Chen Z.-L., Shi F.-M., Zhou S.-Y.

A new species of Odontomachus Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China

Number: 356, Pages: 1 - 8

Odontomachus linearis Chen et Zhou, sp. n. is described from Hunan province of China based on worker caste. New species is similar to O. fulgidus Wang, 1993 from China, but differs from latter in the present of the longitudinal ridges on the dorsal side of propodeum and in the shape of apical teeth of mandible. A key to the worker caste of Chinese species of Odontomachus is provided.

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