Temnothorax daxue

Temnothorax daxue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Temnothorax daxue
Binomial name
	Temnothorax daxue; Qian & Xu, 2024

This species inhabits conifer-broadleaf mixed forest (Fig. 69D) at an elevation of 2600 m, and forages arboreally.

Photo Gallery

Qian & Xu (2024), Fig. 13. Temnothorax daxue Qian & Xu, 2024, holotype worker (SWFU A3245). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view.
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.

Identification

This species is similar to Temnothorax eburneipes (Fig. 14), but differs in having dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum weakly convex, propodeal spines suberect; in T. eburneipes dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum moderately convex, propodeal spines posterodorsally pointed.

It is also similar to Temnothorax dongzhi (Fig. 17), but differs in having propodeal spines as long as declivity in lateral view, anterior peduncle shorter than petiolar node, head dorsum nearly smooth on the central longitudinal strip; in T. dongzhi propodeal spines shorter than declivity in lateral view, anterior peduncle as long as petiolar node, head dorsum longitudinally rugose on the central longitudinal strip.

Qian & Xu (2024), Fig. 14. Temnothorax eburneipes (Wheeler, 1927), syntype worker (MCZC). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. Illustrations cited from Radchenko (2004).
Qian & Xu (2024), Fig. 17. Temnothorax dongzhi Qian & Xu, 2024, holotype worker (SWFU C18-962). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view.

Keys including this Species

Key to Leptothorax and Temnothorax of China

Distribution

China: Yunnan.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.5° to 26.5°.


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.

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.

daxue. Temnothorax daxue Qian & Xu, 2024: 21, fig. 13 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).

Type Material

Holotype worker CHINA • Yunnan Province, Lanping County, Lajing Town, Lajing Village; 26.497406° N, 99.280276° E; 2600 m a.s.l.; 9 Oct. 2003; You Chen leg.; canopy sample from conifer-broadleaf mixed forest; SWFU A3245.

Description

References

Qian, Y.-H., Xu, Z.-H. 2024. Taxonomy of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species. European Journal of Taxonomy 936, 1-97 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.936.2569).