Perissomyrmex monticola

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 monticola

Name

Perissomyrmex monticola De Andrade, 1993

Synonyms

• Perissomyrmex monticola De Andrade, in Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1993: 90.

Holotype worker and paratype worker and queen from Bhutan.

• Perissomyrmex nepalensis Radchenko, 2003: 14.

Holotype worker and paratype workers from Nepal and India.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. & M.L. De Andrade. 1993: Perissomyrmex monticola n. sp., from Bhutan: the first natural record for a presumed Neotropical genus with a discussion on its taxonomic status. Tropical Zoology, 6: 89–95.

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• Radchenko, A.G. 2003: Perissomyrmex nepalensis sp. nov. - new evidence of Old World origins for the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia, 25: 13–22.
• 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.