Temnothorax desioi

Temnothorax desioi inhabits an elevational range of 3000–4300 m, and has been collected from meadows, the edges of springs, and rocky, vegetated slopes. It has been associated with Tamarix, Salix, Juniperus, Ephedra and Artemesia (Menozzi 1939) (Rasheed et al., 2020).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Nomenclature

 *  desioi. Leptothorax (Leptothorax) desioi Menozzi, 1939a: 303, figs. 7, 8 (w.q.m.) INDIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Current subspecies: nominal plus melanicus.

Type Material
Syntypes, worker, queen and male, Spedizione Karakorum, Askole (Braldo) [Images of CASENT0904558 Syntype worker examined by Rasheed et al., 2020].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
 * 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.