Temnothorax mongolicus

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Temnothorax mongolicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. mongolicus
Binomial name
Temnothorax mongolicus
(Pisarski, 1969)

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Identification

T. mongolicus most resembles Temnothorax pisarskii, with details about distinctions between these two ants noted under the latter.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 45.63333333° to 45.63333333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Mongolia (type locality), Russian Federation.

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.

  • mongolicus. Leptothorax serviculus subsp. mongolicus Pisarski, 1969b: 299, figs. 5-10 (w.) MONGOLIA. Radchenko, 1995c: 18 (q.m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Raised to species: Radchenko, 1994d: 156 (in key); Radchenko, 1995c: 18.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Radchenko (2004) - Mongolia, Songino, 24 km SW from Ulan-Bator, 22.v.1962, No 3299, leg. R. Bielawski & B. Pisarski; paratypes: 4 workers, Mongolia, Uburchangaj aimak, Changai Distr., 18 km S from Somon Chužirt, 1830 m a.s.l., 29.vi.1964, No. 223, leg. Z. KASZAB (Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Natural History Museum).

Determination Clarifications

Radchenko (2004) - Collingwood (1976) determined a couple of specimens from North Korea as Temnothorax serviculus, but really they belong to T. mongolicus (material in HNHM, examined). This mistake was repeated by Terayama et al. (1992) and by Kim (1996, 2003).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Dlussky G. M., and B. Pisarski. 1970. Formicidae aus der Mongolei. Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen Biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, Nr. 46. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 46: 85-90.
  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Pisarski B. 1969. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mongolie. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw). 15: 221-236.
  • Radchenko A. 2004. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the eastern Palaearctic. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50:109-137.
  • Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55: 127-221.