Temnothorax andrei (Emery, 1895)

Aguilar-Mendez, Mario J., Rosas-Mejia, Madai, Vasquez-Bolanos, Miguel, Gonzalez-Hernandez, Gloria Angelica & Janda, Milan, 2021, New distributional records for ants and the evaluation of ant species richness and endemism patterns in Mexico, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 60630-60630 : 60630

Temnothorax andrei (Emery, 1895)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Temnothorax ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Emery, 1895); Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Guanajuato; locality: Rancho Coporo ; verbatimElevation: 2292 m; decimalLatitude: 21.34138; decimalLongitude: -101.372; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 13; habitat: secondary shrubland associated to an oak forest Type status: Other material. Occurrence: lifeStage: adult; reproductiveCondition: non-reproductive; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Hymenoptera ; family: Formicidae ; genus: Temnothorax ; scientificNameAuthorship: Emery (1895); Location : country: Mexico; stateProvince: Jalisco; locality: Cerro de la Mesa ; verbatimElevation: 2054 m; decimalLatitude: 21.28364; decimalLongitude: -102.011; Identification: identifiedBy: Aguilar-Méndez M.J.; Rosas-Mejía M.; Vásquez-Bolaños M.; Event: samplingProtocol: Hand collecting; year: 2017; month: 8; day: 5; habitat: secondary shrubland associated to a deciduous forest

Distribution

Temnothorax andrei (Emery, 1895) were found in two localities of Mexico: in a secondary shrubland associated with an oak forest near Coporo, Guanajuato at 15.30C of amt and 46.25 mm/cm2 of amp and in a secondary shrubland associated with a deciduous forest on the top of a table-top mountain in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco at 17.96 ºC of amt and 53.4 mm/cm2 of amp. This species has only been previously recorded in Baja California Peninsula in Mexico and in the western U.S., including all border States with Mexico.

Biology

Temnothorax andrei occupy dry habitats, such as oak woodlands, coniferous forests, laurel forests, pinyon-juniper and cool deserts ( Mackay 2000). Nests can be found under stones or in the spaces between rocks ( Cole 1958).