Temnothorax spinosior (lat.) - a species of small-sized ants of the genus Temnothorax from the subfamily of myrmycin ( Formicidae ).
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Distribution
East Asia : China , Japan , South Korea [1] [2] .
Description
Small brownish-black ants (about 2 mm). Scape of the antennae of medium length, almost reaching the posterior margin of the head. The head is oval-elongated, the methanotic impression is weak, the hind chest is angular, with long propodeal spines. Chest and head on top with a reduced sculpture. Antennae 12-segmented. The species was first described in 1901 as a variety under the original name Leptothorax congruus var. spinosior Forel, 1901 [3] , in 1990 it was upgraded to a separate species [4] [5] [1] [2] . The chromosome set 2n = 24 [6] .
See also
- Temnothorax affinis
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Radchenko A. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Eastern Palaearctic (Eng.) // Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae: Journal. - 2004. - Vol. 50, no. 2 . - P. 109-137.
- ↑ 1 2 Zhou, Shanyi; Huang, Jianhua; Yu, Daojian and Liu, Zhongjian. 2010. Eight New Species and Three Newly Recorded Species of The Ant Genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) From the Chinese Mainland, With a Key. Sociobiology. 56 (1): 7–26.
- ↑ Forel, A. 1901. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 371, description of workers)
- ↑ Terayama, M .; Satoh, T. 1990. Taxonomic notes on two Japanese species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Jpn. J. Entomol. 58: 532 (page 532, upgraded to species status)
- ↑ Terayama, M. and K. Onoyama. 1999. The ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. 1: 71-97.
- ↑ Imai, HT 1966. The chromosome observation techniques of ants and the chromosomes of Formicinae and Myrmicinae. Acta Hymenopterol. 2: 119-131 (page 119, description of the karyotype)
Literature
- Radchenko A. A review of the ant genera Leptothorax Mayr and Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Eastern Palaearctic (Eng.) // Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae: Journal. - 2004. - Vol. 50, no. 2 . - P. 109-137.
- Prebus M. Palearctic elements in the old world tropics: a taxonomic revision of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) for the Afrotropical biogeographical region (English) // ZooKeys: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 483. - P. 23-57. - ISSN 1313-2970 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.483.9111 .