Temnothorax himachalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Temnothorax himachalensis

Name

Temnothorax himachalensis Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012: 327, figs. 1-3

Holotype: Worker.

Type locality: India, Himachal Pradesh, Udaipur, 32.7350°N, 76.6643°E, 2800 m a.s.l. (above mean sea level), 19.viii.2008.

Paratypes: 14 workers, same data as holotype, (deposited in PCAS, PUPAC, SMNK); 1 worker India, Jammu & Kashmir, Kargil, 34.543°N, 76.135°E, 2789 m a.s.l., 27.xii.2011, (deposited in CAS) hand collecting (coll. Irfan Gul); 3 workers India, Jammu & Kashmir, Pahalgam, 34.02°N, 75.19°E, 2190 m a.s.l., 27.vii.1978, (coll. Philip S Ward) (deposited in PCAS, PSWC, PUPAC); 4 workers, 2400–2700 m a.s.l., Daksun, 09–13.vii.1976, (coll. W. Wittmer) (deposited in SMNK, PUPAC).

Etymology: The species is named after the type locality, Himachal.

References

• Bharti, H.; Gul, I.; Schulz, A. 2012: Three new species of genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indian Himalayas with a revised key to the Indian species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 58(4): 325–336.