Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi

Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Genus:	Bothriomyrmex
Species:	B. kusnezovi
Binomial name
Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.85° to 41.508577°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan.

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.

• kusnezovi. Bothriomyrmex kusnezovi Emery, 1925e: 12, fig. A5 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Kostyuk, 1976: 99, Shattuck, 1994: 34, and Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2024: 281, cite 6w syntypes SIZK.]
  • Type-locality: Kazakhstan (“Russian Turkestan”): Syr Darya, Duany Tau Mts (N. Kusnezov).
  • Type-depositories: MSNG, SIZK.
  • [Misspelled as kuznetsovi by Kostyuk, 1976: 99.]
  • Tarbinsky, 1976: 125 (q.m.).
  • Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 124 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205; Borowiec, M.L. et al. 2009: 378; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24.
  • Distribution: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 81, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1925c. Les espèces européennes et orientales du genre Bothriomyrmex. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 5-22 (page 12, fig. A5 worker described)
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 125, queen, male described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Huang Ren-Xing, Ouyang Tong, Wu Wei, and Fan Zhao-tian. 2004. Forty two new record species of Family Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Formicoidea) from Xinjiang, China. Entomotaxonomia 26 (2): 156-160.
• Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.