Temnothorax wheeleri

Wheeler (1931) reports this species has been observed nesting in crevices of limestone rocks or cliffs, often with more or less tubular carton entrance.

Identification
Prebus (2017) - A member of the sallei clade.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Cuba, Greater Antilles.

Nomenclature

 *  wheeleri. Macromischa (Croesomyrmex) wheeleri Mann, 1920: 422, fig. 6 (w.q.) CUBA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955b: 18 (l.); Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 529 (m.). Combination in Croesomyrmex: Wheeler, W.M. 1931b: 32; in Leptothorax: Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 527; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272. Senior synonym of petri: Brown, 1959e: 73.
 * petri. Macromischa wheeleri subsp. petri Aguayo, 1931: 181 (w.) CUBA. Junior synonym of wheeleri: Brown, 1959e: 73.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Aguayo C. G. 1931. New ants of the genus Macromischa. Psyche (Cambridge) 38: 175-183.
 * Alayo D. P. 1974. Introduccion al estudio de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Superfamilia Formicoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Instituto de Zoologia. Serie Biologica no.53: 58 pp. La Habana.
 * Baroni Urbani C. 1978. Materiali per una revisione dei Leptothorax neotropicali appartenenti al sottogenere Macromischa Roger, n. comb. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 3: 395-618.
 * Brandao, C.R.F. 1991. Adendos ao catalogo abreviado das formigas da regiao neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412.
 * Brown W. L. Jr. 1959. Synonymy in the ant genus Macromischa Roger. Florida Entomologist 42: 73-74.
 * Fontanla Rizo J.L. 1997. Lista preliminar de las hormigas de Cuba. Cocuyo 6: 18-21.
 * Fontenla J. L. 2001. Claves para las especies cubanas del taxon Macromischa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptothorax). Cocuyo (Havana) 11: 15-17.
 * Fontenla J. L., and J. Alfonso-Simonetti. 2018. Classification of Cuban ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) into functional groups. Poeyana Revista Cubana de Zoologia 506: 21-30.
 * Fontenla Rizo J. L. 1997. Lista preliminar de las hormigas de Cuba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cocuyo 6: 18-21.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Mann W. M. 1920. Additions to the ant fauna of the West Indies and Central America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42: 403-439.
 * Mann W. M. 1924. Notes on Cuban ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 31: 19-23.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1931. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72: 1-34.