Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
The following ten new species of the ant genus Temnothorax are described and illustrated: T. anaphalantus (California, Baja California), T. arboreus (California), T. caguatan (Oregon, California, Baja California), T. morongo (California, Baja California), T. myrmiciformis (California, Baja California), T. nuwuvi (Nevada), T. paiute (California, Nevada), T. pseudandrei (Arizona, California), T. quasimodo (California) and T. wardi (California). A key to workers of the twenty-two Temnothorax species known or expected to occur in California is provided.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90007 U.S.A.
Roy R
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Snelling
University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616 U.S.A.
Marek L
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Borowiec
University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California, 95616 U.S.A.
Matthew M
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Prebus
North America; Taxonomy; identification; key