Temnothorax conatensis

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Temnothorax conatensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species group: nylanderi
Species complex: sordidulus
Species: T. conatensis
Binomial name
Temnothorax conatensis
Galkowski & Lebas, 2016

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This species was discovered in the Conat Nature Reserve within the Eastern Pyrenees of eastern France. The ants were found in areas that that were open and dominated by limestone rock, with colonies nesting either in fissures in the rock or under mossy cover interspersed on the sloped rock faces. Nest size appears to be small. Fifty workers were found in the the largest of the three nests that were best excavated (there was some difficulty in finding the entire nest due to the rock).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.611039° to 42.611039°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality).

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

Queen

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Nomenclature

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

  • conatensis. Temnothorax conatensis Galkowski & Lebas, 2016: 82, figs. 3-5 (w.q.) FRANCE.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Galkowski and Lebas 2016.
Galkowski and Lebas 2016.

Queen

Galkowski and Lebas 2016.

Type Material

Galkowski and Lebas 2016.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Galkowski C., and C. Lebas. 2016. Temnothorax conatensis nov. sp., décrite des Pyrenees-Orientales (France) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l’Association Roussillonnaise d’Entomologie 25(2): 80-87.
  • Garcia Garcia F., X. Espadaler Gelabert, A. D. Cuesta-Segura, and D. Sanchez-Garcia. 2019. First iberian record for Temnothorax conatensis Galkowski & Lebas, 2016, and update of the distribution for Temnothorax grouvellei (Bondroit, 1918) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Iberomyrmex 10: 22-27.