Key to the Temnothorax of Crete

This worker key is based on: [[Media:Salata, S., Borowiec, L. et al. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Cretan fauna of the genus Temnothorax.pdf|Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 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 (DOI 10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004).]]

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 * Temnothorax
 * Greece
 * Crete

1

 * Petiole and postpetiole with lobe- or teeth-shape projections, social parasite of Temnothorax species . . . . . 2


 * Petiole and postpetiole without lobe- or teeth-shape projections, nonparasitic species . . . . . 3

2
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 * Antennae 11-segmented, petiole and postpetiole with lobe-like projections, body with well-developed sculpture . . . . . Temnothorax kraussei


 * Antennae 12-segmente, petiole and postpetiole with teeth-like projections, body sculpture reduced, on head almost absent . . . . . Temnothorax muellerianus

3
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 * Metanotal groove present . . . . . 4


 * Metanotal groove absent . . . . . 9

4
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 * Whole body shining with reduced sculpture, head on almost entire surface smooth . . . . . Temnothorax recedens


 * Entire body surface covered with well-developed sculpture, at most frons with reduced sculpture . . . . . 5

5
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 * Petiole low, convex, with long peduncle, propodeal spines long (PSL>0.250mm), thin. Head and mesosoma strongly sculptured. Large species, ML above 0.920 . . . . . Temnothorax semiruber


 * Petiole high, with short or moderate peduncle, propodeal spines short or moderate (PSL<0.2 mm), wide. Head and mesosoma finely sculptured. Small species, ML below 0.850 . . . . . 6