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Temnothorax

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Description

Temnothorax is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 350 species.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temnothorax, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8314083	https://www.gbif.org/species/8314083
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	256003	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=256003

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Temnothorax

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Formicidae : Temnothorax

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
order	Hymenoptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Unicalcarida	Schulmeister et al. 2002
suborder	Vespina
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
-	Aculeata
superfamily	Vespoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Formicidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Myrmicinae	Lepeletier 1835
tribe	Crematogastrini	Forel 1893
genus	Temnothorax	Mayr 1861

Scientific Name

Temnothorax Mayr, 1861

Name Published In

Die Europ. Formiciden, 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Temnothorax	genus	belongs to Formicoxenini	stated with evidence	Bolton, 2003
Temnothorax	genus	belongs to Crematogastrini	stated with evidence	Ward et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Bolton. 2012. Catalogue of Ants of the World

Common Name(s)

Mindre Smalmyror, Smalmyror

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temnothorax

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Temnothorax adustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax albipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax albispinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax algiricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax alienus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax ambiguus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax anaphalantus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax andrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax anodonta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax antigoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax arboreus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax artvinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax bestelmeyeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax bimbache species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax bradleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax bucheti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax bulgaricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax caguatan species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax carinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax cenatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax chandleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax cokendolpheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax coleenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax conatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax continentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax crasecundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax curvispinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax delaparti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax gallae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax glaesarius ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax gracilicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax gracilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax graecus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax grouvellei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax hystriculus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax iranicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax isabellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax josephi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax korbi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax kraussei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax lichtensteini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax liebi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax longaevus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax longispinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax manni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax mediterraneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax megalops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax morongo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax myrmiciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax neomexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax nevadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax nitens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax nitidiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax nuwuvi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax oraniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax oxynodis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax paiute species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax pastinifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax petiolata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax pilagens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax placivus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Temnothorax politus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax praecreolus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Temnothorax pseudandrei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax quasimodo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax rudis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax rugatulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax salvini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax saxatilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax saxonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax schoedli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax semiruber species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax silvestrii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax specularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax tauricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax tergestinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax texanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax tricarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax tuberum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax unifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax wardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnothorax whitfordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Temnothorax Mayr
2003	Temnothorax Bolton p. 70
2012	Temnothorax Bolton
2015	Temnothorax Ward et al. p. 77

References

Bolton B. (2012) , Catalogue of Ants of the World

Bolton B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae, Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71, 1-370

Ward P. S., Brady S. G., et al (2015) The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Systematic Entomology 40, 61-81

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Die Europ. Formiciden, 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/California Academy of Sciences: AntWeb - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Douwes (2007) Lista svenska Formicidae - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Bolton (2013) Antweb. Family: Formicidae. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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