Temnothorax himachalensis
Bharti et al., 2012
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Temnothorax himachalensis
Bharti et al., 2012:
327, figs. 1-3 (w.)
INDIA (Himachal Pradesh).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: Himachal Pradesh, Udaipur, 32.7350°N, 76.6643°E, 2800 m., 19.viii.2008 (no collector’s name; I. Gul?). Primary type depositories: PUAC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 14 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker India: Jammu & Kashmir, Kargil, 2789 m., 27.xii.2011 (I. Gul), 3 paratype workers Jammu & Kashmir, Pahalgam, 2190 m., 27.vii.1978 (P.S. Ward), 4 paratype workers Daksun, 2400-2700 m., 9-13.vii.1976 (W. Wittmer). Secondary type depositories: PCAS, PSWC, PUAC, SMNK.
- Status as species: Bharti et al., 2016: 45; Bharti et al., 2016: 752 (in key).
Citations
- Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
- Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Sasi, S. 2016. Taxonomy of Temnothorax simlensis stat. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with first description of sexual castes along with a mention of its plesiobiotic association with Himalayan species of genus Myrmica. Sociobiology 63:748-754. 10.13102/sociobioloby.v63i2.869 PDF
- Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Schulz, A. 2012. Three new species of genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalayas with a revised key to the Indian species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58:325-336. PDF