Aphaenogaster wangye

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Terayama (2009) - Small species. Head moderately long, ca. 1.4 times as long as wide, eye well produced; pronotum and mesopleura with longitudinal rugae; propodeal teeth small.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster wangye Terayama, 2009: 168, figs. 211, 212 (w.) TAIWAN.

Worker
HL 1.02, HW 85, HW-II 72, SL 1.15, WL 1.51, PL 0.40, PH 0.26, DPW 0.31, PPL 042, PPH 0.26, PPW 0.45, TL 3.9.

Head microreticulate, 1.42 times as long as wide; with convex posterior margin in full face view; CI = 85, CI-II = 70. Clypeus with several longitudinal rugae; anterior margin weakly concave at midlength. Antenna moderately long; scape slightly longer than head length; SI = 135, SI-II = 164. Eye strongly produced, 0.20 mm in maximum diameter.

Pronotal dorsum weakly microreticulate and subopaque, with weak transverse rugae; mesonotum with rugae, mesopleuron with rugae; propodeal spine short, and triangular, tip directed to posterior portion.

Petiole with a long peduncle; node reverse U-shaped. Postpetiole with convex dorsal margin in profile.

Color. Yellowish brown, head somewhat darker.

Type Material
Holotype. Worker, Nanshanxi (600-700 m asl), Nanfen-Cun, Nantou Pref., 14.viii.1985, M, Terayama leg. Paratypes. 52 workers, same data as the holotype; 1f, 11w, Wushe, Nantou Pref., 12.viii.1985, M. Terayama leg. Holotype in NIAES, paratypes in NIAES, and.

Etymology
The specific epithet is the Chinese noun Wangye, 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, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta; Hymenoptera). The Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University 17: 81-266.