Bajcaridris menozzii

Bajcaridris menozzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Bajcaridris
Species:	B. menozzii
Binomial name
Bajcaridris menozzii (Santschi, 1923)

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: 35.333333° to 30.957778°.

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.

• menozzii. Proformica menozzii Santschi, 1923a: 137 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Algeria: Aïn-sefra, v.1896 (A. Chobaut).
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • Combination in Formica (Proformica): Emery, 1925b: 244;
  • combination in Bajcaridris: Agosti, 1994a: 99.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 244; Cagniant, 1970c: 38; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Cagniant, 2006a: 194; Borowiec, L. 2014: 21.
  • Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.

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

Description

Santschi 1923. Page 137.

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)
• Santschi, F. 1923a. Notes sur les fourmis paléarctiques. 4ème note. Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 133-137 (page 137, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Agosti D. 1994. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Systematic Entomology 19: 93-117.
• Cagniant, H. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
• Cagniant, H. "Note sur les peuplements de fourmis en forêt d'Algérie." Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 108 (1973): 386-390.
• Cagniant, H. Les peuplements de fourmis des forêts algériennes: écologie, biocénotique, essai biologique. Universite de Toulouse, 1973.
• Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).