Temnothorax curtulus

Temnothorax curtulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. curtulus
Binomial name
Temnothorax curtulus (Santschi, 1929) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.0019623° to 30.4°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (type locality), Spain.

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

Association with Other Organisms

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Other Ants

• This species is a host for the ant Temnothorax algerianus (a dulotic parasite) (Cagniant, 1969; Buschinger et al., 1990).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Leptothorax tebessae gentilis. Worker. Specimen code casent0912923. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.

• curtulus. Leptothorax tebessae st. curtulus Santschi, 1929e: 158, fig. 7 (w.) MOROCCO.
  • Cagniant, 1970a: 426 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
  • Raised to species: Cagniant, 1970a: 425.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus gentilis.
  • See also: Cagniant, 1987c: 249; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 276.

References

• Cagniant H., Espadaler X. 1997. Les Leptothorax, Epimyrma et Chalepoxenus du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Clé et catalogue des espèces. Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 33:259–84. (page 276, see also)
• Báthori, F., Seifert, B., Heinze, J., Kiran, K., Karaman, C., Csősz, S. 2024. Taxonomy of the Palearctic socially parasitic Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0308712 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308712).
• 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. 1969b ("1968"). Du nouveau sur la répartition des Epimyrma d'Algérie (Hyménoptères - Formicidae - Myrmicinae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104:427-429.
• Cagniant, H. 1970a [1969]. Deuxième liste de fourmis d'Algérie récoltées principalement en forêt. (1re partie). Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 105: 405-430 (page 426, queen, male described; page 425, Raised to species)
• Cagniant, H. 1987c [1986]. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Leptothorax personatus n. sp. (Hym. Formicoidea). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 91: 243-250 (page 249, see also)
• Catarineu, C., Barberá, G.G., Reyes-López, J.L. 2018. Zoogeography of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of southeastern Iberian Peninsula. Sociobiology 65, 383-396 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.2822).
• Santschi, F. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 69: 138-165 (page 158, fig. 7 worker described)
• Tinaut, A., Reyes-Lopez, J. 2020. Descripción de una nueva especie para la península ibérica: Temnothorax alfacarensis n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 44 (3-4): 359-378.

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.
• Buschinger, A., K. Jessen, and H. Cagniant. "The life history of Epimyrma algeriana, a slave-making ant with facultative polygyny (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)." Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.)33 (1990): 23-49.
• Cagniant, H. 1968. Liste preliminaire de fourmis forestieres d'Algerie. Resultats obtenus de 1963 a 1964. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 104: 138-147
• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Cagniant, H. "Note sur les peuplements de fourmis en forêt d'Algérie." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 108 (1973): 386-390.
• Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
• Obregon R., J. Lopez, J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2014. A catalogue of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sierra Mágina (Jaén, southern Spain). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 54: 370–374.
• Reyes-Lopez J. L., and S. Carpintero-Ortega. 2013. Descripcion de Temnothorax bejaraniensis nov. sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), una nueva especie para la Peninsula Iberica. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 52: 23-28.
• Reyes-López J. L., and S. Carpintero Ortega. 2013. Descripción de Temnothorax bejaraniensis nov. sp. (Hym., Formicidae), una nueva especie para la península Ibérica. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 52: 23-28.
• Sanchez-Gil Jimeno R., and J. L. Reyes-Lopez. 2016. Study of ants species of the Sierra de San Carlos del Valle (Ciudad Real) and updating the provincial check list (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent. 40 (1-2): 93-109.
• Taheri A., J. Reyes-Lopez, and N. Bennas. 2014. Contribution a l'etude de la fauna myrmecologique du parc national de Talassemtane (nord du Maroc): biodiversite, biogeographie et especes indicatrices. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), 54: 225–236.