Redefinition of the genus Bannapone and description of B. cryptica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) Author Eguchi, Katsuyuki Author Viet, Bui Tuan Author Yamane, Seiki Author Terayama, Mamoru text Zootaxa 2015 4013 1 77 86 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.1.5 9ec6261c-14a0-43f5-9ed2-c941ebae38d8 1175-5326 241514 A3C24842-752D-4472-B372-04C718AE22F9 Bannapone pertinax (Baroni Urbani, 1978) , comb. nov. Amblyopone pertinax Baroni Urbani, 1978: 48 –49. Combination in Stigmatomma : Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012 : 19 . Holotype : worker, India : Dargeeling: Chim Khona near Ghum ( 2200 m alt.), 28/v/1975 , W. Wittmer leg., NHMB , not examined (but images examined: CASENT0906831 at AntWeb). Remarks. The worker of B. pertinax is easily distinguished from that of B. cryptica by: (1) head a little broader than long (CI=101.9, according to the original description); (2) apical blade of mandible shorter and broader; (3) preapical denticle of apical blade of mandible developed well; (4) mid-basal tooth row of mandible consisting of 5 teeth of which basal four small and obliquely truncate apically, almost equal in size; (5) frontal carinae inconspicuous, extending by no more than the length of frontal lobe; (6) posterolateral part of propodeum feebly produced posteriad; (7) subpetiolar process large and lobate, but not spatulate.