Temnothorax clypeatus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA), University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11 / A, I- 43124 Parma, Italia.
- 2. MTA-ELTE-MTM, Ecology Research Group, PÁzmÁny Péter sétÁny 1 C, H- 1117 Budapest, Hungary. & Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, Centre for Ecological Research, AlkotmÁny út 2 - 4, H- 2163 VÁcrÁtót, Hungary.
- 3. Via Michele Cipolla 106, I- 90123 Palermo, Italia.
- 4. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (DBGES), University of Catania, Via Androne 81, I- 95124 Catania, Italia.
Description
7. Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr 1853)
A widespread European species, differing from most European Temnothorax by belonging to the rugatulus clade (Prebus, 2017). Usually associated with deciduous forests (Seifert, 2018), T. clypeatus is one of the few exclusively tree inhabiting Temnothorax species in Sicily alongside T. affinis (Mayr 1853) and T. mediterraneus Ward et al. 2015 (Galkowski & Cagniant, 2017; Schifani & Alicata, 2018). It is unlikely that T. clypeatus was misidentified in the past, and it is possibly relatively widespread in Sicily, far beyond the single locality we know; in fact, arboreal-nesting species are easily overlooked during field surveys. A similar case in Sicily is that of Camponotus tergestinus Müller 1921 (Schifani & Alicata, 2018).
Examined material (Fig. 4 a-b)
Syracuse province: Bosco di Santo Pietro, Quercus suber forest, 02.06.2019, S. Csősz & A. Alicata legit, SCC and AAC.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.4 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:0a15cf38c37a6713c36cc8178e5910c8
|
1.4 kB | Download |
System files
(9.4 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:a9b70a4477d5bee35087f6e862b06c63
|
9.4 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Mayr
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Temnothorax
- Species
- clypeatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Temnothorax clypeatus (Mayr, 1853) sec. Schifani, Csősz, Viviano & Alicata, 2021