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DOI: 10.20362/am.012005
Asian Myrmecology 12: e012005 (1-8)
article first published online: 31/December/2020

First records of Cardiocondyla ants from Myanmar

JÜRGEN HEINZE¹*, ANDREAS TRINDL¹, BERNHARD SEIFERT², KHIN MA MA³ & WIN MAUNG⁴

Abstract:

Numerous species of the diverse ant genus Cardiocondyla have been reported from countries in Southeast Asia, but as yet nothing has been known about their presence in Myanmar. A short, preliminary survey documents the occurrence of at least five species of Cardiocondyla in anthropogenically disturbed areas, such as gardens and parks. The species most commonly sampled has been determined as C. tjibodana, other specimens as C. parvinoda, C. obscurior, C. itsukii and one or two taxa of the unresolved C. kagutsuchi complex. Further studies, in particular in more natural habitats, will certainly reveal the presence of additional species of this highly interesting genus.

Keywords:

Cardiocondyla, biodiversity, invasive ants, Myanmar

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¹LS Zoologie / Evolutionsbiologie, Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany

²Department of Entomology, Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde, 02826 Görlitz, Germany

³Bago University, Bago, Myanmar

⁴Myanmar Environment Institute, Yangon, Myanmar

*Corresponding author: juergen.heinze@ur.de