Temnothorax recedens

Temnothorax recedens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

References

1. 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.