Temnothorax niger

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Andorra, France, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Spain.

Nomenclature

 *  niger. Leptothorax tuberum r. niger Forel, 1894d: 42 (w.) FRANCE. Forel, 1913h: 359 (q.); Kutter, 1927: 100 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Raised to species: Forel, 1913h: 359. Senior synonym of glaber: Espadaler, 1981: 80. See also: Bondroit, 1918: 134; Santschi, 1927a: 58.
 * glaber. Leptothorax glaber Santschi, 1925g: 345 (w.) SPAIN. Junior synonym of niger: Espadaler, 1981: 80.

Type Material
Types studied by Salata et al. (2018): Temnothorax niger: Lektotype (w.) (CASENT0909032): [L. niger | Forel | type | Marseille | (…) |pres St. Loup || Typus || Lectotypus | des: Schulz 1994 || Coll. Forel. | ANTWEB | CASENT | 0909032] (MHNG).