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Issue: Vol. 5434 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2024
Type: Monograph
Published: 2024-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5434.1.1
Page range: 1-69
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The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus

University of Wrocław; Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy; Myrmecological Laboratory; Przybyszewskiego 65; 51–148 Wrocław; Poland
Department of Ecology and Systematics; Faculty of Biology; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 15784 Athens; Greece; Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology; Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus; BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57; Akrotiri; Cyprus; Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre; Acropoleos 2; Aglantzia 2101; Nicosia; Cyprus
Section of Zoology and Marine Biology; Department of Biology; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 15784 Athens; Greece; Museum of Zoology; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; 15784 Athens; Greece
University of Wrocław; Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy; Myrmecological Laboratory; Przybyszewskiego 65; 51–148 Wrocław; Poland
Hymenoptera acorn ants and allies endemism identification key new species taxonomy

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.

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