Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma L., 2008

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 : 32-33

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma L., 2008 Figure 15

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: "Holy Hills " (21.920°N, 101.240°E), Rain forest, 07.vi.2013, 1 worker, 655m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; " Holy Hills " (21.919°N, 101.239°E), Rain forest, 07.vi.2013, 1 worker, 670m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.961°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 1 worker, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.966°N, 101.203°E), Secondary forest, 13.vi.2013, 12 workers, 840m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.963°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 14 workers, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Rubber plantation, 12.vi.2013, 1 worker, 705m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ;: Man Sai village (21.907°N, 101.273°E), Rubber plantation, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 635m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ;: Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.277°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 685m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.858°N, 101.276°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 3 workers, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.860°N, 101.278°E), Secondary forest, 12.vi.2013, 2 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Menglun town (21.932°N, 101.271°E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 3 workers, 640m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.272°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 1 worker, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.912°N, 101.182°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 9 workers, 640m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Banna University construction site (21.888°N, 101.266°E), Rubber Plantation, 14.vi.2013, 7 workers, 600m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Banna University construction site (21.889°N, 101.267°E), Rubber Plantation, 14.vi.2013, 3 workers, 630m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Banna University construction site (21.890°N, 101.267°E), Rubber Plantation, 14.vi.2013, 2 workers, 620m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record) and Guangxi (Figure 15 C). This new record represents the western-most occurrence in the distribution of Myrmecina curvispina .

Taxonomic note.

The identification is based on the original description and the identification key given by Zhou et al. (2008).

Natural history.

Myrmecina curvispina has been collected from the leaf litter of various habitats such as rain forest, secondary forest and rubber plantation.