New records of ant species from Yunnan, China
Author
Liu, Cong
Author
Guenard, Benoit
Author
Garcia, Francisco Hita
Author
Yamane, Seiki
Author
Blanchard, Benjamin
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Yang, Da-Rong
Author
Economo, Evan
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ZooKeys
2015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.477.8775
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.477.8775
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Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae
Dolichoderus laotius Santschi, 1920
Figure 10
Material examined.
CHINA
,
Yunnan
, Xishuangbanna:
Man
Sai village (
21.858°
N
,
101.276°
E
), Secondary forest,
12.vi.2013
,
5 worker
,
690m
, Hand collection, B.
Guenard
, B. Blanchard and C. Liu
.
Distribution.
Yunnan (new record), Laos, Thailand (Figure 10
C
). This collection represents the northern-most record of
Dolichoderus laotius
.
Figure 10.
Dolichoderus laotius
worker, CASENT0716164. A Head in front view B Alitrunk in profile view C Global distribution map.
Taxonomic note.
There is no available key for the genus in the region. Our identification is based on the description provided by
Dill et al. (2002)
.
Natural history.
Little is known about the bionomics of
Dolichoderus laotius
. This species has been collected on a tree trunk in secondary forest.