Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000 - First recorded in Hong Kong in 1996 (Bolton 2000)

Tang, Kit Lam, Pierce, Mac P. & Guenard, Benoit, 2019, Review of the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong with the description of three new species and the addition of five native and four introduced species records, ZooKeys 831, pp. 1-48 : 15

Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000 - First recorded in Hong Kong in 1996 (Bolton 2000)

Strumigenys heteropha Bolton 2000: 758 (w.) CHINA. Palearctic.

Material examined.

HONG KONG: Islands District, Tei Tong Tsai, 22.25707N, 113.92628E, 29.11.2016, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Tai Po Kau, 22.41698N, 114.1789E, 03.07.2015, 337 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Tai Po Kau, 22.42007N, 114.1829E, 02.07.2015, 291 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Tai Po District, KFBG, 22.4302N, 114.1192E, 14.09.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Shing Mun, 22.39845N, 114.1628E, 24.08.2015, 367 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Shing Mun, 22.39962N, 114.162E, 12.08.2015, 355 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Yuen Long District, Kap Lung, 22.41596N, 114.1038E, 11.09.2015, 288 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Yuen Long District, Kap Lung, 22.41931N, 114.1018E, 24.09.2015, 190 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Yuen Long District, Sheung Tin Liu Ha, 22.44348N, 114.114E, 03.08.2015, 106 m, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL.

Ecology.

This species was collected in several closed-canopy habitats including tree plantations of Lophostemon confertus Wilson & Waterh., secondary forests and Feng Shui woods (Fig. 2) with an elevation range from 106 to 367 m.