Strumigenys feae Emery, 1895

Brassard, Francois, Leong, Chi-Man, Chan, Hoi-Hou & Guenard, Benoit, 2020, A new subterranean species and an updated checklist of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Macao SAR, China, with a key to species of the Greater Bay Area, ZooKeys 970, pp. 63-116 : 63

Strumigenys feae Emery, 1895 Figure 8

Strumigenys feae Emery, 1895: 473 (w.q.) Myanmar. Indomalaya.

Geographic range.

Cambodia, China (Hong Kong, Macao, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Comments.

A single worker of S. feae has been collected in Macao in 2019 (within a nature park consisting of young secondary forest), and as such the species is considered relatively rare in the region. In Hong Kong, S. feae has been collected in tree plantations of Lophostemon confertus Wilson & Waterh, 1982 and in secondary forests ( Tang et al. 2019).

Material examined.

Macao SAR, China • 1 Worker; Macao, Coloane Island, Coastal Trail; 22.1144°N, 113.5699°E, ca. 110 m; 17 May 2019; F. Brassard leg.; Winkler; MAC_S15_LLSP_Sp.8; IBBL.

Figures

Figure 8. Strumigenys feae A-C worker (MAC _ S 15 _ LLSP _ Sp. 8) A full-face view B profile view C dorsal view.