Lepisiota hexiangu

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Easily separated from the East Asian congeners by the elongate head, the long mesonotum, and short dorsal spines of petiole.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  hexiangu. Lepisiota hexiangu Terayama, 2009: 208, figs. 294, 295 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
HL 0.75, HW 0.68, HW-II 0.63, SL 0.93, WL 1.15, PL 0.20, PH 0.35, DPW 0.26, TL 3.2.

Head microreticulate, 1.20 times as long as wide excluding eyes, with straight posterior margin and convex lateral margin in full face view. Anterior margin of clypeus convex. Antenna long, with 11 segments; scape long, without distinct hairs, SI =137; funicular segments each longer than wide. Legs long and slender.

Alitrunk long and slender, microreticulate; mesonotm 0.5 times as wide as pronotal width in dorsal view; propodeum with blunt and triangular dorsolateral tooth; propodeal spiracle present at near the tooth. Petiole thin and high; in frontal view, dorsal tooth blunt, forming an obtuse angle; dorsal margin concave.

Gaster very weakly micro reticulate.

Color. Head black, alitrunk reddish brown, petiole blackish brown, gaster black; antenna brown, legs blackish brown.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Wulu, Haituan, Taidong, 24.ix.1986, J. C. Lien leg. Paratypes. 3w, same data as the holotype. NIAES.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Hexiangu, one of the eight deities of fortune in Taiwan.

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.
 * Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
 * 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.