AnimaliaHymenopteraFormicidaeLiuCongGuénardBenoitGarciaFrancisco HitaYamaneSeikiBlanchardBenjaminYangDa-RongEconomoEvanNew records of ant species from Yunnan, ChinaZookeys26120152015477177810.3897/zookeys.477.8775 Tetramorium flavipes Emery, 1893Figure 37Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.918°N, 101.271°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 35 workers, 552 m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.917°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 33 workers, 625 m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.961°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 8 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 5 workers, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Yunnan (new record), Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka (Figure 37C). This new record represents the northern-most record in the distribution of this species.

Tetramorium flavipes worker, CASENT0713761. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

Tetramorium flavipes is a member of the Tetramorium tortuosum group. Its identification is relatively straightforward with the key given by Bolton (1977). However, Tetramorium flavipes, originally described from Thailand, is very close to Tetramorium eleates Forel, 1913 from Borneo and the Philippines, and as already pointed out by Bolton (1977), both could represent geographic variants of the same species.

Natural history.

Tetramorium flavipes has been collected from leaf litter in secondary forest, and very little is known about its bionomics.

BoltonB (1977) The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia.Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology36: 67151.