TEMNOTHORAX

(Subfamily Myrmicinae)

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Taxonomy

The genus Temnothorax was established by Mayr (1861). Although it was later synonymized with Leptothorax, it was recently revived as an independent genus by Bolton (2003) and assigned in the tribe Formicoxenini.

Temnothorax sp. eg-1, worker, body in lateral view.

Temnothorax sp. eg-1, worker, head in full-face view.