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Temnothorax mongolicus

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Temnothorax mongolicus (PISARSKI, 1969) (Fig. 32)

Leptothorax serviculus mongolicus PISARSKI, 1969 b: 301, workers, Mongolia: Songino, 24 km SW from Ulan-Bator; Uburchangaj aimak, Changai Distr., 18 km S from Somon Chužirt; DLUSSKY & PISARSKI, 1970: 86.

Leptothorax mongolicus: RADCHENKO, 1994 b: 156 [raised to species rank]; 1995 b: 18 (queens, males); BOLTON, 1995: 241.

Leptothorax serviculus RUZSKY: KUPYANSKAYA, 1990: 140; TERAYAMA et al., 1992: 28; KIM, 1996: 177; 2003: 2; LYU & CHO, 2003: 273, nec RUZSKY, 1902 et auct. (misidentification).

Temnothorax mongolicus: BOLTON, 2003: 271.

Material examined: 3 workers (holotype and paratypes), Mongolia, Songino, 24 km SW from Ulan-Bator, 22.v.1962, No 3299, leg. R. BIELAWSKI & B. PISARSKI;; paratypes: 4 workers, Mongolia, Uburchangaj aimak, Changai Distr., 18 km S from Somon Chužirt, 1830 m a.s.l., 29.vi.1964, No. 223, leg. Z. KASZAB (MIZ, HNHM); non-type material: several tens workers, 4 queens, 4 males from Mongolia, South Siberia and North Korea.

Distribution. Mongolia, Chita and Amur Regions of Russia, North Korea.

Ecology. It inhabits steppes, dry meadows and dry lighted sparse forests; nests are built in soil.

Notes. T. mongolicus most resembles T. pisarskii (see Notes under the latter). COLLINGWOOD (1976) determined a couple of specimens from North Korea as L. serviculus, but really they belong to T. mongolicus (material in HNHM, examined). This mistake was repeated by TERAYAMA et al. (1992) and by KIM (1996, 2003).

Notes

Published as part of Radchenko, A., 2004, A Review Of The Ant Genera Leptothorax Mayr And Temnothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Of The Eastern Palaearctic, pp. 109-137 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 50 (2) on pages 125-126, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12586852

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MIZ, HNHM , R
Event date
1962-05-22 , 1964-06-29
Verbatim event date
1962-05-22 , 1964-06-29
Scientific name authorship
PISARSKI
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Temnothorax
Species
mongolicus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Temnothorax mongolicus (PISARSKI, 1969) sec. Radchenko, 2004

References

  • PISARSKI, B. (1969 b) Myrmicidae und Formicidae Ergebnisse der zoologishen Forschungen von Dr. Z. Kaszab der Mongolei (Hymenoptera). Faunistische Abhandlungen, Staatlisches Museum fur Tierkunde Dresden 2 (29): 295 - 316.
  • DLUSSKY, G. M. & PISARSKI, B. (1970) Formicidae aus der Mongolei. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 46 (1): 85 - 90.
  • RADCHENKO, A. G. (1994 b) A key for the identification of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 73 (7 - 8): 146 - 158. [in Russian]
  • BOLTON, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the World. Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge - London, 504 pp.
  • KUPYANSKAYA A. N. (1990) The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Far East of the USSR. Vladivostok: DVO AN SSSR, 258 pp. [in Russian]
  • TERAYAMA, M., CHOI, B. - M. & KIM, Ch. - H. (1992) A check list of ants from Korea, with taxonomic notes. Bulletin of the Toho Gakuen 7: 19 - 54. [in Japanese]
  • KIM, B. - J. (1996) Synonymic list and distribution of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in Korea. Entomological Research Bulletin Supplement (KEI): 169 - 196.
  • KIM, B. - J. (2003) Ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) study in Korea. ANet Newsletter 6: 1 - 7.
  • LYU, D. - P. & CHO, S. (2003) Review of Korean Formicoxenini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Korea. Insecta Koreana 20 (3 - 4): 265 - 280.
  • RUZSKY, M. D. (1902) Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zoologische Jahrbucher Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 17 (3): 469 - 484.
  • BOLTON, B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71: 1 - 370.
  • COLLINGWOOD, C. A. (1976) Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from North Korea. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 68: 295 - 309.