Aenictushoelldobleri sp. n., a new species of the Aenictusceylonicus group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese members of the group
Author
Staab, Michael
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ZooKeys
2015
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137
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.516.9927
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.516.9927
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Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Formicidae
Aenictus formosensis Forel
Figs 2B, 4E
Non-type
material examined.
Four workers from CHINA, Zhejiang Province, Gutianshan National Nature Reserve, ca. 30 km NW of Kaihua,
29°14'28"N
/
118°6'37"E
, 413 m asl, 30.VII.2008, pitfall trap in secondary mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest, leg. Andreas Schuldt, label:
"CSP8/SE"
(1 each in CASC: CASENT0914928 and IZAS).
Distribution.
Taiwan, Zhejiang (Fig. 6B).
Remarks.
This is the first record of
Aenictus formosensis
from the Chinese mainland.
Aenictus formosensis
has been described and illustrated in detail by
Jaitrong and Yamane (2013
, therein fig. 7
A-C
), who revived the species from synonymy under
Aenictus ceylonicus
. The four examined specimens collected in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve agree very well with the material from Taiwan illustrated in
Jaitrong and Yamane (2013)
except that in one specimen the faces and the dorsum of the pronotum are very superficially reticulate but still shiny.