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Temnothorax recedens

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Temnothorax recedens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 recedens Nylander, 1856
  • Leptothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
  • Leptothorax ergatogyna Bernard, 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.