Temnothorax reduncus

Temnothorax reduncus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. reduncus
Binomial name
Temnothorax reduncus (Wang, M. & Wu, J., 1988)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Temnothorax of mainland China
• Key to Leptothorax and Temnothorax of China

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

• reduncus. Tetramorium reduncum Wang, M. & Wu, in Wang, M., Xiao & Wu, 1988: 268, figs. 21, 22 (w.) CHINA. See also: Wang & Wu 1995: 84. Combination in Leptothorax: Wang, in Bolton, 1995b: 243; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
• Qian, Y.-H., Xu, Z.-H. 2024. Taxonomy of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species. European Journal of Taxonomy 936, 1-97 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.936.2569).
• Wang, C. 1995. [Untitled. Leptothorax reduncus, new combination, attributed to Wang.] P. 243 in: Bolton, B. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 243, Combination in Leptothorax)
• Wang, M.; Wu, J. 1988. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Tetramorium reduncum Wang et Wu, new species; Tetramorium crepum Wang et Wu, new species.] Pp. 268, 269-270 in: Wang, M., Xiao, G., Wu, J. Taxonomic studies on the genus |Tetramorium| Mayr in C (page 268, figs. 21, 22 worker described)
• Wu, J., Wang, C. 1995. The ants of China. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp. (page 84, see also)
• Zhou, S., Huang, J., Yu, D., Liu, Z. 2010. Eight new species and three newly recorded species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chinese mainland, with a key. Sociobiology. 56(1):7-26.