AnimaliaHymenopteraFormicidaeLiuCongGuénardBenoitGarciaFrancisco HitaYamaneSeikiBlanchardBenjaminYangDa-RongEconomoEvanNew records of ant species from Yunnan, ChinaZookeys26120152015477177810.3897/zookeys.477.8775 Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901Figure 2Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (known as ‘XTBG’) (21.919°N, 101.270°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 12 workers, 610m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.966°N, 101.203°E), Secondary forest, 13.vi.2013, 40 workers, 825m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 2C).

Aenictus hodgsoni worker, CASENT0716190. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus hodgsoni belongs to the Aenictus laeviceps s species group and can be easily identified with the identification key provided by Jaitrong and Yamane (2011).

Natural history.

Aenictus hodgsoni has been collected from leaf litter and foraging columns on the forest ground in secondary forest. This species has also been found from lowland to highland in varied forest types (hill evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest, evergreen rain forest, mixed deciduous forest, and savanna) (Jaitrong and Yamane 2011).

JaitrongWYamaneSK (2011) Synopsis of Aenictus species groups and revision of the A. currax and A. laeviceps groups in the eastern Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australasiann regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae).Zootaxa3128: 1–46.