Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

By

Snelling, Roy
Borowiec, Marek
Prebus, Matthew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

372

Pages

27-89

Subjects

Identification , key , North America , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.372.6039

 

Abstract

The following ten new species of the ant genus Temnothorax are described and illustrated: T. anaphalantus (California, Baja California), T. arboreus (California), T. caguatan (Oregon, California, Baja California), T.morongo (California, Baja California), T. myrmiciformis (California, Baja California), T. nuwuvi (Nevada), T. paiute (California, Nevada), T. pseudandrei (Arizona, California), T. quasimodo (California) and T. wardi (California). A key to workers of the twenty-two Temnothorax species known or expected to occur in California is provided.