Published November 14, 2023 | Version v1
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Strumigenys heteropha Bolton 2000

  • 1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Description

Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000

Fig. 21A–C; Table 2

Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000: 758 (w.) CHINA. Palearctic.

Material examined

MAINLAND CHINA – Hainan Province • 5 workers; Bawangling, BWLP3; 19.088238° N, 109.196806° E; 30 Jun. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; Bawangling, BWLS13; 19.116989° N, 109.127111° E; 10 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 3 workers; Bawangling, BWLS2; 19.091928° N, 109.183894° E; 6 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 2 workers; Bawangling, BWLS5; 19.100364° N, 109.178352° E; 7 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 3 workers; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 6 workers; Bawangling, BWLS7; 19.106426° N, 109.176035° E; 7 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 2 workers; Bawangling, BWLS8; 19.085592° N, 109.191281° E; 9 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 2 workers; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 2 workers; Bawangling, BWLS9; 19.089728° N, 109.191270° E; 9 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 1 worker; Jianfengling, JFLFW2; 19.115° N, 109.159° E; 26 Dec. 2015; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL.

VIETNAM – Vĩnh Phúc Province • 1 worker; Tam Dao National Park; 950 m a.s.l.; 5–12 Jun. 2010; L. Bartolozzi and S. Bambi leg.; MSNF LSF2894 (“ La Specola ” n Mag. 2894).

Geographic range

Mainland China (Hainan, Hong Kong), Vietnam (Vĩnh Phúc).

New record for Hainan and Vietnam.

Ecology

Collected in primary forest, secondary forest and rubber plantations.

Comments

A widely-distributed species within Hong Kong, with its endemic status hypothesized to be the result of under-sampling in China rather than true endemism (Tang et al. 2019). This is now confirmed by its record in Hainan. Its presence in surrounding provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi in China can likely be confirmed through further sampling efforts. The record in in northern Vietnam further extends its native range westward, indicated that it has a much wider range than what was previously known.

Notes

Published as part of Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 907 on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327, http://zenodo.org/record/10148811

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IBBL , MSNF
Material sample ID
MSNF LSF2894
Event date
2010-06-05 , 2015-12-26 , 2016-06-30 , 2016-07-06 , 2016-07-07 , 2016-07-09 , 2016-07-10
Verbatim event date
2010-06-05 , 2015-12-26 , 2016-06-30 , 2016-07-06 , 2016-07-07 , 2016-07-09 , 2016-07-10
Scientific name authorship
Bolton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Strumigenys
Species
heteropha
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Strumigenys heteropha Bolton, 2000 sec. Tang & Guénard, 2023

References

  • Bolton B. 2000. The Ant Tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65. American Entomological Institute, Logan, UT.
  • Brown W. L. Jr. 1958. A new Japanese species of the dacetine ant genus Epitritus. Mushi 31: 69 - 72.
  • Tang K. L., Pierce M. P. & Guenard B. 2019. Review of the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong with the description of three new species and the addition of five native and four introduced species records. ZooKeys 831: 1 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 831.31515