Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901

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 : 19-20

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Aenictus hodgsoni Forel, 1901 Figure 2

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (known as ‘XTBG’) (21.919°N, 101.270°E), Secondary forest, 08.vi.2013, 12 workers, 610m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.966°N, 101.203°E), Secondary forest, 13.vi.2013, 40 workers, 825m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Widely distributed in the Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 2 C).

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus hodgsoni belongs to the Aenictus laeviceps s species group and can be easily identified with the identification key provided by Jaitrong and Yamane (2011).

Natural history.

Aenictus hodgsoni has been collected from leaf litter and foraging columns on the forest ground in secondary forest. This species has also been found from lowland to highland in varied forest types (hill evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest, evergreen rain forest, mixed deciduous forest, and savanna) ( Jaitrong and Yamane 2011).