Pentamyrmex spinosus  

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Pentamyrmexini
​Genus: Pentamyrmex
Species: spinosus

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• Common names: 
• Distribution: Thailand
• Image locations: Chiang Mai (Chiang Dao)
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• Additional notes: This is the first report of ant mimicry in the Pentatomidae. [1]

Image locations

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Images of Pentamyrmex spinosus from Thailand

Pentamyrmex spinosus, tribe Pentamyrmexini, Chiang Dao, March 2021

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References: 
[1] Rider, David & Brailovsky, Harry. (2014). Pentamyrmexini, a new tribe for Pentamyrmex spinosus, a remarkable new genus and species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Thailand. Zootaxa. 3895. 595-600. 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.9. Pentamyrmex spinosus new genus, new species is described, and a new tribe is erected for this remarkable insect. This is the first report of ant mimicry in the Pentatomidae.