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Cerapachys xizangensis
| Cerapachys xizangensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Cerapachys |
| Species: | C. xizangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerapachys xizangensis Tang & Li, 1982 | |
C. xizangensis is most likely a synonym of Cerapachys sulcinodis based on details provided in the original description. Unfortunately, type material of C. xizangensis has not yet been examined to confirm this synonymy (Chen et al. 2016).
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Tibet (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- xizangensis. Cerapachys xizangensis Tang, C. & Li, 1982: 372, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA (Tibet).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 45 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Tibet, SE Xizang Plateau, 1973 (1974?) (F. Huang); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: IZAS.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 145; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 27; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Chen, Z., Shi & Zhou, 2016: 9 (in key).
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, catalogue)
- Chen, Z.L., Shi F.-M. & Zhou, S.-Y. 2016. A new species and a new record of Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 324:1-12.
- Liu, C., Hita Garcia, F., Peng, Y.-Q., Pierce, N.E. 2024. Taxonomy of the ant genus Cerapachys Smith, 1857 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China with description of a new species. Asian Myrmecology 17: e017001 (doi:10.20362@am.017001).
- Tang, J.; Li, S. 1982. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 371-374 in: Academy of Science Survey Team. Insects of Tibet. Vol. 2. Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 508 pp. (page 372, worker 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.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Tang C., and S. Li. 1982. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (pp. 371-374). In Xizang Kunchong (Tibetan Insects) 2: 508 pp. Beijing.
- Tang J., Li S., Huang E., Zhang B. and Chen Y.. 1995. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Economic Insect Fauna of China 47: 1-133.