Temnothorax corticalis

Temnothorax corticalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species group:	corticalis
Species:	T. corticalis
Binomial name
Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck, 1852) Specimen Label

In Greece this arboreal species is associated with deciduous forests (Salata & Borowiec, 2019).

Identification

Pale reddish brown with the head and gaster usually darker. antennae unicolorous brown; alitrunk and head finely longitudinally striate but general appearance shining. Propodeal spines reduced to very short denticles; petiole node triangular in profile with dorsal area reduced or absent. Length: 2.5-3.2 mm (Collingwood 1979).

Distribution

Central Europe, rare, recorded only from Sweden, Spain, France, North Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany and Belgium (Collingwood 1979).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 59.987998° to 35.234715°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Georgia, Germany (type locality), Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine.

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.

Biology

Collingwood (1979) - This is a little known rare Central European species. It is a bark inhabitant and Forsslund (1957a) found it nesting in old oak trees inhabited by Lasius brunneus (Latr.). Only worker samples were seen. Douwes (1976a) records workers taken on Öland on oak and in a fallen branch. The species appears to be closely related to Temnothorax nylanderi which has similar habits.

Flight Period

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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Life History Traits

• Queen number: monogynous (Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)

Nomenclature

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

• corticalis. Myrmica corticalis Schenck, 1852: 100 (w.q.) GERMANY. [Also described as new in Schenck, 1853: 187.] Stitz, 1914: 63 (m.). Combination in Leptothorax: Mayr, 1855: 440; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of tuberum: Forel, 1874: 85; André, 1883a: 16; Ruzsky, 1902d: 21; Bondroit, 1910: 497; Stitz, 1914: 63. Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 123; Bondroit, 1912: 351; Donisthorpe, 1915d: 160; Bondroit, 1918: 124; Emery, 1924d: 253; Karavaiev, 1934: 136; Stitz, 1939: 174; Novak & Sadil, 1941: 91; Kutter, 1977c: 131; Collingwood, 1979: 74; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 137.

Type Material

Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax corticalis: Syntype (w.) (FOCOL2016): [Nassau || corticalis | Schenck || Leptothorax | corticalis | Schenck || GBIFD/FoCol | 2016 | specimen + label | data documented || 29890 || Type] (ZMHB).

Description

Karyotype

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• n = 12 (Germany) (Fischer, 1987) (as Leptothorax corticalis).
• n = 9 (Crozier, 1975) (as Leptothorax corticalis).

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