Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866

Table 2

Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866: 516 (w.) SAMOA. Oceania.

Material examined

VIETNAM – Đỗng Nai Province • 2 workers; Cat Tien National Park; 11.45822° N, 107.37488° E; 167 m a.s.l.; 4 Jun. 2018; IBBL members leg.; Winkler, 4 corners; IBBL .

Geographic range

Native: India (Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim), Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra), Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam.

Introduced: Oriental realm (India: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Taiwan). For a full global account refer to antmaps.org (Janicki et al. 2016; Guénard et al. 2017).

Ecology

Collected in secondary forest.

Comments

The widespread tramp species is native to the Oriental realm and was introduced to multiple states of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and numerous islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its native range is likely to include Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.