Review of the genus Strumigenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong with the description of three new species and the addition of five native and four introduced species records
Author
Tang, Kit Lam
Author
Pierce, Mac P.
Author
Guenard, Benoit
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.831.31515
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.831.31515
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Strumigenys tisiphone Bolton, 2000
- new record
Fig. 8
G-I
Pyramica tisiphone
Bolton 2000
: 390 (w.) CHINA. Indomalaya.
Strumigenys tisiphone
(Bolton, 2000). Combination in
Strumigenys
: Baroni Urbani and De Andrade 2007: 129.
Material examined.
HONG KONG: Central & Western District, Lung Fu Shan,
22.27518N
,
114.13858E
, 07.01.2016, G. Wong, Winkler, IBBL; Sha Tin District, Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve,
22.4288N
,
114.1813E
, 22.02.2017, B.
Guenard
, Winkler, IBBL; Tsuen Wan District, Tai Mo Shan,
22.41496N
,
114.12608E
, 816 m, 24.06.2016, R.H. Lee, Winkler, IBBL.
Measurements.
Worker (n = 1): TL 2.4, HL 0.54, HW 0.50, MandL 0.20, SL 0.24, EL 0.036, PW 0.29, ML 0.59, PL 0.29, PH 0.16, DPW 0.16, PPL 0.19, GL 0.55, CI 93, MI 37, SI 48, OI 7, LPI 56, DPI 56.
Geographic
range.
Hong Kong, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan (China).
Ecology.
This is a rare species in Hong Kong, collected only within secondary forest but through a wide elevational range extending from 141 to 816 m (Fig. 10).
Comments.
The Hong Kong record confirms the distribution of
S. tisiphone
within China and represents the south-easternmost record for the species. The previous record in China is from Gutian, central Guangdong (
24.2N
,
116.6E
) (
Bolton 2000
).