Temnothorax pamiricus

Temnothorax pamiricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. pamiricus
Binomial name
Temnothorax pamiricus (Ruzsky, 1902) Specimen Labels

Temnothorax pamiricus inhabits an elevational range of 2100–3700 m and has been collected from meadows, along the edges of springs and glacial lakes, and from rocky slopes in arid habitats throughout its range (Menozzi, 1939). It has been associated with Tamarix, Salix and Artemesia (Menozzi 1939) (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Temnothorax of Pakistan

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Pakistan.
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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.

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.

• pamiricus. Leptothorax pamiricus Ruzsky, 1902b: 478 (w.) RUSSIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Menozzi, 1939a: 303 (q.m.). Subspecies of bulgaricus: Forel, 1904b: 375; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 75; Menozzi, 1939a: 303. Revived status as species: Radchenko, 1994d: 152 (in key); Radchenko, 1995a: 26.

Type Material

Lectotype worker, Pamir, Russia (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa) [Images of CASENT0904744. Lectotype worker examined by Rasheed et al. (2020)].

Taxonomic Notes

Temnothorax pamiricus was originally described from worker material collected in the Pamir mountains in present-day Tajikistan (Ruzsky, 1902). Menozzi (1939) later described the queen and male of T. pamiricus and documented additional collections northern India and Pakistan. T. pamiricus has historically been considered a subspecies of T. bulgaricus and was synonymized with it soon after description (Forel, 1904; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926; Menozzi, 1939) until revisionary work by Radchenko (1994b, 1994c) revived it as a species (Rasheed et al., 2020).

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
• Forel, A. 1904c [1903]. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388 (page 375, Subspecies of bulgaricus)
• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926b. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 20: 71-77 (page 75, Subspecies of bulgaricus)
• Menozzi, C. 1939a. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 78: 285-345 (page 303, queen, male described)
• Menozzi, C. 1939a. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 78: 285-345 (page 303, Subspecies of bulgaricus)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(7-8 8: 146-158 (page 152, Revived status as species (in key))
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995a [1994]. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 1. Subdivision into groups. Groups acervorum and bulgaricus. Vestn. Zool. 1994 6: 22-28 (page 26, Revived status as species)
• Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
• Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Magomedovich, Y.Z., Fareen, A.G., Bodlah, M.A., Prebus, M., Wachkoo, A.A. 2020. Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Pakistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 44:375-381 (doi:10.3906/zoo-2003-54).
• Ruzsky, M. 1902b. Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 17: 469-484 (page 478, worker described)
• Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).
• Subedi, I.P., Yusupov, Z.M., Budha, P.B. 2023. Three new species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Nepal. Far Eastern Entomologist, 475, 6–16 (doi:10.25221/fee.475.2).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.
• Menozzi C. 1939. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 78: 285-345.
• Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.