Temnothorax tianpeng

Collected from a mountain area at about 2,200 m in altitude.

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Resembles Temnothorax kuixing but separated by the shape of pedicel segments and color: black head and gaster, brown alitrunk.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  tianpeng. Temnothorax tianpeng Terayama, 2009: 184, fig. 240 (w.q.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Holotype. HL 0.85, HW 0.75, HW-II 0.71, SL 0.85, WL 1.00, PL 0.40, PH 0.26, DPW 0.20, PPL .25, PPH 0.23, PPW 0.23, TL 3.0 mm.

Head 1.33 times as long as wide excluding eyes, with convex posterior margin in full face view; frons and vertex with longitudinal rugae. Antennal scape long, exceeding posterior margin of head. Eye 0.16 mm in maximum diameter. Promesonotal dorsum weakly convex; metanotal groove very shallowly incised dorsally; propodeum with weakly convex dorsal margin; propodeal spine long, 3.0 times as long as its basal width; posterior half slightly downcurved. Petiole short, peduncle indistinct; anterior margin straight, dorsal margin convex, posterior margin weakly convex. Postperiole with convex anterodorsal margin and concave posterodorsal margin.

Color. Head black; alitrunk, petiole and postpetiole brown; gaster black; mandible, antenna dark brown; coxae and femur dark brown, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi brown.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Tianchi (2,200 m asl), Gaoxiong Pref., 26. viii. 1980, M. Terayama leg. Paratypes. 1w, 1f, same data as the holotype. NIAES.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Tianpeng, 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.