Strumigenys dyschima (Bolton, 2000)

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 : 49-50

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Strumigenys dyschima (Bolton, 2000) Figure 29

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.911°N, 101.283°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 2 workers, 675m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.

Distribution.

Known from Yunnan (new record) and Borneo (Figure 29C). This new record represents an important extension in the northern range of the distribution of Strumigenys dyschima .

Taxonomic note.

Strumigenys dyschima can be identified with the identification key given by Bolton (2000; treated as Pyramica dyschima ).

Natural history.

Strumigenys dyschima has been collected from leaf litter in limestone forest, and little is known about its bionomics.