Temnothorax recedens

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Temnothorax recedens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Temnothorax
Species:
T. recedens
Binomial name
Temnothorax recedens
(Nylander, 1856)
Subspecies [2]

Temnothorax recedens barbarus Santschi, 1939
Temnothorax recedens recedens(Nylander, 1856)

Synonyms
  • Myrmica recedensNylander, 1856
  • Leptothorax recedens(Nylander, 1856)
  • Leptothorax ergatogynaBernard, 1950

Temnothorax recedens is a species of Myrmicine ant found in France, Italy, and Spain, with the most recent discovery in Slovenia. [3]

In his 2003 revision of the family Formicidae, Bolton recognized the genus Temnothorax as valid, with recedens as its type species, after it had been previously placed within the genus Leptothorax . [4]

Conservation status

It is the only IUCN-evaluated hymenopteran species listed as "Least concern", although its status has not been re-evaluated at least since 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Social Insects Specialist Group. (1996). "Leptothorax recedens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T41985A10593624. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T41985A10593624.en .
  2. ITIS Standard Report Page: Leptothorax recedens. Downloaded on 29 October 2007.
  3. Bračko, G. (2007). "Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Natura Sloveniae. 9 (1): 15–24. doi: 10.14720/ns.9.1.15-24 .
  4. Bolton, B. (2003). "Synopsis and classification of Formicidae". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 71: 1–370.