Temnothorax, Mayr, 1861

Hamer, Matthew T., Lee, Roger H. & Guénard, Benoit, 2023, First record of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Hong Kong, with descriptions of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 879 (1), pp. 116-135 : 129

Adapted key to Temnothorax of China

Here, we adapt couplet 15 from Zhou et al. (2010), where both new species from Hong Kong key to, and introduce more characters to differentiate new species. Subsequent couplets within Zhou et al. (2010) are not affected.

Couplet 15. from Zhou et al. (2010);

15a. Dorsum of head and mesosoma predominately glabrate; mesosoma outline with mesopropodeal depression present and conspicuous ( Hong Kong) ........................................................................... ..................................................................... Temnothorax haveni Lee, Hamer & Guénard sp. nov.

– Dorsum of head and mesosoma not predominately glabrate; mesopropodeal depression absent .... ..................................................................................................................................................... 15b

15b. Size larger, WL> 1.5; dorsum of head and mesosoma longitudinally rugose or striate (Hunan) .... ....................................................................................... Temnothorax ruginosus Zhou et al., 2010

– Size smaller, WL <1.0; dorsum of head and mesosoma not longitudinally rugose or striate ….15c

15c. Dorsum of head densely punctuate; mesosoma dorsum densely punctuate (Zhejiang) ................... .................................................................................. Temnothorax zhejiangensis Zhou et al., 2010

– Dorsum of head areolate-rugose; mesosoma dorsum scarcely punctuate, few punctae scattered between areolae ( Hong Kong) ......................... Temnothorax barrettoi Hamer & Guénard sp. nov.