Temnothorax kuixing

It is collected in the mountain area at about 2,200-3,000 m in altitude.

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Blackish brown species. Antennal scape long, exceeding posterior margin of head. Propodeal spine long and needle-shaped. Petiole with short peduncle, with concave anterior margin, convex dorsal margin and straight posterodorsal margin in profile.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  kuixing. Temnothorax kuixing Terayama, 2009: 182, fig.241 (w.q.m.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Holotype. HL 0.70, HW 0.60, HW-II 0.53, SL 0.53, WL 0.80, PL 0.30, PH 0.23, DPW 0.14, PPL 0.18, PPH 0.20, PPW 0.22, TL 2.6 mm.

Head excluding eyes long, 1.33 times as long as wide, with convex posterior margin in full face view. Scape exceeding posterior margin of head. Eye 0.15 mm in diameter. Promesonotum with very weakly convex dorsum in profile; matanotal groove shallowely incised dorsally. Propodeum with straight dorsal margin; propodeal spine long and needle-shaped. Petiole short, with short peduncle; anterior margin concave, anterodorsal corner forming an angle, dorsal to posterior margin convex; subpetiolar process distinct, bearing anteroventral tooth. Postpetiole higher than long, with convex anterodorsal margin and straight posterodorsal margin.

Color. Head, alitrunk, pedicel blackish brown; gaster black.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Songgang (2,200 m asl), Nantou Pref. 27.viii.1987, M. Terayama leg. Paratypes. 2w, same data as the holotype; If, 1m, 3w, same data as the holotype; 2f, 4w, same data as the holotype; 3w, Hehuanshan (3,000 m asl), Nantou Pref., 10.viii.1982, M. Terayama leg. Holotype in NIAES, paratypes in NIAES, NSMT and TARI.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Kuixing, which is 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.