Temnothorax desioi

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Temnothorax desioi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. desioi
Binomial name
Temnothorax desioi
(Menozzi, 1939)

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Specimen Label

Subspecies

Temnothorax desioi inhabits an elevational range of 3000–4300 m, and has been collected from meadows, the edges of springs, and rocky, vegetated slopes. It has been associated with Tamarix, Salix, Juniperus, Ephedra and Artemesia (Menozzi 1939) (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.48611° to 32.48611°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.

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.

  • desioi. Leptothorax (Leptothorax) desioi Menozzi, 1939a: 303, figs. 7, 8 (w.q.m.) INDIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Current subspecies: nominal plus melanicus.

Type Material

Syntypes, worker, queen and male, Spedizione Karakorum, Askole (Braldo) (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano) [Images of CASENT0904558 Syntype worker examined by Rasheed et al., 2020].

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
  • Menozzi C. 1939. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 78: 285-345.
  • Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.