Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 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 : 27-28

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012 Figure 11

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.919° N, 101.273° E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 1 worker, 615m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record) and Meghalaya (Figure 11 C). This new record represents an important northern and western extension in the distribution of Echinopla cherapunjiensis .

Taxonomic note.

There is no available key for this genus. Identification is based on the original description ( Bharti and Gul 2012).

Natural history.

Little is known about the bionomics of Echinopla cherapunjiensis . This species has been collected on a tree trunk in secondary forest.