Temnothorax melleus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Nomenclature

 *  melleus. Leptothorax bulgaricus var. melleus Forel, 1904b: 375 (w.q.) UZBEKISTAN. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of bulgaricus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 75. Raised to species: Pisarski, 1969b: 298. Senior synonym of balchashensis, csikii: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.
 * csikii. Leptothorax melleus subsp. csikii Pisarski, 1969b: 298, figs. 1-4 (w.) MONGOLIA. Junior synonym of melleus: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.
 * balchashensis. Leptothorax balchashensis Arnol'di, 1971: 1822, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Junior synonym of melleus: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnol'di K. V. 1971. New species and a review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Kazakstan plain. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 50: 1818-1826.
 * Fontanilla A. M., A. Nakamura, Z. Xu, M. Cao, R. L. Kitching, Y. Tang, and C. J. Burwell. 2019. Taxonomic and functional ant diversity along tropical, subtropical, and subalpine elevational transects in southwest China. Insects 10, 128; doi:10.3390/insects10050128
 * Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.
 * Reznikova Z. I. 2003. Distribution patterns of ants in different natural zones and landscapes in Kazakhstan and West Siberia along a meridian trend. Euroasian Entomological Journal 2(4): 235-342.