Kartidris ashima

Kartidris ashima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Kartidris
Species:	K. ashima
Binomial name
Kartidris ashima Xu, Z. & Zheng, 1995

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 21.96608333° to 21.912°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• ashima. Kartidris ashima Xu & Zheng, 1995: 144, figs. 6, 8, 9 (w.q.) CHINA (Yunnan).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen.
  • Type-locality: holotype China: Yunnan Prov., Anning County (24°56’N, 102°26’E), 1820 m., 19.vii.1991, no. A91-298 (Z. Xu); paratypes with same data but nos A91-871, A91-896.
  • Type-depository: SNUX.
  • Status as species: Xu, 1999: 134 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
  • Distribution: China.

References

• 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).
• Xu, Z.; Zheng, Z. 1995. Two new species of the ant genera Recurvidris Bolton and Kartidris Bolton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from southwestern China. Entomotaxonomia 17: 143-146 (page 144, figs. 6, 8, 9 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.
• Xu Z. 1999. Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica 14: 129-136