Leptothorax unifasciatus tauricus

Leptothorax unifasciatus tauricus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax unifasciatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Leptothorax unifasciatus tauricus Ruzsky, 1902 Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax unifasciatus.

Nomenclature

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

• tauricus. Leptothorax unifasciatus var. tauricus Ruzsky, 1902d: 22 (w.) UKRAINE.
  • Type-material: neotype worker (by designation of Radchenko, 1995c: 16).
  • Type-locality: Ukraine: Crimea, Yaila, above Magarach (no collector’s name).
  • [Note: Radchenko does not give any data for the neotype, which is here assumed to have the same locality as the original syntypes (Yaila, above Magarach) but perhaps not the original collector (Karavaiev).]
  • Type-depository: SIZK (neotype).
  • Karavaiev, 1927a: 292 (q.); Radchenko, 1995c: 16 (m.).
  • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Ruzsky, 1905b: 596; Emery, 1924d: 257; Karavaiev, 1927a: 291.
  • Subspecies of unifasciatus: Arnol'di, 1977a: 202; Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 542 (in key).
  • Status as species: Radchenko, 1994d: 157 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 245; Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Bolton, 2003: 271; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 25; Borowiec, L. 2014: 191; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Bračko, 2019: 173.
  • Senior synonym of babuganicus: Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Radchenko, 2016: 228.
  • Senior synonym of pithyusae: Radchenko, 1994d: 157 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 245; Radchenko, 1995c: 16; Radchenko, 2016: 228.
  • Junior synonym of unifasciatus: Csosz et al., 2024: 11.
  • Distribution: Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Ukraine.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977a. New and little known ant species of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the European USSR and the Caucasus. Entomol. Obozr. 56: 198-204. (page 202, Subspecies of unifasciatus)
• Beibl, J., Buschinger, A., Foitzik, S., Heinze, J. 2007. Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Mediterranean species of the parasitic ant genus Chalepoxenus and its Temnothorax hosts. Insectes Sociaux 54, 189-199 (doi:10.1007/s00040-007-0932-y).
• 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.
• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2021. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Western Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 30: 1-23 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.5571258).
• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2022. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Thassos Island, Greece. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 31 (online 2): 1-15 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6123287).
• Bračko, G. 2019. New data on the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Azerbaijan. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15, 165–175 (doi:10.23885/181433262019151-165175).
• Csősz, S., Alicata, A., Báthori, F., Galkowski, C., Schifani, E., Yusupov, Z., Herczeg, G., Prebus, M.M. 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals inflated biodiversity in the European Temnothorax unifasciatus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta 2024;00:1–17 (doi:10.1111/zsc.12690).
• Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
• Karavaiev, V. 1927a [1926]. Übersicht der Ameisenfauna der Krim nebst einigen Neubeschreibungen. Konowia 5: 281-303 (page 292, queen described)
• Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Antonova, V. 2022. An updated checklist of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, after 130 years of research. Biodiversity Data Journal 10, e95599 (doi:10.3897/bdj.10.e95599).
• Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(7-8 8: 146-158 (page 157, Raised to species, and senior synonym of pithyusae (in key))
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 2. Groups tuberum, corticalis, affinis, clypeatus, alinae and singularis. Vestn. Zool. 2-3: 14-21 (page 16, male described)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 2. Groups tuberum, corticalis, affinis, clypeatus, alinae and singularis. Vestn. Zool. 2-3: 14-21 (page 16, Raised to species, and senior synonym of pithyusae)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 2. Groups tuberum, corticalis, affinis, clypeatus, alinae and singularis. Vestn. Zool. 2-3: 14-21 (page 16, Senior synonym of babuganicus)
• Ruzsky, M. 1902d. Material on the ant fauna of the Caucasus and the Crimea. Protok. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 206(su suppl: 1-33 (page 22, worker described)
• Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).