Rossomyrmex quandratinodus

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Rossomyrmex quandratinodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Rossomyrmex
Species: R. quandratinodus
Binomial name
Rossomyrmex quandratinodus
Xia & Zheng, 1995

Identification

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

This species is a slave maker for the ant Proformica sp. (a host) (Tinaut et al., 2010; Ruano et al., 2013; de la Mora et al., 2021).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • quandratinodus. Rossomyrmex quandratinodum Xia & Zheng, 1995: 219, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA. [Also referred to as new species in Xia & Zheng, 1997a: 64.]

Description

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