Temnothorax schurri

Temnothorax schurri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. schurri
Binomial name
Temnothorax schurri (Forel, 1902) Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Temnothorax of India

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• schurri. Leptothorax rothneyi r. schurri Forel, 1902c: 231 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of schurri: Emery, 1924d: 257. Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 244.

Description

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from (Bingham 1903)

Worker

Black, the mandibles, antennae and legs reddish brown. Head longitudinally rugose, punctured, opaque, thorax and pedicel more densely punctured and opaque, abdomen smooth and shining; pilosity pale, tolerably plentiful; antennae and tibiae of the legs with short pubescence. Head without the mandibles broadly oval, the sides convex; mandibles triangular, minutely longitudinally striate and pubescent; clypeus convex in the middle, its anterior margin somewhat rounded; antennae short, the scape extending just to the top of the head, the club of the flagellum very distinct; eyes rather large, situated about the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax level, rounded above, the meso-metanotal suture distinct but not deep or wide; metanotal spines short, stout and erect. Pedicel: the 1st node without any distinct petiole in front, but the joint of the pedicel with a curved slope to the flat apex of the node, which is acute in front; 2nd node subquadrate with the angles rounded, broader than the 1st node but not so high; abdomen broadly oval.

Length: 2.5 mm

Habitat: Recorded so far only from Pachmarhi, Central India (Schurr)

References

• Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 218, Raised to species)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 244, Raised to species)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
• Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 257, Subspecies of schurri)
• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 231, worker described)
• Yusupov, Z.M., Dubovikoff, D.A., Lopatina, E.B. 2020. Temnothorax kipyatkovi sp. n. – a new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16, 353–357 (doi:10.23885/181433262020162-353357).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
• Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.