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Temnothorax hippomenesi
| Temnothorax hippomenesi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species group: | bulgaricus |
| Species: | T. hippomenesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax hippomenesi Satala, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec, 2024 | |
A few specimens were shaken off to the entomological umbrella from Pistacia bush close to the shore of a dam, three specimens from Pistacia inside a pine forest, and a single specimen from a bush in a shadow valley close to the monastery. The lowest site was placed at an altitude 171 m, and the highest one was at an altitude of 1067 m.
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Identification
A very distinct species, well characterized by an almost uniformly yellow body except a yellowish-brown band in the posterior half of the first gastral tergite, very small, triangular propodeal spines, and predominantly smooth and shiny head with sculpture limited to gena, few striae along frontal carinae and semicircular striae around frontal cavities. Only Temnothorax satunini, a species known from Armenia, Georgia, and eastern Türkiye, has a similar set of characters, but it differs in shorter petiole (triangular in profile with angulate apex of petiolar node) and slightly stronger and sharper longitudinal rugae running along inner margin of eye. From Cypriot species, the most similar are Temnothorax aeolius and Temnothorax cypridis, but they differ in partly brown to black antennal club and infuscate gena. Temnothorax aeolius also differs in more rounded petiolar node and shorter erected setae on dorsal mesosoma with mean length 0.045, approximately 0.4 × as long as eye diameter (in T. hippomenesi mean length 0.067, approximately 0.7 × as long as eye diameter). Temnothorax cypridis differs also in larger size with mean HL 0.643 and WL 0.763 (in T. hippomenesi 0.580 and 0.644 respectively), longer antennae with mean SL/HW 0.897 (in T. hippomenesi 0.861) and stronger sculpture on lateral sides of mesosoma with sharp longitudinal rugae.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
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Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 35.0° to 34.8°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Salata et al., 2024
Distribution based on type material
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hippomenesi. Temnothorax hippomenesi Satala et al., 2024: 30, figs. 23-25, 63 (w.) CYPRUS.
Type Material
- Holotype: worker (pin) “CYPRUS, Paphos, 1067 m | Cedar Valley loc. 1 | 34.98837 / 32.67748 | 22 IV 2022, L. Borowiec” (MNHW).
- Paratypes (8 workers, pin): 1w, the same data as for holotype (MNHW); 1w “CYPRUS, Paphos, 424 m | Agios Neofytou Mon. | 34.84602 / 32.44784 | 29 IV 2022, L. Borowiec” (MNHW); 5w “CYPRUS, Paphos, 171 m | Evretou Dam | 34.96168 / 32.47749 | 21 IV 2022, S. Salata” (MNHW); 1w “CYPRUS, Paphos, 361 m | rd. F612 ad Ag. Konstantinos | 34.73397 / 32.64312 | 28 IV 2022, S. Salata” (MNHW).