Temnothorax anodontoides
Temnothorax anodontoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Temnothorax |
Species group: | anodontoides |
Species: | T. anodontoides |
Binomial name | |
Temnothorax anodontoides (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985) |
Schulz et al. (2007) recorded this species from mainland Greece but with some doubts on full conspecifity of Greek and Asian populations (Borowiec, 2014).
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Turkmenistan (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- anodontoides. Leptothorax anodontoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 227, fig. 5 (w.) TURKMENIA. Radchenko, 1995d: 8 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax anodontoides: Syntype (w.): [Paratypus Leptoth. | anodontoides | Dlussky et Zabelin || 81-171 || C. Забеицш | Колег-Даг |Кара-су 6.V.81] (UASK).
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 227, fig. 5 worker described)
- Radchenko, A. G. 1995h. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 3. Groups nylanderi, korbi, nassonovi, and susamyri. Vestn. Zool. 4: 3-11 (page 8, male described)
- Radchenko, A.G., Yusupov, Z.M., Fedoseeva, E.B. 2015. Taxonomic notes for some Caucasian Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with descriptions of three new species. Caucasian Entomomological Bulletin 11: 161–167.
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2022. A review of the Temnothorax anodontoides species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Greece. ZooKeys 1091: 139-159 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1091.79085).
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on the endemism of ant fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808 (DOI 10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004).
- Schulz A., Heinze J., Pusch K. 2007. Description of two new Temnothorax species (Hymenoptera: formicidae) from Italy. Zootaxa 1471: 1-14.
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.
- Kuznetsov G. T. 1990. Comparative analysis of Hymenoptera (Formicidae) population on altitudinal zones of central Kopetdag. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR. Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(3): 64-67.