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Kartidris galos
| Kartidris galos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Kartidris |
| Species: | K. galos |
| Binomial name | |
| Kartidris galos Bolton, 1991
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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. |
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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.
- galos. Kartidris galos Bolton, 1991: 13, fig. 20 (w.) CHINA (Hainan I.).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: China: Hainan I., Tien Fong Mts, v.1983 (Z. Bouček).
- Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 219; Xu, 1999: 134 (in key); Zhou, 2001b: 120; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
- Distribution: China.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Holotype. TL 4.4, HL 0.97, HW 0.85, CI 88, SL 0.90, SI 106, PW 0.60, AL 1.28. Maximum diameter of eye 0.22 (0.26 x HW). Answering the description given for Kartidris nyos but contrasting as follows.
(i) Cephalic dorsum everywhere finely and densely reticulate-granular, the surface opaque.
(ii) Pronotal dorsum with superficial reticular patterning, less strongly sculptured than head or propodeal dorsum.
(iii) Sides of pronotum glossy but superficially reticulate; mesopleuron and side of propodeum with sculpture of almost equal intensity.
(iv) First gastral tergite with fine superficial reticulation between hair-pits.
(v) Colour uniform dark brown.
Type Material
Holotype worker, China: Hainan I., Tien Fong Mts, v.1983 (Z. Boucek) (The Natural History Museum).
References
- Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 1-13. (page 13, fig. 20 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.
- Staab M., A. Schuldt, T. Assmann, H. Bruelheide, and A.M. Klein. 2014. Ant community structure during forest succession in a subtropical forest in South-East China. Acta Oecologia 61: 32-40.
- Zhou S.-Y. 2001. Ants of Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, China, Guilin, China. 255 pp.
- Zhou Shanyi, and Zheng Zhemin. 1996. A discovery of Kartidris Galos Bolton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guangxi province. Journal of Guangxi Normal University 3.