| Authorship |
Qi & Chen, 2024:
115, figs. 3, 4
|
| Forms |
w.q. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
CHINA (Yunnan) |
| Etymology |
This new species is named “shanyi” in honor of the late Chinese ant taxonomist, Mr. Shan-Yi Zhou, to commemorate his exceptional contributions to studying ant taxonomy in China. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Jinghong City, 21.470944°N, 100.610925°E, 27.v.2023 (Ying-Ke Yan). Primary type depository: GXNU. Primary type specimen: GXNU 238703. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: GXNU, SWFU. |