HYMENOPTERA

Jaitrong, W., Pitaktunsakul, P. & Jantarit, S., 2021, A new species of the genus Carebara Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmecinae) inhabits a cave in Thailand, Far Eastern Entomologist 425, pp. 7-20 : 7

( HYMENOPTERA : FORMICIDAE : MYRMECINAE) INHABITS A CAVE IN THAILAND

W. Jaitrong 1), P. Pitaktunsakul 2*), S. Jantarit 3)

1) Thailand Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Khlong 5,

Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120 Thailand. E-mail: [e-mail]

2) Department of General Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kanchanaburi

Rajabhat University, Kanchanaburi, 71190 Thailand. * Corresponding author, E-mail:

[e-mail]

3) Excellence Center for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand (CBIPT), Faculty of Science,

Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand. E-mail: fugthong_dajj@

yahoo.com

Summary. A new species Carebara panhai Jaitrong, Pitaktunsakul et Jantarit , sp. n.,

closely related to C. pygmaea (Emery, 1887) , is described from Kanchanaburi Province in

Thailand based on the worker caste. The new species is easily distinguished from the closely related species ( C. rubra (F. Smith, 1860) , C. transversalis (F. Smith, 1860) and C. pygmaea )

by the presence of erect hairs on the dorsum of body. New species was found nesting in the twilight zone of a cave. The major and minor workers of C. pygmaea are described and illustrated also.