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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10.3897/zookeys.477.8775

Aenictus

paradentatus

Jaitrong, Yamane & Tasen, 2012

Figure 4

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.911°N, 101.281°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 46 workers, 655m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand (Figure 4C). This collection represents the northern-most record of Aenictus paradentatus.

Figure 4.

Aenictus paradentatus worker, CASENT0716195. A Head in front view B Mesosoma in profile view C Global distribution map.

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus paradentatus is very similar to Aenictus dentatus Forel, 1911, and can be easily identified with the key of Jaitrong et al. (2012).

Natural history.

Aenictus paradentatus has been collected from foraging columns on the ground in limestone forest, but was also reported to be found in other forest habitats, ranging from primary forest to disturbed forest (Jaitrong et al. 2012).

Jaitrong

Yamane

(2012) Review of the Southeast Asian species of the

Aenictus

javanus

and

Aenictus

philippinensis

species groups (

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Aenictinae

).Zookeys193: 49–78. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.193.2768