Temnothorax racovitzai

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, France, Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Montenegro, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland.

Fungi
This species is a host for the endoparastic fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum (Espadaler & Santamaria, 2012).

Nomenclature

 * massiliensis. Leptothorax massiliensis Bondroit, 1918: 133 (w.) FRANCE. Bernard, 1967: 209 (q.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of racovitzai: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496; Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51.
 *  racovitzai. Leptothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918: 133 (w.q.) FRANCE. Kutter, 1977c: 133 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of parvulus: Bernard, 1967: 203. Revived from synonymy: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 72; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 121; Kutter, 1977c: 133. Subspecies of luteus: Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012: 431. Raised to species: Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51. Senior synonym of massiliensis: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496; Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51.

Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax racovitzai: Syntype (w.) (CASENT0901783): [Leptothorax | racovitzai | type Bond. | Banyuls || SYN- | TYPE || excoll. | Donishorpe | B. M.1934-4 ||BMNH(E) | 1014984] (BMNH).