Odontomachus circulus

Identification
A member of the Odontomachus rixosus group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Odontomachus circulus Wang, M. 1993a: 220, fig. 1 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 94 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype China: Yunnan Prov., Longlin County, 1600 m., 15.v.1955 (Bushik); paratypes: 18 workers with same data, 11 workers Ruili County, 1450 m., 17.v.1956 (B. Zhou), 22 workers Luxi County, 1200 m., 18.v.1955 (Kryzhanovski), 13 workers Jiangdong County, 1000-1200 m., v.1956-iii.1957 (Kryzhanovski & Popov), 24 workers Xishuangbanna 580-1250 m., iii.1957-6.ix.1958 (Zheng, Popov, Hong & Panfilov), 3 workers Baoshan, 800-1200 m., 5-11.v.1955 (K. B.), 1 worker Zhenyuan County, 1100 m., 25.iv.1955 (Kryzhanovski), 1 worker Gejiu, 600 m., 19.v.1956 (D. Panfilov), 1 worker Pingbian Miao Aut. Co., 1350 m., 25.vi.1956 (D. Panfilov).
 * Type-depository: IZAS.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 295; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 106; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 60; Chen, Shi & Zhou, 2018: 6 (in key).
 * Distribution: China.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Li Q., Y. Chen, S. Wang, Y. Zheng, Y. Zhu, and S. Wang. 2009. Diversity of ants in subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest in Pu'er City, Yunnan. Biodiversity Science 17(3): 233-239.
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 * Lu Z., and Y. Chen. 2016. Effects of habitat on ant functional groups: a case study of Luchun County, Yunnan Province, China. Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 24(5): 801-810.
 * Song Y., Z. Xu, C. Li, N. Zhang, L. Zhang, H. Jiang, and F. Mo. 2013. An Analysis on the Ant Fauna of the Nangun river Nature Reserve in Yunnan, China. Forest Research 26(6): 773-780.
 * Xu Z. H., B. L. Yang, and G. Hu. 1999. Formicidae ant communities in fragments of montane rain forest in Xishuangbanna, China. Zoological Research 20(4): 288-293.
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