Temnothorax terrigena
(Wheeler, 1903)
valid
Leptothorax terrigena
Wheeler, 1903d:
254, pl. 12, fig. 21 (w.dq.)
U.S.A. (Texas).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Prebus, 2021b: 448). Type-locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Texas, Travis County, McNeil, 22.ii.1902, co-type A.M.N.H., M.C.Z. Type 21038 (W.M. Wheeler). Type-depository: MCZC. Type-specimen: MCZENT00522078 (lectotype; bottom specimen on pin). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 448.)
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 14 paratype workers, 1 paratype dealate queen. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype dealate queen with same data as lectotype (on same pin as lectotype); 13 paratype workers with same data as lectotype (one worker M.C.Z. Type 21038, one worker M.C.Z. Type 21038). Paratype-depositories and specimens: MCZC: MCZENT00522078 (queen top, worker middle specimens on same pin as lectotype), MCZENT00031038 (workers); LACM: LACMENT181910 (workers); USNM: USNMENT00528965 (workers), CASENT0105624 (workers). (Source: Prebus, 2021b: 448.)
Type notes:
Wheeler also records original syntypes from Texas, Austin (number not stated).
- Lectotype designation: Prebus, 2021b: 448.
- Combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1951c: 819.
- Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 567; Emery, 1924f: 258; Creighton, 1950a: 272; Smith, 1951c: 819; Smith, 1979: 1395; Bolton, 1995b: 245; Mackay, 2000: 414 (redescription); Bolton, 2003: 272; Prebus, 2021b: 52 (in key), 447 (diagnosis, redescription).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- 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
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
- Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:265-444. PDF
- Prebus, M. M. 2021b. Taxonomic revision of the Temnothorax salvini clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a key to the clades of New World Temnothorax. PeerJ 9:462 pp. e11514. 10.7717/peerj.11514 PDF
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1903d. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 55:215-260. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF