Temnothorax baeticus

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Temnothorax baeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. baeticus
Binomial name
Temnothorax baeticus
(Emery, 1924)

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Specimen Label

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.699722° to 36.056389°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Spain (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

Nomenclature

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

  • baeticus. Leptothorax baeticus Emery, 1924c: 165, fig. A (w.) SPAIN. Santschi, 1931a: 5 (q., name misspelled as boeticus); Tinaut, 1989: 51 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

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.
  • Emery, C. 1924c. Formiche di Spagna raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 17: 164-171 (page 165, fig. A worker described)
  • 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 5, queen described)
  • Tinaut, A. 1989a. Descripción del macho de Leptothorax baeticus Emery, 1924 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouv. Rev. Entomol. (n.s.) 6: 51-55 (page 51, male described)

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.
  • Carpintero, S., A. Tinaut, A. Herrera Grao, and M. Ferreras Romero. "Estudio faunístico y ecológico de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la cuenca superior del río Hozgarganta (Parque Natural de los Alconocales, Cádiz)." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 24 (3-4) (2000): 124-138.
  • Tinaut, A. "Descripción del macho de Leptothorax baeticus Emery, 1924." Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (n.s.)6 (1) (1989): 51-55.