Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & CsŐsz, 2015

Temnothorax crasecundus Seifert & Csősz, 2015: 43 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 1☿; Afyonkarahisar, Bayat, Mallıca Vill.; 39°03’N, 30°48’E; 1505 m; 24.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2403d • 1♀, 26 ☿; Sinanpaşa, Akharım Vill.; 38°39’188”N, 30°14’292”E; 1485 m; 22.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2247a • 14 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; N. Jansson & M. Avcı leg.; EMTU 09 /1112 • 29 ☿; Balıkesir, Dursunbey; 39°22’594”N, 28°51’491”E; 1616 m; 15.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2435b • 27 ☿; Sındırgı, Aktaş Vill.; 39°11’133”N, 28°19’023”E; 801 m; 09.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2034 • 2 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2037b • 3 ☿; Manisa, Demirci, Mahmutlar Town; 39°07’025”N, 28°36’797”E; 1533 m; 20.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2184d • 1 ☿; Gördes, Malaz Vill.; 39°04’N, 28°17’E; 1275 m; 09.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2063 • 1♀, 1♂, 100 ☿; Trabzon, Çaykara, Uzungöl Lake; 40°38’33”N, 40°16’21”E; 1800 m; 17.VIII.2000; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 00/0182 • 2☿; same collection data as for preceding; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 00/0184 • 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 45 ☿; Yozgat; 39°49’N, 34°48’E; 1250 m; 24.VIII.2004; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0624 .

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — Ardahan, Artvin, Bilecik, Bolu, Bursa, Erzincan, Erzurum, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Kütahya, Ordu, Sakarya, Sivas, Tokat, Tunceli, Yalova.

REMARKS

Temnothorax nylanderi (Förster, 1850) was the only species of the T. nylanderi complex known from Turkey until Radchenko (2000) raised T. crassispinus (Karavajev, 1926) to species rank and limited the distribution of T. nylanderi to Central and West Europe. In addition, Csősz et al. (2015) recently described a new species, T. crasecundus, from Balkans and Asia Minor.Therefore, we decided to exclude T. nylanderi and T. crassispinus from Turkish ant fauna. All specimens previously determined as T. nylanderi and T. crassispinus from Turkey refer to T. crasecundus .