Temnothorax clypeatus ( Mayr, 1853 )

Kiran, Kadri & Karaman, Celal, 2020, Additions to the Ant Fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Zoosystema 42 (18), pp. 285-329 : 315

Temnothorax clypeatus ( Mayr, 1853) *, **

( Fig. 6 )

Myrmica clypeata Mayr, 1853a: 282 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 1 ☿; Burdur, Gölhisar ; 36°57’40”N, 29°27’53”E; 1223 m; 22. V.2009; N. Jansson leg.; EMTU 09 /1127 • 1 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; N. Jansson leg.; EMTU 09 /1129 • 1 ☿; Mersin, Gülnar, Köseçobanlı Vill. ; 36°30’22.5”N, 33°07’43.3”E; 26.VIII.2006; N. Jansson & M. Avcı leg.; EMTU 06 /0472a • 1☿; same collection data as for preceding; N. Jansson & M. Avcı leg.; EMTU 06 /0473 .

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — New for Turkey and Asia continent.

REMARKS

General distribution of the species is South Europe and its present records extends the distribution of the species to Asia.

Figures

FIG. 6. — Worker of T.clypeatus (Mayr,1853):A, head from dorsal view; B, whole body from lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.