Temnothorax pallidus (Collingwood)

Type location Afghanistan (Leptothorax pallidus, Collingwood, 1961a, illustrated, worker).

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.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Temnothorax pallidus 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 diagnosis is uncertain as the size appears smaller than that given by Collingwood.

Head of specimens

Temnothorax arpini Tarbinsky

Type location Kirgizia (Tarbinsky, 1976: 91, illustrated, worker); junior synonym narinicus (Tarbinsky, 1976: 93; illustrated, worker; synonymy Radchenko, 1994d: 150, in key) from Kirgizia.

? Temnothorax - HW 0.15 HL 0.11 mm?

Tarbinsky's (1976) description is at .

Temnothorax satunini Ruzsky

Type location Caucasus (Ruzsky, 1902b: 477, worker); status confirmed Tarbinsky, 1976: 102.

Illustration from Radchenko (1994d: Fig 4c). Note, however, Forel (1904b: 375) regarded satunini as a race of bulgaricus and noted the head was entirely striate; the propodeal teeth were very obtuse and feeble; the dorsum of the body brown; apparently TL ca 3 mm