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Lepisiota hexiangu
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Lepisiota |
| Species: | L. hexiangu |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepisiota hexiangu Terayama, 2009
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Nothing is known about the biology of Lepisiota hexiangu.
Identification
Terayama (2009) - Easily separated from the East Asian congeners by the elongate head, the long mesonotum, and short dorsal spines of petiole.
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan (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. |
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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. |
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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hexiangu. Lepisiota hexiangu Terayama, 2009: 208, figs. 294, 295 (w.) TAIWAN.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
HL 0.75, HW 0.68, HW-II 0.63, SL 0.93, WL 1.15, PL 0.20, PH 0.35, DPW 0.26, TL 3.2.
Head microreticulate, 1.20 times as long as wide excluding eyes, with straight posterior margin and convex lateral margin in full face view. Anterior margin of clypeus convex. Antenna long, with 11 segments; scape long, without distinct hairs, SI =137; funicular segments each longer than wide. Legs long and slender.
Alitrunk long and slender, microreticulate; mesonotm 0.5 times as wide as pronotal width in dorsal view; propodeum with blunt and triangular dorsolateral tooth; propodeal spiracle present at near the tooth. Petiole thin and high; in frontal view, dorsal tooth blunt, forming an obtuse angle; dorsal margin concave.
Gaster very weakly micro reticulate.
Color. Head black, alitrunk reddish brown, petiole blackish brown, gaster black; antenna brown, legs blackish brown.
Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Wulu, Haituan, Taidong, 24.ix.1986, J. C. Lien leg. Paratypes. 3w, same data as the holotype. NIAES.
Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Hexiangu, one of the eight deities of fortune in Taiwan.
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
- Terayama M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266.
- Terayama Mamoru. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta, Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.
- Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.