Strumigenys mitis (Brown, 2000)

Liu, Cong, Guenard, Benoit, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Yamane, Seiki, Blanchard, Benjamin, Yang, Da-Rong & Economo, Evan, 2015, New records of ant species from Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 477, pp. 17-78 : 51-53

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Strumigenys mitis (Brown, 2000) Figure 31

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: "Holy Hills" (21.920°N, 101.239°E), Secondary forest, 07.vi.2013, 9 workers, 655m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; "Holy Hills" (21.919°N, 101.239°E), Rain forest, 07.vi.2013, 7 workers, 670m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.966°N, 101.203°E), Secondary forest, 13.vi.2013, 40 workers, 825m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.966°N, 101.203°E), Secondary forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 840m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.962°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 19 workers, 830m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.961°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 8 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.960°N, 101.199°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 840m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.962°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 111 worker, 805m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 122 workers, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.964°N, 101.202°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 50 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 1 worker, 685m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 12 workers, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Menglun town (21.932°N, 101.271°E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 8 workers, 640m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Menglun town (21.932°N, 101.270°E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 1 worker, 645m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Menglun town (21.931°N, 101.269°E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 1 worker, 645m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.924°N, 101.268°E), Rubber Plantation, 05.vi.2013, 1 worker, 571m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.272°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 82 workers, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 48 workers, 552m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.918°N, 101.271°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 71 workers, 581m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.916°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 2 workers, 615m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.917°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 25 workers, 625m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Widely distributed in Austral-Asian and Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 31C). This new record represents the northern-most known occurrence in the distribution of Strumigenys mitis .

Taxonomic note.

Strumigenys mitis can be identified with the identification key given by Bolton (2000; treated as Pyramica mitis ) and Bharti (2013, treated as Pyramica mitis ).

Natural history.

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