Material examined.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Liu

Cong

Guénard

Benoit

Garcia

Francisco Hita

Yamane

Seiki

Blanchard

Benjamin

Yang

Da-Rong

Economo

Evan

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Strumigenys

kichijo

(Terayama, Lin & Wu, 1996)

Figure 30

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.924°N, 101.268°E), Rubber Plantation, 05.vi.2013, 1 worker, 571m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Menglun town (21.934°N, 101.269°E), Rubber Plantation, 09.vi.2013, 1 worker, 640m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Widely distributed in Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 30C).

Figure 30.

Strumigenys kichijo worker, CASENT0713674. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

Strumigenys kichijo can be identified with the identification key given by Bolton (2000; treated as Pyramica kichijo).

Natural history.

Strumigenys kichijo has been collected from leaf litter in rubber plantations, and little is known about its bionomics.

Bolton

(2000) The ant tribe

Dacetini

.Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute65: 1–1028.