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Temnothorax laurae
| Temnothorax laurae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | T. laurae |
| Binomial name | |
| Temnothorax laurae (Emery, 1884)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.8° to 32.249974°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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.
- laurae. Leptothorax laurae Emery, 1884a: 380 (w.q.) TUNISIA. Santschi, 1907: 332 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Current subspecies: nominal plus antoniae, colettae, rosae.
Description
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.
- Emery, C. 1884a. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisina raccolti da G. e L. Doria. III. Rassegna delle formiche della Tunisia. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 21[=(2)(1): 373-384 (page 380, worker, queen described)
- Santschi, F. 1907. Fourmis de Tunisie capturées en 1906. Rev. Suisse Zool. 15: 305-334 (page 332, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ajerrar A, K.; Gomez, R. Bouharroud, M. Zaafrani, and H. Cagniant. 2018. Temnothorax tamriensis nouvelle espece de Fourmi du Maroc (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie XXVII(2): 97-107.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Karavaiev V. 1912. Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 12: 1-22.
- Santschi, F. 1934. Fourmis du Sahara central. Memoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Afrique du Nord 4: 165-177.
- Santschi, F. 1907. Fourmis de Tunisie capturées en 1906. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 15: 305-334.