A New Species and a New Record of the Ant Genus Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India

Abstract

A new species of the ant genus Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 collected from North-eastern Himalaya is described: Stigmatomma xui sp. n. Another species Stigmatomma awa (Xu & Chu, 2012) is also reported for the first time from India and is formally transferred from Ambylopone to Stigmatomma. A key is provided to distinguish the related species.

Keywords

• Amblyoponinae
• Stigmatomma
• New species
• Ant
• Himalaya