Temnothorax longipilosus

Santschi (1912) described this species from two workers from Le Kef, Tunisia. A collection from Morocco is the only additional record of this species. This Moroccan record was from Bouhachem Natural Park, Dardara, Chefchaouen, in a Quercus suber forest with thick, tall under storey of Erica arborea, Cistus crispus, Cistus monspeliensis and Arbutus unedo, adjacent to an open area with low scrub of C. crispus and some grassy clearings (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Morocco, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 *  longipilosus. Leptothorax longipilosus Santschi, 1912f: 174, fig. 4 (w.) TUNISIA. Santschi, 1923f: 334 (q.). Combination in L. (Temnothorax): Santschi, 1918a: 32; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Field Museum Collection, Chicago, Illinois (C. Moreau)
 * Santschi, F. 1912. Nouvelles fourmis de Tunisie, récoltées par le Dr Normand. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 3: 172-175.