Temnothorax kashmirensis

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 kashmirensis

Name

Temnothorax kashmirensis Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012: 329, figs. 4-9

Holotype: PUPAC, Worker.

Type locality: India, Kashmir, Dara, 34.187N, 74.930E, 2130 m a.s.l., 15.xii.2011.

Paratypes: 15 workers same data as holotype (deposited in CAS, PUPAC, SMNK); 9 workers India, Himachal Pradesh, Manali, 32.2310N, 77.1910E, 1845 m a.s.l., 17.vi.2010, hand collecting (coll. Irfan Gul) (deposited in PUPAC); 6 workers, 1 queen, Kullu Valley, vic. Kalath, 1700–1800 m a.s.l., 02.x.1996, (coll. Andreas Schulz) (deposited in PCAS, PUPAC).

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

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.