Temnothorax gracilicornis nivarianus

Temnothorax gracilicornis nivarianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. gracilicornis
Subspecies:	T. gracilicornis nivarianus
Trinomial name
	Temnothorax gracilicornis nivarianus; (Santschi, 1925)
Synonyms
	Leptothorax nivarianus guancha Santschi, 1925;

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 28.467222° to 27.75°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands (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

Association with Other Organisms

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Other Ants

This species is a host for the ant Temnothorax birgitae (a workerless inquiline) in Canary Islands (Schulz, 1994; Báthori et al., 2024).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

nivarianus. Leptothorax nivarianus Santschi, 1925g: 343 (w.q.) SPAIN (Canary Is). Senior synonym of guancha: Barquin, 1981: 283. Currently subspecies of gracilicornis: Barquin, 1981: 283.
guancha. Leptothorax nivarianus var. guancha Santschi, 1925g: 344 (w.q.) SPAIN (Canary Is). Junior synonym of nivarianus: Hohmann, La Roche, et al. 1993: 151.

Description

References

Barquín, J. 1981. Las hormigas de Canarias. Taxonomía, ecología y distribución de los Formicidae. Colecc. Monogr. (Secr. Publ. Univ. La Laguna) 3: 1-584 (page 283, Subspecies of gracilicornis, and senior synonym of quancha)
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)
Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 1: 339-360 (page 343, worker, queen described)