Temnothorax convexus

This species was originally described from workers captured in northern Algeria in M’Sila cork oak Quercus suber forest. In Morocco, Taheri & Reyes-Lopez (2023) report that it is only known from Tangier (as Leptothorax submuticus). In their revision of the Temnothorax angustulus group, to which this species belongs, Galkowski & Cagniant (2017) state that T. convexus has not been collected again either in Morocco or in Algeria since the description of it and of its junior synonym. Recently, the species has been reported in southern Iberia in Gibraltar, and in the Spanish province of Cadiz (Guillem & Bensusan, 2019). Taheri & Reyes-Lopez's (2023) findings confirm that it also inhabits the Rif area in Morocco.

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

Nomenclature

 *  convexus. Leptothorax convexus Forel, 1894d: 36 (w.) ALGERIA. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Senior synonym of submuticus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 278.
 * submuticus. Leptothorax submuticus Emery, 1915a: 261 (w.q.) MOROCCO. Junior synonym of convexus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 278.

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.
 * Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
 * Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
 * Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
 * Forel, A. 1894. Les formicides de la province d'Oran (Algerie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30: 1-45.
 * Galkowski C., and H. Cagniant. 2017. Contribution Ã  la connaissance des fourmis du groupe angustulus dans le genre Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de lâ€™Association Roussillonnaise dâ€™Entomologie 26(4): 180-191.
 * Guillem R, and K. Bensusan. 2019. Two new species of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Europe, from southern Iberia. Rev. Soc. Gad. Hist. Nat. 13: 5-10.