Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, 1860)

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 : 57-58

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Technomyrmex pratensis (Smith, 1860) Figure 35

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.918°N, 101.271°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 4 workers, 581 m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.274°E), Secondary forest, 11.vi.2013, 4 workers, 590 m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Widely distributed in the Austral-Asian and Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 35C).

Taxonomic note.

Technomyrmex pratensis is the only member of the Technomyrmex pratensis species group. It is a very conspicuous species within the genus, and its identification is very easy with the key provided by Bolton (2007).

Natural history.

Technomyrmex pratensis has been collected from leaf litter in secondary forest, and little is known about its bionomics.