Strumigenys ailaoshana ( Xu & Zhou, 2004 )

Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 907, pp. 1-144 : 14

Strumigenys ailaoshana ( Xu & Zhou, 2004)

Table 2

Pyramica ailaoshana Xu & Zhou, 2004: 445 , figs 19–20 (w.q.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.

Strumigenys ailaoshana – Baroni Urbani & De Andrade 2007: 115.

Geographic range

Mainland China (Yunnan).

Comments

Based on photos of the holotype of the species (SWFC No. A1037), which has semi-opened mandibles, its dentition likely consists of alternating short triangular and long spiniform teeth, hence an indication that it is likely a member of the elegantula -complex in the S. leptothrix -group. Nonetheless, a direct verification on the specimens with fully-opened mandibles is still recommended.

Specimens CASENT0715042 , CASENT0715043 , CASENT0715044 , CASENT0715045 from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan that were previously reported as S. ailaoshana on AntWeb are now re-identified as S. doydeei sp. nov. instead.