Pheidole vieti Eguchi, 2008

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 : 44-45

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Pheidole vieti Eguchi, 2008 Figure 24

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.912°N, 101.285°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 3 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.917°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 06.vi.2013, 3 workers, 625m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.961°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 3 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Yunnan (new record) and Vietnam (Figure 24C). This new record represents the northern-most occurrence in the distribution of Pheidole vieti .

Taxonomic note.

Pheidole vieti can be identified with the key given provided by Eguchi (2008).

Natural history.

Pheidole vieti has been collected from leaf litter from rain forest, secondary forest and limestone forest.