Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species
Author
Tang, Kit Lam
89B25F7E-C455-49BE-A9E5-669E96001A3B
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
u3508935@connect.hku.hk
Author
Guénard, Benoit
3885FFD6-3FE4-428A-88BD-C5E88F2BC315
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
zeroben@gmail.com
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2023
2023-11-14
907
1
144
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2327/10121
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327
2118-9773
10148811
EBE82908-1221-4774-A934-6219D19AA545
Strumigenys inhonesta
Bolton, 2000
Fig. 23A–C
;
Table 2
Strumigenys inhonesta
Bolton, 2000: 749
(w.)
INDONESIA
(
Sulawesi
). Indomalaya.
Material examined
THAILAND
–
Trang Province
•
4 workers
;
Khao Chong
,
Site
34 (KCW34);
7.55521° N
,
99.79266° E
;
1 Jan. 2019
; Winkler, 4 corners;
IBBL
ANTWEB1011944
to
ANTWEB1011947
.
Measurements
Workers
TL 2.2–2.3, HL 0.57–0.59, HW 0.45–0.48, MandL 0.14–0.16, SL 0.28–0.29, EL
0.040
–0.048
, PW 0.24– 0.25, ML 0.59–0.61, PL 0.26–0.28,
PH
0.12–0.13, DPW 0.11–0.13, PPL 0.16–0.19, GL 0.49–0.56, CI 79–81, MI 25–27, SI 61–63, OI 9–11, LPI 42–48, DPI 41–47 (n=4).
Geographic range
Indonesia
(Borneo,
Sulawesi
),
Malaysia
(East
Malaysia
),
Philippines
,
Thailand
(
Trang
).
New record for
Thailand
.
Ecology
Collected in old secondary forest.
Comments
The record of
S. inhonesta
in
Thailand
extends its native range
1500 km
eastward and represents the first record of this species within continental Asia. Its presence in other parts of the Indochinese Peninsula, such as Peninsular
Malaysia
is likely.