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Alloformica flavicornis
| Alloformica flavicornis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Alloformica |
| Species: | A. flavicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alloformica flavicornis (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Uzbekistan (type locality).
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
Images from AntWeb
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0101454. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MNHN, Paris, France. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- flavicornis. Cataglyphis cursor subsp. flavicornis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 72 (w.) UZBEKISTAN.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-localities: Uzbekistan: Mt Ak-Tash, 60 km. NE Tashkent (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Uzbekistan: Usun-Atshak, on River Pskem (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky), Uzbekistan: Ugam-Kette, N Kisil-Tal (N.N. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky).
- Type-depositories: MNHN, ZMUM.
- Combination in Alloformica: Agosti, 1990b: 1495.
- Junior synonym of Cataglyphis cursor subsp. rockingeri: Santschi, 1929b: 36.
- Junior synonym of Cataglyphis aenescens: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 149.
- Status as species: Agosti, 1990b: 1495; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
- Distribution: Uzbekistan.
Description
References
- Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1495, Combination in Alloformica)
- Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1495, revived from synonymy and raised to species)
- 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.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 149, junior synonym of Cataglyphis anescens)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926b. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 20: 71-77 (page 72, worker described)
- Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 36, junior synonym of Cataglyphis rockingeri)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.