Temnothorax cf. exilis (form darii Forel, 1911)

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena & Borowiec, Lech, 2022, New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 83658-83658 : 83658

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scientific name

Temnothorax cf. exilis (form darii Forel, 1911)
status

 

Temnothorax cf. exilis (form darii Forel, 1911)

Distribution

New records: South Pirin Mt., Kalimantsi vill., 06.04-10.05.2002, pitfall traps, 2 w., leg. M. Langourov; East Rhodopes, Svirachi vill., 22.04.2014, 1 w., leg. ALG. Detailed occurrence data: Lapeva-Gjonova and Borowiec (2022).

Notes

First record for Bulgaria. This is a common Balkan form of the species belonging to the Temnothorax exilis group. It was described from the vicinity of Izmir in Turkey as var. Temnothorax exilis darii ( Forel 1911) and synonymised with T. exilis by Baroni Urbani (1971). It is likely that the Balkan population is not conspecific with true T. exilis , described from the vicinity of Naples in Italy. Until the situation is clarified, we will leave the name of the morphospecies as Temnothorax cf. exilis (form darii Forel, 1911).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Temnothorax