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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10.3897/zookeys.477.8775

Aenictus

maneerati

Jaitrong & Yamane, 2013

Figure 3

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.916°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 1 worker, 615m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Vietnam and Thailand (Figure 3C). Our material represents the northern-most record of Aenictus hodgsoni.

Figure 3.

Aenictus maneerati worker, CASENT0717211. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus hodgsoni belongs to the Aenictus ceylonicus species group and can be easily identified with the identification key provided by Jaitrong and Yamane (2013).

Natural history.

Little is known about the bionomics of Aenictus hodgsoni. Before our survey, it has been only collected from primary forest (Jaitrong and Yamane 2013). We collected it from leaf litter in secondary forest.

Jaitrong

Yamane

(2013) The

Aenictus

ceylonicus

species group (

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Aenictinae

) from Southeast Asia.Journal of

Hymenoptera

Research31: 165–233. doi: 10.3897/jhr.31.4274