Strumigenys rallarhina Bolton, 2000 - First record in Hong Kong in 1978 (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 : 35-36

Strumigenys rallarhina Bolton, 2000 - First record in Hong Kong in 1978 (Bolton 2000)

Strumigenys rallarhina Bolton 2000: 891 (w.) CHINA. Palearctic.

Material examined.

HONG KONG: Central & Western District, Lung Fu Shan Park, 22.280693N, 114.137027E, 3 Oct. 2018, B. Guénard, hand collection, IBBL; Central & Western District, Lung Fu Shan, 22.2751778N, 114.138576E, 07.01.2016, G. Yong, Winkler, IBBL; Central & Western District, The Peak, 22.276038N, 114.141995E, 17.08.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Islands District, Lamma Island, 22.20575N, 114.13808E, 14.09.2017, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Islands District, Lantau Peak, 22.249N, 113.921E, 15.09.2015, R.H. Lee, pitfall trap, IBBL; Islands District, Sunset Peak, 22.260842N, 113.957533E, 03.06.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Islands District, Sunset Peak, 22.263923N, 113.953762E, 03.06.2015, R.H. Lee, pitfall trap, IBBL; Islands District, Sunset Peak, 22.263923N, 113.953762E, 03.06.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Lion Rock, 22.357002N, 114.175047E, 13.07.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Lion Rock, 22.36121N, 114.181997E, 15.08.2017, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Mau Ping Wood, 22.3844N, 114.241E, 20.10.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, 22.4281N, 114.1808E, 24.02.2016, B. Guénard, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Tai Po Kau, 22.42402N, 114.18029E, 14.07.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Southern District, Nam Fung Road, 22.2546N, 114.1833E, 20.08.2016, R.H. Lee, pitfall trap, IBBL; Tai Po District, Sha Lo Tong, 22.47708N, 114.18195E, 28.05.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tai Po District, Sha Lo Tong, 22.47808N, 114.18193E, 28.05.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tai Po District, Sha Shan, 22.449N, 114.145E, 03.11.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Shing Mun Reservoir, 22.39718N, 114.15273E, 230 m, 06.07.2011, P. Ward, sifted litter, IBBL; Tai Po District, Tai Om, 22.442321N, 114.134738E, 28.02.2018, B. Guénard, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Shing Mun, 22.39678N, 114.1531E, 238 m, 23.08.2015, T. Tsang, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Shing Mun, 22.39693N, 114.153E, 14.05.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Tai Lam, 22.3956N, 114.0928E, 26.10.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL; Tuen Mun District, Castle Peak, 22.389935N, 113.954937E, 30.06.2015, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL.

Ecology.

This is a relatively widespread species collected in a wide range of habitats and elevation, including grassland, roadside trees, shrubland, bamboo forest, secondary forest and Feng Shui woods at elevation ranging from 56 to 589 m (Fig. 10).