Temnothorax huatuo

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Blackish species. Head wide, as long as wide; scape short, not reaching posterior margin of head; propodeal spine short, acute triangular; petiole with short peduncle and triangular node. Resembling Temnothorax congruus in Japan, but separated from the latter by the acute subpetiolar process and the higher postpetiole.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 *  huatuo. Temnothorax huatuo Terayama, 2009: 183, fig. 242 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
Holotype. HL 0.58, HW 0.63, HW-II 0.58, SL 0.48, WL 0.60, PL 0.28, PH 0.23, DPW 0.16, PPL 0.16, PPH 0.20, PPW 0.23, TL 2.8.

Head wide, as long as wide excluding eyes, with almost straight posterior marigin in full face view. Antennal scape short, not reaching posterior margin of head. Eye 0. 16 mm in maximum diameter. Mesonotal dorsum straight; propodeum with straight dorsal margin; propodeal spine short and acute triangular, 1.2 times as long as its basal width. Petiole with short peduncle and triangular node, dorsum of node dully angulate; subpetiolar process distinct, bearing anteroventral tooth. Postpetiole higher than long, with almost straight dorsal margin.

Color. Blackish brown to black.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Liu kuei, Kaohsiung Pref., 22.viii.1987, M. Terayama leg. Paratypes. 17w, same data as the holotype. Holotype in NIAES, paratypes in NIAES, NSMT and TARI.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Huatuo. 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.