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Alloformica nitidior
| Alloformica nitidior | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Alloformica |
| Species: | A. nitidior |
| Binomial name | |
| Alloformica nitidior (Forel, 1904)
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Kazakhstan (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nitidior. Formica (Proformica) aberrans var. nitidior Forel, 1904b: 383 (w.) TAJIKISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Tajikistan: eastern Bukhara, Mt Baba-tau, Ai-bulak, 18.v.1897 (Kaznakov).
- Type-depository: ZISP.
- Combination in Proformica (Alloformica): Dlussky, 1969a: 220;
- combination in Alloformica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 144.
- Subspecies of aberrans: Emery, 1909b: 203; Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 546; Emery, 1925b: 243.
- Status as species: Dlussky, 1969a: 220 (redescription); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 144; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
- Distribution: Tajikistan.
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 220, Combination in Proformica (Alloformica))
- Dlussky, G. M. 1969a. Ants of the genus Proformica Ruzs. of the USSR and contiguous countries (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zh. 48: 218-232 (page 220, raised to species)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 144, Combination in Alloformica)
- Forel, A. 1904c [1903]. Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 8: 368-388 (page 383, worker described)
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.