Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India Author Zacharias, Merry Author Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma text Zootaxa 2004 484 1 4 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.157547 f15b4160-1cc7-41c8-872e-f924c820cf64 1175­5326 157547 71E857CE-7DB6-44F7-8DFF-5265C812A018 Discothyrea Roger Discothyrea Roger, 1863 : 176 . Type species: Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863 , by monotypy. Pseudosysphincta Arnold, 1916 : 161 . Type species: Pseudosysphincta poweri Arnold, 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958 ]. Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, 1916 : 33 . Type species: Prodiscothyrea velutina Wheeler, 1916 [synonymised by Brown 1958 ]. Pseudosphincta Wheeler, 1922 : 645, 762 [variant spelling of Pseudosysphincta ]. General diagnosis. Small stocky ants, notable for the exaggerated enlargement of the apical antennal segment. The antennae are 6–12 segmented. Mandibles edentate and overhung by a projecting clypeus. Alitrunk is short and sutureless dorsally ( Brown 1958 ; Bolton 1994 ).