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). The group comprises several species in Europe and the Mediterranean subregion; all being parasites of various
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There are only two species of this species group recorded from the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin:
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FE685EBCFF0C26D3" box="[411,590,644,670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. muellerianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FD7C5EBCFE7426D3" box="[655,822,645,670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FCB95EBDF92D26D3" box="[842,1135,644,670]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Temnothorax curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
distinctly differs from
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FA7B5EBCFC6B268F" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. muellerianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its very short setae on the mesosoma, petiole, and especially on gastral tergites. The mean length of 10 setae combined on the first tergite is 741 μm in
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4EFFA28431FCF35EF4FEE126AB" authorityName="Salata &amp; Borowiec" authorityYear="2015" box="[768,931,717,742]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curtisetosus">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FCF35EF4FEE126AB" box="[768,931,717,742]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 1218 μm in
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FBAC5EF4F84C26AB" box="[1119,1294,716,742]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. muellerianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. From other Cypriot species from the genus
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FE095EC9FFCF2747" box="[506,653,752,778]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Temnothorax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it well differs in the presence of a distinct spine on the ventral margin of the postpetiole and a deep metanotal groove (except
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FCE45F2CFED52763" box="[791,919,788,814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. recedens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The most similar is
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FB6B5F2CF85A2763" box="[1176,1304,788,814]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. recedens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which also has a deep metanotal groove and a predominantly smooth and shiny head from which
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FB975F00F844271F" box="[1124,1286,825,850]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs by its predominantly yellow body (in
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FE055F64FF30273B" box="[502,626,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. recedens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
bicolored or predominantly brown), stout and short antennal scapus with SI1
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(in
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FE8E5FB8FCB827D7" box="[381,506,896,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. recedens</emphasis>
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), a very short propodeal spine with PSLI
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(in
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FAEC5FB8F8DE27D7" box="[1311,1436,896,922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. recedens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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), and presence of a small spine on the ventral margin of postpetiole anteriorly.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BDC36CDFFA28431FF345FF1F8D4203E" blockId="7.[151,1437,428,2039]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FF345FF1FC3727AF" bold="true" box="[199,373,968,994]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Redescription.</emphasis>
Worker (n = 2): HL:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FD5D5FF0FFB927AE" box="[686,763,969,995]" degrees="0.802" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-0.802">0.802</geoCoordinate>
(0.790); HW:
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(0.619); SL: 0.603; EL:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FA7D5FF1FD94204A" degrees="0.192" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-0.192"> 0.192</geoCoordinate>
(0.184); EW:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FE465FD5FF43204A" box="[437,513,1004,1031]" degrees="0.157" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-0.157">0.157</geoCoordinate>
(0.155); PNW:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FD005FD5FE02204B" box="[755,832,1004,1030]" degrees="0.476" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-0.476">0.476</geoCoordinate>
(0.468); WL:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FBED5FD5F929204B" box="[1054,1131,1004,1030]" degrees="1.079" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-1.079">1.079</geoCoordinate>
(1.048); PEL: 0.341; PEH:
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(0.281); PPL:
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(0.277); PPW:
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(0.369); PSL:
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(0.170); CI:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FA7E5829FD942003" degrees="1.286" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-1.286"> 1.286</geoCoordinate>
(1.278); EI1:
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(1.192); EI2:
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(0.233); SI1:
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(0.976); SI2:
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(0.764); MI:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FE9B5861FCF7203F" box="[360,437,1112,1138]" degrees="2.267" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-2.267">2.267</geoCoordinate>
(2.238); PI:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE57500AFFA28431FD715861FF8D203F" box="[642,719,1112,1138]" degrees="1.263" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" precision="55" value="-1.263">1.263</geoCoordinate>
(1.216); PPI:
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(1.335); PSLI:
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(0.275).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FF345845FC5220DB" bold="true" box="[199,272,1148,1174]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Color.</emphasis>
Almost whole body yellow, only first gastral tergite predominantly yellowish-brown with yellow spot at base. Antennae and legs uniformly yellow, femora never infuscate in the middle (
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).
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FB125898F86A20F6" bold="true" box="[1249,1320,1185,1211]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Head.</emphasis>
Elongate, approximately 1.3 × as long as wide, sides almost parallel, softly converging behind eyes, occipital corners regularly rounded, occipital margin of head convex (
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). Anterior margin of clypeus softly convex, without central angulation, with 6 long white setae, medial notch absent. Eyes large, short, oval, approximately 1.2 × as long as wide, 0.23 × as long as head length. Antennal scape moderately long, in lateral view slightly curved, approximately as long as the width of the head, in apex gradually widened without preapical constriction, its base with subangulate dorsal and ventral angle. Funiculus distinctly longer than scape, first segment 2.3× as long as wide at apex, 2.7 × longer than second segment, segments 26 transverse, segment 7 only slightly wider than long, club large, 1.23 × as long as segments 18 combined, last segment of club elongate, 1.1 × as long as segments 8 and 9 combined (
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). Surface of scape with fine microreticulation, shiny, covered with thin, moderately dense, appressed hairs, anterior and ventral margin also with several long, erect setae. Mandibles predominantly smooth and shiny, only external margin with few longitudinal striae, surface covered with short subdecument hairs, apical margin also with 23 long setae. Clypeus with median keel and one, short keel on each side, interspaces smooth and shiny. Frons narrow, approximately 0.38 × as wide as head width. Frontal carinae very long, extending up to line connecting posterior margin of eyes. Antennal fossa deep, not margined with circular striae, with finely microreticulate surface. Frontal lobes narrow, placed only slightly upwards (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFA28431FD635A85FF97229A" box="[656,725,1724,1751]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1868,1892]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,669,1845]" captionTargetId="figure-265@9.[151,1436,669,1845]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 3. Worker head of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (scale bar = 0.5 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954766" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954766/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
). Gena with longitudinal rugae, malar area, and frons laterally with few longitudinal striae or rugae, rest of head smooth and shiny, frons centrally without setose punctuation. Surface of head without appressed pubescence, frons, vertex, and occipital area with erect, pale, long setae, the longest on occipitum 0.53 × as long as eye diameter (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFA28431FD0D5B11FE07230E" box="[766,837,1832,1859]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFA28431FCA85B10FEA2230E" bold="true" box="[859,992,1833,1859]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
Elongate, approximately 2.2 × as long as wide, slightly arched in anterior third, with deep metanotal groove, dorsal propodeum flat (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFA28431FB235B75F855232A" box="[1232,1303,1868,1895]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Pronotum convex on sides. Anterior slope and dorsum of pronotum smooth and shiny, sides predominantly smooth and shiny only posteriorly with fine longitudinal striation. Dorsum of mesonotum diffusely microreticulate, shiny, only lateral margins with longitudinal 12 carinae, sides in upper part predominantly smooth and shiny, in ventral half with few fine longitudinal rugae and smooth and shiny interspaces (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFA28431FCD05BE5FE2623BA" box="[803,868,2012,2039]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Dorsum of propodeum diffusely microreticulate, posterior face smooth and shiny, sides of propodeum predominantly microgranulate, ventral part with few longitudinal rugae, especially on metapleural lobe, surface appears irregular but shiny. Propodeal spines very short, mean PSL/ HW 0.27, running strongly upwards, in form of triangular tubercles with strongly widened base and angulate apex (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFAC843FFF6C5D3AFDA42550" box="[159,230,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
). Entire mesosoma bearing erect, yellow, moderately long setae, the longest on pronotum 0.6 × as long as eye diameter (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFAC843FFEC85D1EFC3D250C" box="[315,383,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
).
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFE695D1FFCB0250D" bold="true" box="[410,498,294,320]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Petiole.</emphasis>
Short, mean PEL/PEH 1.22, anterior face straight, ventral margin anteriorly with sharp spine, node in lateral view rounded with fine lateral carinae, with few short rugae on sides of top, lateral face and in front of posterior margin, surface basally microreticulate, top smooth and shiny.
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFB5B5D57F87325C5" bold="true" box="[1192,1329,366,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Postpetiole.</emphasis>
In dorsal view transverse, 1.3 × as wide as long, and approximately 1.5 × as wide as petiole, surface predominantly smooth and shiny, without longitudinal striation or rugae (
<figureCitation id="13582A48FFAC843FFD385D8EFE4F259C" box="[715,781,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURES 1, 2" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[186,1402,187,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-23@8.[186,1402,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 1, 2. Worker of Temnothorax curtisetosus Salata &amp; Borowiec (specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2) 1 dorsal 2 lateral (scale bar = 1 mm)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954761" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10954761/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Dorsal surface of petiole and postpetiole with long erect setae, as long as or slightly longer than setae on pronotum (
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).
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFC605DE3FEAB25B9" bold="true" box="[915,1001,474,500]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Gaster.</emphasis>
Smooth and shiny, bearing erect, thin, pale setae, the longest as long as or slightly shorter than setae on mesosoma (
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).
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFB955DC6F9E72654" bold="true" box="[1126,1189,511,537]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Legs.</emphasis>
Moderately elongate, femora swollen in the middle, tibiae widened from base to ¾ length, surface of legs smooth and shiny, covered with sparse, moderately long decumbent to subdecumbent hairs, ventral margin of femora and external margin of tibiae additionally with long erect setae, the longest slightly shorter than setae on gaster (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDC36CDFFAD843EFF645BAEFC1C2399" blockId="8.[151,1436,1943,2004]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAD843EFF645BAEFC7E23E2" bold="true" box="[151,316,1943,1967]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURES 1, 2.</emphasis>
Worker of
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAD843EFE415BA1FFF523E2" box="[434,695,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Temnothorax curtisetosus</emphasis>
Salata &amp; Borowiec
</taxonomicName>
(specimen from Trooditissa loc. 2)
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAD843EFB035BAEF9BF23E2" bold="true" box="[1264,1277,1943,1967]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">1</emphasis>
dorsal
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAD843EFABA5BAEF81423E2" bold="true" box="[1353,1366,1943,1967]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">2</emphasis>
lateral (scale bar = 1 mm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BDC36CDFFAC843FFF645B75F92C2329" blockId="9.[151,1134,1868,1892]" box="[151,1134,1868,1892]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFF645B75FC5B2329" bold="true" box="[151,281,1868,1892]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Worker head of
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFE305B75FF852329" box="[451,711,1868,1892]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Temnothorax curtisetosus</emphasis>
Salata &amp; Borowiec
</taxonomicName>
(scale bar = 0.5 mm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BDC36CDFFAC843FFF345BABFCF323B9" blockId="9.[151,1437,1938,2036]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFF345BABFC3C23E1" bold="true" box="[199,382,1938,1964]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Biological note.</emphasis>
This social parasite was observed in
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in a nest of the pale form of
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFB585BABF8DF23E1" box="[1195,1437,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Temnothorax oreades</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
located in a cracked stone inside a resting area with a pine forest. From
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and
<collectingCountry id="F374765DFFAC843FFBCF5B8FF9D7239D" box="[1084,1173,1974,2000]" name="Turkey" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Türkiye</collectingCountry>
it was noted in nests of
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4EFFAC843FFF645BE2FCEF23B9" authority="(Forel, 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1911" box="[151,429,2010,2036]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antigoni">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAC843FFF645BE2FC5223B9" box="[151,272,2011,2036]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">T. antigoni</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3CFFAC843FFEEC5BE3FCE623B9" author="Forel, A." box="[287,420,2010,2036]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="331 - 400" refId="ref37973" refString="Forel, A. (1911) Fourmis nouvelles ou interessantes. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 47, 331 - 400." type="journal article" year="1911">Forel, 1911</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3796546FFAF843CFF345CAFFE77250C" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BDC36CDFFAF843CFF345CAFFE77250C" blockId="10.[151,1437,150,321]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFF345CAFFCDD24FD" bold="true" box="[199,415,150,176]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Distribution note.</emphasis>
This species has been known only from Western
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and Samos island in
<collectingCountry id="F374765DFFAF843CFAB55CAFF8DB24FD" box="[1350,1433,150,176]" name="Greece" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Greece</collectingCountry>
. The Cypriot record of
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFE405C83FFA52499" box="[435,743,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Temnothorax muellerianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3CFFAF843CFCD15C83F9C82499" author="Buschinger, A. &amp; Douwes, P." box="[802,1162,186,213]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="183 - 189" refId="ref37610" refString="Buschinger, A. &amp; Douwes, P. (1993) Socially parasitic ants of Greece. Biologia Gallo - Hellenica, 20, 183 - 189." type="journal article" year="1993">Buschinger &amp; Douwes (1993)</bibRefCitation>
with great probability concerns
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFEF75CE6FCE524B5" box="[260,423,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">T. curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We agree with
<bibRefCitation id="EFF24B3CFFAF843CFD975CE7FE7A24B5" author="Beibl, J. &amp; Buschinger, A. &amp; Foitzik, S. &amp; Heinze, J." box="[612,824,222,248]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" pagination="189 - 199" refId="ref37441" refString="Beibl, J., Buschinger, A., Foitzik, S. &amp; Heinze, J. (2007) Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Mediterranean species of the parasitic ant genus Chalepoxenus and its Temnothorax hosts. Insectes Sociaux, 54, 189 - 199. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00040 - 007 - 0932 - y" type="journal article" year="2007">
Beibl
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFD595CE6FFA624B5" box="[682,740,222,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
</bibRefCitation>
that populations of
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<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFBD35CE6F99624B5" box="[1056,1236,222,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">C. muellerianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Eastern part of Mediterranean Basin represent a complex of cryptic species and populations from Eastern
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islands, Southwestern
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and
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belong to
<taxonomicName id="4C634D4EFFAF843CFD7E5D1EFE6D250D" authorityName="Salata &amp; Borowiec" authorityYear="2015" box="[653,815,295,320]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Temnothorax" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curtisetosus">
<emphasis id="B917EADFFFAF843CFD7E5D1EFE6D250D" box="[653,815,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">T. curtisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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