| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Authors: | S. Salata, Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. |
| Journal: | Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 769 |
| Pagination: | 769-808 |
| Date Published: | 2018-12-06 |
| Keywords: | checklist, Key, Mediterranean Subregion, Myrmicinae, new species, new synonymy |
| Abstract: | We revise the Cretan species of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861. Sixteen species are recognized, including seven new species which are possiblyendemic to Crete: T. crassistriatus sp. nov., T. daidalosi sp. nov., T. ikarosi sp. nov., T. incompletus sp. nov., T. minotaurosi sp. nov., T. proteii sp. nov., and T. variabilis sp. nov. A new synonymy is proposed, Temnothorax exilis (Emery, 1869) =Temnothorax specularis (Emery, 1916) syn. nov. An identification key to Cretan Temnothorax, based on worker caste is given. We provide a checklist of ant species described from Crete and discuss their status, distribution and endemism. |
| URL: | https://bioone.org/journals/annales-zoologici/volume-68/issue-4/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004/Taxonomic-Revision-of-the-Cretan-Fauna-of-the-Genus-Temnothorax/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004.short |
| DOI: | 10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004 |
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