Temnothorax melas

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: France.

Nomenclature

 *  melas. Leptothorax melas Espadaler, Plateaux & Casevitz-Weulersse, 1984: 123, figs. 1-15 (w.q.m.) FRANCE (Corsica). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Antarea (at www.antarea.fr on June 11th 2017)
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Casevitz-Weulersse J. 1990. Etude Systematique de la Myrmecofaune Corse (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), deuxieme partie. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris. 4eme serie 12, section A(2): 415-442.
 * Casevitz-Weulersse J. 1990. Étude systématique de la myrmécofaune corse (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Première partie). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4) 12: 135-163.
 * Casevitz-Weulersse, J. "Contribution a la connaisance des fourmis de la Corse (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." These de Doctorat Museum Nat (1989): 379pp.
 * Espadaler, X., L. Plateaux, and J. Casevitz-Weulersse. "Leptothorax melas, n. sp., de Corse. Notes écologiques et biologiques." Revue Francaise d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 6 (1984): 123-132.
 * Seifert B. 1995. Two new Central European subspecies of Leptothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850) and Leptothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 68(7): 1-18.
 * Seifert, B. "Temnothorax saxonicus (Seifert, 1995) stat.n., comb.n.: a parapatric, closely-related species of T. sordidulus (Müller, 1923) comb.n. and description of two new closely-related species, T. schoedli sp.n. and T. artvinense sp.n., from Turkey (Hym., Form.)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 1-12.