Temnothorax hengshanensis

Temnothorax hengshanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. hengshanensis
Binomial name
Temnothorax hengshanensis (Huang, Chen & Zhou, 2004)

Nothing is known about the biology of Temnothorax hengshanensis.

Identification

Huang et al. (2004) - This new species close to Temnothorax braunsi (Nesomyrmex braunsi?) but in profile the posterolateral propodeum angular; in dorsal view petiole node 1.5 times longer than broad; metanotal groove not impressed; gaster smooth and shining, not punctuate; color uniform yellowish brown. Besides, the new species much smaller in size than L. braunsi.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Temnothorax of mainland China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• hengshanensis. Leptothorax hengshanensis Huang, Chen & Zhou, 2004: 766 (w.) CHINA. Combination in Temnothorax: Zhou, et al. 2010: 9 (in key).

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype. TL 2.1, HL 0.56, HW 0.47, CI 83, SL 0.44 , SI 93, PW 0.36 , AL 0.72. Mandibles longitudinal striate, spaces between striae smooth and shining; its masticatory with 5 teeth which decease in size from apex to base. Median lobe of clypeus prominent, its anterior margin evenly convex. Frontal carinae short, reaching in front of eyes. Antennal scrobes absent. Antennae 12 segments, with 3-segmented apical club. Scapes of antennae relatively long, slightly projecting beyond the occipital margin, SI 93. Eyes moderate large, situated slightly in front of the midlength of the sides of the head, maximum diameter 0.11 mm, 0.23 times as head width, with 12 ommatidia in the longest row. In full-face view occipital margin convex. Alitrunk convex in profile, promesonotal groove absent, metanotal groove not impressed. Propodeum unarmed, forming a blunt angle between dorsum and declivity. In dorsal view the pronotal corners rounded, pronotum narrowing posteriorly. Petiole node in profile subrectangular, in dorsal view 1.5 times longer than broad; postpetiole broader than long and broader than the petiole. Dorsum of head longitudinally rugose, spaces between rugae roughly shegreened, sides of head above and behind eyes punctate, in front of and bellow eyes with cross-meshes. Dorsum of alitrunk irregularly rugose. Sides of mesoplurum and propodeum densely punctate. Dorsum of petiole node irregular rugose, postpetiole and sides of petiole densely punctate. Gaster smooth and shining. Short stout erect hairs present on dorsum of head, alitrunk, petiole, postpetiole and gaster. Appendages without erect hairs. Color uniform brownish yellow.

Type Material

Holotype worker , Hengshan Nature Reserve, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China (200 m). 8 Sep. 2003, HUANG Jian-Hua leg. The type specimen is deposited in the Insect Collection, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China.

References

• Huang, Jian-Hua; Chen, Bin; Zhou, Shan-Yi 2004. A new species of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hunan, China. Acta Zootaxon. Sin. 29(4): 766-768.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Fontanilla A. M., A. Nakamura, Z. Xu, M. Cao, R. L. Kitching, Y. Tang, and C. J. Burwell. 2019. Taxonomic and functional ant diversity along tropical, subtropical, and subalpine elevational transects in southwest China. Insects 10, 128; doi:10.3390/insects10050128
• Huang Jianhua. 2005. Hunan Ants (Hymenoptera) and the classification of flora. Southwest Agricultural University. PhD Thesis 247 pages