<documentid="90B897F0F87BAE413E0307FB65FB6457"ID-CLB-Dataset="298477"ID-DOI="10.5852/ejt.2024.936.2569"ID-GBIF-Dataset="413508e2-d5fe-4b37-bf05-a08a036fbc38"ID-ISSN="2118-9773"ID-Zenodo-Dep="11639224"ID-ZooBank="53A95458-F2C4-4486-A80B-14B121D1BD14"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.metadata_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="GgImagineBatch"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="valdenar"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="valdenar"checkinTime="1718289605452"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Qian, Yu-Han & Xu, Zheng-Hui"docDate="2024"docId="BF3087B3FF932A5FFDB1A2E6687B1A3F"docLanguage="en"docName="EJT.2024.936.1-97.pdf"docOrigin="European Journal of Taxonomy 936"docSource="https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2569/11663"docStyle="DocumentStyle:EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911.14:EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleId="EF2B578F1D15862ADE45B0C07C620911"docStyleName="EJT.2018-.journal_article.type1"docStyleVersion="14"docTitle="Temnothorax dahan Qian & Xu 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="446E22FD-1860-48C6-8FF5-9B6CCDC19299"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="4"lastPageNumber="19"masterDocId="4309FFCBFF9C2A4DFFDFA71369081E6A"masterDocTitle="Taxonomy of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species"masterLastPageNumber="97"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="16"updateTime="1718389995256"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="0C55FB860319D1A6FFA0CB35E310DBB5">Taxonomy of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="30C4FE7F46D27A4CC4E7090CD3B9F554">Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province, College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650224, China. & Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C92B81BCFFBC7235E8AE038FA59E2DFF">Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province, College of Biodiversity Conservation, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650224, China.</mods:affiliation>
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF932A42FDB1A2E66A6C187A"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[622,868,1525,1552]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="dahan"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF932A42FD2FA1286A4B183C"box="[752,835,1595,1622]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="16.[189,232,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1267,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-267@16.[189,1398,1267,1919]"captionTargetPageId="16"captionText="Fig. 10. Temnothorax dahan sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A19-6318). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639256"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639256/files/figure.png"pageId="15"pageNumber="16">Fig. 10</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="53084B54FF932A42FD19A1B86A5918AC"author="Forel A."box="[710,849,1707,1734]"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"pagination="334 - 382"refId="ref43319"refString="Forel A. 1901. Varietes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique 45: 334 - 382. https: // doi. org / 10.5281 / zenodo. 25583"type="journal article"year="1901">Forel, 1901</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF932A42FCB4A1B86AB718AC"box="[875,959,1707,1734]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="17.[189,232,1925,1951]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1341,1881]"captionTargetId="figure-290@17.[189,1398,1341,1881]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="Fig. 11. Temnothorax spinosior (Forel, 1901), syntype worker (MHNG). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view. Images cited fromwww.antweb.org, CASENT 0909021, photos by Zach Lieberman."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639258"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639258/files/figure.png"pageId="15"pageNumber="16">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species head dorsum finely longitudinally rugose, apices of antennal scapes surpass posterior head margin, mesosomal dorsum weakly convex, propodeal spines relatively shorter about 1.2 times as long as their basal width, and body color black; in
head dorsum coarsely longitudinally rugose, apices of antennal scapes just reaching to posterior head margin, mesosomal dorsum moderately convex, propodeal spines relatively longer about 2 times as long as their basal width, and body color blackish brown. The new species is also similar to
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF932A42FE3AA06C6B3319F3"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[485,571,1919,1945]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="chun"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF932A42FD71A06C6BFB19F3"box="[686,755,1918,1945]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="9.[189,232,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1440,1921]"captionTargetId="figure-261@9.[189,1398,1440,1921]"captionTargetPageId="9"captionText="Fig. 5. Temnothorax chun sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A13-38). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639238"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639238/files/figure.png"pageId="15"pageNumber="16">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum weakly convex in lateral view, pronotal sides finely rugose, propodeal spines straight, petiolar dorsum bluntly angled; in
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF932A42FD94A0D56BA819B5"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[587,672,1989,2015]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="15"pageNumber="16"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="chun">
dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum straight in lateral view, pronotal sides coarsely rugose, propodeal spines curved posteriorly, petiolar dorsum broadly rounded. This new species is also similar to
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF8C2A5DFD87A63E6BB61F2C"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[600,702,300,326]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="qiufen"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF8C2A5DFCEEA63F6A8E1F2C"box="[817,902,300,326]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="50.[189,232,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1400,1326,1915]"captionTargetId="figure-275@50.[189,1400,1324,1915]"captionTargetPageId="50"captionText="Fig. 33. Temnothorax qiufen sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A18-972). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639315"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639315/files/figure.png"pageId="16"pageNumber="17">Fig. 33</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species dorsum of mesonotum and propodeum weakly convex in lateral view, mesopleura loosely reticulate, anterior face of petiolar node almost straight; in
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF8C2A5DFDB9A6606BC51FE7"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[614,717,371,397]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="qiufen">
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FF8C2A5DFEFBA0B86B0719AF"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[292,527,1963,1989]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="16"pageNumber="17"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="dahan"status="sp. nov.">
<paragraphid="372636A5FF8D2A5CFF62A68F6A301C0C"blockId="17.[188,1399,412,614]"pageId="17"pageNumber="18">In full-face view head roughly rectangular, longer than broad, posterior margin nearly straight, posterior corner broad rounded, lateral margins weakly convex. Mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with 5 teeth. Clypeal dorsum weakly convex, with median carina, anterior margin weakly convex. Frontal lobes broad, concealing antennal sockets. Frontal carinae short, reaching to the level of midpoint of eyes. Antennae 12-segmented, scapes just reaching to posterior head margin. Eyes located at midpoint of lateral head margin, occupying ¼ of lateral margin.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="372636A5FF8D2A5CFF62A59D68B11DF7"blockId="17.[187,1401,653,926]"pageId="17"pageNumber="18">In lateral view pronotum moderately convex, promesonotal suture absent. Dorsa of mesonotum and propodeum slightly convex and gently sloping down posteriorly. Metanotal groove absent. Propodeal spines short, about as long as their basal width; declivity straight. Propodeal lobes rounded apically. Petiole with short anterior peduncle, about ⅓ length of petiolar node; petiolar node roughly triangular, anterior margin straight, posterior margin weakly convex, top corner blunt angled; ventral margin weakly concave posteriorly, anteroventral corner toothed. Postpetiole as high as petiole, anterodorsal margin roundly convex, posterior margin almost straight; ventral margin short and almost straight, anteroventral corner rightly angled.</paragraph>
. Body in dorsal view. Images cited from www.antweb.org, CASENT 0909021, photos by Zach Lieberman.
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<paragraphid="372636A5FF8E2A5FFF62A61A68AD1CCC"blockId="18.[188,1401,265,679]"pageId="18"pageNumber="19">Mandible longitudinally striate. Head dorsum longitudinally rugose with interweaved fine rugulae between the main rugae, and gradually reticulate laterally, interface abundantly punctate. Clypeus with three longitudinal rugae on each side, interface smooth. Dorsum of mesosoma coarsely reticulate, dorsum of mesonotum relatively smooth in the center. Pronotal sides coarsely reticulate anteriorly and longitudinally rugose and micro-reticulate posteriorly. Mesopleura coarsely reticulate anteriorly and micro-reticulate posteriorly; metapleura and propodeal sides densely reticulate. Petiole and postpetiole densely punctate. Gaster smooth and shiny. Head dorsum with sparse erect to suberect apically blunt short hairs and dense decumbent pubescence; mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole with sparse suberect apically blunt short hairs and sparse decumbent pubescence; gaster with abundant suberect apically blunt short hairs and abundant decumbent pubescence. Scapes with dense decumbent pubescence; tibiae with abundant decumbent pubescence. Body color brownish black; mandibles, antennae and legs brown to brownish yellow.</paragraph>
This new species inhabits subalpine moist evergreen broadleaf forest (
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF8E2A5FFC2DA4B46D531DAB"box="[1010,1115,935,961]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="86.[189,232,1227,1253]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,265,1169]"captionTargetId="figure-17@86.[189,1398,265,1169]"captionTargetPageId="86"captionText="Fig. 69. Middle elevational vegetations. A. Pinus densata Masters forest (2750 m, Bomi, Tibet). B. Pinus armandi Franch. forest (2557 m, Qiaojia, Yunnan). C. Subalpine moist evergreen broadleaf forest (2500 m, Lushui, Yunnan). D. Conifer-broadleaf mixed forest (2500 m, Huaping, Yunnan). E. Moss evergreen broadleaf forest (2450 m. Cangyuan, Yunnan). F. Warm conifer forest (2230 m, Huili, Sichuan). G. Dry-warm valley shrubland (2230 m, Muli, Sichuan). H. Semi-evergreen broadleaf forest (2050 m, Danba, Sichuan). I. Pinus yunnanensis forest (2030 m, Huaping, Yunnan). Photos by Zheng-Hui Xu."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639434"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639434/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="19">Fig. 69C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FF8E2A5FFECFA4D968671D8E"box="[272,367,970,996]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="86.[189,232,1227,1253]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,265,1169]"captionTargetId="figure-17@86.[189,1398,265,1169]"captionTargetPageId="86"captionText="Fig. 69. Middle elevational vegetations. A. Pinus densata Masters forest (2750 m, Bomi, Tibet). B. Pinus armandi Franch. forest (2557 m, Qiaojia, Yunnan). C. Subalpine moist evergreen broadleaf forest (2500 m, Lushui, Yunnan). D. Conifer-broadleaf mixed forest (2500 m, Huaping, Yunnan). E. Moss evergreen broadleaf forest (2450 m. Cangyuan, Yunnan). F. Warm conifer forest (2230 m, Huili, Sichuan). G. Dry-warm valley shrubland (2230 m, Muli, Sichuan). H. Semi-evergreen broadleaf forest (2050 m, Danba, Sichuan). I. Pinus yunnanensis forest (2030 m, Huaping, Yunnan). Photos by Zheng-Hui Xu."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639434"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639434/files/figure.png"pageId="18"pageNumber="19">Fig. 69I</figureCitation>
