AnimaliaHymenopteraFormicidaeLiuCongGuénardBenoitGarciaFrancisco HitaYamaneSeikiBlanchardBenjaminYangDa-RongEconomoEvanNew records of ant species from Yunnan, ChinaZookeys26120152015477177810.3897/zookeys.477.8775 Strumigenys nepalensis Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994Figure 32Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: “Holy Hills” (21.920°N, 101.240°E), Secondary forest, 07.vi.2013, 5 workers, 655m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; “Holy Hills” (21.920°N, 101.239°E), Secondary forest, 07.vi.2013, 12 workers, 665m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; “Holy Hills” (21.919°N, 101.239°E), Rain forest, 07.vi.2013, 1 worker, 670m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 2 workers, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Rubber Plantation, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 705m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.857°N, 101.277°E), Rubber Plantation, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 710m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 685m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 3 workers, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 4 workers, 685m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.860°N, 101.278°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 6 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 1 worker, 675m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.272°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 57 workers, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.912°N, 101.285°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 13 workers, 552m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.283°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 7 workers, 675m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.912°N, 101.282°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 21 workers, 640m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.281°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 21 workers, 650m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Banna University construction site (21.888°N, 101.266°E), Rubber plantation, 14.vi.2013, 3 workers, 600m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Banna University construction site (21.888°N, 101.266°E), Rubber plantation, 14.vi.2013, 6 workers, 620m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Banna University construction site (21.922°N, 101.268°E), Rubber plantation, 14.vi.2013, 1 worker, 620m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Yunnan (new record), North Indian, Vietnam and Thailand (Figure 32C).

Strumigenys nepalensis worker, CASENT0715046. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

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

Natural history.

Strumigenys nepalensis has been collected from leaf litter in rain forest, secondary forest, limestone forest and rubber plantations, and little is known about its bionomics.

BoltonB (2000) The ant tribe Dacetini.Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute65: 1–1028.