Myrmoteras elfeorum, Agosti, D., 1992

Agosti, D., 1992, Revision of the ant genus Myrmoteras in the Malay Archipelago (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)., Revue Suisse de Zoologie 99, pp. 405-429 : 423

elfeorum new species (Figs 7, 11, 12)

Holotype worker. TL 1.48, HL 0.99, HW 0.94, Cl 95, SL 1.06, SI 113, EL 0.56, El 60, ML 1.46, MI 147, PF 6/4. Head in full frontal view, including declivous face of occiput, glabrous, giving the impression of a longitudinal sculpture; dorsum of pronotum with a symmetric, fine longitudinal rugose sculpture in form of a U with the opening posterior; lateral parts of mesonotum and propodeum longitudinally rugose, rugae more distinct than on pronotum. Few scattered erect hairs on the eyes. Whole animal a uniform yellowish brown.

Material examined: Holotype worker, Indonesia, Sulawesi Selatan, Punjak ( W of Palopo), 600 m, 21.iv. 1991 (D. Agosti), forest in gully with stream, steep slopes and few leaf scattered on a clayey soil, sifting of vegetational debris; MBBJ. on long term loan in MHNG .

Paratype: 1 worker, INDONESIA, Sulawesi Selatan, Punjak ( W of Palopo), 1000 m, 20.iv. 1991 (D. Agosti), heath forest on top of a ridge with a very thick leaf litter layer with many roots, sifting of vegetational debris, MHNG .