CF4E962D</p><p>(Figs. 14-16)</p><p>Material examined.   Holotype worker, CHINA: Guangxi, Daxin, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.75&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.58" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.75/lat 22.58)">Xialei Protection Zone</a>, 22.58°N, 106.75°E, 24.VII.2018, leg. Zhilin Chen, No. G187739 ;  Paratypes: 2 workers from the same colony as the holotype worker. Type workers deposited in GXNU (Insect Collection, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, China) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Anteromedian margin of clypeus concave. In lateral view, dorsum of pronotum convex; dorsum of mesonotum almost straight, and leaning forward slightly; dorsum of propodeum convex and declining posteriorly, about 1.5 times as long as its declivity, forming a tooth between dorsal margin and declivity, declivity concave. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded. Subpetiolar process triangular translucently; anterior 5/6 part of head with longitudinal stria; dorsum of promesonotum shiny, with fine stria; lateral face of mesosoma rugose longitudinally, dorsum of propodeum punctate-reticulate.</p><p>Description. Holotype worker. TL 2.88, HL 0.64, HW 0.61, CI 95, SL 0.36, SI 59, ED 0.13, PW 0.39, MSL 0.77, PL 0.21, PH 0.18, DPW 0.13, LPI 86, DPI 62.</p><p>Head. In full-face view head rectangular, slightly longer than broad, narrowed posteriorly, posterior margin in middle weakly concave, posterolateral corner rounded, lateral margin even. Mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with 6 teeth, with large apical tooth and preapical tooth, followed by 4 same size denticles; anteromedian margin of clypeus concave. Frontal carina and antennal scrobes absent. Antenna 12-segmented, scape not surpassing posterior margin of head. Eyes median size, 8 ommatidia in longest row, located midpoint of lateral margin. Mesosoma. In lateral view, dorsum of pronotum convex; dorsum of mesonotum almost straight, and leaning forward slightly; dorsum of propodeum convex and declining posteriorly, about 1.5 times as long as its declivity, forming a tooth between dorsal margin and declivity, declivity concave. In dorsal view, humeral corners of pronotum rounded; lateral sides of pronotum concave; posterodorsal corner of pronotum with a pair of blunt process, and not passing smoothly to lateral margins of mesonotum; promesonotal suture absent; metanotal groove depressed, and strongly constriction between mesonotum and propodeum; lateral margin of propodeum convex, posterolateral corner forming a pair of spines. Waist. Petiole in lateral view peduncle short, anterodorsal corner forming an obtuse denticle, dorsum with a strong tooth, subpetiolar process triangular translucently; in dorsal view, petiole rectangular, anterolateral corner obtuse denticle, anterior margin concave, with a transverse ridge in middle. Postpetiole in lateral view smaller than petiole, anterior margin convex, dorsum narrowed, posterior margin steep, sternite of postpetiole much smaller than its stergite, anteroventral obtuse; in dorsal view anterolateral corner of postpetiole rounded, lateral margin convex and narrowed posteriorly. Gaster. Gaster in lateral view oval, in dorsal view humeral corner of gaster obtuse-angulate. Sculpture. Mandibles scattered with piligerous punctures and weakly stria; middle part of clypeus smooth and shiny, and its lateral part with several stria; outer face of antennal sockets with dense concentric stria,anterior 5/6 part of head with longitudinal stria, and rest of head so shiny. Dorsum of promesonotum shiny, with fine stria; face of metanotal groove scattered with several ridges; lateral face of mesosoma rugose longitudinally, dorsum of propodeum punctate-reticulate. Lateral face of petiolar node and postpetiole reticulate finely; dorsum of petiole and postpetiole smooth and shiny, sometime with sparse ridges. Gaster smooth and shiny. Pilosity. Head with abundant erect hairs and sparse pubescences, mesosoma, petiole, postpetiole and gaster sparse with erect hairs pubescence. Color. Body yellow to yellowish-brown.</p><p>Paratype workers. TL 2.82–2.92, HL 0.64–0.69, HW 0.60–0.63, CI 94–95, SL 0.35–0.37, SI 59–60, ED 0.13, PW 0.38–0.39, MSL 0.76– 0.79, PL 0.20–0.22, PH 0.19–20, DPW 0.12– 0.13, LPI 85–87, DPI 62–63 (n = 2) .</p><p>Remarks. The new species is extremely similar to  G. acanthinus, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters of workers: humeral corners of pronotum rounded in dorsal view; anterior 5/6 part of head with longitudinal stria, and rest of head shiny, dorsum of promesonotum fine stria; lateral face of mesosoma rugose longitudinally; dorsum of propodeum punctate-reticulate. In addition, the difference between this species and  G. bengkalisi is shown in couplet 2 of the key.</p><p>Habitat. This species was collected from the trunk of  Elaeocarpus decipiens Hemsl., about 1.5 meters above the ground.</p><p>Etymology. The name  “ orbihumerus ” refers to the rounded humeral corners of pronotum.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386AC55FFBD995DFD0E2C81FB14BABF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chen, Defu;Chen, Zhilin	Chen, Defu, Chen, Zhilin (2022): Ants of the genus Gauromyrmex Menozzi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with description of a new species from China. Asian Myrmecology (e 015007) 15: 1-10, DOI: 10.20362/am.015007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20362/am.015007
