Temnothorax nitidiceps

Temnothorax nitidiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. nitidiceps
Binomial name
Temnothorax nitidiceps (Dalla Torre, 1893) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.9° to 36.633333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (type locality), Morocco, Tunisia.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• nitidiceps. Leptothorax interruptus var. nitidiceps Dalla Torre, 1893: 124 (w.) ALGERIA. [First available use of Leptothorax tuberum r. interruptus var. nitidiceps Forel, 1890a: lxxiv; unavailable name (Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 61).] Subspecies of spinosus: Cagniant, 1970b: 207; of interruptus: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 110. Raised to species: Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 388.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 50: 5-287 (page 110, Variety of interruptus)
• 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.
• Cagniant, H. 1970b [1969]. Nouvelle description de Leptothorax spinosus (Forel) d'Algérie. Représentation des trois castes et notes biologiques (Hym. Formicidae Myrmicinae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 74: 201-208 (page 207, Variety of spinosus)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 124, worker described)