Temnothorax tamarae

This rare species is only known from the vicinity of its type locality, Daba, Georgia (Gratiashvili et al., 2014). It has been found enslaving Temnothorax crasecundus (Csösz et al., 2015), “Temnothorax unifasciatus” and Temnothorax sp. NYL2 (an undescribed species closely related to Temnothorax nylanderi) (Gratiashvili et al., 2014).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Georgia.

Nomenclature

 *  tamarae. Epimyrma tamarae Arnol'di, 1968: 1811, fig. 11 (w.) GEORGIA. Combination in Myrmoxenus: Schulz & Sanetra, 2002: 162; in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15.