Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Temnothorax albipennis is a species of small ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It occurs in Europe and builds simple nests in rock crevices.This species has the typical ant body pattern of head, mesosoma and metasoma, with the first two segments of the metasoma forming a distinct waist. It is light brown and has a few short pale coloured hairs. The antennae are elbowed and there are a pair of compound eyes and three ocelli.As with other ants, there is a single, relatively large queen that lays eggs in the nest and a large number of workers. These are all non-breeding females and leave the nest to forage and collect building materials for its construction and repair.