Pheidole rugithorax 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 : 41-42

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Pheidole rugithorax Eguchi, 2008 Figure 21

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.919°N, 101.272°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 3 workers, 1 Soldier, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.283°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 675m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.281°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 3 workers, 650m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; "Holy Hills" (21.920°N, 101.239°E), Rain forest, 07.vi.2013, 2 workers, 665m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand (Figure 21C).

Taxonomic note.

Pheidole rugithorax can be identified with the identification key to Northern Vietnamese Pheidole provided by Eguchi (2008).

Natural history.

Pheidole rugithorax has been collected from leaf litter in rain forest, secondary forest and limestone forest. Otherwise there is no available information on its biology.