Alloformica flavicornis

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Alloformica flavicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Alloformica
Species: A. flavicornis
Binomial name
Alloformica flavicornis
(Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926)

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Uzbekistan (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

Alloformica flavicornis casent0101454 head 2.jpg
Worker. Specimen code casent0101454. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • flavicornis. Cataglyphis cursor subsp. flavicornis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 72 (w.) UZBEKISTAN. Combination in Alloformica: Agosti, 1990b: 1495. Junior synonym of Cataglyphis rockingeri: Santschi, 1929b: 36; of Cataglyphis aenescens: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 149. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Agosti, 1990b: 1495. See also: Agosti, 1994a: 99.

Description

References

  • Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1495, Combination in Alloformica)
  • Agosti, D. 1990b. Review and reclassification of Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 24: 1457-1505 (page 1495, revived from synonymy and raised to species)
  • Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Syst. Entomol. 19: 93-117 (page 99, see also)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 61, catalogue)
  • Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 149, junior synonym of Cataglyphis anescens)
  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926b. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 20: 71-77 (page 72, worker described)
  • Santschi, F. 1929b. Étude sur les Cataglyphis. Rev. Suisse Zool. 36: 25-70 (page 36, junior synonym of Cataglyphis rockingeri)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky N. N. 1926. Neue turkestanische Ameisen. Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 20:71-77.