Temnothorax reticulatus

Temnothorax reticulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. reticulatus
Binomial name
Temnothorax reticulatus (Chang & He, 2001)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Temnothorax of mainland 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.

• reticulatus. Leptothorax reticulatus Chang & He, 2001b: 3, figs. 3, 7, 11 (w.) CHINA. Combination in Temnothorax: Zhou, et al. 2010: 11 (in key).

References

• Chang, Y.-D.; He, D.-H. 2001b. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Leptothorax from northwestern China. Journal of Ningxia Agricultural College. 22:(2) 1-4.
• 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).
• 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.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Chang Y.-D., D. H. He. 2001. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Leptothorax from northwestern China. Journal of Ningxia Agricultural College. 22:(2) 1-4.
• Xin M., Y. Ma, and D. He. 2011. Fauna composition of Formicidae in Ningxia. Journal of Ningxia University (Natural Science Edition) 32(4): 403-412.