Temnothorax alinae

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Temnothorax alinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. alinae
Binomial name
Temnothorax alinae
(Radchenko, 1994)

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T. alinae was found in a nest of Leptothorax acervorum in a Larix forest. It may be a social parasite of the latter species, but this question needs additional investigations. (Radchenko 2004)

Identification

Radchenko (2004) - Superficially T. alinae is similar to the species of the genus Leptothorax, particularly to Leptothorax muscorum and Leptothorax scamni, but well differs from them by its 12-segmented antennae.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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

Nomenclature

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

  • alinae. Leptothorax alinae Radchenko, 1994i: 31, fig. 6 (w.) RUSSIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. See also: Radchenko, 1994d: 153.

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

Description

Type Material

6 workers (holotype and paratypes), “Primorsky Region, Ussuriysky Distr., Shufanskoye plateau, Larix forest, 8.vi.1973, leg. A. KUPYANSKAYA” (Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, BPI, Institute of Zoology of the Ukranian National Academy of Sciences).

Etymology

This species was dedicated to Alina Kupyanskaya, a well-known Russian myrmecologist.

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Radchenko A. 2004. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the eastern Palaearctic. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50:109-137.