Temnothorax luteus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Austria, France, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Romania, Spain, Switzerland , Syrian Arab Republic.

Nomenclature

 *  luteus. Leptothorax tuberum r. luteus Forel, 1874: 85 (w.) SWITZERLAND. André, 1883a: 304 (q.); Bernard, 1956a: 162 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of unifasciatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 129; of tuberum: Forel, 1913d: 432. Raised to species: Emery, 1916b: 173. Senior synonym of tristis: Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51. See also: Menozzi, 1918: 85; Bondroit, 1918: 133; Stitz, 1939: 176; Bernard, 1967: 208; Kutter, 1977c: 131; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 542. Current subspecies: nominal plus subcingulatus.
 * tristis. Leptothorax tristis Bondroit, 1918: 129, fig. 62 (w.) FRANCE. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of luteus: Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51.

Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax luteus: Lektotype (w.) (CASENT0907603): [Lectotype (bottom worker) | Temnothorax luteus | (Forel, 1874) | des. B. Seifert 2011 || ANTWEB | CASENT | 09077603 | Catalogué | Base MZL] (MZSL).