Leptothorax pallidus Collingwood
Type location Afghanistan (Collingwood, 1961a,
illustrated, worker).
Collingwood's (1961a) description is at
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Collingwood, C. A. 1961. The Third Danish expedition to Central
Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from
Afghanistan. Vid. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. For. 123
51-79.
Collingwood, C. A. 1961. Ergebnisse der Deutschen
Afghanistan-Expedition 1956 der Landessammlungen für
Naturkunde Karlsruhe. Formicidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Beitr.
Naturkund. Forsch. Suedwestdeutschland, 19, 289-290.
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 Photomontage
of specimens from Iran, Miankaleh, ZMGU 1413,
collector Omid Paknia, November 2004. My diagnosis is
uncertain as the size appears smaller than that given by
Collingwood.
Other images can be seen in the folder at -
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Temnothorax arpini Tarbinsky
Type location Kirgizia (Tarbinsky, 1976: 91,
illustrated, worker); junior synonym narinicus
(Tarbinsky, 1976: 93; illustrated, worker; synonymy Radchenko,
1994d: 150, in key) from Kirgizia.
? Temnothorax - HW 0.15 HL 0.11 mm?
Tarbinsky's (1976) description is at
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Temnothorax satunini Ruzsky
Type location Caucasus (Ruzsky, 1902b: 477, worker);
status confirmed Tarbinsky, 1976: 102.
Illustration from Radchenko (1994d: Fig 4c). Note, however,
orel (1904b: 375) regarded satunini as a race of bulgaricus
and noted the head was entirely striate; the propodeal teeth
were very obtuse and feeble; the dorsum of the body brown;
apparently TL ca 3 mm
Ruzsky, M. 1902. Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zool. Jahrb.
Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere, 17, 469-484 [HNS
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