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Bajcaridris kraussii
| Bajcaridris kraussii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Bajcaridris |
| Species: | B. kraussii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bajcaridris kraussii (Forel, 1895)
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Agosti (1994) reports this species has rarely been collected and that it inhabits the oueds of the northern Sahara in Algeria.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 33.442615° to 32.483333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.
- kraussii. Formica kraussii Forel, 1895d: 231 (w.) ALGERIA.
- Emery, 1899b: 18 (m.); Forel, 1902a: 155 (m.).
- Combination in Formica (Proformica): Emery, 1909b: 204;
- combination in Proformica: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8;
- combination in Bajcaridris: Agosti, 1994a: 99.
- Status as species: Emery, 1899b: 18; Forel, 1902a: 155; Emery, 1909b: 204; Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 547 (redescription); Emery, 1925b: 244; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 8; Agosti, 1994a: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Borowiec, L. 2014: 21.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
References
- 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, combination in Bajcaridris)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. 1899b. Glanures myrmécologiques (Hymén.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1899: 17-20 (page 18, male described)
- Emery, C. 1909b. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VII. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 179-204 (page 204, combination in Formica (Proformica))
- Forel, A. 1895e. Südpalaearctische Ameisen. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 9: 227-234 (page 231, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1902a. Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 46: 147-158 (page 155, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Cagniant, H. "Étude de quelques fourmis marocaines. Statistique provisoire des Formicidae du Maroc." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 53 (1964): 83-118.
- Forel, A. "Les fourmis du Sahara algérien récoltées par M. le Professeur A. Lameere et le Dr. A. Diehl." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46 (1902): 147-158.
- Wheeler W. M. 1913. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565.