Temnothorax crassispinus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  crassispinus. Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi var. crassispina Karavaiev, 1926f: 69 (w.q.) UKRAINE. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of nylanderi: Karavaiev, 1934: 137; Radchenko, 1995d: 3. Raised to species and senior synonym of slavonicus: Radchenko, 2000: 44.
 * slavonicus. Leptothorax nylanderi subsp. slavonicus Seifert, 1995: 4, figs. 5, 6, 10, 15, 17, 20 (w.q.) GERMANY. Raised to species: Seifert, 1996b: 127, 229. Junior synonym of crassispinus: Radchenko, 2000: 44.

Additional References

 * Białas, B., Granieczny, P., Pędzisz, A., Mitrus, S. 2011. Colony size, density and type of nesting sites of the ant Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural Journal, Opole Scientific Society 44, 185-191.
 * Mitrus, S. 2013. Cost to the cavity-nest ant Temnothorax crassispinus (Hymenoptera Formicidae) of overwintering aboveground. Eur. J. Entomol. 110, 177–179.