Temnothorax gui

Temnothorax gui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. gui
Binomial name
	Temnothorax gui; Wei, Wu, Zhong, Huang & Nie, 2024

Little is known about the biology of Temnothorax gui, except that it lives in forests.

Photo Gallery

Wei et al. (2024), Fig. 1. Holotype of Temnothorax gui (worker), En-425083: a) body in lateral view, b) head in full-face view, c) body in dorsal view.

Identification

This species is similar to Temnothorax leyeensis and Temnothorax lichun through comparison of colour photographs of the type specimens, but can be distinguished T. leyeensis by its:

simpler and lustrous sculpture which relatively sparse and fine reticulated throughout
simply and irregularly reticulate promesonotum which not interspersed by fine reticulation in center
smooth and shiny gaster anteriorly which lack of coarse sculpture anteriorly
redddish mesosomal colour

It can be distinguished T. lichun by its horizontally striated area of the vertex, sparsely punctured head, shorter propodeal spines, and shorter petiolar peduncle.

Wei et al. (2024), Fig. 2. Allometric equation fitting for workers of Temnothorax gui (n = 5): a) length and width of the head, b) head width and mesosomal length, c) petiolar width and postpetiolar width, d) pronotal width and postpetiolar width.

Distribution

Yunnan Province, China (Fig. 3).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.96° to 26.96°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: Wei 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.

gui. Temnothorax gui Wei et al., 2024: 422, Fig. 1 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan).

Type Material

Holotype. Worker, China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang City, Yongsheng County, Shanglama Village, 26°54’16”N, 100°28’25”E, 2180 m alt., V-2023, Yu-Hua GU leg, En-425083 (SYSBM).
Paratypes. 4 workers, with the same data as holotype, En-425084, En-425085, En-425086, En-425087 (SYSBM).

Description

References

Wei, Y., Wu, T., Zhong, Z., Huang, Y., Nie, G. 2024. A new bicolor species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Yunnan, China. Journal of the Entomological Research Society 26(3), 419-428 (doi:10.51963/jers.v26i3.2681).