Aenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993

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 : 22-23

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Aenictus thailandianus Terayama & Kubota, 1993 Figure 5

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: XTBG (21.919° N, 101.274° E), Secondary forest, 11.vi.2013, 19 workers, 590m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.857° N, 101.277° E), Rubber plantation, 12.vi.2013, 19 workers, 680m, Hand collection, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Man Sai village (21.857° N, 101.277° E), Rubber plantation, 12.vi.2013, 254 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Yunnan (new record), Hunan, Vietnam and Thailand (Figure 5 C).

Taxonomic note.

Aenictus thailandianus belongs to the Aenictus ceylonicus species group and can be easily identified with the identification key presented by Jaitrong and Yamane (2013).

Natural history.

Aenictus thailandianus has only been found at higher elevations (1000-1500m) in primary and secondary forest ( Jaitrong and Yamane 2013). We collected it from leaf litter and foraging columns on the ground in secondary forest and rubber plantations at lower elevations (under 1000m).