Temnothorax longipilosus

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Temnothorax longipilosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. longipilosus
Binomial name
Temnothorax longipilosus
(Santschi, 1912)

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Specimen Labels

Santschi (1912) described this species from two workers from Le Kef, Tunisia. A collection from Morocco is the only additional record of this species. This Moroccan record was from Bouhachem Natural Park, Dardara, Chefchaouen, in a Quercus suber forest with thick, tall under storey of Erica arborea, Cistus crispus, Cistus monspeliensis and Arbutus unedo, adjacent to an open area with low scrub of C. crispus and some grassy clearings (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023).

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.182222° to 36.182222°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco, Tunisia (type locality).

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

Nomenclature

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

  • longipilosus. Leptothorax longipilosus Santschi, 1912f: 174, fig. 4 (w.) TUNISIA. Santschi, 1923f: 334 (q.). Combination in L. (Temnothorax): Santschi, 1918a: 32; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

Description

References

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.
  • Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
  • Santschi, F. 1912. Nouvelles fourmis de Tunisie, récoltées par le Dr Normand. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 3: 172-175.