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Formica kupyanskayae
| Formica kupyanskayae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. kupyanskayae |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Russian Federation (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. |
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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.
- opacus. Formica opacus Kupyanskaya, 1980: 106, figs. 21-25 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA. [Junior primary homonym of opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55, above.] Replacement name: kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995b: 197. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 199.
- kupyanskayae. Formica kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995b: 197. Replacement name for opacus Kupyanskaya, 1980: 106. [Junior primary homonym of opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55.]
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 197, Replacement name for opacus)
- Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1980. Ants of the genus Formica Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Soviet Far East. Pp. 95-108 in: Ler, P. A. (ed.) Taxonomy of insects of the Far East. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 120 pp. (page 106, Replaced name)
- Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31: 133-179 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_031:133).
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.
- Lelej A. S. 2012. Annotated catalogue of the Insects of Russian Far East. Volume 1. Hymenoptera. Dalnauka: Vladivostok. 635 p.
- Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55: 127-221.
- Radchenko, A. 2005. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici 55(2): 127-221.
- Terayama. M. 2004. Geological and ecological distribution of Japanese ants communities. (translated from Japanese) Reports of the Saitama Prefecture Animal Research Association. 48:24