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Temnothorax inquilinus
| Temnothorax inquilinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | T. inquilinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax inquilinus Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014 | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Ukraine (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. |
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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.
- tauricus. Chalepoxenus tauricus Radchenko, 1989a: 37, fig. 1 (w.q.) UKRAINE. [Junior secondary homonym of tauricus Ruzsky, 1902d: 22.] Replacement name: inquilinus Ward et al., 2014: 15.
- inquilinus. Temnothorax inquilinus Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2014: 15. Replacement name for tauricus Radchenko, 1989a: 37. [Junior secondary homonym of tauricus Ruzsky, 1902d: 22.]
Description
References
- Radchenko, A. G. 1989b. The ants of the genus Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Vestn. Zool. 2: 37-41 (page 37, fig. 1 worker, queen described)
- Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).
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.
- 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