Temnothorax tauricus

Status of this species in Greece is still under discussion (Borowiec & SaLata 2019a), as it can be only a dark form of Temnothorax turcicus. It was noted from the Ionian Islands and Macedonia, and now form the Peloponnese. Nests were observed in cracked rocks inside mixed and fir forests. (Borowiec & Salata, 2021)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russian Federation, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  tauricus. Leptothorax unifasciatus var. tauricus Ruzsky, 1902d: 22 (w.) UKRAINE. Karavaiev, 1927a: 292 (q.); Radchenko, 1995c: 16 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of unifasciatus: Arnol'di, 1977a: 202. Raised to species and senior synonym of pithyusae: Radchenko, 1994d: 157 (in key); Radchenko, 1995c: 16; senior synonym of babuganicus: Radchenko, 1995c: 16.
 * babuganicus. Leptothorax pithyusae subsp. babuganicus Arnol'di, 1977a: 201 (w.) UKRAINE. Junior synonym of tauricus: Radchenko, 1995c: 16.
 * pithyusae. Leptothorax pithyusae Arnol'di, 1977a: 201 (w.q.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of tauricus: Radchenko, 1994d: 157 (in key); Radchenko, 1995c: 16.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnol'di K. V. 1977. New and little known species of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the European regions of the USSR and the Caucasus. Entomol. Rev. (Wash.) 56: 148-153.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
 * Ivanov S. P., A. V. Fateryga, and V. Yu Zhidkov. 2019. Aculeate Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) inhabiting trap nests in Crimea. Entomological Review 99(2): 163–179.
 * Karavaiev V. 1927. Übersicht der Ameisenfauna der Krim nebst einigen Neubeschreibungen. Konowia 5: 281-303.
 * Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2019. Preliminary division of not socially parasitic Greek Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a description of three new species. ZooKeys 877: 81-131.