Temnothorax atlantis

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Temnothorax atlantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species group: angustulus
Species: T. atlantis
Binomial name
Temnothorax atlantis
(Santschi, 1911)

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.533333° to 32.249974°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Portugal, Spain.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Leptothorax angustulus bruneaWorker. Specimen code casent0912895. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • atlantis. Leptothorax atlantis Santschi, 1911a: 13, fig. 9 (w.) ALGERIA.
    • Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 277 (q.m.).
    • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
    • Subspecies of normandi: Santschi, 1921b: 426.
    • Subspecies of angustulus: Cagniant, 1970a: 420; Bolton, 1995b: 236.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 253; Bernard, 1945: 134; Cagniant, 1964: 105; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 276; Cagniant, 2006a: 198; Borowiec, L. 2014: 173.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Cagniant, H. and X. Espadaler. 1997. Les Leptothorax, Epimyrma et Chalepoxenus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 259-284
  • Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines: Aphaenogaster baronii n. sp. (Hyménoptères, Formicoidea, Myrmicidae)." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 124 (1988): 43-50.
  • Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
  • Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
  • Galkowski C., and H. Cagniant. 2017. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis du groupe angustulus dans le genre Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l’Association Roussillonnaise d’Entomologie 26(4): 180-191.
  • Santschi, F. 1911. Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 2: 11-14.
  • Santschi, F. "Formicides nouveaux de l'Afrique Mineure (4e note)." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 2 (1911): 11-14.