| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1993 |
| Authors: | B. Bolton, Belshaw R. |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Pagination: | 181 - 189 |
| Date Published: | 1993 |
| Keywords: | Carebara, Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Paedalgus |
| Abstract: | The taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus Paedalgus is reviewed. Ten species are recognized, from Sri Lanka and the Afrotropical region. of which six are described here as new: distinctus, octatus, pisinnus, rarus, robertsoni and saritus. The genus is defined and an identification key to species is provided. Evidence for and against a lestobiotic lifeway is discussed and what is known of the biology of the species is reviewed. |
| Short Title: | Systematic Entomology |