Temnothorax recedens

Temnothorax recedens is a species of Myrmicine ant found in France, Italy, and Spain, with the most recent discovery in Slovenia.^[3]

Temnothorax recedens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	T. recedens
Binomial name
Temnothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856)
Subspecies[2]
Temnothorax recedens barbarus Santschi, 1939 Temnothorax recedens recedens (Nylander, 1856)
Synonyms
Myrmica recedens Nylander, 1856 Leptothorax recedens (Nylander, 1856) Leptothorax ergatogyna Bernard, 1950

In his 2003 revision of the family Formicidae, Bolton recognized the genus Temnothorax as valid, with recedens as its type species, after it had been previously placed within the genus Leptothorax.^[4]

Conservation status

It is the only IUCN-evaluated hymenopteran species listed as "Least concern", although its status has not been re-evaluated at least since 1996.^[1]