Temnothorax taivanensis ( WHEELER, 1929 )

Radchenko, A., 2004, A Review Of The Ant Genera Leptothorax Mayr And Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Of The Eastern Palaearctic, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 (2), pp. 109-137 : 129

Temnothorax taivanensis ( WHEELER, 1929)

( Figs 36, 37 )

Leptothorax taivanensis WHEELER, 1929: 54 ; Taiwan, Funkiko; CHAPMAN & CAPCO, 1951: 11; RADCHENKO, 1994b: 148; BOLTON, 1995: 245; RADCHENKO, 1996: 18.

Temnothorax taivanensis : BOLTON, 2003: 271.

Material examined: 2 workers, syntypes, “Funkiko, Formosa, Silvestri”, “Cotypes”, “ M.C.Z. Type 1–3 21079”, “ Syntypes Leptothorax galeatus Wheeler ” (Sic! Without any doubt “galeatus ” is later mislabelling) ( MCZ) .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Ecology is unknown.

Notes. T. taivanensis is similar to T. spinosior and T. eburneipes (for their separations see Notes to T. eburneipes , above). This species is most similar to T. antera ( TERAYAMA & ONOYAMA, 1999) from Southern Japan and the latter can be a junior synonym of T. taivanensis ; to resolve this question the types of T. antera are to be investigated.

Temnothorax wui ( WHEELER, 1929) stat. et comb. nov.

( Figs 38, 39 )

Leptothorax congruus var. wui WHEELER, 1929: 7 ; workers, queens, males, China, Peking. Leptothorax congruus wui : BOLTON, 1995: 246; RADCHENKO, 1996: 16.

Material examined: 3 workers, 2 queens, 2 males, syntypes, “ Peking, China, Chenfu, F. Wu ” ,

“ Cotypes”, “ M.C.Z. Type 1–3 21024”, “ Syntypes Leptothorax congruus var. wui Wheeler ” ( MCZ) .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Ecology is unknown.

Notes. T. wui is a distinct species similar to T. congruus (for their separations see Notes to T. congruus ).

Figures

Figs 32–41. Details of structure of workers of Temnothorax mongolicus (holotype, 32), T. nassonovi (33, 34),T. spinosior (syntype, 35), T. taivanensis (syntype, 36, 37) and T. wui (syntype, 38, 39), Leptothorax muscorum (40) and L. oceanicus (41) (32, 34, 35, 37, 39). Alitrunk and waist in profile;