Temnothorax proteii

Workers of this species were found in material collected on an entomological umbrella. Habitats where it has been collected include blackberry bushes growing along roads, deciduous forests and macchia and bushes overgrowing banks of streams or rivers. Nests have never been found but are probably in dry branches or galls.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece.

Nomenclature

 *  proteii. Temnothorax proteii Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018: 788, figs. 56-60 (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.