Temnothorax tarbinskii

Temnothorax tarbinskii
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. tarbinskii
Binomial name
Temnothorax tarbinskii (Arnol'di, 1976)
Synonyms
Leptothorax longipilosus Tarbinsky, 1976

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.508577° to 41.508577°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan (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.

• longipilosus. Leptothorax longipilosus Tarbinsky, 1976: 88, figs. 130-133 (q.) KYRGYZSTAN. [Junior primary homonym of Leptothorax longipilosus Santschi, 1912f: 174.] Replacement name: Leonomyrma tarbinskii Arnol'di, in Tarbinsky, 1976: 88.
• tarbinskii. Leonomyrma tarbinskii Arnol'di, in Tarbinsky, 1976: 88 (footnote). Replacement name for Leptothorax longipilosus Tarbinsky, 1976: 88. [Junior primary homonym of Leptothorax longipilosus Santschi, 1912f: 174.] Combination in Chalepoxenus: Radchenko, 1989a: 40; in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15.

References

• Beibl, J., Buschinger, A., Foitzik, S., Heinze, J. 2007. Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Mediterranean species of the parasitic ant genus Chalepoxenus and its Temnothorax hosts. Insectes Sociaux 54, 189-199 (doi:10.1007/s00040-007-0932-y).
• Radchenko, A. G. 1989b. The ants of the genus Chalepoxenus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Vestn. Zool. 2: 37-41 (page 40, Combination in Chalepoxenus)
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 88, (footnote), replacement name for Leptothorax longipilosus)
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.