Temnothorax turcicus

In Greece this species is mostly known from lowland and warm habitats such as sunny edges of forests, mediterranean bushes or luminous oak and pine forests. Nests are found in dry stems of trees and twigs of bushes and large herbs (Salata & Borowiec, 2019; Borowiec & Salata, 2021).

Identification
Prebus (2017) - A member of the Palearctic clade.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  turcicus. Leptothorax turcicus Santschi, 1934d: 278 (w.) TURKEY. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.

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.
 * Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
 * Bracko G., K. Kiran, C. Karaman, S. Salata, and L. Borowiec. 2016. Survey of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Greek Thrace. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7945. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7945
 * Bracko G., and L. Cesnik. 2016. Fist records of six ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Slovenia. Natura Sloveniae 18(2): 39-46.
 * Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
 * 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.
 * Wagner H. C., B. Seifert, S. Aurenhammer, and C. Komposch. 2011. Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)- an arboricol ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to Austria). Ber. Nat. Med. Verein Innsbruck 97: 59-71.