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Wheeler, 1928c: 6 (w.) CHINA (Hong Kong). Indomalaya.
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<paragraph id="26B8FE9B127311E1EE13A98126839E00" pageId="0" pageNumber="9">Guangxi province, Yunnan province, Taiwan, Hong Kong S.A.R.</paragraph>
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See 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="9758F3E01A90ADBFD98A49027F4A3AD8" author="Wilson, EO" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" pagination="355 - 386" refId="B13" refString="Wilson, EO, 1957. The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). . Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116: 355 - 386" title="The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="116" year="1957">Wilson (1957)</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="0B5E7DE6EB31DF1969DE21505980F440" author="Taylor, RW" journalOrPublisher="Pacific Insects Monograph" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" pagination="1 - 112" refId="B11" refString="Taylor, RW, 1967. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). . Pacific Insects Monograph 13: 1 - 112" title="A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." volume="13" year="1967">Taylor (1967)</bibRefCitation>
, and 
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To the best of our knowledge, the only confirmed specimen of 
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from Hong Kong is the holotype, collected by Professor F. Silvestri from an unknown location, and described by 
<bibRefCitation id="82EDAE35A3CE61A0CEE1BB8AA8CC5A53" author="Wheeler, WM" journalOrPublisher="Portici" pageId="0" pageNumber="9" pagination="3 - 38" refId="B12" refString="Wheeler, WM, 1928. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. . Portici 22: 3 - 38" title="Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura." volume="22" year="1928">Wheeler (1928)</bibRefCitation>
. Despite numerous faunal studies in Hong Kong over recent years, no further specimens of 
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have been identified. On the contrary, the vast majority of 
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specimens collected from Hong Kong represent the newly recorded 
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. Whether this represents an underlying ecological change or simply an artefact of sampling remains unclear, and future sampling in Hong Kong may yield new specimens of 
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