A REVISION OF THE ANT GENUS STENAMMA IN THE PALEARCTIC AND ORIENTAL REGIONS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE, MYRMICINAE)

Palaearctic and Oriental species of the myrmicine ant genus Stenamma W estwood are reviewed and keys are presented for their identification. Twenty four species are recognized from these regions. Three species a re described as new (S. orientale from Sarawak, S. gurkhalis from Nepa l, and S. jeriorum from Pakistan); the synonymy of four species is con firmed (S. tscherssicum = S. striatulum, S. westwoodii polonicum = S. debile, S. myops = S. punctiventre, and S. caucasicum = S. hirtulum = S. lippulum). Additional synonymies are presented (S. africanum submut icum = S. africanum = S, msilanum, S. golosojevi = S. ucrainicum = S, debile). Specimens representing types of two species have been lost (p revious descriptions prove inadequate for identification) and the name s associated should be considered Incertae Sedis until such specimens are located (S. westwoodii asiatica, and S. berendti).