Temnothorax grouvellei

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Temnothorax grouvellei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. grouvellei
Binomial name
Temnothorax grouvellei
(Bondroit, 1918)

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Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 45° to 37.816944°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: France (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

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

Images from AntWeb

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Lectotype of Leptothorax grouvelleiWorker. Specimen code antweb1008440. Photographer Roland Schultz, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by IRSNB, Brussels, Belgium.

Nomenclature

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

  • grouvellei. Leptothorax grouvellei Bondroit, 1918: 135 (w.) FRANCE. Espadaler, DuMerle & Plateaux, 1983: 275 (q.m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of niger: Emery, 1924d: 255. Revived status as species: Espadaler & Collingwood, 1982: 42.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • AntArea. Accessed on February 5th 2014 at http://antarea.fr/fourmi/
  • Antarea (at www.antarea.fr on June 11th 2017)
  • Blatrix R., C. Lebas, C. Galkowski, P. Wegnez, P. Pimenta, and D. Morichon. 2016. Vegetation cover and elevation drive diversity and composition of ant communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Mediterranean ecosystem. – Myrmecological News 22: 119-127.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Du Merle P. 1978. Les peuplements de fourmis et les peuplements d'acridiens du Mont Ventoux II. - Les peuplements de fourmis. Terre Vie 32(1): 161-218.
  • Espadaler X. F. Garcia, K. Gomez, S. Serrano, and R. Vila. 2009. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Mont-Rebei gorge (Pallars Jussà). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 393–399.
  • Espadaler, X., P. Du Merle, and L. Plateaux. "Redescription de Leptothorax grouvellei Bondroit, 1918. Notes biologiques et ecologiques." Insectes Sociaux 30 (3) (1983): 274-286.
  • Espadaler, X. "Formicidos de las sierras de Cazorla, del Pozo y Segura (Jaén, España)." Ecología 11 (1997): 489-499.
  • Garcia Garcia F., X. Espadaler Gelabert, A. D. Cuesta-Segura, and D. Sanchez-Garcia. 2019. First iberian record for Temnothorax conatensis Galkowski & Lebas, 2016, and update of the distribution for Temnothorax grouvellei (Bondroit, 1918) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Iberomyrmex 10: 22-27.
  • García F., X. Espadaler, P. Echave, and R. Vila. 2011. Hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de los acantilados de l'Avenc de Tavertet (Osona) Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 47: 363-367.
  • Lebas C., C. Galkowski, P. Wegnez, X. Espadaler, and R. Blatrix. 2015. The exceptional diversity of ants on mount Coronat (Pyrénées-Orientales), and Temnothorax gredosi(Hymenoptera, Formicidae) new to France. R.A.R.E., T. XXIV (1): 24 – 33