Vollenhovia shunfenger

This species produces both alate and ergatoid females.

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Large species. Resembling Vollenhovia satoi but is separated from the latter by the gently sloping posterior margin of propodeum (steeply sloping, almost vertically at near the mid length, in V. satoi).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  shunfenger. Vollenhovia shunfenger Terayama, 2009: 149, fig. 203 (w. ergatoid q.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Head punctate, 1.18 times as long as wide, with concave posterior margin. CI = 87, SI = 70, eye relatively large, 0.15 mm in diameter. Mandible with 7 teeth. Promesonotum punctate, dorsal margin gently convex in profile, metanotal groove distinctly incised dorsally; propodeum with convex dorsal outline, posterodorsal corner convex, not forming an angle. propodeum longer than high, with straight anterior margin and convex posterior margin; subpetiolar process developed, its thin lamellar wall slightly longer than high. Postpetiole slightly longer than high and longer than petiole, with convex dorsal margin; anteroventral corner actely produced. Gaster smooth and shining.

Worker. HL 0.78, HW 0.68, SL 0.48, WL 1.30, PL 0.26, PH 0.41, DPW 0.28, PPL 0.33, PPH 0.30, PPW 0.32, TL 3.5. Female: HL 0.80, HW 0.78, SL 0.55, WL 1.39, PL 0.30, PH 0.43, DPW 0.27, PPL 0.35, PPH 0.33, PPW 0.32, TL 4.6.

Color. Body reddish brown excepting blackish brown gaster; antenna and legs yellowish brown.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Fenqihu, Chaiyi Pref., 22.x. 1977, K. Yamauchi leg. Paratypes. 1w, 1f, same data as the holotype; 1 ergatoid female, Nanshanxi, Nanfen-Cun, Nantou Pref., 18. v. 1981, M. Isono leg. The holotype in NIAES and paratypes in NSMT.

Etymology
The specifice epithet is the Chinese noun Shunfenger, 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.