Cryptopone pseudogigas
Cryptopone pseudogigas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Cryptopone |
Species: | C. pseudogigas |
Binomial name | |
Cryptopone pseudogigas Zhou & Zheng, 1997 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pseudogigas. Cryptopone pseudogigas Zhou & Zheng, 1997a: 49, figs. 5, 6 (w.) CHINA (Guangxi).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: China: Guangxi, Tiandeng County, 11.xi.1995 (S. Zhou).
- Type-depository: SNUX.
- Status as species: Zhou, 2001b: 35; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 103; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 58.
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, S.O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1).
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 Jianhua. 2005. Hunan Ants (Hymenoptera) and the classification of flora. Southwest Agricultural University. PhD Thesis 247 pages
- Zhou S.-Y. and Zheng Z.. 1997. Three new species of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) from Guangxi. [In Chinese with English summary] Entomotaxonomia 19(1): 47-51.