Discothyrea clavicornis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Discothyrea
Name
Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
CHINA, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna: Kilometer 55 station (21.962°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 10.vi.2013, 1 worker, 830m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.962°N, 101.200°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 8 workers, 805m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.962°N, 101.201°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 1 worker, 815m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Kilometer 55 station (21.964°N, 101.202°E), Rain forest, 13.vi.2013, 3 workers, 820m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Menglun town (21.932°N, 101.270°E), Rubber plantation, 09.vi.2013, 12 workers, 645m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.272°E), Secondary forest, 05.vi.2013, 6 worker, 550m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.912°N, 101.285°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 3 workers, 680m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.919°N, 101.274°E), Limestone forest, 05.vi.2013, 15 workers, 552m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.284°E), Limestone forest, 06.vi.2013, 1 worker, 690m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.918°N, 101.271°E), Rain forest, 05.vi.2013, 3 workers, 581m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.911°N, 101.281°E), Limestone forest, 05.vi.2013, 1 worker, 650m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.916°N, 101.274°E), Rain forest, 08.vi.2013, 3 workers, 615m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; XTBG (21.917°N, 101.274°E), Rain forest, 08.vi.2013, 2 workers, 625m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu; Banna University construction site (21.922°N, 101.268°E), Rubber plantation, 14.vi.2013, 3 workers, 620m, Winkler sifting, B. Guénard, B. Blanchard and C. Liu.
Distribution
Discothyrea clavicornis is a very widespread and common species encountered throughout most of the Austral-Asian and Indo-Malayan subregions (Figure 8C). This new record represents an important extension of the northern range in the distribution of this species.
Taxonomic note
There is no available key for Discothyrea clavicornis. Our identification is based on the original description (Emery 1897[1]), comparison with reference material, and montage images of the holotype provided by AntWeb.
Natural history
Discothyrea clavicornis has been collected from leaf litter in various habitats such as primary forest, limestone forest and rubber plantation.
Taxon Treatment
- Liu, C; Guénard, B; Garcia, F; Yamane, S; Blanchard, B; Yang, D; Economo, E; 2015: New records of ant species from Yunnan, China ZooKeys, (477): 17-78. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Emery C (1897) Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20: 571–599.
