Bajcaridris kraussii

Bajcaridris kraussii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Bajcaridris
Species:	B. kraussii
Binomial name
Bajcaridris kraussii (Forel, 1895) Specimen Labels

Agosti (1994) reports this species has rarely been collected and that it inhabits the oueds of the northern Sahara in Algeria.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 33.442615° to 32.483333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• kraussii. Formica kraussii Forel, 1895d: 231 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Oued en Nsa, between 32° and 33°W, between Tongourt and Ouargla, 1893 (Krauss).
  • Type-depository: SMNS.
  • Emery, 1899b: 18 (m.); Forel, 1902a: 155 (m.).
  • Combination in Formica (Proformica): Emery, 1909b: 204;
  • combination in Proformica: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8;
  • combination in Bajcaridris: Agosti, 1994a: 99.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1899b: 18; Forel, 1902a: 155; Emery, 1909b: 204; Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 547 (redescription); Emery, 1925b: 244; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Borowiec, L. 2014: 21.
  • Distribution: Algeria.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Forel 1895. Page 231.

Forel 1895. Page 232.

Type Material

Type Specimen Labels

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, combination in Bajcaridris)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Emery, C. 1899b. Glanures myrmécologiques (Hymén.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1899: 17-20 (page 18, male described)
• Emery, C. 1909b. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VII. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 179-204 (page 204, combination in Formica (Proformica))
• Forel, A. 1895e. Südpalaearctische Ameisen. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 227-234 (page 231, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1902a. Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 147-158 (page 155, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
• Forel, A. "Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46 (1902): 147-158.
• Wheeler W. M. 1913. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565.