Proformica kosswigi
Proformica kosswigi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Proformica |
Species: | P. kosswigi |
Binomial name | |
Proformica kosswigi (Donisthorpe, 1950) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Türkiye (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.
- kosswigi. Acanthomyops (Donisthorpea) kosswigi Donisthorpe, 1950d: 640 (w.) TURKEY. Combination in Proformica: Bolton, 1995b: 368.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 368, Combination in Proformica)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Donisthorpe, H. 1950d. Two new species of ants, and a few others from Turkey. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12(3): 638-640 (page 640, worker described)
- Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Donisthorpe H. 1950. Two new species of ants, and a few others from Turkey. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3: 638-640.
- Donisthorpe, H. "A first instalment of the ants of Turkey." Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)3 (1950): 1057-1067.