Temnothorax platycephalus
(Espadaler, 1997)
valid
Leptothorax platycephalus
Espadaler, 1997b:
153 (w.q.m.)
SPAIN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Spain: Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, Calarilla, 17.v.1982 (C.M. Herrera). Primary type depository: XEPC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 52 paratype workers, 6 paratype queens, 4 paratype males. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker Sierra de Cazorla, Pico Cabañas, 21.v.1982 (C.M. Herrera), 1 paratype worker Sierra de Cazorla, Pico Cabañas, 21.v.1982 (C.M. Herrera), 5 paratype workers Sierra de Cazorla, Pico Cabañas, 9.iv.1983 (C.M. Herrera), 36 paratype workers, 6 paratype queens, 4 paratype males Sierra de Cazorla, Nava de las Correhuelas, 26.vii.1983 (C.M. Herrera), 4 paratype workers Sierra de Cazorla, Torcal de Linares, 28.vi.1984 (C.M. Herrera), 4 paratype workers Cuenca, Ciudad Encantada, 14.viii.1977 (no collector’s name, presumably Espadaler). Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MNHN, XEPC.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
- Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 186; Galkowski & Lebas, 2016: 85 (in key); Lebas et al., 2016: 364; González, 2021: 155 (diagnosis, 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
- 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
- Galkowski, C.; Lebas, C. 2016. Temnothorax conatensis nov. sp., décrite des Pyrénées-Orientales (France) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 25:80-87. PDF
- González, J. A. 2021. Description of Temnothorax estel sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of the Iberian species of the sordidulus species-complex. Zootaxa 5005 (2):145–160. 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.2 PDF
- Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.