Material examined.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Liu

Cong

Guénard

Benoit

Garcia

Francisco Hita

Yamane

Seiki

Blanchard

Benjamin

Yang

Da-Rong

Economo

Evan

New records of ant species from Yunnan, China

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Dolichoderus

laotius

Santschi, 1920

Figure 10

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 5 worker, 690m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Laos, Thailand (Figure 10C). This collection represents the northern-most record of Dolichoderus laotius.

Figure 10.

Dolichoderus laotius worker, CASENT0716164. A Head in front view B Alitrunk in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

There is no available key for the genus in the region. Our identification is based on the description provided by Dill et al. (2002).

Natural history.

Little is known about the bionomics of Dolichoderus laotius. This species has been collected on a tree trunk in secondary forest.

Dill

Williams

Maschwitz

(2002) Herdsman ants and their mealybug partners.Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft557: 1–373.