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Issue: Vol. 5005 No. 2: 26 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.2
Page range: 145-160
Abstract views: 422
PDF downloaded: 19

Description of Temnothorax estel sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of the Iberian species of the sordidulus species-complex

Independent researcher, Barcelona.
morphometry new species taxonomy biogeography Iberian Peninsula Hymenoptera

Abstract

A characteristically bicolored ant belonging to the Temnothorax sordidulus species-complex is described from mountainous habitats in Iberia and named T. estel sp. nov. Three additional and closely-related taxa are newly recognized as members of the complex, including the Iberian endemics T. ibericus (Menozzi, 1922) and T. platycephalus (Espadaler, 1997) and the Pyrenean T. conatensis Galkowski & Lebas, 2016. The taxonomy of all four species is reviewed and discussed within the Palearctic context. Images and an identification key are provided.

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