title: A new species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sri Lanka.
abstract: Tyrannomyrmex legatus sp. nov. is described based on a single worker collected from leaf litter in dipterocarp forest in southern Sri Lanka. A key is presented to separate the three known species of Tyrannomyrmex. A probable male specimen of the genus from the Philippines is noted. Tyrannomyrmex is placed within the tribe Solenopsidini and close to the genus Monomorium.
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. gary_alpert@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Alpert
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D013188:Sri Lanka