Zootaxa 2878: 1–61 (2011) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2011 · Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) ZOOTAXA 2878 Generic Synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae KATSUYUKI EGUCHI1, BUI TUAN VIET2 & SEIKI YAMANE3 1Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] 2Vietnam National Museum of Nature, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail: [email protected] 3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan. Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by J. Longino: 25 Jan. 2011; published: 13 May 2011 KATSUYUKI EGUCHI, BUI TUAN VIET & SEIKI YAMANE Generic Synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae (Zootaxa 2878) 61 pp.; 30 cm. 13 May 2011 ISBN 978-1-86977-667-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-668-8 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2011 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2011 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 2878 © 2011 Magnolia Press EGUCHI ET AL. Table of contents Abstract . 3 Introduction . 4 Materials and Methods . 6 Subfamilies and genera known from Vietnam . 6 Key to subfamilies of Vietnamese ants based on the worker caste . 7 Key to Vietnamese genera of the subfamily Myrmicinae based on the worker caste . 8 Synopsis of Vietnamese myrmicine genera . 11 Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 . 11 Anillomyrma Emery, 1913 . 11 Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 . 12 Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887 . 12 Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 . 13 Cataulacus F. Smith, 1853 . 13 Crematogaster Lund, 1831 . 14 Dacatria Rigato, 1994 . 15 Dilobocondyla Santschi, 1910 . 15 Gauromyrmex Menozzi, 1933 . 15 Kartidris Bolton, 1991 . 16 Lasiomyrma Terayama & Yamane, 2000 . 16 Liomyrmex Mayr, 1865 . 17 Lophomyrmex Emery, 1892 . 17 Lordomyrma Emery, 1897 . 18 Mayriella Forel, 1902 . 18 Meranoplus Smith, 1853. 19 Monomorium Mayr, 1855 . 19 Myrmecina Curtis, 1892 . 20 Myrmica Latreille, 1804 . 21 Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 . 21 Oligomyrmex Mayr, 1867 . 22 Paratopula Wheeler, 1919 . 22 Parvimyrma Eguchi & Bui, 2007 . 23 Pheidole Westwood, 1839 . 23 Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862 . 24 Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1866 . 25 Proatta Forel, 1912 . 26 Pyramica Roger, 1862 . 26 Recurvidris Bolton, 1992 . 27 Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900 . 27 Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 1901 . 28 Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 . 28 Strumigenys Smith, 1860 . 29 Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 . 29 Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 . 30 Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 . ..