TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wang, Wendy Y.
A1  - Yong, Gordon W.J.
A1  - Jaitrong, Weeyawat
T1  - Revision of the elusive ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Thailand based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of three new species
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The actual prevalence and diversity of the elusive Asian ant genus Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900 in Southeast Asia are largely unknown; only two named species were previously known from Thailand. Following substantial newly-collected museum material made available, we used a combined approach based on morphology and complementary DNA evidence to revise the genus in Thailand. Specimens were sorted to putative species by objective clustering of short fragment (313 bp) COI barcodes, after which specimens of each molecular cluster were morphologically examined. With morphology and supporting genetic evidence, we recognize five species of Rhopalomastix in Thailand, including three species new to science: R. impithuksai Wang & Jaitrong sp. nov., R. parva Wang & Jaitrong sp. nov., and R. robusta Wang & Jaitrong sp. nov. Different castes and sexes are described for most species where available. Descriptions of the two extant described species – R. javana Wheeler, 1929 and R. johorensis Wheeler, 1929 – are also revised, taking into account observations from the additional material. A key to Thai species based on the worker caste, with the three new species included, is further provided.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 739:117-157 
KW  - systematics
KW  - NGS barcoding
KW  - arboreal ant
KW  - objective clustering
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55753
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-557531
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 739
SP  - 117
EP  - 157
PB  - Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -