Temnothorax hystriculus Wheeler 1915 (ant)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Alternative combination: Leptothorax hystriculus

Full reference: W. M. Wheeler. 1915. The Ants of the Baltic Amber. Schriften der Physikalisch-ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 55:1-142

Belongs to Temnothorax according to B. Bolton 2012

See also Spahr 1987 and Wheeler 1915

Sister taxa: Temnothorax glaesarius, Temnothorax gracilis, Temnothorax longaevus, Temnothorax petiolata, Temnothorax placivus, Temnothorax praecreolus

Type specimen: Konigsberg XB 1270, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection

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