<documentid="8A1E5F9FB1175D81C2857444B02C4538"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="BF3087B3FFBB2A64FDA6A61B68E81D88"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 liqiu Qian & Xu 2024, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="881EBF56-A5A6-463C-88A0-7A3426F19DAE"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="5"lastPageNumber="42"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="40"updateTime="1718389995256"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-figures="CC-BY-4.0"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="BE6F2EFD5E04F3D48120DE554087DA60">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="2026ED544465A861E7BEF8A9F153C93D">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="BD64946F3531F798CB0CCB3F3CD794E6">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="F0994D26FFBB2A6AFDA6A61B6A511F49"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[633,857,264,291]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="39"pageNumber="40"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="liqiu"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFBB2A6AFD2FA65C6A4B1F03"box="[752,835,335,361]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="40.[189,232,1962,1988]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1300,1919]"captionTargetId="figure-320@40.[189,1398,1300,1919]"captionTargetPageId="40"captionText="Fig. 27. Temnothorax liqiu sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU C18-795). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639295"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639295/files/figure.png"pageId="39"pageNumber="40">Fig. 27</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FFBB2A6AFDFCA6D36B931FB3"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[547,667,447,473]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="39"pageNumber="40"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="xiaoshu"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFBB2A6AFCCFA6AC6A6F1FB3"box="[784,871,447,473]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="61.[189,230,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1448,1921]"captionTargetId="figure-350@61.[189,1398,1448,1921]"captionTargetPageId="61"captionText="Fig. 38. Temnothorax xiaoshu sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A99-24). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639332"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639332/files/figure.png"pageId="39"pageNumber="40">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species head dorsum and mesosoma finely reticulate, in lateral view petiolar node roughly trapezoidal with broadly rounded dorsum, and body color reddish brown, head blackish brown; in
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head dorsum and mesosoma coarsely reticulate, in lateral view petiolar node roughly conical with narrowly rounded dorsum, and body color orange, gaster blackish brown. The new species is also similar to
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FFBB2A6AFBE1A55E6DA81C0C"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[1086,1184,588,614]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="39"pageNumber="40"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="dashu"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFBB2A6AFACEA55F6C601C0C"box="[1297,1384,588,614]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="19.[189,232,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1363,1920]"captionTargetId="figure-335@19.[189,1398,1363,1920]"captionTargetPageId="19"captionText="Fig. 12. Temnothorax dashu sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A13-479). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639260"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639260/files/figure.png"pageId="39"pageNumber="40">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species propodeal spines shortly toothed and weakly longer than their basal width in lateral view, metanotal groove obviously impressed, head dorsum weakly reticulate posteriorly; in
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propodeal spines acutely angled and shorter than their basal width in lateral view, metanotal groove slightly impressed, head dorsum strongly reticulate posteriorly. This new species is also similar to
<taxonomicNameid="F0994D26FFBB2A6AFF02A5EE68531D7C"authority="Qian & Xu, 2024"authorityName="Qian & Xu"authorityYear="2024"box="[221,347,764,790]"class="Insecta"family="Formicidae"genus="Temnothorax"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="39"pageNumber="40"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="xiaohan"status="sp. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFBB2A6AFE0EA5EF6B231D7C"box="[465,555,764,790]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="57.[189,232,1963,1989]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,1462,1922]"captionTargetId="figure-380@57.[189,1398,1462,1922]"captionTargetPageId="57"captionText="Fig. 36. Temnothorax xiaohan sp. nov., holotype worker (SWFU A07-543). A. Head in full-face view. B. Body in lateral view. C. Body in dorsal view."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639328"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639328/files/figure.png"pageId="39"pageNumber="40">Fig. 36</figureCitation>
), but differs in the new species metanotal groove obviously impressed in lateral view, petiolar node symmetrical and nearly trapezoidal, pronotal sides reticulate, head dorsum weakly reticulate posteriorly; in
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<collectingDateid="5363E98DFFBB2A6AFD3EA13B6A8D1828"box="[737,901,1576,1603]"pageId="39"pageNumber="40"value="2013-03-15">15 Mar. 2013</collectingDate>
<paragraphid="372636A5FFB42A65FF62A61A6C0E1FB9"blockId="40.[189,1399,265,467]"pageId="40"pageNumber="41">In full-face view head roughly rectangular, longer than broad, posterior and lateral margins weakly convex, posterior corners broadly rounded. Mandibles triangular, masticatory margin with 5 teeth. Clypeal dorsum weakly convex, with median carina, anterior margin moderately convex. Frontal lobes narrow, concealing half of antennal socket. Frontal carinae short, reaching to the level of anterior eye margin. Antennae 12-segmented, scapes surpassing posterior head margin by 1/7 of its length, club 3-segmented. Eyes located at midpoint of lateral head margin, occupying ¼ of lateral margin.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="372636A5FFB42A65FF62A6E86B841D1E"blockId="40.[188,1401,506,884]"pageId="40"pageNumber="41">In lateral view pronotum moderately convex, promesonotal suture absent. Mesonotum almost straight anteriorly and weakly convex posteriorly. Metanotal groove widely moderately impressed and distinct. Dorsum of propodeum straight and sloping down posteriorly; propodeal spines short and roughly triangular, about as long as their basal width, pointed posterodorsally; declivity weakly concave, shorter than dorsum; propodeal lobes small and rounded apically. Petiole with long anterior peduncle, about as long as petiolar node; petiolar node roughly trapezoidal and narrowed dorsally, anterior margin straight, dorsal margin weakly convex and gently sloping down posteriorly, posterior margin short and weakly convex, anterodorsal corner narrowly rounded, posterodorsal corner broadly rounded; ventral margin almost straight and weakly concave posteriorly, anteroventral corner shortly toothed. Postpetiole about as high as petiole, weakly inclined anteriorly, anterodorsal margin roundly convex, posterior margin straight, ventral margin almost straight.</paragraph>
<paragraphid="372636A5FFB42A65FF62A48F6DF31AE3"blockId="40.[189,1400,924,1162]"pageId="40"pageNumber="41">In dorsal view pronotum broadest, anterior margin weakly convex, humeral corners broadly rounded, lateral margin strongly convex. Promesotonal suture absent. Mesothorax moderately constricted, lateral margins moderately concave. Metanotal groove widely impressed. Propodeum roughly square and weakly widening posteriorly, lateral margins almost straight; spines short, pointed posterolaterally. Petiole roughly trapezoidal and widening posteriorly, longer than broad, lateral margins weakly convex. Postpetiole roughly trapezoidal and narrowing posteriorly, about 1.4 times as broad as petiole, anterolateral corners narrowly rounded, lateral margins nearly straight. Gaster elongate oval.</paragraph>
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<paragraphid="372636A5FFB52A64FF62A61A68EA1C7C"blockId="41.[189,1400,265,534]"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Mandibles longitudinally striate. Head dorsum longitudinally rugose anteriorly with rugae divergent posteriorly, and gradually reticulate posteriorly and laterally, interface densely punctate. Clypeus with three rugae on each side. Mesosomal dorsum reticulate; pronotal sides and mesopleura reticulate, metapleura longitudinally rugose; sides of propodeum, petiole and postpetiole finely reticulate. Gaster smooth and shiny. Body dorsum with abundant erect to suberect apically blunt short hairs and abundant decumbent pubescence, pubescence on head dorsum relatively denser; scapes and tibiae with dense subdecumbent to decumbent pubescence. Body color yellowish brown; head dorsum and first gastral segment blackish brown.</paragraph>
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFB52A64FCD4A4006A711D47"box="[779,889,787,813]"captionStart="Fig"captionStartId="85.[189,230,1698,1724]"captionTargetBox="[189,1398,266,1639]"captionTargetId="figure-12@85.[189,1398,266,1639]"captionTargetPageId="85"captionText="Fig. 68. Higher elevational vegetations. A. Alpine shrubland (3815 m, Yushu, Qinghai). B. Pinus wallichiana A.B.Jacks. forest (3550 m, Bomi, Tibet). C. Betula albosinensis Burkill forest (3480 m, Ganzi, Sichuan). D. Quercus semecarpifolia Sm. forest (3250 m, Bomi, Tibet). E. Alpine conifer forest (3250 m, Yanyuan, Sichuan). F. Alpine Rhododendron L. forest (3250 m, Luquan, Yunnan). Photos by Zheng-Hui Xu."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11639432"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/11639432/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 68E</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFB52A64FB0BA4006C301D47"box="[1236,1336,787,813]"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="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 69I</figureCitation>
) and conifer-broadleaf mixed forest (
<figureCitationid="AFA22A20FFB52A64FDE8A4256BAB1D3A"box="[567,675,822,848]"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="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 69D</figureCitation>
