ZooKeys (Jan 2014)

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

  • Roy Snelling,
  • Marek Borowiec,
  • Matthew Prebus

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.372.6039
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 372, no. 0
pp. 27 – 89

Abstract

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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.