Aphaenogaster wangtian

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - This species has an elongate head and prothorax. The species resembles Aphaenogaster takahashii by the elongate head with a remarkable neck at posterior portion. However, it is separated from the latter by the convex anterior margin of clypeus (anterior margin of clypeus with a median notch in takahashii), the large postpetiole (postpetiole as high as petiole in takahashii), and posterior directed propodeal spines (propodeal spines directed upward in takahashii).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  wangtian. Aphaenogaster wangtian Terayama, 2009: 167, fig. 206 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
HL 1.45, HW 0.95, HW-II 0.90, SL 1.98, WL 1.90, PL 0.55, PH 0.30, DPW 0.20, PPL 0.46, PPH 0.51, PPW 0.30, TL 5.3.

Head smooth and shining, with long erect hairs; posterior portion of head behind eyes elongated and occipit form a distinct neck; 1.53 times as long as wide; CI = 66, CI-II = 62. Clypeus smooth, with several transverse rugae; anterior margin convex. Antenna long; scape longer than head length; SI = 208, SI-II = 219, scape with long suberect hairs. Eye 0.25 mm in maximum diameter.

Pronotum smooth and shining, with long erect hairs, and elongated anteriorly in profile; mesonotum smooth and shining, upper half of mesopleuron with longitudinal rugae, under half smooth and shining; propodeal spine short and triangular, 0.8 times as long as its basal width; tip directed to posterior portion.

Petiole with a long peduncle; node convex dorsal margin in profile. Postpetiole large, higher than petiole, with convex dorsal margin in profile.

Color. Yellowish brown.

Type Material
Holo1ype. Worker, Nanshanxi, Nanfen-Cun, Nantou Pref., 5.viii.1985, M. Terayama leg. Paratypes. 44w, same data as the holotype; 1w, Riyuetan, Nantou Pref., 28.vii.-2.viii.1988; 1w, Pinlin, Taipei Pref., 28.vii.-2.viii.1988; 3w, Liukuei, Kaohsiung Pref., 17.viii.1987, H. Sakai leg. Holotype in NIAES, paratypes in NIAES, and.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Wangtian, which is the name of a Taiwanese god.

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.