Temnothorax desioi melanicus

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

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Temnothorax of India

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).

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

melanicus. Leptothorax desioi var. melanica Menozzi, 1939a: 307 (w.) INDIA.

Description

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 307, worker d*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).

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