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Temnothorax kemali
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species group: | kemali |
| Species: | T. kemali |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax kemali (Santschi, 1934)
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This species is associated with Mediterranean herbs and bushes or dry deciduous and coniferous forests, often nesting inside dry stems of herbs (Salata & Borowiec, 2019).
Identification
Temnothorax kemali belongs to the Temnothorax kemali species-group (Salata and Borowiec 2019), which is characterized by a partly smooth head, distinct propodeal spines, and a petiole with an obtuse top. The group includes a few undescribed species.
Distribution
This is an eastern species, recorded from the Aegean Islands and the Dodecanese. From Thrace noted under name Temnothorax cf. affinis (Bračko et al. 2016; Borowiec et al., 2022).
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 39.32012° to 36.19932°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece, Türkiye (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
Worker
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Queen
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- kemali. Leptothorax kemali Santschi, 1934d: 277 (w.) TURKEY. 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) - Salata and Borowiec (2018) - (n=2): HL: 0.77, 0.75; HW: 0.69, 0.69; SL: 0.49, 0.47; EL: 0.21, 0.23; EW: 0.18, 0.18; ML: 1.36, 1.28; PSL: 0.25, 0.25; SDL: 0.17, 0.16; PEL: 0.43, 0.41; PPL: 0.23, 0.21; PEH: 0.3, 0.29; PPH: 0.31, 0.3; PNW: 0.8, 0.79; PEW: 0.24, 0.25; PPW: 0.3, 0.26; HI: 89.3, 92.3; SI1: 63.0, 63.2; SI2: 70.5, 68.5; MI: 59.0, 61.5; EI1: 84.6, 78.6; EI2: 23.4, 24.2; PI: 136.8, 138.9; PPI: 77.8, 73.8.
Colour. Body orange; frons, malar area and vertex black tinted; gaster dark ornage with bright spot on the anterior part of first tergite. Head. Trapezoid, lateral surfaces below eyes straight, gently rounded on the posterior edges, occipital margin of head convex. 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 setae, shorter than 1/3 of scape width. Mandibles oval, with sparse, longitudinal striae, shiny. Clypeus shiny with 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. Frons with longitudinal reticulation, its interior part with reticulation weaker; area between reticulation with microreticulation; genae and malar area with reticulation denser than on frons, area between reticulation with microreticulation, shiny; temple and vertex with sparse 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, 1.8 times as long as head; in lateral view its dorsum slightly convex; propodeal spines moderate, triangular, with wide base and acute apex; dorsal surface of propodeum inclined towards its posterior surface. Pronotum with longitudinal, dense reticulation, area between rugae with microreticulation, shiny. Scutum with longitudinal striation, reduced or absent on lateral sides and centre; scutellum and axilla smooth and shiny; with sparse longitudinal striation on lateral sides; propodeum shiny, with dense, thick reticulation on dorsum and weaker and denser sculpture on lateral sides. Anepisternum and katepisternum shiny, with dense, longitudinal reticulation. Mesosoma dorsum with sparse, thick, erect setae. Petiole. Peduncle moderate, node low and wide, with anterior and posterior faces straight, its dorsal surface wide and slightly convex. On the whole surface covered by dense reticulation and long, thick erect setae. Postpetiole. In lateral view, regularly rounded, 0.8 times as long as wide, apical half with gently rounded sides. On the whole surface covered by dense reticulation and and long, thick erect setae. Gaster. Smooth and shiny, bearing sparse, long, suberect to erect, pale setae.
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).
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
- 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).
- Santschi, F. 1934d. Fourmis d'une croisière. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 74: 273-282 (page 277, worker described)
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.
- 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.