Stictoponera sinensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Biology
This species is mentioned in Wu and Wang (1992, 1995).

Castes
Queen and male are unknown.

Nomenclature

 * . Gnamptogenys sinensis Wu, J. & Xiao, 1987: 303, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA (Hunan).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 5 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype China: Hunan Prov., Daoxian County, 30.viii.1982 (X. Tong); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: CAFB.
 * Combination in Stictoponera: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
 * Status as species: Wu, J. & Wang, 1992: 1302; Bolton, 1995b: 210; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 37; Zhou, 2001b: 32; Lattke, 2004: 224; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 103; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 27; Chen, et al. 2017: 109 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 12.
 * Distribution: China.

Lattke (2004) - Humeral angles forming distinct denticles. It was not possible to examine any specimens of this species. The description and figures in Wu and Xiao (1987) would place G. sinensis in the taivanensis group based on the shape of the petiole and the subpetiolar process and the small eyes.

Worker
Lattke (2004) - Metrics (n = 1): HL 1.57, HW 1.52, SL 1.59, ED 0.16 mm. CI 0.97, SI 1.05, OI 0.11. Taken from Wu and Xiao (1987).

Type Material
Lattke (2004) - Holotype: China, Hunan, Daoxian [Not examined]. The type series consists of 6 workers deposited in the insect collection of the Forest Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry in Beijing. The specimens were collected in Daoxian County of Hunan Province.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Wu J. and Xiao G.. 1987. A new species of Gnamptogenys from China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Scientia Silvae Sinicae 23: 303-305.
 * Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.