Cerapachys zhengyangwangi

Cerapachys zhengyangwangi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Cerapachys
Species:	C. zhengyangwangi
Binomial name
	Cerapachys zhengyangwangi; Liu, Hita Garcia, Peng & Pierce, 2024

At present, Cerapachys zhengyangwangi is known only from the Gaoligong Mountains in Yunnan, China. The type locality is a montane forest on Mount Tiantan, situated at an elevation of 1635m. Three workers were collected through leaf litter extraction. No additional information is available about the ecology of this species due to the limited number of collected specimens.

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Liu et al. (2024), Fig. 3. Cerapachys zhengyangwangi (MCZ-ENT00763371). A Body in profile; B Body in dorsal view; C head in full-face view; D Collection locality.

Identification

Cerapachys zhengyangwangi differs from other congeners by the following combination of characters:

total length of 8.31–8.5 mm
head slightly longer than wide (CI 91)
whole body with abundant yellowish hair
head, mesosoma, and gaster shiny with a faint bluish tint
mandible with regular rogues towards the tip
torulo-posttorular complex vertical, lack of a small projector/tooth between them
petiole in dorsal view with several irregular ridges with a smooth and shinning space in the middle

Keys including this Species

Key to Cerapachys

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 25.3° to 25.3°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: Liu et al., 2024

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

zhengyangwangi. Cerapachys zhengyangwangi Liu, Hita Garcia, Peng & Pierce, in Liu et al., 2024: 4, fig. 3 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).

Type Material

Holotype, pinned worker, CHINA, Yunnan, Gaoligong Mountains, Baihualing, 25.30059N, 098.80075E, 1635m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 03.VII .2019 (C. Liu & G. Fischer) (ISAS: MCZ-ENT00763371).
Paratypes, two pinned workers, CHINA, Yunnan, Gaoligong Mountains, Baihualing, 25.30059N, 098.80075E, 1635m, secondary forest, leaf litter, 03.VII .2019 (C. Liu & G. Fischer) (MCZ: MCZENT00763372, ZMHB: MCZ-ENT00763373).

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