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Alloformica aberrans
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Alloformica |
| Species: | A. aberrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Alloformica aberrans (Mayr, 1877)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (type locality), Turkmenistan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0178495. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MCZ, Cambridge, MA, USA. |
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0172238. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by ANIC, Canberra, Australia. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aberrans. Formica aberrans Mayr, 1877: 7 (w.) UZBEKISTAN.
- Type-material: lectototype worker (by designation of Dlussky, 1969a: 220), 1 paralectotype worker.
- Type-locality: lectotype Uzbekistan: Zarafshan valley, “13.v. in Dzhami and 14.v. between Azhamom and Aksaem”, 1869 (A.P. Fedchenko); paralectotype with same data.
- Type-depository: ZMUM (lectotype).
- [Note: other original syntypes perhaps also NHMW.]
- [Also described as new by Mayr, 1880: 27.]
- Dlussky, 1969a: 220 (q.); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 143 (m.).
- Combination in Formica (Proformica): Ruzsky, 1905b: 421; Emery, 1909b: 203;
- combination in Proformica: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927b: 28;
- combination in Proformica (Alloformica): Dlussky, 1969a: 219;
- combination in Alloformica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 143.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1880: 27; André, 1882b: 178 (in key); Nasonov, 1889: 21; Dalla Torre, 1893: 192; Forel, 1904b: 384; Ruzsky, 1905b: 421; Emery, 1909b: 203; Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 545 (redescription); Emery, 1925b: 243; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927b: 28 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 10; Dlussky, 1969a: 219 (redescription); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 143; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
- Distribution: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Description
References
- Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Syst. Entomol. 19: 93-117 (page 99, see also)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 61, catalogue)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1969a. Ants of the genus Proformica Ruzs. of the USSR and contiguous countries (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 48: 218-232 (page 219, Combination in Proformica (Alloformica))
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 143, Combination in Alloformica)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1927b. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Proformica Ruzsky. Soc. Entomol. Stuttg. 42: 26-28 (page 28, Combination in Proformica)
- Mayr, G. 1877a. Formicidae. In: Fedchenko, A. P. Travels in Turkestan. Vol. 2, Div. 5, No. 7. Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestvozn. Antropol. Etnogr. Imp. Mosk. Univ. 26:i-iii, 1-20 (+1). (page 7, worker described)
- Mayr, G. 1880. Die Ameisen Turkestan's, gesammelt von A. Fedtschenko. Tijdschr. Entomol. 23: 17-40 (page 27, redescribed in Latin)
- Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 421, Combination in Formica (Proformica))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.