Temnothorax pamiricus

Temnothorax pamiricus inhabits an elevational range of 2100–3700 m and has been collected from meadows, along the edges of springs and glacial lakes, and from rocky slopes in arid habitats throughout its range (Menozzi, 1939). It has been associated with Tamarix, Salix and Artemesia (Menozzi 1939) (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Pakistan. Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 *  pamiricus. Leptothorax pamiricus Ruzsky, 1902b: 478 (w.) RUSSIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Menozzi, 1939a: 303 (q.m.). Subspecies of bulgaricus: Forel, 1904b: 375; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 75; Menozzi, 1939a: 303. Revived status as species: Radchenko, 1994d: 152 (in key); Radchenko, 1995a: 26.

Type Material
Lectotype worker, Pamir, Russia [Images of CASENT0904744. Lectotype worker examined by Rasheed et al. (2020)].

Taxonomic Notes
Temnothorax pamiricus was originally described from worker material collected in the Pamir mountains in present-day Tajikistan (Ruzsky, 1902). Menozzi (1939) later described the queen and male of T. pamiricus and documented additional collections northern India and Pakistan. T. pamiricus has historically been considered a subspecies of T. bulgaricus and was synonymized with it soon after description (Forel, 1904; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926; Menozzi, 1939) until revisionary work by Radchenko (1994b, 1994c) revived it as a species (Rasheed et al., 2020).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.
 * Menozzi C. 1939. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 78: 285-345.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.