Temnothorax ikarosi

The biology of this species is poorly known. A single worker was collected on a wall of a shelter, the wall of which was overgrown by a blackberry bush. The shelter was found at the edge of an orchard on a mountain plateau (1750 m a.s.l.).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece.

Nomenclature

 *  ikarosi. Temnothorax ikarosi Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018: 781, figs. 26-30 (w.) GREECE (Crete).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Salata S., L. Borowiec, and A.Trichas. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.