Cataglyphis glabilabia

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Cataglyphis glabilabia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Cataglyphis
Species: C. glabilabia
Binomial name
Cataglyphis glabilabia
Chang & He, 2002

Identification

Chang and He (2002) - Similar to Cataglyphis aenescens, but the former long hairs on clypeus anterior margin lacking; hairs on gula lacking; mandible teeth very blunt or absent.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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

Nomenclature

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

  • glabilabia. Cataglyphis glabilabia Chang & He, 2002b: 62, figs. 1, 2 (w.) CHINA (Gansu).
    • Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 30.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Holotype worker, No. 99 - 621 , 10-VI-1999, Mingqing , 1310 m, Gansu Province, coll. CHANG Yourde. Paratypes 4 workers, No. 99 - 187, same colony as holotype. Deposited in Ningxia Agricultural College collection.

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