Myrmecina guangxiensis Zhou, 2001

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 : 33-34

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Myrmecina guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 Figure 16

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.912°N, 101.285°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 4 workers, 552m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.274°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.281°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 2 workers, 650m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.960°N, 101.199°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 1 worker, 840m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 9 workers, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Guangxi and Hunan (Figure 16C). This new record represents the western-most occurrence in the distribution of Myrmecina guangxiensis .

Taxonomic note.

Identification is based on the key provided by Zhou et al. (2008).

Natural history.

Myrmecina guangxiensis has been collected from leaf litter in rain forest, secondary forest and limestone forest.