Strumigenys minutula Terayama & Kubota 1989
Creators: name: Tang, Kit Lam
name: Guénard, Benoit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Strumigenys
Strumigenys minutula

description: Strumigenys minutula Terayama & Kubota, 1989
Fig. 30D–F; Table 2
Strumigenys minutula Terayama & Kubota, 1989: 782, figs 13–17 (w.q.) TAIWAN. Indomalaya.
Material examined
MAINLAND CHINA – Hainan Province • 2 workers; BM7; 19.194° N, 109.739° E; 23 Aug. 2015; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; Bawangling, BWLR1; 19.14464° N, 109.0424° E; 12 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 5 workers; Bawangling, BWLR5; 19.12684° N, 109.06656° E; 13 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; Bawangling, BWLR7; 19.19498° N, 109.0201° E; 15 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 5 workers; Bawangling, BWLR8; 19.19349° N, 109.02° E; 15 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 8 workers; Bawangling, BWLS11; 19.11678° N, 109.14003° E; 10 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 9 workers; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 2 workers; Bawangling, BWLS12; 19.11796° N, 109.13055° E; 10 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 1 worker; Bawangling, BWLS13; 19.11699° N, 109.12711° E; 10 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 1 worker; Bawangling, BWLS2; 19.09193° N, 109.18389° E; 6 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 2 workers; Jianfengling, JFLFW5; 18.697° N, 108.849° E; 4 Jan. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 4 workers; same collection data as for preceding; IBBL • 1 worker; Yinggeling, YGLK1; 19.03775° N, 109.39278° E; 29 Jul. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 25 workers; Yinggeling, YGLK12; 19.08446° N, 109.50425° E; 2 Aug. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 10 workers; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL • 4 workers; Yinggeling, YGLK7; 19.09177° N, 109.53691° E; 1 Aug. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 12 workers; Yinggeling, YGLK8; 19.09104° N, 109.53528° E; 1 Aug. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; Yinggeling, YGLK9; 19.09269° N, 109.53455° E; 1 Aug. 2016; L. Wang leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL • 1 worker; same collection data as for preceding; Winkler, 12 random; IBBL.
HONG KONG • 1 worker; Sha Tin District, Ma On Shan; 18 Oct. 1996; J. Fellowes leg.; HKBM. MACAU • 1 worker; Hac Sa, Coloane Island; 25 Jun. 1999; Sk. Yamane leg.; KUM.
Geographic range
Mainland China (Hainan, Hong Kong, Macau), Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan.
New record for Hainan.
Ecology
Collected in primary forest, secondary forest, rubber and agro-rubber plantations.
Comments
This species has previously only been recorded from the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Hong Kong and more recently in Macau (Brassard et al. 2020). This disjunct geographical range was proposed as an indication of its presence in other parts of southeast China, including Hainan (Tang et al. 2019). Hence, with more sampling efforts, it should be recorded in surrounding provinces such as Fujian and Guangdong.
description: Published as part of Tang, Kit Lam & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, Further additions to the knowledge of Strumigenys (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) within South East Asia, with the descriptions of 20 new species, pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 907 on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.907.2327, http://zenodo.org/record/10148811