Temnothorax anacanthus

Temnothorax anacanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. anacanthus
Binomial name
Temnothorax anacanthus (Santschi, 1912) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Temnothorax anacanthus maximus Santschi, 1931
Synonyms
Leptothorax hesperius inermis Santschi, 1909

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 33.516667° to 30.457778°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Temnothorax anacanthus maximus. Worker. Specimen code casent0912892. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• inermis. Leptothorax hesperius st. inermis Santschi, 1909b: 468, fig. 2 (w.q.) MOROCCO. [Junior primary homonym of inermis Forel, above.] Replacement name: anacanthus Santschi, 1912c: 149.
• anacanthus. Leptothorax hesperius st. anacanthus Santschi, 1912c: 149. Replacement name for inermis Santschi, 1909b: 468. [Junior primary homonym of inermis Forel, 1902c: 229.] Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 281 (m.). Raised to species: Santschi, 1931a: 6. Current subspecies: nominal plus maximus.

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.
• Cagniant, H.; Espadaler, X. 1997. Les Leptothorax, Epimyrma et Chalepoxenus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 259-284 (page 281, male described)
• Santschi, F. 1909c. Leptothorax rottenbergi et espèces voisines. Rev. Suisse Zool. 17: 459-482 (page 468, [Junior primary homonym of inermis Forel, 1902c: 229.]

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• Santschi, F. 1912c. Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis africaines. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 3: 147-149 (page 149, Replacement name for inermis)
• Santschi, F. 1931a. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg. Comment. Biol. 3(1 14: 1-13 (page 6, Raised to species)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Cagniant, H. and X. Espadaler. 1997. Les Leptothorax, Epimyrma et Chalepoxenus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Clé et catalogue des espèces. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (n.s.) 33: 259-284
• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.