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Odontomachus xizangensis
| Odontomachus xizangensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Odontomachus |
| Species: | O. xizangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Odontomachus xizangensis Wang, M., 1993 | |
Identification
A member of the Odontomachus rixosus group.
Keys including this Species
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.
- xizangensis. Odontomachus xizangensis Wang, M. 1993a: 222, fig. 2 (w.) CHINA (Tibet).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 14 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype China: Tibet, Medog County, Xizang, 1100 m., 15.i.1982 (Y. Han); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: IZAS.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 298; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 107; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 60; Chen, Shi & Zhou, 2018: 6 (in key).
- Distribution: China.
Description
References
- Satria, R. 2017. Taxonomy of the ant genus Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) in the Indo-Chinese and Indo-Malayan subregions. Ph.D. thesis, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
- Wang, M. 1993a. Taxonomic study of the ant tribe Odontomachini in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sci. Treatise Syst. Evol. Zool. 2: 219-230 (page 222, fig. 2 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.