Trichomyrmex dentigera

Distribution
Records from Greece and Turkey are probably based on misidentifications with Trichomyrmex perplexus (Borowiec, 2014).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Israel, Oman, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . Atta dentigera Roger, 1862b: 259 (w.) SYRIA, IRAQ.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Syria and Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): (no further data).
 * Type-depositories: MIZW, MNHU.
 * Emery, 1908h: 668 (q.m.).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 30;
 * combination in Holcomyrmex: André, 1883b: 346; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 672;
 * combination in M. (Holcomyrmex): Forel, 1913d: 430; Emery, 1922e: 181;
 * combination in Monomorium: Emery, 1908h: 667; Radchenko, 1997f: 216;
 * combination in Trichomyrmex: (provisional, unpublished).
 * [Note: name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.]
 * Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863: 396; André, 1881b: 76; André, 1883b: 346 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1906c: 189; Emery, 1908h: 667; Karavaiev, 1911: 4; Forel, 1911d: 338; Forel, 1913d: 430; Emery, 1915h: 1; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 171; Crawley, 1920a: 166; Emery, 1922e: 181; Karavaiev, 1926b: 109; Finzi, 1928c: 789; Finzi, 1930d: 313; Menozzi, 1933b: 64; Menozzi, 1936d: 284; Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list); Ettershank, 1966: 88; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 672; Aktaç, 1977: 122; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 234; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Arakelian, 1994: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 344; Radchenko, 1997f: 216; Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Paknia, et al. 2010: 33; Legakis, 2011: 14; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 21; Borowiec, L. 2014: 118; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 13.
 * Senior synonym of baal: Radchenko, 1997f: 216.
 * Distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Turkey.
 * baal. Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) dentigerum var. baal Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 171 (w.) SYRIA, JORDAN.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens”).
 * Type-localities: Syria: Shiba, 1914 (W.M. Mann), Jordan (“Palestine”): Wady Kerak, 1914 (W.M. Mann).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Subspecies of dentigerum: Emery, 1922e: 181; Menozzi, 1933b: 65 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 87.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Borowiec, L. 2014: 116 (error); Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key) (error); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43 (error); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136 (error); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 13 (error).
 * Junior synonym of dentigera: Radchenko, 1997f: 216.

Taxonomic Notes
Name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.