Temnothorax aeolius (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 aeolius (Forel, 1911)
status

 

Temnothorax aeolius (Forel, 1911)

Distribution

New records: South Pirin Mt., Kalimantsi vill., 06.04.-10.05.2002, pitfall traps, 1 w.; same place, 06.08-08.09.2002, pitfall traps, 1 w., leg. M. Langourov; Struma Valley, Kamenitsa vill., 23.06-08.08.2002, pitfall traps, 1 w., leg. D. Chobanov. Detailed occurrence data: Lapeva-Gjonova and Borowiec (2022).

Notes

First record for Bulgaria. A rarely collected ant that is a member of the Temnothorax graecus species group ( Salata and Borowiec 2019b). This species is known from Turkey, its type locality, as well as from Israel and the Greek islands ( Borowiec and Salata 2012). It was recently recorded in Greek Thrace ( Bračko et al. 2016).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Temnothorax