Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete

Sebastian Salata; Lech Borowiec; Apostolos Trichas

doi:10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004

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1 November 2018 Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete

Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, Apostolos Trichas

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Annales Zoologici, 68(4):769-808 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004

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.

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Sebastian Salata, Lech Borowiec, and Apostolos Trichas "Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete," Annales Zoologici 68(4), 769-808, (1 November 2018). https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.4.004

Received: 17 August 2018; Accepted: 10 November 2018; Published: 1 November 2018

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