Myrmicaria vidua

Myrmicaria brunnea and Myrmicaria vidua inhabit various habitats such as fruit gardens, sparse forests, forest edges and well-developed forests, and nest in soil, often building big mounds with soil particles. Workers scavenge dead animals and also tend homopterans. (Eguchi, Bui and Yamane 2011)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia. Oriental Region: Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  vidua. Myrmicaria vidua Smith, F. 1858b: 141 (m.) INDONESIA (Java).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I  Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Yahya B. E., S. Yamane, and M. Mohamed. 2009. Morphological and Behaviorla characters of the two species groups of the ant genus Myrmicaria (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Southeast Asia. Species Diversity 14: 249-265.