Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery, 1895)

Snelling, Roy R., Borowiec, Marek L. & Prebus, Matthew M., 2014, Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 372, pp. 27-89 : 51

Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery, 1895) Figures 20, 22

Leptothorax rugatulus Emery 1895: 321. Syntype workers, South Dakota, Colorado [MSNG] [Images of CASENT0904762 syntype worker examined].

Leptothorax curvispinosus subsp. rugatulus Wheeler 1903: 241. Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery) as junior synonym of Leptothorax curvispinosus .

Leptothorax curvispinosus rugatulus var. cockerelli Wheeler 1903: 241. 10 syntype workers, Las Vegas Hot Springs, New Mexico [MCZC] [Images of MCZ_21044 syntype worker examined]. Synonymy by Creighton 1950: 269.

Leptothorax curvispinosus rugatulus var. annectens Wheeler 1903: 242. 4 syntype workers, Boulder, Colorado [MCZC] [Images of MCZ_22776 syntype worker examined]. Synonymy by Creighton 1950: 269.

Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery) Wheeler 1917: 509. Revived status as species.

Leptotothorax rugatulus var. mediorufus Wheeler 1917: 510. Six syntype workers, Lake Tahoe, California [MCZC] [Images of MCZ_8675 syntype worker examined]. Synonymy by Creighton 1950: 269.

Leptothorax rugatulus subsp. brunnescens Wheeler 1917: 510. Syntype workers, Creede, Colorado [MCZC] [Images of MCZ_23661 syntype worker examined]. Synonymy by Mackay 2000: 394.

Leptothorax rugatulus subsp. cockerelli Wheeler; Wheeler 1917: 510. Leptothorax curvispinosus rugatulus var. cockerelli raised to subspecies.

Leptothorax rugatulus subsp. annectens Wheeler; Wheeler 1917: 510. Leptothorax curvispinosus rugatulus var. annectens raised to subspecies.

Leptothorax (Myrafant) rugatulus Emery; M. R. Smith 1950: 30. First combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant) .

Temnothorax rugatulus (Emery); Bolton 2003: 272. First combination in Temnothorax .

Material examined.

65 series from California, 14 series from Arizona, 4 series from Oregon, 4 series from Nevada [MLBC, MMPC, PSWC, UCDC].

Remarks.

See Mackay (2000) for a full description of this species.