Cataglyphis albicans franchettii

Cataglyphis albicans franchettii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Cataglyphis
Species group:	albicans
Species complex:	livida
Species:	C. albicans
Subspecies:	C. albicans franchettii
Trinomial name
Cataglyphis albicans franchettii Menozzi, 1931

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Ethiopia (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.

• franchettii. Cataglyphis albicans subsp. franchettii Menozzi, 1931a: 155, fig. (w.) ETHIOPIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Ethiopia: Dancalia, (Barone Franchetti Dancalia Expd.) (R. Franchetti).
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • Subspecies of albicans: Finzi, 1939a: 166; Agosti, 1990b: 1492; Bolton, 1995b: 135.
  • Distribution: Ethiopia.

References

• Menozzi, C. 1931a. Spedizione del Barone Raimondo Franchetti in Dancalia. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 55: 154-156 (page 155, fig. worker described)