Discothyrea bryanti

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Discothyrea bryanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Proceratiini
Genus: Discothyrea
Species: D. bryanti
Binomial name
Discothyrea bryanti
(Wheeler, W.M., 1917)

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 1.383329988° to 0.566666667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Malaysia (type locality), Philippines, Singapore.

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.

  • bryanti. Prodiscothyrea bryanti Wheeler, W.M. 1917d: 29 (w.) WEST MALAYSIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Malaysia: Penang I. (G.E. Bryant).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in Discothyrea: Brown, 1958g: 253.
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77; Brown, 1958g: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Xu, et al. 2014a: 34 (in key); Bharti, Akbar & Singh, 2015: 123 (in key).
    • Distribution: China (Hainan I.), Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Peninsula).

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
  • CSIRO Collection
  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Wheeler W. M. 1917. A new Malayan ant of the genus Prodiscothyrea. Psyche (Cambridge) 24: 29-30.