Temnothorax sardous

Temnothorax sardous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. sardous
Binomial name
Temnothorax sardous (Santschi, 1909) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (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.

• sardous. Leptothorax rottenbergi var. sardoa Santschi, 1909b: 474, fig. 6 (w.) ITALY (Sardinia).
  • Bondroit, 1918: 134 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
  • Subspecies of rottenbergi: Krausse, 1912b: 162; Emery, 1914d: 157; Emery, 1916b: 173; Emery, 1924d: 252; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 123.
  • Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Poldi, et al. 1995: 5; Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, L. 2014: 188; Lebas, et al. 2016: 372.

Type Material

Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax sardous: Holotype (w.) (CASENT0912994): [L. Rottenbergi | Em. | v. sordoa | Sant. || HOLOTYPE | Leptothorax | rottenbergi | sardoa | SANTSCHI | A. F. 1985 || Sardargne | Sardoa || Sammlung | Dr. F. Santschi | Kairouan | ANTWEB | CASENT | 0912994] (NHMB).

References

• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 134, queen, male described)
• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 134, Raised to species)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on the endemism of ant fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808 (DOI 10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004).
• Santschi, F. 1909c. Leptothorax rottenbergi et espèces voisines. Rev. Suisse Zool. 17: 459-482 (page 474, fig. 5 worker d*Schifani, E., Nalini, E., Gentile, V., Alamanni, F., Ancona, C., Caria, M., Cillo, D., Bazzato, E. 2021. Ants of Sardinia: An updated checklist based on new faunistic, morphological and biogeographical notes. Redia 104, 21–35 (doi:10.19263/redia-104.21.03).

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