Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Aenictus artipus Wilson, 1964 Figure 1

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Rubber plantation, 12.vi.2013, 5 workers, 705m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.860°N, 101.278°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 18 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Vietnam and Thailand (Figure 1 C). This collection represents the northern-most record of Aenictus artipus .

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus artipus belongs to the Aenictus wroughtonii species group and can be easily identified with the identification key provided by Jaitrong et al. (2010).

Natural history.

Aenictus artipus has been collected from leaf litter in various habitats such as secondary forest and rubber plantation located near natural secondary forest. In addition, Aenictus artipus has also been found in different habitats such as montane evergreen forest, savanna forest, evergreen forest and disturbed forest (Jaitrong et al. 2010).