Temnothorax desioi

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) Specimen Label
Subspecies
Temnothorax desioi melanicus Menozzi, 1939

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

• Key to Temnothorax of India
• Key to Temnothorax of Pakistan
• Key to Leptothorax and Temnothorax of China

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.48611° to 32.48611°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

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].

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
• Menozzi, C. 1939a. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 78: 285-345 (page 303, figs. 7, 8 worker, queen, male described)
• Qian, Y.-H., Xu, Z.-H. 2024. Taxonomy of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species. European Journal of Taxonomy 936, 1-97 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.936.2569).
• Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
• Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Magomedovich, Y.Z., Fareen, A.G., Bodlah, M.A., Prebus, M., Wachkoo, A.A. 2020. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Pakistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 44:375-381 (doi:10.3906/zoo-2003-54).
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).
• Yusupov, Z.M., Dubovikoff, D.A., Lopatina, E.B. 2020. Temnothorax kipyatkovi sp. n. – a new species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 16, 353–357 (doi:10.23885/181433262020162-353357).

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.