Temnothorax luteus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Austria, France, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Romania, Spain, Switzerland , Syrian Arab Republic.

Nomenclature

 *  luteus. Leptothorax tuberum r. luteus Forel, 1874: 85 (w.) SWITZERLAND. André, 1883a: 304 (q.); Bernard, 1956a: 162 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of unifasciatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 129; of tuberum: Forel, 1913d: 432. Raised to species: Emery, 1916b: 173. Senior synonym of tristis: Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51. See also: Menozzi, 1918: 85; Bondroit, 1918: 133; Stitz, 1939: 176; Bernard, 1967: 208; Kutter, 1977c: 131; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 542. Current subspecies: nominal plus subcingulatus.
 * tristis. Leptothorax tristis Bondroit, 1918: 129, fig. 62 (w.) FRANCE. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of luteus: Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51.

Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax luteus: Lektotype (w.) (CASENT0907603): [Lectotype (bottom worker) | Temnothorax luteus | (Forel, 1874) | des. B. Seifert 2011 || ANTWEB | CASENT | 09077603 | Catalogué | Base MZL] (MZSL).

Taxonomic Notes
Borowiec & Salata (2020): Temnothorax luteus is a western Mediterranean species known from Spain, Andorra, France, Italy and Switzerland. In the eastern part of Mediterranean Basin occur some undescribed species of this group (our unpublished data) and probably Jordanian record concerns one of those species.