Temnothorax schurri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  schurri. Leptothorax rothneyi r. schurri Forel, 1902c: 231 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of schurri: Emery, 1924d: 257. Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 244.

Description
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from (Bingham 1903)

Worker

Black, the mandibles, antennae and legs reddish brown. Head longitudinally rugose, punctured, opaque, thorax and pedicel more densely punctured and opaque, abdomen smooth and shining; pilosity pale, tolerably plentiful; antennae and tibiae of the legs with short pubescence. Head without the mandibles broadly oval, the sides convex; mandibles triangular, minutely longitudinally striate and pubescent; clypeus convex in the middle, its anterior margin somewhat rounded; antennae short, the scape extending just to the top of the head, the club of the flagellum very distinct; eyes rather large, situated about the middle on the sides of the head. Thorax level, rounded above, the meso-metanotal suture distinct but not deep or wide; metanotal spines short, stout and erect. Pedicel: the 1st node without any distinct petiole in front, but the joint of the pedicel with a curved slope to the flat apex of the node, which is acute in front; 2nd node subquadrate with the angles rounded, broader than the 1st node but not so high; abdomen broadly oval.

Length: 2.5 mm

Habitat: Recorded so far only from Pachmarhi, Central India (Schurr)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1902. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249.
 * Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.