广东多刺蚁属一新种（膜翅目：蚁科）

在广东南岭自然保护区进行昆虫考察时发现多刺蚁属Polyrhachis 1新种,即:天井山多刺蚁P.tianjingshanensis,sp.nov.,隶属于多刺蚁属六刺多刺蚁亚属Myrmhopla。本新种与双色多刺蚁P.bicolor Smith相似,但触角、上颚和足均为黑色,前胸背板刺和并胸腹节刺粗长,远长于腹柄节刺,头、并腹胸和腹柄节具粗糙刻点。正模:工蚁,TL 11.5,HL 2.37,HW 2.23,CI 94,SL 3.43,SI 154,PW 1.83,AL4.75,ED 0.57;副模12工蚁:TL 11.4~11.7,HL 2.33~2.70,HW 2.20~2.73,CI 91~99,SL 3.37~3.65,SI 128~154,PW 1.77~2.03,AL 3.70~4.35,ED 0.53~0.63。正模:工蚁,广东南岭自然保护区天井山林场(24°41′N,112°59′E),450 m,2007-Ⅷ-18,侯占华采;副模:12工蚁,与正模同巢,侯占华采。模式标本保存于广西师范大学生命科学学院昆虫标本室。

A New Species of the Ant Genus Polyrhachis Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guangdong Province, China

A new species of the genus Polyrhachis Smith,i.e.P.tianjingshanensis sp.nov. was described.The new species belongs to the subgenus Myrmhopla Forel and resembles P. bicolor Smith,but differs from the later by antennae,mandibles and legs black;pronotal and propodeal spines long and strong,much longer than petiolar spines;head,thorax and petiole coarsely punctuate.