The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus

Sebastian Salata; Jakovos Demetriou; Christos Georgiadis; Lech Borowiec

doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5434.1.1

The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus

Sebastian Salata, Jakovos Demetriou, Christos Georgiadis, Lech Borowiec

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Abstract

Only five species of the genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 have been reported from Cyprus, hitherto. Based on material surveys, the presence of 12 species is reported. Eight of them are described as new to science: T. akrotiriensis n. sp., T. apolloni n. sp., T. cerastarum n. sp., T. evagorae n. sp., T. hippomenesi n. sp., T. kykkos n. sp., T. nikoklesi n. sp., and T. oreades n. sp. In addition, T. cypridis (Santschi, 1930) n. stat. is raised to the species rank, while T. aeolius (Forel, 1911) and T. curtisetosus Salata & Borowiec, 2015 are reported from Cyprus for the first time. An identification key and color photos of all Cypriot species of Temnothorax are provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-69
Number of pages	69
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5434
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5434.1.1
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

acorn ants and allies
endemism
identification key
new species
taxonomy

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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