taxonID	type	description	language	source
7D16DF37FFF0894867D5FD7EFD653FA5.taxon	materials_examined	Non-type material examined. Vietnam: 2 workers, Northern Middle Vietnam, Nghe An Prov., Pu Mat NP., Pha Lai Forest Station, 23 v 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 23 iii 06 - 10); 1 worker, same national park as above, Khe Kem waterfall near forest station, ca. 200 – 300 m alt., 18 0 58 ’ N – 104 0 49 ’ E, 17 iii 2006, leg. K. Eguchi; 3 workers, Northern Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov., Tam Dao NP., ca. 950 m alt., 21 0 27 ’ N – 105 0 38 ’ E, leg. V. T. B u i; 5 workers, Hanoi, Ba Vi NP., ca. 400 m alt., 21 0 03 ’ N – 105 0 22 ’ E, leg. V. T. B u i (BTV 01 - BVI- 91); 1 worker, Northern Vietnam, Ninh Binh Prov., Cuc Phuong NP., 10 – 11 August 1998, leg. Sk. Yamane. Thailand: 1 worker, Nakhonratchasima Prov., Khao Yai NP., hill green forest, 11 vii 1998, leg. W. Jaitrong; 1 worker, same national park, 30 v 2000, leg. Sk. Yamane; 3 workers, same national park, ca. 600 – 650 m alt., 1 vi 2000, leg. W. Jaitrong; 1 worker, NE Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Prov., Wang Nam Kheao distr., Sakhaerat ERS, DEF, 17 vii 2009, leg. W. Jaitrong (WJT 09 - TH 2218); 1 worker, E Thailand, Chanthaburi Prov., Khao Soi Dao WS, 3 vi 2001, leg. Sk. Yamane. Worker measurements and indices. TL 3 – 3.5, HL 0.92 – 1.00 (0.95), HW 0.92 – 0.98 (0.95), EL 0.58 – 0.62 (0.60), ML 1.21 – 1.33 (1.27), SL 0.92 – 1.02 (1.00), PrW 0.52 – 0.58 (0.55), HfL 0.94 – 1.04 (1.00), CI 98 – 102 (100), SI 100 – 108 (104). (5 non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF0894867D5FD7EFD653FA5.taxon	description	Worker description. Body yellowish brown; mandible and leg pale yellow. Body with sparse standing hairs; dorsum of head and pronotum often with faint pubescence. Clypeus faintly rugose; frons irregularly rugose; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth; frontal sulcus wide and deep, reaching median ocellus; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with ca. 10 teeth; two tiny denticles present between first (apical) and second (penultimate) teeth; the posterior one of the two very tiny; one relatively large denticle present between second and third teeth, and between third and fourth teeth; palp formula 6,4. Orbital grooves present, but narrow and shallow; scape distinctly shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; anteriormost part of pronotum rugose transversely; dorsum of pronotum smooth or faintly rugoso-punctate; dorsum of mesonotum rugoso-punctate; side of mesonotum with several irregular rugae; mesopleuron smooth; metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum obliquely rugose; metanotal groove shallow; dorsal face of propodeum transversely rugose; propodeum in lateral view relatively strongly convex. Petiolar node in lateral view with a vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate or concave.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF0894867D5FD7EFD653FA5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Up to now 26 species are known in the subgenus Myagroteras (Zettel & Sorger, 2011). However, most of them were based on a single or a few specimens from a restricted area. Colony series were examined very rarely. Our species seems closely related to M. estrudae Agosti (holotype examined) from Sumatra and M. cuneonodum Xu (holotype not examined) from Yunnan, southern China. All these have a smooth pronotal dorsum. Compared with M. estrudae, in our species the propodeal side is much more strongly sculptured (often metapleuron also sculptured) and the propodeal dorsum is densely transversely striate. In the latter condition it is more similar to M. cuneonodum (see Xu, 1998, p. 125), and we tentatively identified our species as M. cuneonodum. However, among the specimens examined we have found variation in the sculpture of pronotum, propodeum and side of mesosoma. Furthermore, in some specimens the propodeum is very convex dorsally, the condition approaching that of M. karnyi Gregg from the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra. We need more material derived from colonies to evaluate the status of so many species recently described in this subgenus. In Khao Yai National Park in northeastern Thailand, nests were found in soil at altitudes between 600 and 1,000 m.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF0894867D5FD7EFD653FA5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. S. China, Vietnam, Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF6894A67D5FF58FD203D3E.taxon	description	Syntypes. 2 workers, Thaungyin Valley (Tenasserim), Burma [Myanmar], May 1893 [MHGN] (examined).	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF6894A67D5FF58FD203D3E.taxon	materials_examined	Non-type material examined. Thailand: 8 workers, N. Thailand, Chiangmai Prov., Doi Suthep-Pui, 7 vi 2001, leg. S. Hasin; 1 worker, same loc., ca. 900 m alt., 7 vi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi; 1 worker, same loc., ca. 500 – 700 m alt., 22 vi 1999, leg. Sk. Yamane; 5 workers, Chiangmai Prov., Doi Chiang Dao, 9 vi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi, Eg 01 - TH- 125. Worker measurements and indices. TL 3.5 – 4.5, HL 1.04 – 1.19 (1.13), HW 1.04 – 1.15 (1.12), EL 0.67 – 0.75 (0.71), ML 1.27 – 1.50 (1.41), SL 1.19 – 1.46 (1.37), PrW 0.63 – 0.73 (0.70), HfL 1.31 – 1.54 (1.44), CI 97 – 100 (99), SI 115 – 127 (122). (5 non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF6894A67D5FF58FD203D3E.taxon	description	Worker description. Body brown; gaster dark-brown; mandible, legs pale yellow; mid- and hind coxae creamy to yellowish. Body with erect hairs; pubescence dense on dorsum of head, pronotum and second, third and fourth gastral segments. Clypeus slightly rugose; median portion of frons slightly and sparsely punctured; area around antennal insertion slightly rugoso-punctate; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth; frontal sulcus faint, interrupted in the posterior half of frons, or sometimes reaching median ocellus; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 9 teeth that reduce in size from the apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape a little shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; anteriormost part of pronotum transversely rugose, and the remainder part of it faintly punctured; dorsal part of mesonotum rugosopunctate or rugose longitudinally; side of mesonotum with several longitudinal rugulae; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth or weakly punctured; dorsum of propodeum weakly rugoso-punctate transversely; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate or almost straight.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF6894A67D5FF58FD203D3E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species has abundant appressed pubescence on gastral tergites. It is distinguished from the most closely related M. tomimasai by the weaker sculpture on the dorsum of head and pronotum, and creamy to yellowish mid- and hind coxae. Legs are yellowish and much paler than the mesosoma. (See also under M. concolor and M. tomimasai.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF6894A67D5FF58FD203D3E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Myanmar (Forel, 1893), Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF5894A67D5FC4EFE1A39FD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Worker from Eastern Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao Soi Dao WS, rain forest, 4 vi 2001, leg. Sk. Yamane (TH 01 - SKY- 47) [THNHM]. Paratypes. 14 workers and 2 winged queens from same colony as holotype; 15 workers and 2 males, same locality, 4 vi 2001, leg. Sk. Yamane (TH 01 - SKY- 53); 6 workers, same locality, waterfall, 13 v 2008, leg. W. Jaitrong (4 workers from WJT 06 - E 020, 2 from WJT 08 - E 021); 3 workers, same locality, 3 vi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 01 - TH- 029); 2 workers, same locality, 4 vi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 01 - TH- 048); 1 worker, same locality, 4 vi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 01 - TH- 057) [ACEG, MHNG, SKYC, THNHM, VNMN]. Non-type material examined. Thailand: 1 worker, Loei Prov., Phu Luang WS, 18 v 2007, leg. S. Hasin (SH 07 - TH); 3 workers, Chachoengsao Prov., Khao Ang Reu Nai, Bo Tong station, 29 – 30 xii 2002, leg. W. Jaitrong (WJT-TH-THNHM-I 20023537, 20023689); 2 workers, Nakhonratchasima prov., Khao Yai NP, TRF, 31 v 2000, leg. Sk. Yamane (TH 00 - SKY- 47); 1 worker, same locality, 29 v 2000, leg. S. Hasin. Worker measurements and indices. TL 4.0 – 4.5, HL 1.08 – 1.15 (1.11), HW 1.08 – 1.13 (1.11), EL 0.65 – 0.71 (0.68), ML 1.38 – 1.46 (1.42), SL 1.31 – 1.38 (1.34), PrW 0.65 – 0.71 (0.68), HfL 1.38 – 1.56 (1.44), CI 98 – 104 (101), SI 117 – 122 (120). (Holotype and 5 non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF5894A67D5FC4EFE1A39FD.taxon	description	Worker description. Body and coxae dark-brown; mandible and legs (except coxae) lighter than body. Body with erect hairs; dorsum of head, pronotum and gastral tergites without pubescence, or at most with very short pubescence (distance between appressed hairs longer than the hairs). Clypeus and frons mainly rugoso-punctate; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth; frontal sulcus faint, reaching the middle ocellus; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 9 teeth that reduce in size from the apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape a little shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; anteriormost part of pronotum transversely rugose, and its remainder part smooth or faintly rugoso-punctate; dorsum of mesonotum longitudinally or irregularly rugose; side of mesonotum irregularly rugose; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth; dorsum of propodeum weakly rugoso-punctate; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsad. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate or almost straight.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF5894A67D5FC4EFE1A39FD.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is similar to M. binghamii. However, it is distinguished from the latter by the much sparser pubescence on the gastral tergites, especially on second tergite, and dark-colored coxae.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF5894A67D5FC4EFE1A39FD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF4894567D5F905FCD23CAE.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype worker from Thailand, Narathiwat Province, South-West Balahala: tropical rainforest, 7 xi 2002, leg. W. Jaitrong, WJT 02 - TH 325 (THNHM- 2002 - 3850) [THNHM]. Paratype: 1 worker from the same locality as holotype, 25 ix 2001, leg. S. Hasin 2001 [SKYC]. Non-type material examined. Malaysia: 6 workers from Selangor, Ulu Gombak, vii – x 1992, leg. F. Ito, FI 92 MG; 1 worker, same locality, ca. 250 m alt., 5 vii 1999, leg. Sk. Yamane. Worker measurements and indices. TL 3.5, HL 0.98 – 1.02 (1.00), HW 0.88 – 0.94 (0.92), EL 0.62 – 0.67 (0.65), ML 1.35 – 1.42 (1.39), SL 1.12 – 1.23 (1.17), PrW 0.54 – 0.62 (0.58), HfL 1.17 – 1.31 (1.24), CI 90 – 92 (91), SI 126 – 131 (128). (Holotype and 2 non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF4894567D5F905FCD23CAE.taxon	description	Worker description. Body yellowish brown; gaster slightly darker than the mesosoma and petiole; legs yellowish. Body with sparse standing hairs, but without pubescence (clypeus with a few short appressed hairs). Clypeus weakly punctured or rugoso-punctate; frons mainly granulate, but area around antennal insertion finely rugoso-punctate; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) shining; frontal sulcus very feeble, visible as a very short trace running backward until the middle of frons. Anterior clypeal margin concave. Mandible with 9 – 10 teeth, and with two denticles between first and second teeth; third tooth much shorter than second and fourth teeth; palp formula 5,3. Orbital grooves virtually absent. Scape shorter than funicular segments combined. Funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view with its dorsal outline gently sloping upward; dorsum of pronotum feebly punctured medially, almost smooth laterally; dorsum of mesonotum transversely and finely striate and its lateral face irregularly longitudinally or obliquely rugose; mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum smooth; metanotal groove shallow; propodeum in lateral view very weakly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node round dorsally; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly concave.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF4894567D5F905FCD23CAE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Dr. Weeyawat Jaitrong, who offered us valuable material.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF4894567D5F905FCD23CAE.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Myrmoteras jaitrongi sp. nov. and M. barbouri Creighton, 1930 share the very small third tooth of mandible (called ‘ the denticle between the penultimate tooth and the one proximad to it’ by Moffett, 1985). In this respect and the number of maxillary pulp segments (5), M. jaitrongi is closely related to M. barbouri, for which we could not examine the type material (Java). Our specimens may correspond to the smaller individuals of M. barbouri sensu Moffett (1985, p. 21) from the Malay Peninsula. However, M. jaitrongi differs from M. barbouri in the following respects: total body length including mandibles remarkably smaller (slightly more than 5 mm vs. 6.7 – 6.9 mm), dorsum of mesothorax rather regularly and transversely striate (irregularly or longitudinally rugose in M. barbouri), rugae on side of mesothorax more distinct in its posterior portion than in anterior portion (according to Creighton, 1930, five rugae present extending across the anterior half of the sides in M. barbouri), and generally much paler body colour (light brown vs. ferruginous; according to Creighton mesonotum and propodeum even tinged with black in M. barbouri).	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFF4894567D5F905FCD23CAE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Thailand and West Malaysia.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894567D5FD33FE0438B3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype worker from Northern Vietnam, Lao Cai Province, Hoang Lien Son NP., Sa Pa Distr., Ban Khoang, secondary forest, stream-side, ca. 1700 – 1800 m alt., 27 iv 2002, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 02 - VN- 123) [VNMN]. Paratypes: 3 workers from the same colony as holotype [ACEG, SKYC, VNMN]. Worker measurements and indices. TL 4.5 – 5.0, HL 1.25 – 1.29 (1.26), HW 1.25 – 1.31 (1.27), EL 0.75 – 0.81 (0.77), ML 1.54 – 1.58 [1.56] (1.56), SL 1.48 – 1.52 (1.51), PrW 0.77 – 0.81 (0.79), HfL 1.73 – 1.79 (1.77), CI 98 – 103 [100] (100), SI 116 – 122 (119). (Holotype and 3 paratype workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894567D5FD33FE0438B3.taxon	description	Worker description. Frons and mesosoma dark brown; clypeus, vertex of head, petiole and gaster yellowishbrown; mandible and legs pale yellow. Body with sparse erect hairs; pubescence present near anterior margin of clypeus and frons. Clypeus smooth or slightly rugoso-punctate; frons mainly smooth, but area around antennal insertion slightly rugose; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth; frontal sulcus very feeble, visible as a very short trace running backward until the middle of frons; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 8 teeth that reduce in size from apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape a little shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; anteriormost part of pronotum transversely rugose, and its remainder part smooth; mesonotum longer than high; dorsal part of mesonotum slightly rugoso-punctate transversely; lateral face of mesosoma more or less transversely rugose between pronotum and metathoracic tubercle, and obliquely rugose from the tubercle to propodeum; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth; dorsum of propodeum smooth or slightly rugoso-punctate transversely; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly concave.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894567D5FD33FE0438B3.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is after a famous queen of an ancient Vietnamese dynasty.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894567D5FD33FE0438B3.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This beautiful species is separated from other Indo-Chinese congeners by the lack of pubescence on the gastral tergites, incomplete frontal sulcus, and yellow mandible and petiole.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894567D5FD33FE0438B3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Vietnam.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894767D5F8CBFDF63C35.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype worker from southern Thailand, Surat Thani Province, Tai Rom Yen NP., nest in soil, 12 x 2011, leg. Sk. Yamane (TH 11 - SKY- 045) [THNMH]. Paratypes: 9 workers from the same colony as holotype; 7 workers from the same locality, 12 x 2011, leg. Sk. Yamane (TH 11 - SKY- 50) [ACEG, MHNG, THNHM, SKYC, VNMN]. Worker measurements and indices. TL 3.5 – 4.0, HL 1.04 – 1.10 (1.06), HW 1.02 – 1.10 [1.08] (1.06), EL 0.65 – 0.69 [0.67] (0.67), ML 1.31 – 1.37 (1.34), SL 1.21 – 1.30 [1.29] (1.27), PrW 0.63 – 0.67 (0.67), HfL 1.31 – 1.40 (1.37), CI 96 – 102 [98] (99), SI 118 – 120 (119). (Holotype and 5 paratype and non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894767D5F8CBFDF63C35.taxon	description	Worker description. Head and mesosoma brown, slightly with reddish tinge; petiole and gaster dark brown; mid- and hind coxae and femora whitish yellow; femora of all legs distinctly paler than tibiae. Body with erect hairs; dorsum of head and pronotum and first gastral tergite with pubescence; lateral face of gastral tergite I and II with sparse pubescence (often abraded away). Clypeus and lower frons densely rugoso-punctate; area around antennal insertion finely rugoso-striate. Anteriormost part of pronotum with faint, transverse rugoso-punctatation, and remainder portion smooth or faintly and sparsely punctate; dorsum of mesonotum longitudinally or irregularly rugose; lateral face of mesonotum with several irregular rugae; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth or faintly and sparsely punctured; dorsum of propodeum with faint, transverse rugosopunctation. Frontal sulcus faint but reaching median ocellus (sometimes interrupted); anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 8 teeth that reduce in size from apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape distinctly shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view with flat dorsal outline; mesonotum as long as high; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894767D5F8CBFDF63C35.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the milk-white colour of the coxae and femora of the mid- and hind legs.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894767D5F8CBFDF63C35.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is a relatively small species, easily separated from other Indo-Chinese congeners by the milkwhite colour of the coxae and femora of the mid- and hind legs, and the femora of all legs that are distinctly paler than the tibiae. The two nests were found in soil, in a lowland forest in southern Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFA894767D5F8CBFDF63C35.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Southern Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFF894267D5FF58FD6D3CE6.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype worker from Northern Middle Vietnam, Nghe An Province: Pu Mat NP.: Sang Le forest, ca. 220 m alt. 19 0 10 – 11 ’ N, 104 0 37 – 38 E, 2 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 02 iv 06 - 12) [VNMN]. Paratypes: 1 worker, same locality as holotype, 1 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 01 iv 06 - 11); 6 workers, same colony as holotype, leg. K. Eguchi and V. T. Bui (Eg 02 iv 06 - 12); 3 workers, same locality, 3 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 03 iv 06 - 03); 3 workers, same locality, 3 iv 2006, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 03 iv 06 - 07) [ACEG, MHNG, THNHM, SKYC, VNMN]. Non-type material. Vietnam: 1 worker, Northern Vietnam, Ninh Binh Prov., Cuc Phuong NP., 10 – 11 viii 1998, leg. Sk. Yamane; 2 workers, same locality, 11 viii 1998, leg. V. T. Bui; 3 workers, same locality, 9 xi 2001, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 01 - VN- 165); 2 workers, Northern Middle Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue Prov., Bach Ma NP., ca. 415 – 635 m alt., 16 0 13 ’ N – 107 0 51 ’ E, 12 xi 2009, leg. K. Eguchi (Eg 12 xi 09 - 10). Thailand: 2 workers, North-East Thailand, Loei Prov., Phu Ruea Distr., MDF, termite mound, 12 iv 2008, leg. Sk Yamane (TH 08 - SKY- 118); 1 worker, Western Thailand, Tak Prov., Tung Yai [Thung Yai] WS, 22 xi 2000, leg. A. Suwannasri. Worker measurements and indices. TL 3.5 – 4.0, HL 1.06 – 1.12 [1.08] (1.08), HW 1.06 – 1.15 [1.00] (1.08), EL 0.67 – 0.73 [0.69] (0.69), ML 1.25 – 1.37 [1.31] (1.31), SL 1.21 – 1.31 [1.27] (1.24), PrW 0.65 – 0.75 [0.67] (0.68), HfL 1.33 – 1.46 [1.37] (1.36), CI 98 – 103 [102] (100), SI 113 – 116 (117). (Holotype and 5 paratype and non-type workers were measured.)	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFF894267D5FF58FD6D3CE6.taxon	description	Worker description. Body dark reddish brown; legs with similar coloration as body, but often slightly paler; mandible light brown. Body with erect hairs; pubescence dense on frons, pronotum and gastral tergites. Clypeus faintly punctate; frons extensively rugoso-punctate, but area around antennal insertion finely rugose; vertex of head (including occipital lobe) smooth. Anteriormost part of pronotum transversely rugose, and remainder smooth to weakly punctate; dorsal face of mesonotum weakly rugose; lateral face of mesosoma rugose more or less longitudinally; mesopleuron, metapleuron and lateral face of propodeum smooth or weakly punctate; dorsum of propodeum weakly rugoso-punctate transversely. Frontal sulcus faint, reaching median ocellus; anterior clypeal margin concave; mandible with 8 teeth that reduce in size from apical to basal teeth; two denticles present between first and second teeth; palp formula 6,4; orbital groove absent; scape slightly shorter than funicular segments combined; funicular segments each longer than broad. Pronotum in lateral view flattened dorsally; propodeum in lateral view roundly convex posterodorsally. Petiolar node in lateral view with vertical anterior face and steep posterior slope; ventral outline of petiole beneath the node slightly sinuate or almost straight.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFF894267D5FF58FD6D3CE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is after the son of Eguchi’s best friend.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFF894267D5FF58FD6D3CE6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is separated from other Indo-Chinese congeners by the extensively sculptured dorsum of head, dark-colored legs, and abundant appressed pubescence on gastral tergites. The worker from Thung Yai, western Thailand is exceptional in having yellow coxae.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
7D16DF37FFFF894267D5FF58FD6D3CE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Vietnam, northern Thailand.	en	Bui, Viet Tuan, Eguchi, Katsuyuki, Yamane, Seiki (2013): Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras of the Indo-Chiese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Zootaxa 3666 (4): 544-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.8
