Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria
Author
Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena
Author
Antonova, Vera
Author
Radchenko, Alexander G.
Author
Atanasova, Maria
text
ZooKeys
2010
62
1
124
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.62.430
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.62.430
1313-2970-62-1
Genus
Temnothorax Mayr, 1861
Notes:
Till recently
Temnothorax
was considered as a junior synonym of
Leptothorax
, but
Bolton (2003)
has divided the latter genus to two:
Leptothorax
(which includes the former subgenus
Leptothorax
s. str.) and
Temnothorax
(which includes, among others, the former subgenus
Myrafant
M. R. Smith). Therefore all authors before 2003 and some after this date have placed
Temnothorax
species in the genus
Leptothorax
(except of
Temnothorax recedens
).