Temnothorax angustulus

Identification
Prebus (2017) - A member of the Palearctic clade.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Croatia, France, Iberian Peninsula, Libya, Malta, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain.

Nomenclature

 *  angustulus. Myrmica angustula Nylander, 1856b: 88, pl. 3, fig. 36 (w.) FRANCE. De Stefani, 1889: 145 (q.m.); Emery, 1916b: 183, 187 (q.m., respectively). Combination in Leptothorax: Mayr, 1861: 59; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of tuberum: Forel, 1890a: lxxv; Emery, 1891b: 5. Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 123; Forel, 1894d: 37; Forel, 1907b: 206; Emery, 1916b: 175; Bondroit, 1918: 136. Current subspecies: nominal plus angustinodis, bordagei.
 * bordagei. Leptothorax angustulus var. bordagei Bondroit, 1918: 137 (w.) FRANCE.
 * Subspecies of angustulus: Emery, 1924d: 252; Bolton, 1995b: 236.
 * Junior synonym of angustulus: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 494.

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