Aphaenogaster fengbo

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - This species has a smooth and shining head and pronotum. It resembles Aphaenogaster tipuna, but is separable from the latter by the long and thin propodeal spines.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  fengbo. Aphaenogaster fengbo Terayama, 2009: 166, fig. 207 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Head smooth and shining, with scattered small punctures, 1.26 times as long as wide; posterior margin moderately convex in full face view; CI = 83, CI-II = 79. Clypeus with several longitudinal rugae. SI = 150, SI-II = 143, eye 0.26 mm in maximum diameter. Pronotum smooth and shining; mesonotum smooth and shinging, mesopleuron microreticulate; propodeal spine thin and very long, 3.0 times as long as its basal width. Petiole with a long peduncle; node reverse U-shaped. Postpetiole relatively large, longer than high, with convex dorsal margin in profile.

HL 1.33, HW 1.10, HW-II 1.05, SL 1.50, WL 1.85, Pl 0.60, PH 0.41, DPW 0.26, PPL 0.50, PPH 0.43, PPW 0.34, TL 5.1.

Color. Head dark brown, alitrunk reddish brown, gaster blackish brown, legs brown.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Hungtou, Lanshu island, Taidong Pref., 8 viii. 1981, K. Wada leg. Paratypes. 2w, same data as the holotype. NIAES.

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

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.