Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897

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 : 24

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae

Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897 Figure 8

Material examined.

CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Kilometer 55 station (21.962° N, 101.200° E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 1 worker, 830m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.962° N, 101.200° E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 8 workers, 805m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.962° N, 101.201° E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Kilometer 55 station (21.964° N, 101.202° E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 3 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Menglun town (21.932° N, 101.270° E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 12 workers, 645m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.919° N, 101.272° E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 6 worker, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.912° N, 101.285° E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 3 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.919° N, 101.274° E), Limestone forest, 05.vi.2013, 15 workers, 552m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.911° N, 101.284° E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.918° N, 101.271° E), Rain forest, 05.vi.2013, 3 workers, 581m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.911° N, 101.281° E), Limestone forest, 05.vi.2013, 1 worker, 650m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.916° N, 101.274° E) , Rain forest, 08.vi.2013, 3 workers, 615m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; XTBG (21.917° N, 101.274° E), Rain forest, 08.vi.2013, 2 workers, 625m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu ; Banna University construction site (21.922° N, 101.268° E), Rubber plantation, 14.vi.2013, 3 workers, 620m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu .

Distribution.

Discothyrea clavicornis is a very widespread and common species encountered throughout most of the Austral-Asian and Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 8 C). This new record represents an important extension of the northern range in the distribution of this species.

Taxonomic note.

There is no available key for Discothyrea clavicornis . Our identification is based on the original description ( Emery 1897), comparison with reference material, and montage images of the holotype provided by AntWeb.

Natural history.

Discothyrea clavicornis has been collected from leaf litter in various habitats such as primary forest, limestone forest and rubber plantation.