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Temnothorax wui
| Temnothorax wui | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | T. wui |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax wui (Wheeler, W.M., 1929)
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Nothing is known about the biology of Temnothorax wui.
Identification
Radchenko (2004) - T. wui is a distinct species similar to Temnothorax congruus with distinctions between the two species noted under the latter.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
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.
- wui. Leptothorax congruus var. wui Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 7 (w.q.m.) CHINA. Combination in Temnothorax: Radchenko, 2004: 129. Raised to species: Radchenko, 2004: 129.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Much like the typical congruus and with epinotal teeth of the same length, but the scuipture of the head is feebler, with the occipital border and middle of the front smoother and more shining. Legs paler yellow, the tibial and clubs of the antennal not infuscated. In this character the specimens resemble the Japanese variety spinosior Forel.
Queen
Differing from the female of congruus in having the nodes of the petiole and postpetiole smoother and shining above. The antennal and legs are colored as in the worker; the wings are whitish hyaline, with very pale yellowish veins and pterostigma.
Male
Very similar to the male of the typical congruus but the thoracic dorsum is smoother and more shining and the femora and tibial are not infuscated in the middle. Coloration of wings as in the female.
Type Material
Described from three workers, three females and four males from Peking (C. F. Wu).
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1996c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 4. Group congruus. Species of uncertain position. Zoogeographical characteristics. Vestn. Zool. 1996((1/2)): 16-22 (page 16, subspecies of congruus)
- Radchenko, A. 2004. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Eastern Palaearctic. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 50(2): 109-137.
- Shin, D., Yoon, S., Lyu, D. 2019. New records of genus Temnothorax (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 58(3): 259-263 (doi:10.5656/KSAE.2019.08.0.036).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361: 1-11 (page 7, worker, queen, male described)
- Zhou, S., Huang, J., Yu, D., Liu, Z. 2010. Eight new species and three newly recorded species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chinese mainland, with a key. Sociobiology. 56(1):7-26.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Fontanilla A. M., A. Nakamura, Z. Xu, M. Cao, R. L. Kitching, Y. Tang, and C. J. Burwell. 2019. Taxonomic and functional ant diversity along tropical, subtropical, and subalpine elevational transects in southwest China. Insects 10, 128; doi:10.3390/insects10050128
- Zhou S., J.; Huang, D. Yu, and Z. Liu. 2010. Eight new species and three newly recorded species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chinese mainland, with a key. Sociobiology 56:(1): 7-26