Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Echinopla cherapunjiensis Bharti & Gul, 2012 Figure 11

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.919° N, 101.273° E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 1 worker, 615m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution .

Yunnan (new record) and Meghalaya (Figure 11 C). This new record represents an important northern and western extension in the distribution of Echinopla cherapunjiensis .

Taxonomic note.

There is no available key for this genus. Identification is based on the original description (Bharti and Gul 2012).

Natural history.

Little is known about the bionomics of Echinopla cherapunjiensis . This species has been collected on a tree trunk in secondary forest.