Discothyrea yueshen

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - It is easily separated from Discothyrea sauteri described by Forel in 1912 from Pilam (=Taitung Pref.) by the 9-segmented antenna (8-segmented in sauteri). Rather it is resembling Discothyrea kamiteta from Okinawa island, the Ryukyus, Japan. However it is separated from the latter by the small eyes, short frontal lobe, weakly punctuated 1st gastral tergum, and a little smaller body.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  yueshen. Discothyrea yueshen Terayama, 2009: 98, figs. 20, 21 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Head oval, slightly wider than long, with convex posterior margin in full face view; frons and vertex densely punctate. Anterior margin of clypeus convex. Antenna 9-segmented; terminal segment large, 1.7 times as long as wide; SI = 56. Frontal lobe wide, as long as wide, with truncate posterior margin. Eye small, consisting of several facets, and weakly produced.

Alitrunk robust and short, 1.7 times as long as high in profile; surface densely punctate. Propodeum with dull teeth posterodorsally. Petiole high and thin, with convex anterior margin and straight posterior margin. Subpetiolar process with convex ventral margin. First gastral tergum with shallow weak punctures.

HL 0.53, HW 0.63, SL 035, WL 0.63, PL 0.13, PH 0.25, DPW 0.25, TL 1.7.

Color. Body reddish brown; legs and terminal segment of antenna yellowish.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Xinzheng, Pingdong Pref., 28. vii-2. viii. 1988. NIAES

Etymology
The specifice epithet is the Chinese noun Yueshen, which is the name of a Taiwanese goddess.

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.