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Bothriomyrmex crosi
| Bothriomyrmex crosi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Bothriomyrmex |
| Species: | B. crosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Bothriomyrmex crosi Santschi, 1919
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.55° to 30.805833°.
| 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. |
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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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Paralectotype of Bothriomyrmex crosi. Worker. Specimen code casent0911474. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- crosi. Bothriomyrmex crosi Santschi, 1919i: 212, pl. 3, figs. 32-37 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- [Notes (i): Kostyuk, 1976: 99, cites 8w syntypes SIZK; (ii) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 78, cites 87w, 2q, 10m syntypes NHMB; (iii) Shattuck, 1994: 33, cites 98w, 2q, 10m syntypes (87w, 2q, 10m NHMB, 8w SIZK, 3w USNM); (iv) Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2024: 280, cite 10w syntypes SIZK.]
- Type-locality: Algeria: Mascara (A. Cros).
- Type-depositories: NHMB, SIZK, USNM.
- Status as species: Menozzi, 1940: 270; Shattuck, 1994: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Cagniant, 2006a: 193; Seifert, 2012b: 101; Borowiec, L. 2014: 22.
- Distribution: Algeria, Libya, Morocco.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 81, catalogue)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi, F. 1919i. Fourmis du genre Bothriomyrmex Emery. (Systématique et moeurs.). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 7: 201-224 (page 212, pl. 3, figs. 32-37 worker, queen, 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. "Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 193-200.
- 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).
- Santschi, F. 1919. Fourmis du genre "Bothriomyrmex" Emery (systématique et moeurs). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 7: 201-224.
- Seifert B. 2012. A review of the West Palearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.