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Temnothorax chunfen
| Temnothorax chunfen | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | Temnothorax chunfen |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax chunfen Qian & Xu, 2024 | |
This species inhabits dry-warm valley shrubland (Fig. 69G) at an elevation of 2260 m and forages on plants.
Photo Gallery
Qian & Xu (2024), Fig. 69. Middle elevational vegetations. A. Pinus densata Masters forest (2750 m, Bomi, Tibet). B. Pinus armandi Franch. forest (2557 m, Qiaojia, Yunnan). C. Subalpine moist evergreen broadleaf forest (2500 m, Lushui, Yunnan). D. Conifer-broadleaf mixed forest (2500 m, Huaping, Yunnan). E. Moss evergreen broadleaf forest (2450 m. Cangyuan, Yunnan). F. Warm conifer forest (2230 m, Huili, Sichuan). G. Dry-warm valley shrubland (2230 m, Muli, Sichuan). H. Semi-evergreen broadleaf forest (2050 m, Danba, Sichuan). I. Pinus yunnanensis forest (2030 m, Huaping, Yunnan). Photos by Zheng-Hui Xu.
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Identification
This species is similar to Temnothorax congruus (Fig. 7), but in differs in having head dorsum wholly smooth, petiolar node relatively shorter with narrower summit, and body color brownish black, gaster black; in T. congruus head dorsum coarsely longitudinally rugose on the central area, petiolar node relatively longer with broader summit, and body color reddish brown, gaster black.
It is also similar to Temnothorax qingming (Fig. 30), but differs in having pronotum and mesonotal dorsum smooth, in lateral view propodeal spines shorter tan their basal width, petiolar node relatively higher, about 0.8 times as high as petiole length; in T. qingming pronotum and mesonotal dorsum finely reticulate, in lateral view propodeal spines longer than their basal width, petiolar node relatively lower, about 0.6 times as high as petiole length.
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Keys including this Species
Distribution
China: Yunnan.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 28.2° to 28.2°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Qian & Xu, 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. |
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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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- chunfen. Temnothorax chunfen Qian & Xu, 2024: 11, fig. 6 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).
Type Material
- Holotype worker CHINA • Yunnan Province, Deqin County, Benzilan Town, Benzilan Village; 28.242147° N, 99.281039° E; 2260 m a.s.l.; 12 Oct. 2004; Jun-Wu Yang leg.; canopy sample from dry-warm valley shrubland; SWFU A04-713.