Temnothorax pakistanensis

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Temnothorax pakistanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. pakistanensis
Binomial name
Temnothorax pakistanensis
Rasheed, Bodlah, Magomedovich, Fareen, Bodlah, Prebus & Wachkoo, 2020

A single colony of newly recorded species was collected from under a large stone in a thick pine forest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Himalayan range of Pakistan. Several individuals were observed foraging on small grasses alongside ants of the genus Myrmica. The nesting site was located a few meters away from a roadside. The collection locality has sufficient water sources, low temperature, high humidity, and low human activity (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Identification

This species most resembles Temnothorax himachalensis, but can be distinguished by nearly rectangular head, long and distinct petiolar peduncle, smooth areas between rugae, longer propodeal spines and rounded postpetiole in dorsal view. Workers of T. himachalensis have subrectangular head, shorter peduncle, sculpture minutely microreticulate between small patches of rugae, relatively shorter propodeal spines and trapezoidal postpetiole in dorsal view.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Known only from the Himalayan type locality, Khanspur village, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Pakistan (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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • pakistanensis. Temnothorax pakistanensis Rasheed et al., 2020: 377, figs. 3A–3D, 4A–4C (w.q.) PAKISTAN.

Etymology

From the type locality.

References