Temnothorax discoloratus
(Arnol'di, 1977)
valid
Leptothorax discoloratus
Arnol'di, 1977a:
200 (w.)
RUSSIA (Caucasus).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Russia: Krasnodar Krai, Mezyb river, Gelendzhik, 17.iv.1957 (K. Arnol’di). Type-depository: ZMUM.
Type notes:
Arnol'di, 1977a: 198, said that type-material was deposited in ZISP, but Radchenko, 1996c: 19, found it in ZMUM.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
- Status as species: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 543 (in key); Radchenko, 1994e: 156 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 238; Radchenko, 1996c: 19; Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 176.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Arnol'di, K. V. 1977a. New and little known ant species of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the European USSR and the Caucasus. [In Russian.]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 56:198-204. PDF
- Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) 1978. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. [In Russian.]. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584.
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- 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
- Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(7-8):146-158. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 1996c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 4. Group congruus. Species of uncertain position. Zoogeographical characteristics. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1996(1/2):16-22. PDF