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Temnothorax dessyi
| Temnothorax dessyi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species group: | angustulus |
| Species: | T. dessyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax dessyi (Menozzi, 1936)
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In Greece is a very distinct undescribed species probably belonging to the Temnothorax angustulus species group. The closest species at first glance is Temnothorax dessyi, known from the Dodecanese and eastern Peloponnese. This undescribed species is known from Mediterranean coniferous forests. It nests under moss on stones or in rock crevices (Salata & Borowiec, 2018; Borowiec et al., 2022).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 38° to 36.19932°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece (type locality), Türkiye.
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. |
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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
Queen
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dessyi. Leptothorax (Leptothorax) dessyi Menozzi, 1936d: 289, fig. 13 (w.) GREECE. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Queen
Salata and Borowiec (2018) - (n=2): HL: 0.88, 0.82; HW: 0.82, 0.74; SL: 0.49, 0.5; EL: 0.25, 0.23; EW: 0.16, 0.19; ML: 1.41, 1.34; PSL: 0.22, 0.2; SDL: 0.17, 0.16; PEL: 0.38, 0.37; PPL: 0.23, 0.23; PEH: 0.36, 0.3; PPH: 0.36, 0.3; PNW: 0.85, 0.79; PEW: 0.25, 0.23; PPW: 0.33, 0.3; HI: 93.5, 91.0; SI1: 54.9, 61.0; SI2: 58.7, 67.0; MI: 60.5, 58.5; EI1: 66.7, 82.1; EI2: 18.5, 23.0; PI: 104.5, 125.0; PPI: 63.6, 75.7.
Colour. Whole body dark brown. Antennae and posterior part of malar area brighter. Head. Trapezoid, lateral surfaces below eyes straight, gently rounded on the posterior edges, occipital margin of head straight. Anterior margin of the clypeus gradually convex. Eyes big, oval, 0.3 times as long as length of the head. Antennal scape short, slightly curved, 0.6 times as long as length of the head, not reaching occipital margin of head, in apex gradually widened, its base without teeth. Pedicel more than 2 times longer than wide; average 1.2 times longer than second segment of funiculus. Other funicular segments more than 1 ½ times longer than wide. Surface of scape with very fine and sparse microreticulation; covered with thin, moderate dense, decumbent to suberect setae, shorter than 1/3 of scape width. Mandibles oval, with sparse, longitudinal striae, shiny. Clypeus shiny with a thick, longitudinal striae, area between striae smooth, shiny. Frontal carinae short, slightly extending across the fronts of the antennal fossae. Antennal fossa deep, with sparse roundly curved striae, area between striation with microreticulation and shiny. Frontal lobes narrow, smooth with thick longitudinal striae. Lateral sides of frons with longitudinal reticulation, its interior part with longitudinal striation; smooth in the centre; area between striation and reticulation with microreticulation; genae and malar area with reticulation, area between reticulation with microreticulation, shiny; temple and vertex with sparser and partly reduced longitudinal striation and reticulation, are between striae with microreticulation. Entire head bearing thin, adpressed setae; frons and occipital margin with additional thick, erect setae. Mesosoma. Short and low, square, 1.6 times as long as head; in lateral view its dorsum slightly convex; propodeal spines reduced, triangular, short, with wide base, with blunt apex; dorsal surface of propodeum inclined towards its posterior surface. Pronotum with longitudinal, horizontal, weak but dense striation and reticulation, area between rugae with microreticulation, shiny. Scutum with longitudinal striation, reduced or absent on lateral sides; scutellum and axilla smooth and shiny; with sparse longitudinal striation on lateral sides; propodeum shiny, with sparse, thick reticulation on dorsum and weaker and denser sculpture on lateral sides. Anepisternum and katepisternum shiny with horizontal striation and reticulation, smooth on lateral edges. Mesosoma dorsum with sparse, thick, erect setae. Petiole. Peduncle short, node low and narrow, with anterior and posterior faces straight, its dorsal surface narrow and convex. On the whole surface covered by dense reticulation and long, thick erect setae. Postpetiole. In lateral view, regularly rounded, 0.7 times as long as wide, apical half with gently rounded sides. On the whole surface covered by dense reticulation and long, thick erect setae. Gaster. Smooth and shiny, bearing sparse, long, suberect to erect, pale setae.
Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax dessyi: Syntype (w.): [Leptothorax | Dessyi | Typus! Menoz. | Menozzi dater. || Dlimbo | Scapranto | 24.IV.1934 | C. Menozzi] (DSAB).
References
- 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.
- Borowiec, L., Lebas, C., Salata, S. 2022. Notes on ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from three northern Aegean islands – Lemnos, Samothraki and Thasos. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 31: 1-14 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.7346453).
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum 1: 1-297.
- Galkowski, C., Cagniant, H. 2017. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis du groupe angustulus dans le genre Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 26: 180-191.
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- Menozzi, C. 1936b. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza della fauna delle Isole italiane dell'Egeo. VI. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 29: 262-311 (page 289, fig. 13 worker described)
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 27(online 008):1-51 (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.2199191).
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L. 2019. Preliminary division of not socially parasitic Greek Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a description of three new species. ZooKeys 877: 81-131 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.877.36320).
- Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on the endemism of ant fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808 (DOI 10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004).
- Salata, S., Demetriou, J., Georgiadis, C., Borowiec, L. 2024. The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus. Zootaxa 5434(1), 1-69 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5434.1.1).
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.
- Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
- Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2017. Ants of the Peloponnese, Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Polish Journal of Entomology 86: 193-236.
- Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
- Kiran K., and C. Karaman. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548: 1-38.
- Kiran K., and V. Aksoy. 2011. Ant fauna of Sultan Mountains, Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). p. 22. In: 4th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, CEWM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.