Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Pakistan

Authors

MUHAMMAD TARIQ RASHEED
IMRAN BODLAH
YUSUPOV ZALIMKHAN MAGOMEDOVICH
AMMARA GULL E FAREEN
MUHAMMAD ADNAN BODLAH
MATTHEW PREBUS
AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO

DOI

10.3906/zoo-2003-54

Abstract

Temnothorax pakistanensis sp. n., a new ant species from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the Himalayan range of Pakistan is described based on the worker caste and queen. An identification key and distribution map of the known Pakistani Temnothorax is presented. Summaries of the taxonomic history and biology of the three Temnothorax species of Pakistan is included.

Keywords

Temnothorax, identification key, new species, Himalaya, distribution

First Page

375

Last Page

381

Recommended Citation

RASHEED, MUHAMMAD TARIQ; BODLAH, IMRAN; MAGOMEDOVICH, YUSUPOV ZALIMKHAN; FAREEN, AMMARA GULL E; BODLAH, MUHAMMAD ADNAN; PREBUS, MATTHEW; and WACHKOO, AIJAZ AHMAD (2020) "Preliminary contributions toward a revision of the ant genus Temnothorax Mayr(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Pakistan," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 44: No. 4, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-2003-54
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol44/iss4/7