Cerapachys xizangensis

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Cerapachys xizangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cerapachys
Species: C. xizangensis
Binomial name
Cerapachys xizangensis
Tang & Li, 1982

C. xizangensis is most likely a synonym of Cerapachys sulcinodis based on details provided in the original description. Unfortunately, type material of C. xizangensis has not yet been examined to confirm this synonymy (Chen et al. 2016).

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Tibet (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

  • xizangensis. Cerapachys xizangensis Tang, C. & Li, 1982: 372, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA (Tibet).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 45 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype China: Tibet, SE Xizang Plateau, 1973 (1974?) (F. Huang); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: IZAS.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 145; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 27; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Chen, Shi & Zhou, 2016: 9 (in key).
    • Distribution: China.

Description

References

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.
  • Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
  • Tang C., and S. Li. 1982. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (pp. 371-374). In Xizang Kunchong (Tibetan Insects) 2: 508 pp. Beijing.
  • Tang J., Li S., Huang E., Zhang B. and Chen Y.. 1995. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Economic Insect Fauna of China 47: 1-133.