Temnothorax blascoi
(Espadaler, 1997)
valid
Leptothorax blascoi
Espadaler, 1997b:
152 (w.q.m.)
SPAIN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Spain: Zaragoza, Pina de Ebro, La Retuerte, 10.x.1992 (no collector’s name, presumably J. Blasco). Type-depository: XEPC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 26 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens, 7 paratype males. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 5.v.1990 (J. Blasco), 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 3.ix.1990 (J. Blasco), 5 paratype males with same data as holotype but 13.ix.1992 (J. Blasco), 24 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype but 10.x.1992 (J. Blasco), 2 paratype queens, 1 paratype male with same data as holotype but 10.ix.1993 (J. Blasco), 1 paratype male with same data as holotype but 20.ix.1993 (J. Blasco). Paratype-depositories: MCZC, MNHN, XEPC.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
- Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 174; Lebas et al., 2016: 370; Catarineu et al., 2017: 143 (in key).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
- Catarineu, C.; Barberá, G. G.; Reyes-López, J. L. 2017. A new ant species, Temnothorax ansei sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the arid environments of south-eastern Spain. Sociobiology 64 (2):138-145. 10.13102/sociobiology.v64i2.1274 PDF
- Espadaler, X. 1997b ("1996"). Diagnosis preliminar de siete especies nuevas de hormigas de la Península Ibérica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zapateri. Revista Aragonesa de Entomología 6:151-153. PDF
- Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.