Paraparatrechina kongming

This species is confined to the altitudes higher than 3,000 m.

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Resembles Paraparatrechina sauteri, by the small body size, short antennal scape, and a pair of erect hairs on the dorsum of propodeum, however, easily separated from the latter by the blackish brown body and larger body size (body yellowish brown and HL ca. 0.40 mm, HW ca. 0.32 mm, TL ca. 1.1 mm in sauteri).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  kongming. Paratrechina kongming Terayama, 2009: 212, fig. 327 (w.) TAIWAN. Combination in Paraparatrechina: new combination (unpublished).

Worker
Holotype. HL 0.53, HW 0.51, SL 0.56, WL 0.65, PL 0.13, PH 0.13, DPW 0.10, TL 1.7.

Head almost as long as wide, with straight posterior margin and convex sides in full face view. Mandible with 5 teeth. Antenna relatively short; scape short, exceeding posterior margin of head by 1/5 its length, with short decumbent hairs, but without long erect or sub erect hairs; 3rd segment as long as wide; 4th and 5th segments each wider than long. Eye 0.10 in maximum diameter.

Pronotum with weakly convex dorsal margin, and with 2 pairs of erect hairs; mesonotum with 2 pairs of erect hairs; metanotal groove shallowly incised dorsally; popodeum with convex dorsal margin and with a pair of erect hairs. Petiole small and low, scale acute triangular in profile.

Color. Blackish brown; antennal 1-3 segments yellowish brown, 4-12 segments brown; legs yellowish brown.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Tayulin (3,000 m asl), Nantou Pref., 21.ix.1999, Sk. Yamane leg. Paratype. 1 w, same data as the holotype. NIAES.

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