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Temnothorax yanwan
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | T. yanwan |
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| Temnothorax yanwan Terayama, 2009
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Nothing is known about the biology of Temnothorax yanwan.
Identification
Terayama (2009) - Small blackish species. It is easily separated from the Taiwanese congeners by the short antennal scape, the long propodeal teeth, and the short petiolar peduncle and triangular node.
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
Known only from the worker caste.
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- yanwan. Temnothorax yanwan Terayama, 2009: 185 (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 0.61, HW 0.55, HW-II 0.52, SL 0.43, WL 0.70, PL 0.25, PH 0.23, DPW 0.13, PPL 0.22, PPH 0.21, PPW 0.22, TL 2.0.
Head 1.14 times as long as wide excluding eyes, with concave posterior margin in full face view. Antennal scape short, not reaching posterior margin of head. Eye 0.14 mm in maximum diameter. Promesonatal dorsum straight excepting anterior position of pronotum; metanotal groove very weakly incised dorsally; propodeum with straight dorsal margin; propodeal spine long, acute and narrow. Petiole short, peduncle very short, node triangular; subpetiolar prosess very small, ventral margin with obtuse triangle. Postpetiole almost as long as high, with convex dorsal margin.
Color. Body blackish brown; antenna brown except for club blackish; legs brown.
Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Liukuei, Kaohsiung Pref., 23. viii. 1987, S. Kubota leg. NIAES.
Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Yanwan, which is the name of a Taiwanese god.
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.
- 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.