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Santschi (1909c) grouped many of the following by a the major
characteristic of having a petiole with a long pedicel and a node that
is rounded or lightly flattened. In most cases the species also are
notably longer than those with an angular profile to the petiole, many
with a sharp crest. The heads generally are elongated and all have
12-segmented antennae. The geographical distribution is primarily
circum-Mediterranean, plus Western Morocco and the Canary Islands.
Species known to Santschi (1909c) - anacanthus (= inermis of
Santschi, 1909c), annibalis (colorata), bucheti, bugnioni, cabrerae, formosus,
hesperius,
mauritanicus,
risii, rottenbergi, sardous,
scabrosus (check), irregularis (check), ernesti (check), transitoria
(check), semiruber
(plus j. syn. balcanica), globulinodis (check)
Others on this page arenarius, auresianus, baeticus, barryi, bimbache, blascoi, cagnianti, desioi, ditifet, flavispinus, fuente, kashmirensis, kemali, laestrygon,
mirabilis, neminan, oraniensis, productus, saudiae, saxatilis, simesno, steinbergi, tenuispinus, tesquorum, turritellus,
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Temnothorax bugnioni (Forel,
1894d: 33)
TL 2.8-4.0 mm
Algeria, wooded
valley near Terni, Forel & Bugnion.
Characterised by the sculpture on the basal segment of the gaster,
giving a matt appearance.
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Gaster entirely smooth and
shiny
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Temnothorax anacanthus
(Leptothorax hesperius Sants.
stirps anacanthus n. nov. = Leptothorax inermis Sants. 1909:
468 (460 in key) non Forel, Santschi, 1912c: 149)
TL 4.0 mm
Morocco, Mogador
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Temnothorax cabrerae
(Forel 1893d: 464)
TL 2.3-3.8 mm
Spain, Canary Is.,
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Temnothorax bimbache Espadaler,
2007: 120
TL 3.7 mm
Spain, Canary Is.,
El Hierro
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Temnothorax sardous
(Leptothorax rottenbergi var. sardoa, Santschi, 1909c: 474)
TL not given
Italy, Sardinia
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Temnothorax semiruber
(Leptothorax rottenbergi var. semiruber André, 1881b: 72)
TL not given
Israel, Tiberias
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Temnothorax mirabilis
(Espadaler & Cagniant, 1996: 332)
TL x mm (unavailable)
Morocco
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Temnothorax flavispinus
(Leptothorax nigrita Emery,
var. curvispinosus, André,
1881c:72; replacement name flavispinus,
André, 1883a: 302)
TL no size given
Israel, Jaffa
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Temnothorax turritellus
(Espadaler in Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 279)
TL 3.8-4.8 mm
Morocco, Azegour
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Temnothorax fuentei
(Santschi, 1919e: 243)
TL 3.8-4.3 mm
Spain, Pozuelo de
Calatrava
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Temnothorax saxatilis
Schulz, Heinze & Pusch, 2007: 12
TL not given
Italy, Abruzzi
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Temnothorax productus
(Leptothorax cabrerae For.
stirps productus n. st.,
Santschi, 1918a: 35)
TL 2-8-3.8 mm (given as the same as cabrerae)
Morocco, Mogador
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Temnothorax mauritanicus
(Leptothorax cabrerae stirps mauritanicus n. st., Santschi,
1909c: 466)
TL 3.2-3.4 mm
Morocco, Mogador
(ex Emery)
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Temnothorax formosus
(Santschi, 1909: 469)
TL 3.2 mm
Morocco, Tangier
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Temnothorax simesno
(Espadaler in Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 272)
TL 2.1-3.4 mm
Morocco, Marrakech
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Temnothorax tesquorum
(Arnol'di, 1977a: 201)
TL 2.0-2.5 mm
Yellow-brown
Georgia
Senior synonym of T.
elderensis (Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 225) from where the
drawing
Turkmenia
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Temnothorax hesperius
(Santschi, 1909c: 467)
TL 4.5 mm
Spain, Canary Is.,
Teneriffe, Cabrera and Diaz
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Temnothorax neminan (Espadaler,
in Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 280)
TL 3.2-4.4 mm
Morocco, Gorges du
Dades
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Temnothorax risii
(Forel, 1892g: 456)
TL 3.0-3.7 mm
Spain, Canary Is.,
Las Palmas, Dr Fr Ris
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Temnothorax cagnianti
(Tinaut Ranera, 1982: 319)
TL 3.97 mm
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Temnothorax laestrygon
(Leptothorax niger stirps laestrygon n. st., Santschi, 1931a:
7)
TL 2.7 mm
Italy, Sicily,
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Temnothorax kashmirensis
Bharti, Gul & Schulz, 2012: 329
TL 2.5-3.3 mm
India, Kashmir, Dara
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Temnothorax steinbergi
(Arnol'di, 1971: 1823)
TL 2.4-2.9 mm
Yellowish-brown
Kazakhstan
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Temnothorax saudiae
(Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 326)
TL 2.8 mm
Uniformly brown, paler appendages; head dorsum and clypeus
strongly striate
Saudi Arabia, Al
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Temnothorax oraniensis (Forel,
1894d: 34)
TL 3.0-3.8 mm
Algeria,
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Temnothorax auresianus
(Santschi, 1929e: 158)
TL 2.0 mm (close to T. tebessae)
Algeria, Aures,
Beni Perhat, Surcouf
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Temnothorax kemali
(Santschi, 1934d: 277)
TL 2.5 mm
Turkey, Izmir,
Santschi
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Temnothorax tenuispinus
(Santschi, 1911i: 285, queen)
TL 3.3 mm
Tunisia Le Kef,
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Head with rounded occiput
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Temnothorax baeticus (Emery,
1924c: 165)
TL 2.5-2.8
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Temnothorax desioi
(Menozzi, 1939a: 303)
TL 2.5-3.0
India, Indus
Valley, Karal Marfo, 4300 m
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Temnothorax barryi
(Cagniant, 1967b: 272)
TL 3.5-3.8 mm
Algeria, Aures
Massif
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Temnothorax arenarius
(Santschi, 1908: 527)
TL 2.8-3.5 mm
Tunisia, Chrasazia,
nr. Kairouan, Santschi, 3.iii.1907
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Temnothorax blascoi
(Espadaler, 1997b: 152)
TL 3.0-3.7 mm
Spain, La Retuerta,
Zaragoza, 10.x.1992
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Temnothorax bucheti (Santschi,
1909: 481)
TL 3.6-4.0 mm
Morocco, Tangiers
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Temnothorax rottenbergi (Macromischa rottenbergii, Emery,
1870: 199; in Leptothorax,
Emery 1878:51)
TL 3-4 mm
Propodeal spines curved and acuminate
Italy, Sicily,
Baron A von Rottenberg
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Temnothorax annibalis (Leptothorax rottenbergi
stirps annabilis n. st.,
Santschi, 1909: 476)
TL 3.4-? 5.0 mm
Tunisia, central
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Temnothorax ditifet (Espadaler,
in Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 279)
TL 3.4-3.9 mm
Morocco,
Bab-n-Ouayad
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