Temnothorax brevispinus
(Chang & He, 2001)
valid
Leptothorax brevispinus
Chang & He, 2001c:
2, figs. 1, 5, 9 (w.)
CHINA (Ningxia).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: China: Ningxia Prov., [locality data in Chinese only], 1830 m., 6.vi.1999, no. 99-253 [collector’s name in Chinese only]. Type-depository: unknown (perhaps GNUC).
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 8 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: 3 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 99-020, 5 paratype workers [locality data in Chinese only], 1800 m., 12.viii.1998, no. 98-491 [collector’s name in Chinese only]. Paratype-depository: unknown (perhaps GNUC).
- Combination in Temnothorax: Zhou et al., 2010: 10 (in key)
- Status as species: Zhou et al., 2010: 10 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 54.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Chang, Y.-D.; He, D.-H. 2001c. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Leptothorax from northwestern China. [In Chinese.]. Journal of Ningxia Agricultural College 22(2):1-4. PDF
- Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
- Zhou, S.; Huang, J.; Yu, D.; Liu, Z. 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 56:7-26. PDF