Temnothorax luteus (Forel)

Iran list Type location Switzerland (Leptothorax tuberum  r. L. luteus n. stirps, Forel, 1874: 85, worker) - no location given.

Forel's (1874) description is from T. tuberum as the base: Antennae 12-segmented; legs without hairs;  clypeus without a concave anterior margin, but usually with a smaller median carina and two or several lateral striae. Race luteus defined as lacking a metanotal groove; the apex of the antennal club and front of the head reddish; alitrunk finely rugose; propodeal spines quite wide at the base, length about 2/3 the basal face, slightly curved apically; TL ca 2.5 mm.

The photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907603.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Temnothorax luteus B Taylor det.

Iran O Paknia ZMGU 1413

xi.2004 Miankaleh

36°45' to 36°55'N; 53°25' to 54°05'E

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Photomontage of specimens from Iran, Miankaleh, ZMGU 1413, collector Omid Paknia, November 2004; four specimens. My earlier diagnosis was as T. pallidus, see below, of which I was uncertain as the size appeared to be smaller than that given by Collingwood.

Head of specimens

Temnothorax pallidus (Collingwood)

Type location Afghanistan (Leptothorax pallidus, Collingwood, 1961a, illustrated, worker) - no images on Antweb (September 2015).

Collingwood's (1961a) description is at .

Collingwood, C. A. 1961. The Third Danish expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Vid. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. For. 123 51-79.
Collingwood, C. A. 1961. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Afghanistan-Expedition 1956 der Landessammlungen für Naturkunde Karlsruhe. Formicidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Beitr. Naturkund. Forsch. Suedwestdeutschland, 19, 289-290.