Temnothorax wui

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Radchenko (2004) - T. wui is a distinct species similar to Temnothorax congruus with distinctions between the two species noted under the latter.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  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.

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 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