Temnothorax tramieri

Temnothorax tramieri
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. tramieri
Binomial name
	Temnothorax tramieri; (Cagniant, 1983)

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.316667° to 32.249974°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

Biology

This species is a dulotic parasite for the ant Temnothorax spinosus (a host) in Algeria, Morocco (Cagniant, 1983).

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

tramieri. Chalepoxenus tramieri Cagniant, 1983: 319, figs. (w.q.) MOROCCO. Combination in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15.

Description

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).
Cagniant, H. 1983. Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Chalepoxenus tramieri, nov. sp. Nouv. Rev. Entomol. 13: 319-322.
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

Cagniant, H. "Contribution à la connaissance des fourmis marocaines. Chalepoxenus tramieri, nov. sp." Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 13 (1983): 319-322.