Temnothorax corticalis (Schenck 1852)

nesting on low mountains and river banks under the bark of willows, nuts, pears

2 localities in NE SLO

Myrmica corticalis Schenck, 1852 PDF: 100 (w.q.) GERMANY. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

[Also described as new in Schenck, 1853b PDF: 187.].Stitz, 1914 PDF: 63 (m.).Combination in Leptothorax: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 440.Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 271.Subspecies of Temnothorax tuberum: Forel, 1874 PDF: 85; André, 1883a: 16; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 21; Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 497; Stitz, 1914 PDF: 63.Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 123; Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 351; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 160; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 124; Emery, 1924f PDF: 253; Karavaiev, 1934: 136; Stitz, 1939: 174; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 91; Kutter, 1977c: 131; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 74; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 137.

Records

(Map 30): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a ); Vitosha Mt.: Dragalevtsi monastery ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: west of Petrich, along Strumeshnitsa river ( Atanassov 1964 , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 , Hubenov et al. 1998 ); Northern Black Sea coast: Balchik ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Tsarevo ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ).

Temnothorax corticalis is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.

Synonym:

Leptothorax corticalis