Aenictus paradentatus Jaitrong, Yamane & Tasen, 2012

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 : 21-22

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

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 4 C). This collection represents the northern-most record of Aenictus paradentatus .

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).