Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018

Kiran, Kadri, Received, Celal Karamanb, Online, Published & Version, Final, 2021, Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Central Anatolian Region of Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 45 (3), pp. 161-196 : 186

Temnothorax strymonensis Csősz, Salata & Borowiec, 2018

Material: 86, 119.

Temnothorax subtilis Csősz, Heinze & Mikó, 2015

Material: 3, 4, 13, 17, 22, 28, 31, 34, 37, 39, 48, 61, 77, 81, 85, 88, 110, 112, 120, 121, 124, 126, 129, 142, 143, 144, 154, 155, 156, 157, 161, 165, 182, 188, 189, 192, 196, 202, 213, 232, 246, 249, 262, 268, 281, 288, 289, 297, 300, 311, 322, 323, 348, 355, 362, 365, 368, 370, 372, 375, 376, 380, 383.

Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)

Material: 41, 78, 85, 155, 167, 168, 174, 194, 220, 251, 268, 270, 278, 348, 374, 375, 380, 381.

Temnothorax turcicus (Santschi, 1934)

Material: 31, 92, 113, 135, 185, 214, 313, 321.

Temnothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)

Material: 82, 114, 115, 116, 172, 258, 284, 286, 297, 298, 301, 312, 313, 324, 335, 345, 351, 358, 374, 375, 377.

Genus: Tetramorium Mayr, 1855

Tetramorium anatolicum Csősz & Schulz, 2007

Material: 158, 169, 215, 372.

Tetramorium bellerophoni Salata & Borowiec, 2017

Material: 138, 165, 215, 216, 224, 238, 262, 316, 377.

Tetramorium cf. caespitum

Material: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33, 34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, 52, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 106, 108, 116, 121, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 139, 142, 144, 146, 147, 152, 155, 159, 162, 166, 168, 169, 170, 171, 175, 178, 183, 184, 185, 190, 192, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 210, 211, 212, 215, 222, 227, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 241, 242, 249, 253, 256, 262, 264, 272, 274, 275, 277, 278, 281, 285, 293, 294, 300, 305, 307, 308, 310, 313, 314, 316, 320, 323, 330, 338, 339, 342, 343, 345, 346, 347, 350, 351, 354, 355, 358, 361, 362, 363, 364, 370, 373, 375, 376, 380, 381, 382, 383.

Comments: Although serious studies have been undertaken to solve the taxonomic problems of Tetramorium caespitum species group in recent years ( Csősz et al., 2014; Steiner, Schlick-Steiner, and Moder, 2006; Wagner et al., 2017), these breakthroughs have generally focused on their species in Europe. We found at least 4 undescribed species that related strongly with T. caespitum (Linnaeus) in the study area. No any morphometric based key suitable for Turkish T. caespitum species group for now.

Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911

Material: 1, 3, 12, 13, 17, 19, 21, 36, 40, 57, 62, 65, 73, 76, 79, 80, 82, 95, 111, 118, 120, 132, 134, 139, 140, 141, 143, 146, 150, 153, 158, 161, 164, 167, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 192, 196, 197, 200, 202, 208, 209, 213, 214, 216, 220, 221, 223, 226, 228, 229, 231, 232, 234, 235, 237, 242, 252, 254, 260, 266, 271, 272, 275, 276, 279, 289, 291, 292, 294, 305, 320, 326, 333, 336, 339, 347, 349, 350, 355, 358, 359, 360, 363, 366, 367, 371, 372, 373, 379, 380, 382.

Comments: Although the type locality of T. chefketi is in our study area (Ankara), this species contains some undescribed species ( Bernard Seifert ; personal communication) .

Tetramorium diomedeum Emery, 1908

Material: 52, 66, 86, 154, 165, 172, 176, 192, 200, 220, 231, 244, 257, 271, 299, 341, 366.

Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903

Material: 1, 16, 18, 29, 41, 47, 62, 65, 95, 175, 178, 196, 199, 204, 220, 226, 232, 240, 243, 246, 248, 251, 253, 256, 267, 293, 374.

Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985

Material: 243, 374.

Tetramorium flavidulum Emery, 1924

Material: 3, 6, 13, 17, 20, 30, 31, 48, 54, 66, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 88, 91, 92, 94, 99, 100, 103, 107, 120, 124, 126, 135, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 149, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 165, 170, 172, 173, 174, 176, 181, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 213, 214, 216, 220, 224, 225, 249, 251, 264, 272, 274, 275, 276, 280, 282, 288, 289, 290, 292, 302, 302, 306, 308, 323, 324, 328, 337, 338, 347, 348, 357, 358, 361, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 382, 383.

Tetramorium galaticum Menozzi, 1936

Material: 3, 17, 38, 42, 43, 49, 65, 66, 75, 76, 88, 89, 95, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 109, 110, 117, 118, 125, 139, 151, 152, 154, 155, 159, 161, 167, 171, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 185, 200, 209, 216, 222, 226, 228, 230, 231, 234, 242, 243, 253, 254, 255, 257, 261, 266, 303, 323, 330, 339, 343, 360, 361, 375, 379, 380.

Tetramorium hippocratis Agosti & Collingwood, 1987

Material: 57, 66, 86, 96, 100, 107, 118, 200, 223, 230, 246, 255, 264, 361, 368.

Tetramorium hungaricum Röszler, 1935

Material: 62, 86, 100, 110, 186, 189, 192, 264, 338.

Tetramorium cf. lucidulum

Material: 99, 117, 200, 209, 239, 243, 247, 254, 255, 374, 379.

Comments: Although the type locality ( Syria) of T. lucidulum Menozzi, 1933 is near the studied area the material shows some differentiation when we compare with the type in Antweb CASENT0904824. Frons is not as extremely narrow and frontal carinae not as distinctly curved as in like the type of T. lucidulum . Moreover, L. Borowiec stated that all European materials collections identified as T. lucidulum (including Greek material) are misidentified and probably belong to undescribed taxon or taxa (Lech Borowiec; personal communication). The final status will be clarified after the revision of T. semilaeve species complex.