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Chronoxenus walshi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Chronoxenus |
| Species: | C. walshi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chronoxenus walshi (Forel, 1895)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.157° to 22.157°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (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.
- walshi. Bothriomyrmex walshi Forel, 1895e: 471 (w.q.) INDIA (West Bengal, Odisha).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 79, cites 1w syntype NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 37, cites 14w, 1q syntypes (13w, 1q MHNG, 1w NHMB).]
- Type-localities: India: Calcutta (T. Walsh), India: Orissa (Taylor).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- [Misspelled as walohi by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 187.]
- Combination in Bothriomyrmex (Chronoxenus): Santschi, 1919i: 202;
- combination in Bothroponera: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 52 (error);
- combination in Chronoxenus: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 166.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 306; Forel, 1906b: 86; Emery, 1913a: 28; Menozzi, 1939a: 338; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 187; Shattuck, 1994: 37; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 88; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 18.
- Distribution: China, India.
Description
Worker
Bingham (1903): Dark castaneous brown or black, smooth and shining, except the abdomen, which is conspicuously pubescent; the mandibles, antennae, tibiae and tarsi of the legs yellowish. Head oval, longer than broad; mandibles stout, convex, exteriorly with 7 small but acute teeth; clypeus subtriangular, its anterior margin transverse, posterior margin not clearly defined; antennae comparatively short and stout, densely pubescent, the scape not quite reaching the top of the head ; eyes placed laterally and a little forward, closer to the base of the mandibles than to the top of the head. Thorax short and comparatively broad, the pro-meso- and meso-metanotal sutures very distinct and well-marked, the pro- notum, mesonotum and basal portion of the metanotum convex, the last obliquely truncate at apex, the truncate apical portion much longer than the basal portion; legs short, somewhat stout and densely pubescent. Node of the pedicel low, flat posteriorly, inclined to the front; abdomen broadly oval.
Length: 1.5 - 2 mm
References
- Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex. Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.
- Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.
- Forel A. 1895. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 453-472.
- Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
- Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
- Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
- Tang J., Li S., Huang E., Zhang B. and Chen Y.. 1995. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Economic Insect Fauna of China 47: 1-133.