Temnothorax alpinus

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

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Georgia, 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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0906171. Photographer Cerise Chen, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • alpinus. Leptothorax alpinus Ruzsky, 1902d: 22 (w.) RUSSIA.
    • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
    • Subspecies of tuberum: Ruzsky, 1905b: 598.
    • Revived status as species: Radchenko, 1994d: 150 (in key); Radchenko, 1996c: 17.
    • Senior synonym of werneri: Radchenko, Yusupov & Fedoseeva, 2015: 163.
  • werneri. Leptothorax werneri Radchenko, 1994i: 24, fig. 2 (w.) CAUCASUS.
    • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
    • Junior synonym of alpinus: Radchenko, Yusupov & Fedoseeva, 2015: 163.
    • See also: Radchenko, 1994d: 149.

Type Material

Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax alpinus: Lectotype (w.) (CASENT09090410): [L. tuberum | v. alpinus | Ruzsky || Lectotype | Leptothorax alpinus | Ruzsky, 1902 | det. A. Schulz & M. Verhaagh 1999 || Cotypus || r. L. alpinus | Ruzsky || Coll. Forel. | ANTWEB | CASENT | 0909041 || Kaukasus, | unreadible written] (MHNG).


Description

References

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.
  • Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. 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.
  • Gratiashvili N., Barjadze S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23: 130-146.
  • Radchenko A. G., Z. M. Yusupov, and E. B. Fedoseeva. 2015. Taxonomic notes for some Caucasian Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with descriptions of three new species. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11(1): 161-167.