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Species: Temnothorax schaumii

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Temnothorax

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Leptothorax schaumii Roger, 1863a PDF: 180 (w.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Mayr, 1886d PDF: 451 (m.); Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 95 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1960b PDF: 23 (l.).

Combination in Temnothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1979: 1394; in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 272.

Senior synonym of Temnothorax fortinodis, Temnothorax gilvus, Temnothorax melanoticus: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 271.

See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1903c: 232; Mackay, 2000 PDF: 403.

Distribution:

NEARCTIC: USA (FL, ME, MA, TX)

Biology:

Forest, woodland, parks, campuses, arboreal

Notes:

Usually very dark brown to black, there is a rare yellowish to reddish variant of T. schaumii that I have collected twice in eastern Missouri, and I have one specimen that could be described as intermediate.

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Suburban with wide-spaced, 1 times found in floor litter u. skunk cabbage & cinnamon, 1 times found in pine/oak managed forest

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 2 times Search, 1 times Malaise trap

Elevations: collected from 5 - 180 meters, 121 meters average