Temnothorax kurilensis (RADCHENKO, 1994)

Radchenko, A., 2004, A Review Of The Ant Genera Leptothorax Mayr And Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Of The Eastern Palaearctic, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 (2), pp. 109-137 : 125

Temnothorax kurilensis (RADCHENKO, 1994)

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Leptothorax kurilensis RADCHENKO, 1994 a: 32 , workers, queens, Russia, Isl. Kunashir; 1994 b: 148; BOLTON, 1995: 240; RADCHENKO, 1996: 18.

Temnothorax kurilensis : BOLTON, 2003: 271.

Material examined: worker (holotype): Isl. Kunashir, Golovin volcano, 18.viii.1988, leg. S. BASARUKIN ( IZK); paratypes: 6 workers from the nest of the holotype; 2 workers and 2 queens, Isl. Kunashir , Lake Goryachee, 25.vii.1975, leg. A. KUPYANSKAYA ; 1 worker, from the same locality, 11.viii.1970, leg. A. TICHOMIROVA ; 8 workers, Isl. Kunashir , Alekhino, 2.viii.1970, leg. A. TICHOMIROVA ( IZK, ZMMU) .

Distribution. Russia, Isl. Kunashir (Southern Kuril Islands).

Ecology is very poorly known. Workers and alate queens were found in rich deciduous forest.

Notes. T. kurilensis most resembles T. congruus (see Notes under the latter species).

Figures

Figs 24–31. Details of structure of workers of Temnothorax argentipes (syntype, 24, 25), T.congruus (syntype, 26, 27), T. eburneipes (syntype, 28, 29), T. kaszabi (paratype, 30) and T. kurilensis