Mickelomyrme palawanensis (Miclel, 1934)

Mickelomyrme palawanensis (Miclel, 1934)

Smicromyrme palawanensis Mickel, 1934: 206 , ♂, type locality: " Puerto Princesa " ( Philippines: Palawan) [ USNM]; Tsuneki et al., 1993: 20, Figs 59–64, ♂ .

Mickelomyrme palawanensis : Lelej, 2005: 44, ♂; Pagliano et al., 2020: 175.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Indonesia: Lombok , near Senggigi, 450 m, forest, 8º28ʹ31.9ʺS 116º2ʹ57.8ʺE, 9.V 2012, 1♂ (MM); same place, 21, 22.V 2012, 3♂ (MM); Senggigi, hotel, 8º28ʹ58.6ʺS 116º2ʹ12.9ʺE, 14.V 2012, 1♂ (MM); Lombok, Kokok Putih River, 8º15ʹ19.3ʺS 116º28ʹ38.5ʺE, 20.V 2012, 2♀, 1♂ (MM) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. Indonesia * (Lombok), Philippines (Palawan, Mindanao).

REMARKS. The differences between the female of M. palawanensis and the female of M. zebina can be seen in the key above. Collecting females and males at the same site on Lombok allows me to treat them as opposite sexes of the same species. There is no direct evidence (pair collected in copula) to support this relationship. It is possible that the female of Smicromyrme aborlana Tsuneki, 1993 described from Palawan ( Tsuneki et al., 1993), which is similar to the female of M. palawanensis ( Mickel, 1934) collected on Lombok, is a synonym of the latter.