Bannapone scrobiceps Guenard , Blanchard, Liu, Yang & Economo, 2013

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 : 23

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Bannapone scrobiceps Guenard, Blanchard, Liu, Yang & Economo, 2013 Figure 6

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.919° N, 101.272° E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 2 workers, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record) (Figure 6 C).

Taxonomic note.

Bannapone scrobiceps was described recently ( Guénard et al. 2013).

Natural history.

Little is known about the bionomics of Bannapone scrobiceps . The species was collected from leaf litter in secondary forest located at 550 meters elevation ( Guénard et al. 2013).