Solenopsis jalalabadica
Solenopsis jalalabadica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Solenopsis |
Species: | S. jalalabadica |
Binomial name | |
Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan (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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- jalalabadica. Solenopsis jalalabadica Pisarski, 1970: 314, figs. 24-40 (w.q.m.) AFGHANISTAN.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 22 paratype workers, 82 paratype queens, 42 paratype males.
- Type-locality: holotype Afghanistan: Prov. Nengrahar, Jalalabad, 1.iii.1965 (D. Povolný); paratypes: 22 workers, 42 males with same data, 82 queens Prov. Nengrahar, 10 km. EES Jalalabad, 620 m., 21.ii.1966 (D. Povolný & F. Tenora).
- Type-depositories: MMBC (holotype); MIZW, MMBC (paratypes).
- Junior synonym of deserticola: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 222.
- Status as species: Dlussky & Radchenko, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 388.
- Distribution: Afghanistan.
Type Material
Bezděčková et al. (2017) - The holotype and 104 paratypes are deposited in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic (all dry-mounted, glued on point and rectangular card labels):
- HOLOTYPE (worker, on point card label): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / lgt. D. Povolný [p] // Jalalabad / I.–III. 1965 [p] // Solenopsis / jalalabadica / Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Invent. č. [p] / 587 /Ent [hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p] // Holo- / typus [p, red label]’.
- PARATYPES (29 males 17 workers):‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / lgt. D. Povolný [p] // Jalalabad / I.–III. 1965 [p] // Solenopsis / jalalabadica / Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Para- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 588–593, 600–609 / Ent. [respectively, hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p, the last label with inv. no. missing in 30 specimens]’.
- PARATYPES (58 alate queens): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (16) 10 km öös. / Jalalabad / 21. 2. 66 620 m [p] // Solenopsis / jalalabadica / Pisarski / det. B. Pisarski [p] // Para- / typus [p, red label] // Invent. č. [p] / 610–619/Ent. [respectively, hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p, the last label with inv. no. missing in 48 specimens]’.
Remarks. According to the original description, the holotype and 105 paratypes should have been deposited in MMBC and 41 paratypes in the Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Additional 47 workers in Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic are labelled as paratypes but were not explicitly listed in the original description. These specimens were collected at the same site and on the same date as the female paratypes listed above:
- (47 workers): ‘O. Afghanistan / Prov. Nengrahar / Povolný & Tenora [p] // (16) 10 km öös. / Jalalabad / 21. 2. 66 620 m [p] // Para- / typus [p, red label] // Solenopsis [worker symbol] / jalalabadica sp. n. / Pisarski / B. Pisarski det. 1969 [hw] // Invent. č. [p] / 594–599/Ent. [respectively, hw] / Mor. museum, Brno [p, the last label with inv. no. missing in 41 specimens]’.
Description
References
- Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).
- Dlussky, G. M.; Radchenko, A. G. 1994a. Ants of the genus Diplorhoptrum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the central Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(2 2: 102-111 (page 105, Revived from synonymy)
- Dlussky, G. M.; Zabelin, S. I. 1985. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the River Sumbar Basin (south-west Kopetdag). Pp. 208-246 in: Nechaevaya, N. T. (ed.) The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag. Ashkhabad: Ylym, 278 pp. (page 222, Junior synonym of deserticola)
- Pisarski, B. 1970a [1969]. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. (Sammelergebnisse von O. Jakes 1963-64, D. Povolny 1965, D. Povolny & Fr. Tenora 1966, J. Simek 1965-66, D. Povolny, J. Gaisler, Z. Sebek & Fr. Tenora 1967). Formicidae, Hym. Cas. M (page 314, figs. 24-40 worker, male described)